Functional expression of the P-glycoproteinmdr in primary cultures of bovine cerebral capillary endothelial cells |
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Authors: | D. Lechardeur D. Scherman |
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Affiliation: | (1) UMR 133 CNRS/Rhône-Poulenc Roret, Centre de recherche de Vitry-Alfortville, 13 quai Jules Guesde, BP 14, 94403 Vitry/Seine, France |
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Abstract: | The P-glycoproteinmdr is expressed not only in tumoral cells, but also in nontransformed cells, including the specialized endothelial cells of brain capillaries which build up the blood-brain barrier. Since all previously identified blood-brain barrier markers are rapidly lost when cerebral capillary endothelial cells are maintained in primary culture, we have investigated whether P-glycoprotein (P-gp) would follow the same rule, in order to address the influence of the cerebral environment on the specific P-gp expression in the brain endothelium. As compared to freshly isolated purified cerebral capillaries, P-glycoprotein was detected by immunochemistry at a high level in 5–7 day primary cultures. In our culture conditions, P-glycoprotein was immunodetected at a lower molecular weight than that found in freshly isolated capillaries. Enzymatic deglycosylation led to the same 130 kDa protein for both fresh and cultured samples, suggesting that P-gp post-translational modifications were altered in primary cultures. However, studies on the uptake and efflux of the P-gp substrate [3H]vinblastine, and on the effect of variousmdr reversing agents on the uptake and efflux, clearly indicated that the efflux pump function of the P-glycoprotein was maintained in primary cultures of bovine cerebral capillary endothelial cells. P-Glycoprotein may thus represent the first blood-brain barrier marker which is maintained in cerebral endothelial cells cultured in the absence of factors originating from the brain parenchyma.Abbreviations BBB blood-brain barrier - BCEC brain capillary endothelial cells - -GT -glutamyltranspeptidase - HBSS Hank's balanced salt solution - Mab monoclonal antibody - mdr multidrug resistance - P-gp P-glycoprotein |
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Keywords: | blood-brain barrier endothelial cells multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein |
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