| Literature DB >> 11742253 |
B Kis1, M A Deli, H Kobayashi, C S Abrahám, T Yanagita, H Kaiya, T Isse, R Nishi, S Gotoh, K Kangawa, A Wada, J Greenwood, M Niwa, H Yamashita, Y Ueta.
Abstract
Adrenomedullin (AM) is an important vasodilator in cerebral circulation, and cerebral endothelial cells are a major source of AM. This in vitro study aimed to determine the AM-induced changes in blood-brain barrier (BBB) functions. AM administration increased, whereas AM antisense oligonucleotide treatment decreased transendothelial electrical resistance. AM incubation decreased BBB permeability for sodium fluorescein (mol. wt 376 Da) but not for Evan's blue albumin (mol. wt 67 kDa), and it also attenuated fluid-phase endocytosis. AM treatment resulted in functional activation of P-glycoprotein efflux pump in vitro. Our results indicate that AM as an autocrine mediator plays an important role in the regulation of BBB properties of the cerebral endothelial cells.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11742253 DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200112210-00055
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neuroreport ISSN: 0959-4965 Impact factor: 1.837