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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) formed by brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMVEC) regulates the passage of molecules and leukocytes in and out of the brain. Oxidative stress is a major underlying cause of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders and BBB injury associated with them. Using human BMVEC grown on porous membranes covered with basement membrane (BM) matrix (BBB models), we demonstrated that reactive oxygen species (ROS) augmented permeability and monocyte migration across BBB. ROS activated matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1, -2, and -9) and decreased tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMP-1 and -2) in a protein tyrosine kinase (PTK)-dependent manner. Increase in MMPs and PTK activities paralleled degradation of BM protein and enhanced tyrosine phosphorylation of tight junction (TJ) protein. These effects and enhanced permeability/monocyte migration were prevented by inhibitors of MMPs, PTKs, or antioxidant suggesting that oxidative stress caused BBB injury via degradation of BM protein by activated MMPs and by PTK-mediated TJ protein phosphorylation. These findings point to new therapeutic interventions ameliorating BBB dysfunction in neurological disorders such as stroke or neuroinflammation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
101
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
566-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Basement Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Blood-Brain Barrier, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Cerebral Arteries, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Chemotaxis, Leukocyte, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Encephalitis, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Matrix Metalloproteinases, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Neurodegenerative Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Reactive Oxygen Species, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Tight Junctions, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1, pubmed-meshheading:17250680-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Oxidative stress activates protein tyrosine kinase and matrix metalloproteinases leading to blood-brain barrier dysfunction.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5215, USA. Jhaorah@unmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural