1. Ovine Proinflammatory Cytokines Cross the Murine Blood-Brain Barrier by a Common Saturable Transport Mechanism
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Jessica L. Lynch, Barbara S. Stonestreet, William A. Banks, Grazyna B. Sadowska, Kristin M. Lynch, and Steven W. Threlkeld
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Male ,Programmed cell death ,Neuroimmunomodulation ,Interleukin-1beta ,Immunology ,Ischemia ,Plasma protein binding ,Biology ,Blood–brain barrier ,Proinflammatory cytokine ,Iodine Radioisotopes ,Mice ,Endocrinology ,Species Specificity ,medicine ,Animals ,Interleukin 6 ,Sheep, Domestic ,Original Paper ,Interleukin-6 ,Endocrine and Autonomic Systems ,Interleukin ,medicine.disease ,Transport protein ,Disease Models, Animal ,Protein Transport ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Neurology ,Blood-Brain Barrier ,biology.protein ,Cytokines ,Inflammation Mediators ,Protein Binding - Abstract
Objectives: The cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 are modulators of the neuroimmune axis and have been implicated in neuronal cell death cascades after ischemia or infection. Previous work has shown that some cross-species conservation exists between human and rodent blood-brain barrier (BBB) transport systems. To further assess cross-species conservation of cytokine transport across the BBB, the current studies investigated permeability and inhibition of ovine IL-1β and IL-6 in the mouse. Methods: IL-1β or IL-6 was radioactively labeled with 131I and injected into the jugular vein at time zero. A subset of mice received 1 or 3 µg/mouse of an unlabeled ovine or murine cytokine (IL-1β or IL-6) to assess self- and/or cross-inhibition of transport. Permeability was assessed using multiple-regression analysis. Results: There was a significant linear relationship for both ovine 131I-IL-1β and 131I-IL-6 between brain/serum ratios and exposure time, indicating BBB permeability. Inclusion of 3 µg/mouse unlabeled ovine IL-1β or IL-6 significantly reduced the transport of ovine 131I-IL-1β or 131I-IL-6, respectively, across the BBB. Transport of both ovine 131I-IL-1β and 131I-IL-6 was significantly inhibited by 1 µg/mouse of murine IL-1β or IL-6, respectively. In contrast, 1 µg/mouse of unlabeled ovine IL-1β or IL-6 did not inhibit the transport of murine 131I-IL-1β or 131I-IL-6. Conclusions: Ovine IL-1β and IL-6 cross the mouse BBB by saturable transport. Inhibition of transport by murine homologs indicates that both species use the same transport mechanisms. Conversely, an inability of ovine cytokines to significantly inhibit the transport of murine cytokines indicates that mouse BBB has a lower affinity for ovine than murine cytokines. Knowledge of species-conserved BBB transport mechanisms may facilitate the development of novel animal models of central nervous system pathogenesis.
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- 2010