論文 - 詳細
| RRC ID | 72905 |
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| 著者 | Hayashi Y, Nomura M, Yamagishi S, Harada S, Yamashita J, Yamamoto H. |
| タイトル | Induction of various blood-brain barrier properties in non-neural endothelial cells by close apposition to co-cultured astrocytes. |
| ジャーナル | Glia |
| Abstract |
Vascular endothelial cells (EC) exhibit organ-to-organ heterogeneity in their functions and morphologies. In particular, brain capillary EC have unique characteristics exemplified by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The formation and the maintenance of BBB have been ascribed to EC responses to inductive signal(s) or factor(s) from astrocytes that encircle microvessels in the central nervous system. These EC responses were demonstrated in numerous in vivo studies, exemplified by those of Janzer and Raff (Nature 325:253, 1987) and Tout et al. (Neuroscience 55:291, 1993) showing that transplanted astrocytes induced BBB properties in non-neural vascular EC. In this study, we constructed a heterologous co-culture system, in which rat fetal brain astrocytes were cultivated on one surface of a porous membrane and human umbilical vein EC on the opposite surface. Electron microscopic examination revealed that astrocytes passed their endfeet through the pores, making contact with EC. In this system, gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (gamma-GTP) activity in EC was found to be significantly increased by contacting astrocytes in a density- and time-dependent manner, but not when the astrocyte feeder layer was apart from EC or replaced by COS cells; astrocyte-derived extracellular matrix partially activated gamma-GTP. mRNAs for some of the representative BBB markers, including transferrin receptor, P-glycoprotein, brain-type glucose transporter (GLUT-1), and gamma-GTP were also demonstrated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction to be upregulated in EC co-cultured with astrocytes. Astrocyte inductions of close membrane apposition resembling a zonula occludens and of an increase in the content of mitochondria in EC were also noted in electron micrographs. Furthermore, an increased barrier activity against inulin was conferred on EC when they were lined with astrocytes. The results obtained with this heterologous co-culture system thus indicate that through contact with their feet, astrocytes are capable of transdifferentiating non-neural EC into the brain type, endowing them with the BBB properties. |
| 巻・号 | 19(1) |
| ページ | 13-26 |
| 公開日 | 1997-1-1 |
| PII | 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199701)19:1<13::AID-GLIA2>3.0.CO;2-B |
| PMID | 8989564 |
| MeSH | ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / analysis ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1 / genetics Animals Astrocytes / cytology Astrocytes / physiology* Astrocytes / ultrastructure Blood-Brain Barrier / physiology* Butanols / pharmacokinetics COS Cells / cytology COS Cells / enzymology COS Cells / ultrastructure Carbon Radioisotopes Cell Communication / physiology Cell Culture Techniques / methods Cells, Cultured / cytology Cells, Cultured / enzymology Cells, Cultured / ultrastructure Cerebral Cortex / cytology Endothelium, Vascular / chemistry Endothelium, Vascular / cytology* Endothelium, Vascular / physiology Gene Expression Regulation / physiology Glucose Transporter Type 1 Humans Inulin / pharmacokinetics* Microscopy, Electron Mitochondria / ultrastructure Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / analysis Monosaccharide Transport Proteins / genetics RNA, Messenger / analysis Rats Receptors, Transferrin / analysis Receptors, Transferrin / genetics Tritium Umbilical Veins / cytology gamma-Glutamyltransferase / genetics |
| IF | 5.984 |
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| 最多言及媒体 | Patent(IFI CLAIMS) |
| 各媒体での言及数の合計 | 15 |
| 過去6か月間でのオルトメトリクス指標の変動値 | 3.0 |
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| ヒト・動物細胞 | COS-7(RCB0539) |