The morphology of the endothelial junctions, the expression of the alkaline phosphatase (ALKP) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) activities, and the transport systems for neutral amino acids (NAA) and for D-glucose were studied in parallel in isolated microvessels from the brains of 9-, 12-, and 21-day chick embryos and 30-day chickens using freeze-fracturing and biochemical techniques. In the 9-day embryos, the endothelium junctional plasma membranes show alignments of discrete intramembrane particles (Imps) on the replica P-faces. In the 12-day embryos, the junctional membranes show short fibrils of loosely interconnected fused Imps. In the 21-day embryos, the junction is characterized by simple networks, and in the 30-day chickens, by very dense meshworks of continuous, fibrillary strands. In early embryonic life, the ALKP activity is expressed at high levels, more markedly in the microvessels than in the whole brain. ALKP progressively declines in later embryos and even more in adulthood, when the activity is fivefold higher in the microvessels than in the whole brain. No GGT activity is expressed in either embryonic or adult microvessels. The transport systems for NAA and for d-glucose are most active in 12-day embryonic microvessels, and progressively less expressed by the 21st day and in the adult. The results taken as a whole suggest a close relationship between the morphological and the metabolic maturation of the endothelial barrier of cerebral vessels.

Developmental Study on Ultrastructural and Biochemical Changes of Isolated Chick Brain Microvessels / Nico, B.; Cardelli, Patrizia; Fiori, Anna; Riccetelli, L.; Giglio, M. R.; Strom, Roberto; SASSOE POGNETTO, M.; Cantino, D.; Bertossi, M.; Ribatti, D.; Roncali, L.. - In: MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH. - ISSN 0026-2862. - STAMPA. - 53:(1997), pp. 79-91. [10.1006/mvre.1996.1967]

Developmental Study on Ultrastructural and Biochemical Changes of Isolated Chick Brain Microvessels.

CARDELLI, Patrizia;FIORI, Anna;STROM, Roberto;
1997

Abstract

The morphology of the endothelial junctions, the expression of the alkaline phosphatase (ALKP) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) activities, and the transport systems for neutral amino acids (NAA) and for D-glucose were studied in parallel in isolated microvessels from the brains of 9-, 12-, and 21-day chick embryos and 30-day chickens using freeze-fracturing and biochemical techniques. In the 9-day embryos, the endothelium junctional plasma membranes show alignments of discrete intramembrane particles (Imps) on the replica P-faces. In the 12-day embryos, the junctional membranes show short fibrils of loosely interconnected fused Imps. In the 21-day embryos, the junction is characterized by simple networks, and in the 30-day chickens, by very dense meshworks of continuous, fibrillary strands. In early embryonic life, the ALKP activity is expressed at high levels, more markedly in the microvessels than in the whole brain. ALKP progressively declines in later embryos and even more in adulthood, when the activity is fivefold higher in the microvessels than in the whole brain. No GGT activity is expressed in either embryonic or adult microvessels. The transport systems for NAA and for d-glucose are most active in 12-day embryonic microvessels, and progressively less expressed by the 21st day and in the adult. The results taken as a whole suggest a close relationship between the morphological and the metabolic maturation of the endothelial barrier of cerebral vessels.
1997
Blood-brain barrier; Chick embryo development; Electron microscopy; Vasvular endothelium ultrastructure; Intramembrane particles
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Developmental Study on Ultrastructural and Biochemical Changes of Isolated Chick Brain Microvessels / Nico, B.; Cardelli, Patrizia; Fiori, Anna; Riccetelli, L.; Giglio, M. R.; Strom, Roberto; SASSOE POGNETTO, M.; Cantino, D.; Bertossi, M.; Ribatti, D.; Roncali, L.. - In: MICROVASCULAR RESEARCH. - ISSN 0026-2862. - STAMPA. - 53:(1997), pp. 79-91. [10.1006/mvre.1996.1967]
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