| Literature DB >> 26722502 |
Yao Li1, Li-Bo Liu1, Teng Ma1, Ping Wang1, Yi-Xue Xue1.
Abstract
Caveolin-1 affects the permeability of blood-tumor barrier (BTB) by regulating the expression of tight junction-associated proteins. However, the effect is still controversial. In the present work, we studied the regulative effect of caveolin-1 on the expression of tight junction-associated proteins and BTB via directly silencing and overexpressing of caveolin-1 by recombinant adenovirus transduction of glioma-derived microvascular endothelial cells in rat brain. The results show that the caveolin-1 downregulation resulted in decreased expression of tight junction-associated proteins, opening of tight junctions, and increasing the permeability of BTB, whereas the overexpression of caveolin-1 presented the opposite effects. Therefore, we conclude that caveolin-1 regulates the expression of tight junction-associated proteins in a positive manner, which further plays a role in the regulation of BTB permeability. This finding provides a novel therapeutic target for selectively opening of BTB.Entities:
Keywords: Caveolin-1; ZO-1; blood-tumor barrier; claudin-5; occludin; tight junction-associated proteins
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26722502 PMCID: PMC4680447
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Clin Exp Pathol ISSN: 1936-2625