Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate the molecular response to damage at the blood brain barrier (BBB) and to elucidate critical pathways that might lead to effective treatment in central nervous system (CNS) pathologies in which the BBB is compromised. We have used a human, stem-cell derived in-vitro BBB injury model to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms controlling BBB integrity. Chemical injury induced by exposure to an organophosphate re-sulted in rapid lipid peroxidation, initiating a ferroptosis-like process. Additionally, mitochondrial ROS formation (MRF) and increase in mitochondrial membrane permeability were induced, leading to apoptotic cell death. Yet, these processes did not directly result in damage to barrier functionality, since blocking them did not reverse the increased permeability.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 311 |
Pages (from-to) | 1-24 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Pharmaceutics |
Volume | 13 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2021 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Funding
Funding: This work was mostly supported by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency-Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense grant no. 11816372 for IC who is also supported by the Nehemia Rubin Excellence in Biomedical Research—The TELEM Program supported by the Aaron Gutwirth Fund and by a Ministry of Science and Technology grant no. 3-13576.
Funders | Funder number |
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Aaron Gutwirth Fund | |
Defense Threat Reduction Agency-Joint Science and Technology Office for Chemical and Biological Defense | 11816372 |
Nehemia Rubin Excellence in Biomedical Research | |
Ministry of science and technology, Israel | 3-13576 |
Keywords
- Blood-brain barrier
- DFO
- HIF2α
- Iron
- Ve-cadherin