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Retinoic acid induces blood-brain barrier development.
Mizee, Mark R; Wooldrik, Desiree; Lakeman, Kim A M; van het Hof, Bert; Drexhage, Joost A R; Geerts, Dirk; Bugiani, Marianna; Aronica, Eleonora; Mebius, Reina E; Prat, Alexandre; de Vries, Helga E; Reijerkerk, Arie.
Afiliação
  • Mizee MR; Blood-Brain Barrier Research Group, Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, VU University Medical Center, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Neurosci ; 33(4): 1660-71, 2013 Jan 23.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23345238
ABSTRACT
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is crucial in the maintenance of a controlled environment within the brain to safeguard optimal neuronal function. The endothelial cells (ECs) of the BBB possess specific properties that restrict the entry of cells and metabolites into the CNS. The specialized BBB endothelial phenotype is induced during neurovascular development by surrounding cells of the CNS. However, the molecular differentiation of the BBB endothelium remains poorly understood. Retinoic acid (RA) plays a crucial role in the brain during embryogenesis. Because radial glial cells supply the brain with RA during the developmental cascade and associate closely with the developing vasculature, we hypothesize that RA is important for the induction of BBB properties in brain ECs. Analysis of human postmortem fetal brain tissue shows that the enzyme mainly responsible for RA synthesis, retinaldehyde dehydrogenase, is expressed by radial glial cells. In addition, the most important receptor for RA-driven signaling in the CNS, RA-receptor ß (RARß), is markedly expressed by the developing brain vasculature. Our findings have been further corroborated by in vitro experiments showing RA- and RARß-dependent induction of different aspects of the brain EC barrier. Finally, pharmacologic inhibition of RAR activation during the differentiation of the murine BBB resulted in the leakage of a fluorescent tracer as well as serum proteins into the developing brain and reduced the expression levels of important BBB determinants. Together, our results point to an important role for RA in the induction of the BBB during human and mouse development.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tretinoína / Barreira Hematoencefálica / Neuroglia Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Neurosci Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Holanda

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Tretinoína / Barreira Hematoencefálica / Neuroglia Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Neurosci Ano de publicação: 2013 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Holanda