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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-22
pubmed:abstractText
Epidermal growth factor (EGF) is a neurotrophic peptide produced both in the central nervous system and the periphery. Peripheral administration of EGF causes central nervous system-mediated changes. The central nervous system effects could be explained by the permeation of EGF across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In this report, we show that 125I-EGF crosses the BBB rapidly, with an influx rate of about 2 microl/g x min, much faster than that for neurotrophins, cytokines, and most other bioactive peptides tested. The 125I-EGF was recovered intact in the brain 10 min after i.v. injection, and the majority of the peptide reaching the brain was present in the parenchyma. The fast rate of influx was significantly decreased by co-administration of nonradiolabeled EGF and transforming growth factor alpha, peptides that share the EGF receptor. By contrast, a monoclonal antibody against the EGF receptor failed to inhibit the entry of EGF. Furthermore, mice with a mutation in the EGF receptor had no significant decrease in the rapid rate of entry of 125I-EGF. By contrast to the fast rate of entry, 125I-EGF injected intracerebroventricularly (i.c.v.) only exited the brain with the bulk flow of cerebrospinal fluid. Thus, EGF has a saturable transport system at the BBB for rapid, unidirectional influx. The transport system does not require the entire EGF receptor and is susceptible to possible therapeutic manipulation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0196-9781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1091-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Entry of EGF into brain is rapid and saturable.
pubmed:affiliation
VA Medical Center and Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112-1262, USA. wpan@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article