Specific role of tight junction proteins claudin-5, occludin, and ZO-1 of the blood-brain barrier in a focal cerebral ischemic insult.

Abstract

Blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakage plays a key role in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury. It is quite necessary to further explore the characteristic and mechanism of BBB leakage during stroke. We induced a focal cerebral ischemia model by transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in male rats for defining the time course of BBB permeability within 120 h following reperfusion and evaluate the specific role of tight junction (TJ) associated proteins claudin-5, occludin, and ZO-1 as well as protein kinase C delta (PKCδ) pathway in BBB leakage induced by reperfusion injury. We verified a bimodal increase in the permeability of the BBB following focal ischemia by Evans blue assay. Two peaks of BBB permeability appeared at 3 h and 72 h of reperfusion after 2 h focal ischemia, respectively. The leak at the endothelial cell was represented at the level of transmission electron microscopy. TTC staining results showed increased infarct size with time after cerebral ischemia reperfusion. The mRNA and protein expression levels of these three TJ associated proteins were significantly decreased compared with the sham-operated group within 120 h of reperfusion, corresponding to the time-dependent change of the biphasic pattern in BBB leakage. The redistribution of claudin-5, occludin, and ZO-1 in ischemia brain microvascular endothelial cells was observed at the same time points. In addition, Western blot assay revealed PKCδ level was also significantly increased in a similar biphasic pattern to above results within 120 h after cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. This study demonstrates the timing of TJ associated proteins claudin-5, occludin, and ZO-1 in light of BBB permeability associated with cerebral ischemia reperfusion, and suggests PKCδ pathway may participate in TJ barrier open and BBB leakage during reperfusion injury in a time-dependent manner.

• Authors: Haixia Jiao, Zhenhua Wang, Yunhui Liu, Ping Wang, Yixue Xue
• Journal: Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN (J Mol Neurosci) Vol. 44 Issue 2 Pg. 130-9 (Jun 2011) ISSN: 1559-1166 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 21318404 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Claudin-5
• Cldn5 protein, rat
• Coloring Agents
• Membrane Proteins
• Occludin
• Ocln protein, rat
• Phosphoproteins
• Tjp1 protein, rat
• Zonula Occludens-1 Protein
• Evans Blue
• Protein Kinase C-delta

Topics

• Animals
• Blood-Brain Barrier (metabolism)
• Brain Ischemia (metabolism, pathology)
• Claudin-5
• Coloring Agents (metabolism)
• Evans Blue (metabolism)
• Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery
• Male
• Membrane Proteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Occludin
• Permeability
• Phosphoproteins (genetics, metabolism)
• Protein Kinase C-delta (metabolism)
• Random Allocation
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley
• Reperfusion Injury (metabolism)
• Tight Junctions (metabolism, ultrastructure)
• Zonula Occludens-1 Protein