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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-8-9
pubmed:abstractText
Since a deep involvement of astrocytes, a kind of glial cells, in differentiation of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been suggested, we examined the relation of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) to the BBB. First, immunohistochemical examination of the cerebral cortex of rats revealed that glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor receptor (GFRalpha1) was preferentially expressed on the cell membranes of capillary endothelial cells. Second, to elucidate the effects of GDNF on the BBB, capillary endothelial cells isolated from the porcine cerebral cortex were cultured and then changes in tight junction function of the endothelial cells were examined after addition of GDNF, in terms of transendothelial electrical resistance (TER) and permeability. GDNF at concentrations of 0.1 and 1 ng/ml significantly activated the barrier function of the endothelial cells in the presence of cAMP. Since GDNF is secreted from astrocytes sheathing capillary endothelial cells in the brain cortex, our results strongly suggest that GDNF enhances the barrier function of tight junctions of the BBB on the one hand, and also supports the survival of neurons on the other hand.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
261
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
108-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Blood-Brain Barrier, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Cell Membrane Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Cyclic AMP, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Electric Impedance, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Endothelium, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Receptors, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Nerve Growth Factors, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Swine, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Tight Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:10405331-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor induces barrier function of endothelial cells forming the blood-brain barrier.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Department of Ophthalmology, Department of Neurosurgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, South-1, West-17, Chuo-ku, 060, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't