Didier, Nathalie; Romero, Ignacio A.; Creminon, Christophe; Wijkhuisen, Anne; Grassi, Jacques and Mabondzo, Aloise
(2003).
Secretion of interleukin-1β by astrocytes mediates endothelin-1 and tumour necrosis factor-α effects on human brain microvascular endothelial cell permeability.
Journal of Neurochemistry, 86(1),
pp. 246–254.
Abstract
Evidence suggests that endothelin-1 (ET-1) plays an essential role in brain inflammation. However, whether ET-1 contributes directly to blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown remains to be elucidated. Using an in vitro BBB model consisting of co-cultures of human primary astrocytes and brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVECs), we first investigated the expression of ET-1 by BMVECs upon stimulation with tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, which plays an essential role in the induction and synthesis of ET-1 during systemic inflammatory responses. Increased ET-1 mRNA was detected in the human BMVECs 24 h after TNF-alpha treatment. This was correlated with an increase in ET-1 levels in the culture medium, as determined by sandwich immunoassay. Both TNF-alpha and ET-1 increased the permeability of human BMVECs to a paracellular tracer, sucrose, but only in the presence of astrocytes. The increase in BMVEC permeability by TNF-alpha was partially prevented by antibody neutralization of ET-1 and completely by monoclonal antibody against IL-1beta. Concomitantly, TNF-alpha induced IL-1beta mRNA expression by astrocytes in co-culture and this effect was partially prevented by ET-1 antibody neutralization. In parallel experiments, treatment of human primary astrocytes in single cultures with ET-1 for 24 h induced IL-1beta mRNA synthesis and IL-1beta protein secretion in the cell culture supernatant. Taken together, these results provide evidence for paracrine actions involving ET-1, TNF-alpha and IL-1beta between human astrocytes and BMVECs, which may play a central role in BBB breakdown during CNS inflammation.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| ISSN: |
0022-3042 |
| Keywords: |
Barrier permeability; multiple-sclerosis; immunoreactive endothelin; subarachnoid hemorrhage; cerebrospinal-fluid; in-vitro; increases; plasma; rat; monolayers |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Science > Life, Health and Chemical Sciences |
| Item ID: |
6718 |
| Depositing User: |
Astrid Peterkin
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| Date Deposited: |
14 Feb 2007 |
| Last Modified: |
02 Dec 2010 19:57 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/6718 |
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