Regulation of brain capillary endothelial thrombomodulin mRNA expression

Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation
N D TranM Fisher

Abstract

Endothelial cells regulate hemostasis in part via expression of thrombomodulin, a potent anticoagulant protein. The purpose of this study was to analyze brain capillary endothelial cell expression of thrombomodulin mRNA. Bovine brain capillary endothelial cells were grown in a blood-brain barrier model in which endothelial cells form capillary-like structures. In situ hybridization and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to examine thrombomodulin expression. Endothelial cells were then cocultured with astrocytes. We examined both coculture and monoculture preparations for gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGTP), a marker of the blood-brain barrier. We then used quantitative-competitive PCR to compare thrombomodulin expression in endothelial monocultures and astrocyte-endothelial cocultures after 1 and 7 days of culture. Both in situ hybridization and PCR studies demonstrated thrombomodulin mRNA expression by endothelial cells. During 1 week of astrocyte-endothelial coculture, there was (1) progressive association of astrocytes with capillary-like structures and (2) expression of GGTP; endothelial monocultures did not express GGTP. There was no significant difference in thrombomodulin mRNA expression for cocultures versus mon...Continue Reading

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