PMID: 11918969Mar 29, 2002Paper

Effects of different oxidizing agents on neutral amino acid transport systems in isolated bovine brain microvessels

Neurochemistry International
Patrizia CardelliArgante Bozzi

Abstract

Using isolated bovine brain microvessels as an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) we have evaluated the role of free radical generating solutions on some amino acid transport systems operating on the endothelial cell membrane. Fe(2+)/ascorbate, phenylhydrazine and CuSO(4) did not affect any of the transport system tested, while exposure of bovine brain microvessels to tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BHP) caused a reduced capacity to take up small neutral amino acids via the Na(+)-dependent A-system. The presence of glucose during t-BHP treatment did not prevent this inhibition, which was partially counteracted when the isolated microvessels were incubated with 5mM inosine before the oxidative stress. Incubation of the isolated capillaries with 5mM dithiothreitol, after exposure to t-BHP, resulted in a 50% recovery of the alpha-methylaminoisobutyrate (MeAIB) uptake by the A-system. Treatment with t-BHP, which had no effect on the L-system of neutral amino acid transport, caused a significant decrease of the intracellular levels of ATP, of glutathione (GSH), and of gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) activity, while no significant modification of hexokinase (HK) or of alkaline phosphatase (ALKP) activities were observed. O...Continue Reading

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