Neonatal excitotoxicity modifies blood-brain barrier properties increasing its susceptibility to hypertonic shock in adulthood

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Early responses to a neurological excitotoxic process include blood-brain barrier (BBB) impairment and overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), but the long-term effects of excitotoxicity on the BBB properties remain unknown. To assess this, we induced an excitotoxic process on male rats by neonatal monosodium glutamate (MSG) treatment. At postnatal day (PD) 60, we measured the expression level of structural proteins of the BBB and the VEGF type-2 receptor (VEGFR-2) protein in the cerebral motor cortex (CMC), striatum (STR), hippocampus (Hp), entorhinal cortex (Ent), and hypothalamus (Hyp). We also measured BBB permeability in the same cerebral regions. Neonatal MSG treatment significantly reduced the protein expression level of claudin-5 in the CMC, and of ZO-1 in the CMC and Hp, and increased the expression level of plasmalemmal vesicle-associated protein in the CMC, and of VEGFR-2 in all regions except for the Hyp. BBB permeability was significantly higher in all studied regions of MSG-treated animals after hypertonic shock (HS). The increased BBB permeability observed in the MSG-treated animals after HS was reversed by VEGFR-2 inhibition with SU5416. We conclude that neonatal excitotoxicity leads to lasting impairment on BBB properties in adulthood, increasing its susceptibility to HS that could be regulated by VEGFR-2 activity inhibition.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:80

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International journal of developmental neuroscience : the official journal of the International Society for Developmental Neuroscience - 80(2020), 4 vom: 21. Juni, Seite 335-346

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fajardo-Fregoso, Blanca Fabiola [VerfasserIn]
Castañeda-Cabral, Jose Luis [VerfasserIn]
Beas-Zárate, Carlos [VerfasserIn]
Ureña-Guerrero, Mónica E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

71IA9S35AJ
Brain-blood barrier
EC 2.7.10.1
Excitotoxicity
Indoles
Journal Article
Kdr protein, rat
Pyrroles
Semaxinib
Sodium Glutamate
Tight junctions
VEGF
VEGFR-2
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
W81N5U6R6U

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Date Completed 29.03.2021

Date Revised 29.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/jdn.10027

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NLM307852822