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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Diffusion of solutes and macromolecules in brain extracellular space (ECS) is important for normal brain function and efficient drug delivery, and is thought to be impaired in edematous brain. Here we measured the diffusion of an inert macromolecular fluorescent marker (FITC-dextran, 70 kDa) in the ECS by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching after staining the exposed cerebral cortex in vivo. In a brain tumor model of vasogenic (leaky capillary) edema, FITC-dextran diffusion was reduced more than fourfold in hypercellular tumor and surrounding astrogliotic tissue; however, diffusion in brain away from the tumor was approximately 30% faster than in normal contralateral brain. The increased diffusion was abolished by dexamethasone pretreatment. Enhanced ECS diffusion was also found in uninjured brain near a region of leaky brain vessels produced by focal cortical freeze injury. In contrast, ECS diffusion was slowed more than sixfold in cytotoxic brain edema caused by anoxia. Diffusion results were related semiquantitatively to ECS volume fraction and matrix viscosity from in vitro photobleaching studies in a model system consisting of silica particles in a fluorescent water/glycerol matrix. Our data provide in vivo evidence for enhanced ECS diffusion in vasogenic brain edema, yet greatly slowed diffusion in cytotoxic edema and in and around tumors.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
425-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Brain Edema, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Cerebral Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Dextrans, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Diffusion, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Disease Models, Animal, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Ethanol, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Extracellular Space, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Fluorescent Dyes, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Fluorometry, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Freezing, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Hypoxia, Brain, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Melanoma, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Neoplasm Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Photobleaching, pubmed-meshheading:15596484-Potassium Cyanide
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced macromolecular diffusion in brain extracellular space in mouse models of vasogenic edema measured by cortical surface photobleaching.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Physiology, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143-0521, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural