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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Astrocytic leptin receptors (ObR) can be up-regulated in conditions such as adult-onset obesity. To determine whether the levels and subtypes of astrocytic ObR modulate leptin transport, we co-cultured hCMEC/D3 human brain endothelial cells and C6 astrocytoma cells in the Transwell system, and tested leptin permeation from apical to basolateral chambers. In comparison with hCMEC alone, co-culture of C6 cells reduced the permeability of paracellular markers and leptin. Unexpectedly, ObRb over-expression in C6 cells increased leptin permeation whereas ObRa over-expression showed no effect when compared with the control group of pcDNA-transfected C6 cells. By contrast, the paracellular permeability to the sodium fluorescein control was unchanged by over-expression of ObR subtypes. Leptin remained intact after crossing the monolayer as shown by HPLC and acid precipitation, and this was not affected by C6 cell co-culture or the over-expression of different ObR subtypes. Thus, increased expression of ObRb (and to a lesser extent ObRe) in C6 cells specifically increased the permeation of leptin across the hCMEC monolayer. Consistent with the evidence that the most apparent regulatory changes of ObR during obesity and inflammation occur in astrocytes, the results indicate that astrocytes actively regulate leptin transport across the blood-brain barrier, a mechanism independent of reduction of paracellular permeability.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1471-4159
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
© 2010 The Authors. Journal of Neurochemistry © 2010 International Society for Neurochemistry.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1288-98
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-5-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Albumins, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Astrocytes, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Biological Transport, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Coculture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Iodine Isotopes, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Receptors, Leptin, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Rhodamines, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:20977476-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of astrocytic leptin receptor subtypes on leptin permeation across hCMEC/D3 human brain endothelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Blood-Brain Barrier Group, Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural