Ex vivo rat brain microvessels express receptors for native as well as for oxidized low-density lipoproteins. In brain microvessels-derived endothelial cells, the expression levels of both receptors were enhanced by co-cultivation with rat astrocytes, even in the absence of actual contact between the two cell types, suggesting a soluble factor(s)-based mechanism of induction. No modulation e¡ect could be evidenced in a heterologous cellular system. Since both receptors were found to be expressed also in astrocytes, these cells are likely to contribute substantially to the lipoprotein management at the blood^brain barrier and in the brain compartment.

The expression of native and oxidized LDL receptors in brain microvessels is specifically enhanced by astrocytes-derived soluble factor(s) / Lucarelli, Marco; Valeria, Borrelli; Cardelli, Patrizia; Fiori, Anna; Cucina, Alessandra; Granata, Filippo; Rosa Luisa, Potenza; Scarpa, Sigfrido; Cavallaro, Antonino; Strom, Roberto. - In: FEBS LETTERS. - ISSN 0014-5793. - STAMPA. - 522:1-3(2002), pp. 19-23. [10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02857-0]

The expression of native and oxidized LDL receptors in brain microvessels is specifically enhanced by astrocytes-derived soluble factor(s)

LUCARELLI, Marco;CARDELLI, Patrizia;FIORI, Anna;CUCINA, Alessandra;GRANATA, Filippo;SCARPA, Sigfrido;CAVALLARO, Antonino;STROM, Roberto
2002

Abstract

Ex vivo rat brain microvessels express receptors for native as well as for oxidized low-density lipoproteins. In brain microvessels-derived endothelial cells, the expression levels of both receptors were enhanced by co-cultivation with rat astrocytes, even in the absence of actual contact between the two cell types, suggesting a soluble factor(s)-based mechanism of induction. No modulation e¡ect could be evidenced in a heterologous cellular system. Since both receptors were found to be expressed also in astrocytes, these cells are likely to contribute substantially to the lipoprotein management at the blood^brain barrier and in the brain compartment.
2002
astrocytes co-culture; blood-brain barrier; brain microvessels; endothelial cells; lipoprotein receptors; oxidized lipoproteins
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The expression of native and oxidized LDL receptors in brain microvessels is specifically enhanced by astrocytes-derived soluble factor(s) / Lucarelli, Marco; Valeria, Borrelli; Cardelli, Patrizia; Fiori, Anna; Cucina, Alessandra; Granata, Filippo; Rosa Luisa, Potenza; Scarpa, Sigfrido; Cavallaro, Antonino; Strom, Roberto. - In: FEBS LETTERS. - ISSN 0014-5793. - STAMPA. - 522:1-3(2002), pp. 19-23. [10.1016/s0014-5793(02)02857-0]
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