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Johnsen LØ, Friis KA, Møller-Madsen MK, Damkier HH. Mechanisms of cerebrospinal fluid secretion by the choroid plexus epithelium: Application to various intracranial pathologies. Clin Anat 2024. [PMID: 38894645 DOI: 10.1002/ca.24199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2024] [Revised: 06/02/2024] [Accepted: 06/06/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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The choroid plexus (CP) is a small yet highly active epithelial tissue located in the ventricles of the brain. It secretes most of the CSF that envelops the brain and spinal cord. The epithelial cells of the CP have a high fluid secretion rate and differ from many other secretory epithelia in the organization of several key ion transporters. One striking difference is the luminal location of, for example, the vital Na+-K+-ATPase. In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on the role of ion transporters in CP secretion. Several studies have indicated that increased membrane transport activity is implicated in disorders such as hydrocephalus, idiopathic intracranial hypertension, and posthemorrhagic sequelae. The importance of the CP membrane transporters in regulating the composition of the CSF has also been a focus in research in recent years, particularly as a regulator of breathing and hemodynamic parameters such as blood pressure. This review focuses on the role of the fundamental ion transporters involved in CSF secretion and its ion composition. It gives a brief overview of the established factors and controversies concerning ion transporters, and finally discusses future perspectives related to the role of these transporters in the CP epithelium.
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MacAulay N, Toft-Bertelsen TL. Dual function of the choroid plexus: Cerebrospinal fluid production and control of brain ion homeostasis. Cell Calcium 2023; 116:102797. [PMID: 37801806 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceca.2023.102797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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The choroid plexus is a small monolayered epithelium located in the brain ventricles and serves to secrete the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) that envelops the brain and fills the central ventricles. The CSF secretion is sustained with a concerted effort of a range of membrane transporters located in a polarized fashion in this tissue. Prominent amongst these are the Na+/K+-ATPase, the Na+,K+,2Cl- cotransporter (NKCC1), and several HCO3- transporters, which together support the net transepithelial transport of the major electrolytes, Na+ and Cl-, and thus drive the CSF secretion. The choroid plexus, in addition, serves an important role in keeping the CSF K+ concentration at a level compatible with normal brain function. The choroid plexus Na+/K+-ATPase represents a key factor in the barrier-mediated control of the CSF K+ homeostasis, as it increases its K+ uptake activity when faced with elevated extracellular K+ ([K+]o). In certain developmental or pathological conditions, the NKCC1 may revert its net transport direction to contribute to CSF K+ homeostasis. The choroid plexus ion transport machinery thus serves dual, yet interconnected, functions with its contribution to electrolyte and fluid secretion in combination with its control of brain K+ levels.
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- Nanna MacAulay
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark.
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, Copenhagen 2200, Denmark
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A Historical Review of Brain Drug Delivery. Pharmaceutics 2022; 14:pharmaceutics14061283. [PMID: 35745855 PMCID: PMC9229021 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics14061283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914, that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood-brain barrier (BBB). Owing to restricted transport across the BBB, FDA-approved drugs for the CNS have been generally limited to lipid-soluble small molecules. Drugs that do not cross the BBB can be re-engineered for transport on endogenous BBB carrier-mediated transport and receptor-mediated transport systems, which were identified during the 1970s-1980s. By the 1990s, a multitude of brain drug delivery technologies emerged, including trans-cranial delivery, CSF delivery, BBB disruption, lipid carriers, prodrugs, stem cells, exosomes, nanoparticles, gene therapy, and biologics. The advantages and limitations of each of these brain drug delivery technologies are critically reviewed.
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MacAulay N, Keep RF, Zeuthen T. Cerebrospinal fluid production by the choroid plexus: a century of barrier research revisited. Fluids Barriers CNS 2022; 19:26. [PMID: 35317823 PMCID: PMC8941821 DOI: 10.1186/s12987-022-00323-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) envelops the brain and fills the central ventricles. This fluid is continuously replenished by net fluid extraction from the vasculature by the secretory action of the choroid plexus epithelium residing in each of the four ventricles. We have known about these processes for more than a century, and yet the molecular mechanisms supporting this fluid secretion remain unresolved. The choroid plexus epithelium secretes its fluid in the absence of a trans-epithelial osmotic gradient, and, in addition, has an inherent ability to secrete CSF against an osmotic gradient. This paradoxical feature is shared with other 'leaky' epithelia. The assumptions underlying the classical standing gradient hypothesis await experimental support and appear to not suffice as an explanation of CSF secretion. Here, we suggest that the elusive local hyperosmotic compartment resides within the membrane transport proteins themselves. In this manner, the battery of plasma membrane transporters expressed in choroid plexus are proposed to sustain the choroidal CSF secretion independently of the prevailing bulk osmotic gradient.
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- Nanna MacAulay
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Pardridge WM. Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease and Blood-Brain Barrier Drug Delivery. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2020; 13:E394. [PMID: 33207605 PMCID: PMC7697739 DOI: 10.3390/ph13110394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 11/12/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Despite the enormity of the societal and health burdens caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD), there have been no FDA approvals for new therapeutics for AD since 2003. This profound lack of progress in treatment of AD is due to dual problems, both related to the blood-brain barrier (BBB). First, 98% of small molecule drugs do not cross the BBB, and ~100% of biologic drugs do not cross the BBB, so BBB drug delivery technology is needed in AD drug development. Second, the pharmaceutical industry has not developed BBB drug delivery technology, which would enable industry to invent new therapeutics for AD that actually penetrate into brain parenchyma from blood. In 2020, less than 1% of all AD drug development projects use a BBB drug delivery technology. The pathogenesis of AD involves chronic neuro-inflammation, the progressive deposition of insoluble amyloid-beta or tau aggregates, and neural degeneration. New drugs that both attack these multiple sites in AD, and that have been coupled with BBB drug delivery technology, can lead to new and effective treatments of this serious disorder.
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- William M Pardridge
- Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
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Solár P, Zamani A, Kubíčková L, Dubový P, Joukal M. Choroid plexus and the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier in disease. Fluids Barriers CNS 2020; 17:35. [PMID: 32375819 PMCID: PMC7201396 DOI: 10.1186/s12987-020-00196-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The choroid plexus (CP) forming the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (B-CSF) barrier is among the least studied structures of the central nervous system (CNS) despite its clinical importance. The CP is an epithelio-endothelial convolute comprising a highly vascularized stroma with fenestrated capillaries and a continuous lining of epithelial cells joined by apical tight junctions (TJs) that are crucial in forming the B-CSF barrier. Integrity of the CP is critical for maintaining brain homeostasis and B-CSF barrier permeability. Recent experimental and clinical research has uncovered the significance of the CP in the pathophysiology of various diseases affecting the CNS. The CP is involved in penetration of various pathogens into the CNS, as well as the development of neurodegenerative (e.g., Alzheimer´s disease) and autoimmune diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis). Moreover, the CP was shown to be important for restoring brain homeostasis following stroke and trauma. In addition, new diagnostic methods and treatment of CP papilloma and carcinoma have recently been developed. This review describes and summarizes the current state of knowledge with regard to the roles of the CP and B-CSF barrier in the pathophysiology of various types of CNS diseases and sets up the foundation for further avenues of research.
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- Peter Solár
- Department of Anatomy, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, CZ-625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University and St. Anne´s University Hospital Brno, Pekařská 53, CZ-656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, CZ-625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, CZ-625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, CZ-625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Anatomy, Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, CZ-625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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Preston D, Simpson S, Halm D, Hochstetler A, Schwerk C, Schroten H, Blazer-Yost BL. Activation of TRPV4 stimulates transepithelial ion flux in a porcine choroid plexus cell line. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2018; 315:C357-C366. [PMID: 29791207 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00312.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The choroid plexus (CP) epithelium plays a major role in the production of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). A polarized cell line, the porcine CP-Riems (PCP-R) line, which exhibits many of the characteristics of the native epithelium, was used to study the effect of activation of the transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) cation channel found in the PCP-R cells as well as in the native epithelium. Ussing-style electrophysiological experiments showed that activation of TRPV4 with a specific agonist, GSK1016790A, resulted in an immediate increase in both transepithelial ion flux and conductance. These changes were inhibited by either of two distinct antagonists, HC067047 or RN1734. The change in conductance was reversible and did not involve disruption of epithelial junctional complexes. Activation of TRPV4 results in Ca2+ influx, therefore, we examined whether the electrophysiological changes were the result of secondary activation of Ca2+-sensitive channels. PCP-R cells contain two Ca2+-activated K+ channels, the small conductance 2 (SK2) and the intermediate conductance (IK) channels. Based on inhibitor studies, the former is not involved in the TRPV4-mediated electrophysiological changes whereas one of the three isoforms of the IK channel (KCNN4c) may play a role in the apical secretion of K+. Blocking the activity of this IK isoform with TRAM34 inhibited the TRPV4-mediated change in net transepithelial ion flux and the increased conductance. These studies implicate TRPV4 as a hub protein in the control of CSF production through stimulation by multiple effectors resulting in transepithelial ion and subsequent water movement.
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- Daniel Preston
- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Department of Neuroscience, Cell Biology, and Physiology, Wright State University , Dayton, Ohio
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
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- Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Children's Hospital , Mannheim , Germany
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- Mannheim Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Children's Hospital , Mannheim , Germany
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
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Praetorius J, Damkier HH. Transport across the choroid plexus epithelium. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 312:C673-C686. [PMID: 28330845 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00041.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Revised: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The choroid plexus epithelium is a secretory epithelium par excellence. However, this is perhaps not the most prominent reason for the massive interest in this modest-sized tissue residing inside the brain ventricles. Most likely, the dominant reason for extensive studies of the choroid plexus is the identification of this epithelium as the source of the majority of intraventricular cerebrospinal fluid. This finding has direct relevance for studies of diseases and conditions with deranged central fluid volume or ionic balance. While the concept is supported by the vast majority of the literature, the implication of the choroid plexus in secretion of the cerebrospinal fluid was recently challenged once again. Three newer and promising areas of current choroid plexus-related investigations are as follows: 1) the choroid plexus epithelium as the source of mediators necessary for central nervous system development, 2) the choroid plexus as a route for microorganisms and immune cells into the central nervous system, and 3) the choroid plexus as a potential route for drug delivery into the central nervous system, bypassing the blood-brain barrier. Thus, the purpose of this review is to highlight current active areas of research in the choroid plexus physiology and a few matters of continuous controversy.
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- Jeppe Praetorius
- Department of Biomedicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and
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- Department of Biomedicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Damkier HH, Brown PD, Praetorius J. Cerebrospinal Fluid Secretion by the Choroid Plexus. Physiol Rev 2013; 93:1847-92. [DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00004.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 291] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The choroid plexus epithelium is a cuboidal cell monolayer, which produces the majority of the cerebrospinal fluid. The concerted action of a variety of integral membrane proteins mediates the transepithelial movement of solutes and water across the epithelium. Secretion by the choroid plexus is characterized by an extremely high rate and by the unusual cellular polarization of well-known epithelial transport proteins. This review focuses on the specific ion and water transport by the choroid plexus cells, and then attempts to integrate the action of specific transport proteins to formulate a model of cerebrospinal fluid secretion. Significant emphasis is placed on the concept of isotonic fluid transport across epithelia, as there is still surprisingly little consensus on the basic biophysics of this phenomenon. The role of the choroid plexus in the regulation of fluid and electrolyte balance in the central nervous system is discussed, and choroid plexus dysfunctions are described in a very diverse set of clinical conditions such as aging, Alzheimer's disease, brain edema, neoplasms, and hydrocephalus. Although the choroid plexus may only have an indirect influence on the pathogenesis of these conditions, the ability to modify epithelial function may be an important component of future therapies.
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- Helle H. Damkier
- Department of Biomedicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biomedicine, Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; and Faculty of Life Sciences, Michael Smith Building, Manchester University, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Wright BLC, Lai JTF, Sinclair AJ. Cerebrospinal fluid and lumbar puncture: a practical review. J Neurol 2012; 259:1530-45. [DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6413-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2011] [Revised: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Damkier HH, Brown PD, Praetorius J. Epithelial pathways in choroid plexus electrolyte transport. Physiology (Bethesda) 2010; 25:239-49. [PMID: 20699470 DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00011.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A stable intraventricular milieu is crucial for maintaining normal neuronal function. The choroid plexus epithelium produces the cerebrospinal fluid and in doing so influences the chemical composition of the interstitial fluid of the brain. Here, we review the molecular pathways involved in transport of the electrolytes Na+, K+, Cl-, and HCO3(-)across the choroid plexus epithelium.
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- Helle H Damkier
- Department of Anatomy and the Water and Salt Research Center, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
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Millar ID, Bruce JIE, Brown PD. Ion channel diversity, channel expression and function in the choroid plexuses. Cerebrospinal Fluid Res 2007; 4:8. [PMID: 17883837 PMCID: PMC2072944 DOI: 10.1186/1743-8454-4-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Knowledge of the diversity of ion channel form and function has increased enormously over the last 25 years. The initial impetus in channel discovery came with the introduction of the patch clamp method in 1981. Functional data from patch clamp experiments have subsequently been augmented by molecular studies which have determined channel structures. Thus the introduction of patch clamp methods to study ion channel expression in the choroid plexus represents an important step forward in our knowledge understanding of the process of CSF secretion. Two K+ conductances have been identified in the choroid plexus: Kv1 channel subunits mediate outward currents at depolarising potentials; Kir 7.1 carries an inward-rectifying conductance at hyperpolarising potentials. Both K+ channels are localised at the apical membrane where they may contribute to maintenance of the membrane potential while allowing the recycling of K+ pumped in by Na+-K+ ATPase. Two anion conductances have been identified in choroid plexus. Both have significant HCO3- permeability, and may play a role in CSF secretion. One conductance exhibits inward-rectification and is regulated by cyclic AMP. The other is carried by an outward-rectifying channel, which is activated by increases in cell volume. The molecular identity of the anion channels is not known, nor is it clear whether they are expressed in the apical or basolateral membrane. Recent molecular evidence indicates that choroid plexus also expresses the non-selective cation channels such as transient receptor potential channels (TRPV4 and TRPM3) and purinoceptor type 2 (P2X) receptor operated channels. In conclusion, good progress has been made in identifying the channels expressed in the choroid plexus, but determining the precise roles of these channels in CSF secretion remains a challenge for the future.
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- Ian D Millar
- Faculty of Life Sciences, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Core Technology Facility, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9NT, UK
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Praetorius J. Water and solute secretion by the choroid plexus. Pflugers Arch 2006; 454:1-18. [PMID: 17120021 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-006-0170-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2006] [Accepted: 09/12/2006] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) provides mechanical and chemical protection of the brain and spinal cord. This review focusses on the contribution of the choroid plexus epithelium to the water and salt homeostasis of the CSF, i.e. the secretory processes involved in CSF formation. The choroid plexus epithelium is situated in the ventricular system and is believed to be the major site of CSF production. Numerous studies have identified transport processes involved in this secretion, and recently, the underlying molecular background for some of the mechanisms have emerged. The nascent CSF consists mainly of NaCl and NaHCO(3), and the production rate is strictly coupled to the rate of Na(+) secretion. In contrast to other secreting epithelia, Na(+) is actively pumped across the luminal surface by the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase with possible contributions by other Na(+) transporters, e.g. the luminal Na(+),K(+),2Cl(-) cotransporter. The Cl(-) and HCO(3) (-) ions are likely transported by a luminal cAMP activated inward rectified anion conductance, although the responsible proteins have not been identified. Whereas Cl(-) most likely enters the cells through anion exchange, the functional as well as the molecular basis for the basolateral Na(+) entry are not yet well-defined. Water molecules follow across the epithelium mainly through the water channel, AQP1, driven by the created ionic gradient. In this article, the implications of the recent findings for the current model of CSF secretion are discussed. Finally, the clinical implications and the prospects of future advances in understanding CSF production are briefly outlined.
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- Jeppe Praetorius
- The Water and Salt Research Center & Institute of Anatomy, University of Aarhus, Wilhelm Meyers Allé, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark.
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Brown PD, Davies SL, Speake T, Millar ID. Molecular mechanisms of cerebrospinal fluid production. Neuroscience 2005; 129:957-70. [PMID: 15561411 PMCID: PMC1890044 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The epithelial cells of the choroid plexuses secrete cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), by a process which involves the transport of Na(+), Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) from the blood to the ventricles of the brain. The unidirectional transport of ions is achieved due to the polarity of the epithelium, i.e. the ion transport proteins in the blood-facing (basolateral) membrane are different to those in the ventricular (apical) membrane. The movement of ions creates an osmotic gradient which drives the secretion of H(2)O. A variety of methods (e.g. isotope flux studies, electrophysiological, RT-PCR, in situ hybridization and immunocytochemistry) have been used to determine the expression of ion transporters and channels in the choroid plexus epithelium. Most of these transporters have now been localized to specific membranes. For example, Na(+)-K(+)ATPase, K(+) channels and Na(+)-2Cl(-)-K(+) cotransporters are expressed in the apical membrane. By contrast the basolateral membrane contains Cl(-)- HCO(3) exchangers, a variety of Na(+) coupled HCO(3)(-) transporters and K(+)-Cl(-) cotransporters. Aquaporin 1 mediates water transport at the apical membrane, but the route across the basolateral membrane is unknown. A model of CSF secretion by the mammalian choroid plexus is proposed which accommodates these proteins. The model also explains the mechanisms by which K(+) is transported from the CSF to the blood.
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- P D Brown
- School of Biological Sciences, G.38 Stopford Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
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Speake T, Kibble JD, Brown PD. Kv1.1 and Kv1.3 channels contribute to the delayed-rectifying K+conductance in rat choroid plexus epithelial cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2004; 286:C611-20. [PMID: 14602579 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00292.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The choroid plexuses secrete, and maintain the composition of, the cerebrospinal fluid. K+channels play an important role in these processes. In this study the molecular identity and properties of the delayed-rectifying K+(Kv) conductance in rat choroid plexus epithelial cells were investigated. Whole cell K+currents were significantly reduced by 10 nM dendrotoxin-K and 1 nM margatoxin, which are specific inhibitors of Kv1.1 and Kv1.3 channels, respectively. A combination of dendrotoxin-K and margatoxin caused a depolarization of the membrane potential in current-clamp experiments. Western blot analysis indicated the presence of Kv1.1 and Kv1.3 proteins in the choroid plexus. Furthermore, the Kv1.3 and Kv1.1 proteins appear to be expressed in the apical membrane of the epithelial cells in immunocytochemical studies. The Kv conductance was inhibited by 1 μM serotonin (5-HT), with maximum inhibition to 48% of control occurring in 8 min ( P < 0.05 by Student's t-test for paired data). Channel inhibition by 5-HT was prevented by the 5-HT2Cantagonist mesulergine (300 nM). It was also attenuated in the presence of calphostin C (a protein kinase C inhibitor). The conductance was partially inhibited by 1,2-dioctanoyl- sn-glycerol and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, both of which activate protein kinase C. These data suggest that 5-HT acts at 5-HT2Creceptors to activate protein kinase C, which inhibits the Kv channels. In conclusion, Kv1.1 and Kv1.3 channels make a significant contribution to K+efflux at the apical membrane of the choroid plexus.
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- Tracey Speake
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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Begley DJ, Brightman MW. Structural and functional aspects of the blood-brain barrier. PROGRESS IN DRUG RESEARCH. FORTSCHRITTE DER ARZNEIMITTELFORSCHUNG. PROGRES DES RECHERCHES PHARMACEUTIQUES 2003; 61:39-78. [PMID: 14674608 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-0348-8049-7_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- David J Begley
- Centre for Neuroscience Research, Kings College London, Hodgkin Building, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL, UK.
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Zheng W, Zhao Q. Establishment and characterization of an immortalized Z310 choroidal epithelial cell line from murine choroid plexus. Brain Res 2002; 958:371-80. [PMID: 12470873 PMCID: PMC3980880 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(02)03683-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The choroid plexus plays a wide range of roles in brain development, maturation, aging process, endocrine regulation, and pathogenesis of certain neurodegenerative diseases. To facilitate in vitro study, we have used a gene transfection technique to immortalize murine choroidal epithelial cells. A viral plasmid (pSV3neo) was inserted into the host genome of primary choroidal epithelia by calcium phosphate precipitation. The transfected epithelial cells, i.e., Z310 cells, that survived from cytotoxic selection expressed SV40 large-T antigen throughout the life span, suggesting a successful gene transfection. The cells displayed the same polygonal epithelial morphology as the starting cells by light microscopy. Immunocytochemical studies demonstrate the presence of transthyretin (TTR), a thyroxine transport protein known to be exclusively produced by the choroidal epithelia in the CNS, in both transfected and starting cells. Western blot analyses further confirm the production and secretion of TTR by these cells. The mRNAs encoding transferrin receptor (TfR) were identified by Northern blot analyses. The cells grow at a steady rate, currently in the 110th passage with a population doubling time of 20-22 h in the established culture. When Z310 cells were cultured onto a Trans-well apparatus, the cells formed an epithelial monolayer similar to primary choroidal cells, possessing features such as an uneven fluid level between inner and outer chambers and an electrical resistance approximately 150-200 omega-cm(2). These results indicate that immortalized Z310 cells possess the characteristics of choroidal epithelia and may have the potential for application in blood-CSF barrier (BCB) research.
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- Wei Zheng
- Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health, 60 Haven Ave, B1-110, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Zeuthen T. General models for water transport across leaky epithelia. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 2002; 215:285-317. [PMID: 11952232 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(02)15013-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The group of leaky epithelia, such as proximal tubule and small intestine, have several common properties in regard to salt and water transport. The fluid transport is isotonic, the transport rate increases in dilute solutions, and water can be transported uphill. Yet, it is difficult to find common features that could form the basis for a general transport model. The direction of transepithelial water transport does not correlate with the direction of the primary active Na+ transport, or with the ultrastucture as defined by the location of apical and basolateral membranes, of the junctional complex and the lateral intercellular spaces. The presence of specific water channels, aquaporins, increases the water permeability of the epithelial cell membranes, i.e., the kidney proximal tubule. Yet other leaky epithelia, for example, the retinal pigment epithelium, have no known aquaporins. There is, however, a general correlation between the direction of transepithelial transport and the direction of transport via cotransporters of the symport type. A simple epithelial model based on water permeabilities, a hyperosmolar compartment and restricted salt diffusion, is unable to explain epithelial transport phenomena, in particular the ability for uphill water transport. The inclusion of cotransporters as molecular water pumps in these models alleviates this problem.
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- Thomas Zeuthen
- Institute of Medical Physiology, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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The epithelial cells of the choroid plexus secrete cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), by a process that involves the movement of Na(+), Cl(-) and HCO(3)(-) from the blood to the ventricles of the brain. This creates the osmotic gradient, which drives the secretion of H(2)O. The unidirectional movement of the ions is achieved due to the polarity of the epithelium, i.e., the ion transport proteins in the blood-facing (basolateral) are different to those in the ventricular (apical) membranes. Saito and Wright (1983) proposed a model for secretion by the amphibian choroid plexus, in which secretion was dependent on activity of HCO(3)(-) channels in the apical membrane. The patch clamp method has now been used to study the ion channels expressed in rat choroid plexus. Two potassium channels have been observed that have a role in maintaining the membrane potential of the epithelial cell, and in regulating the transport of K(+) across the epithelium. An inward-rectifying anion channel has also been identified, which is closely related to ClC-2 channels, and has a significant HCO(3)(-) permeability. This channel is expressed in the apical membrane of the epithelium where it may play an important role in CSF secretion. A model of CSF secretion by the mammalian choroid plexus is proposed that accommodates these channels and other data on the expression of transport proteins in the choroid plexus.
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- T Speake
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, United Kingdom
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Haselbach M, Wegener J, Decker S, Engelbertz C, Galla HJ. Porcine Choroid plexus epithelial cells in culture: regulation of barrier properties and transport processes. Microsc Res Tech 2001; 52:137-52. [PMID: 11135456 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010101)52:1<137::aid-jemt15>3.0.co;2-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The epithelial cells of the choroid plexus are the structural basis of the blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-barrier. Here we summarise our recent efforts to culture those cells mainly on permeable supports in vitro. Isolated from porcine brains, we report a simple protocol for the primary culture using cytosine arabinoside as an additive that is cytotoxic for other cells except the plexus epithelial cells. Enhanced barrier properties are obtained by withdrawal of serum from the culture medium after confluency is reached. Cells improve their polarity, permeability for hydrophilic substrates is lowered, electrical resistance is increased tenfold, and a pH-gradient is built up across the cell monolayer. Polarised secretion of proteins and most importantly fluid secretion into the apical filter compartment was attained and proven to be dependent on the Na(+),K(+)-ATPase activity. Active transport processes (penicillin G, riboflavin, myo-inositol, ascorbic acid) were studied and clearly showed the involvement of the organic anion transporter. The permeability of the barrier was found to be regulated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). Moreover, we report that cell proliferation and differentiation is controlled by components of the extracellular matrix. The present culture model could now be used as an in vitro system to quantify drug transport across the blood-CSF-barrier.
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- M Haselbach
- Institut für Biochemie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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The fine structure of the tight junctions between sinus endothelial cells of the rat spleen and the permeability of such sinus endothelial cells were examined by transmission electron microscopy, using freeze-fracture, triton extraction, and lanthanum-tracer techniques. In freeze-fracture replicas, the segmented strands and grooves of the tight junctions were frequently observed on the basolateral surfaces of the sinus endothelial cells irrespective of the location of the ring fiber. There were one or two wavy-strands or grooves which were, for the most part, oriented parallel to the long cell axis thus forming networks at places. In addition, some strands or grooves were discontinuous while some networks of the junctional strands were not closed. These strands also occasionally lacked intramembranous particles in the tight junctions. The junctional strands run apicobasically at certain sites. In the vertical sections of the sinus endothelial cells treated with lanthanum nitrate, although no tight junctions were observed wherever the endothelial cells were apposed, most of them were situated on the basal part of the lateral surfaces of the adjacent endothelial cells. Several fusions of the junctional membranes were observed in a vertical section of the lateral surfaces of the adjacent endothelial cells. The intercellular spaces of the adjacent endothelial cells except for the fusion of the junctional membranes, were electron dense and the infiltration of lanthanum nitrate was found not to be interrupted by these tight junctions. Based on these observations, the molecular 'fence' and paracellular 'gate' functions of the tight junctions in the sinus endothelial cells are discussed.
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- K Uehara
- Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
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Villalobos AR, Parmelee JT, Renfro JL. Choline uptake across the ventricular membrane of neonate rat choroid plexus. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 276:C1288-96. [PMID: 10362591 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.276.6.c1288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The uptake of [3H]choline from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) side of the rat neonatal choroid plexus was characterized in primary cultures of the choroidal epithelium grown on solid supports. Cell-to-medium concentration ratios were approximately 5 at 1 min and as high as 70 at 30 min. Apical choline uptake was facilitated; the Km was approximately 50 microM. Several organic cations (e.g., hemicholinium-3 and N1-methylnicotinamide) inhibited uptake. The reduction or removal of external Na+ or the addition of 5 mM LiCl had no effect on uptake. However, increasing external K+ concentration from 3 to 30 mM depolarized ventricular membrane potential (-70 to -15 mV) and reduced uptake to 45% of that for the control. Treatment with 1 mM ouabain or 2 mM BaCl2 reduced uptake 45%, and intracellular acidification reduced uptake to approximately 90% of that for controls. These data indicate that the uptake of choline from CSF across the ventricular membrane of the neonatal choroidal epithelium is not directly coupled to Na+ influx but is sensitive to plasma membrane electrical potential.
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- A R Villalobos
- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, USA.
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Thomas SA, Segal MB. The transport of the anti-HIV drug, 2',3'-didehydro-3'-deoxythymidine (D4T), across the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid barriers. Br J Pharmacol 1998; 125:49-54. [PMID: 9776343 PMCID: PMC1565597 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjp.0702044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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1. The brain is a site of infection, viral replication and sanctuary for HIV-1. The treatment of HIV-1 infection therefore requires that an effective agent be delivered to the brain. 2',3'-Didehydro-3'-deoxythymidine (D4T) is a nucleoside analogue which has been shown to have beneficial clinical effects in the treatment of HIV infection. However, although D4T has been detected in human CSF, the ability of this drug to cross both the blood-brain and blood-cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) barriers and gain entrance into the brain tissue is not known. 2. This study examined the CNS entry of D4T by means of the bilateral vascular brain perfusion technique in the anaesthetized guinea-pig. 3. The results indicated that [3H]-D4T had a limited ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which was not significantly greater than D-[14C]-mannitol (a slowly penetrating marker molecule). Although D4T was found to cross the blood-CSF barrier, the presence of D4T in the CSF did not reflect levels of the drug in the brain tissue. 4. These results can be related to the measured low lipophilicity of D4T, the higher paracellular permeability characteristics of the choroid plexus (blood-CSF barrier) compared to the BBB, and the sink action nature of the CSF to the brain tissue. 5. In conclusion, these animal studies suggest that D4T may only penetrate the brain tissue to a limited extent and consideration should be given to these findings in the clinical situation.
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- S A Thomas
- Sherrington School of Physiology, U.M.D.S., St. Thomas Hospital Campus, London
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Zeuthen T. Molecular mechanisms for passive and active transport of water. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1995; 160:99-161. [PMID: 7558688 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61554-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Water crosses cell membranes by passive transport and by secondary active cotransport along with ions. While the first concept is well established, the second is new. The two modes of transport allow cellular H2O homeostasis to be viewed as a balance between H2O leaks and H2O pumps. Consequently, cells can be hyperosmolar relative to their surroundings during steady states. Under physiological conditions, cells from leaky epithelia may be hyperosmolar by roughly 5 mosm liter-1, under dilute conditions, hyperosmolarities up to 40 mosm liter-1 have been recorded. Most intracellular H2O is free to serve as solvent for small inorganic ions. The mechanism of transport across the membrane depends on how H2O interacts with the proteinaceous or lipoid pathways. Osmotic transport of H2O through specific H2O channels such as CHIP 28 is hydraulic if the pore is impermeable to the solute and diffusive if the pore is permeable. Cotransport of ions and H2O can be a result of conformational changes in proteins, which in addition to ion transport also translocate H2O bound to or occlude in the protein. A cellular model of a leaky epithelium based on H2O leaks and H2O pumps quantitatively predicts a number of so-far unexplained observations of H2O transport.
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- T Zeuthen
- Department of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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In this limited review, it has only been possible to highlight some of the more significant interactions of peptides with the blood-brain barrier. The literature has been reviewed extensively in recent years, and the major reviews are included in the references. Certainly one of the major outstanding problems is an elucidation of the precise mechanism(s) by which centrally active peptides produce their effects. Without question peripherally administered peptides are able to modify central nervous activity; and for a rapidly growing number of peptides, an extraction by the cerebral endothelial cells can be demonstrated. For some of these peptides, the extraction involves highly specific transporters. What is far less clear is whether this internalization of peptide into the endothelial cells is the first step in a process of transcytosis, with an eventual abluminal exocytosis into brain extracellular fluid of the intact peptide, or an active fragment or whether their entry into brain extracellular fluid is via a different route. If, on the other hand, the mechanism of central action is via the circumventricular organs, a general entry into brain extracellular fluid may not be required. Clearly for different peptides the route and mechanism of action will differ and future attention should be focused on the precise mechanisms producing the central effects of defined peptides.
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- D J Begley
- Department of Physiology, King's College London, United Kingdom
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Zeuthen T. Cotransport of K+, Cl- and H2O by membrane proteins from choroid plexus epithelium of Necturus maculosus. J Physiol 1994; 478 ( Pt 2):203-19. [PMID: 7965842 PMCID: PMC1155679 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1994.sp020243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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1. The interaction between K+, Cl- and H2O fluxes was studied in the ventricular membrane of the choroid plexus epithelium from Necturus maculosus by means of ion-selective microelectrodes. 2. Three experimental strategies were adopted: the osmolarity of the ventricular solution was increased abruptly by addition of (i) mannitol or (ii) KCl; (iii) Na+ in the ventricular solution was replaced isosmotically by K+. 3. The mannitol experiments showed that H2O had two pathways across the ventricular membrane. One was purely passive, with a water permeability, L'p, of 0.64 x 10(-4) cm s-1 (osmol l-1)-1. This operated in parallel with an ion-dependent pathway of similar magnitude which was abolished in Cl(-)-free solutions. 4. When KCl was added there was a flow of H2O into the cell. Surprisingly, this took place despite the osmotic gradient which favoured an efflux of H2O. The effect was blocked by frusemide (furosemide), in which case KCl had the same effects as applications of NaCl or mannitol. 5. Replacement of Na+ with K+ caused an influx of H2O. This flux could proceed against osmotic gradients implemented by mannitol. 6. The present data and those of earlier publications show that the interdependence of the fluxes of K+, Cl- and H2O in the exit membrane can be described as cotransport. The fluxes have a fixed stoichiometry of 1:1:500, the flux of one species is able to energize the flux of the two others, and the transport exhibits saturation and is specific for K+ and Cl-. 7. A molecular model based upon a mobile barrier in a membrane spanning protein gives an accurate quantitative description of the data.
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- T Zeuthen
- Panum Institute, Department of Medical Physiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Kotera T, Brown PD. Evidence for two types of potassium current in rat choroid plexus epithelial cells. Pflugers Arch 1994; 427:317-24. [PMID: 8072852 DOI: 10.1007/bf00374540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The whole-cell patch-clamp technique was applied to rat choroid plexus epithelial cells. The resting membrane potential was -53 mV. The whole-cell conductance was mainly K+ selective, and the K+ current observed appeared to contain two distinct components. Depolarizing voltage pulses (more positive than 0 mV) evoked time-dependent outward currents which resembled delayed-rectifying K+ currents in other tissues. The current exhibited time-dependent activation and, at potentials more positive than 40 mV, slower time-dependent inactivation. The reversal potential measured by tail current analysis showed a shift of 43 mV for a tenfold increase in extracellular K+ concentration ([K+]o). The current was reduced by extracellular 5 mM Ba2+, 5 mM tetraethylammonium (TEA+), 5 mM Cs+ and 1 mM 4-aminopyridine (4-AP). In contrast, hyperpolarizing voltage pulses evoked time-independent, inward-rectifying currents. The reversal potential measured by voltage-ramp commands showed a shift of 42 mV for a tenfold increase in [K+]o. The chord conductance did not appear to increase with increasing [K+]o. The current was reduced by extracellular 5 mM Ba2+ and 0.5 mM Cs+, but not by 5 mM TEA+ or 1 mM 4-AP. These data suggest that two populations of K+ channel contribute to the conductance of choroid plexus epithelial cells.
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- T Kotera
- Department of Physiological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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Revest PA, Jones HC, Abbott NJ. The transendothelial DC potential of rat blood-brain barrier vessels in situ. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1993; 331:71-4. [PMID: 8333349 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2920-0_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The recorded potential between the abluminal CSF and the vessel lumen, 3-4 mV, blood negative is similar to that recorded in frog and can account for most or all of the previously-reported PD between CSF and blood. It is not affected by substances that alter paracellular permeability and hence is mainly generated by the properties of endothelial cell membranes. Unlike the PD recorded in frog brain vessels, the PD in rat is not sensitive to the Na(+)-K+ATPase inhibitor, ouabain, which suggests that although electrogenic Na(+)-K+ transport is known to be present, the contribution it makes to the PD is not detectable. This suggests that the changes in PD recorded when abluminal [K+] or [Na+] are altered, are a result of the passive permeability properties of the endothelial cell membranes.
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- P A Revest
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, UK
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Keep RF, Xiang J, Betz AL. Potassium transport at the blood-brain and blood-CSF barriers. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1993; 331:43-54. [PMID: 8392782 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-2920-0_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Figure 5 gives a summary of K transporters at the BBB based on the available evidence. It appears that the cerebral endothelial cells have an array of potassium channels, although the degree to which each is open under physiological conditions is uncertain. Different channels are present on the luminal and abluminal membranes, and the opening and closing of these channels may allow modulation of the brain K influx and efflux rates and play a role in brain K homeostasis. These channels may also play a role in hyperosmotic brain volume regulation by increasing the entry rate of potassium into brain and may be involved in volume regulation of the endothelial cell itself. The nature of fluid transport at the BBB remains to be fully elucidated, with the presence of a Na/K/2Cl co-transporter being uncertain. The abluminal inwardly-rectifying channel may act as a leak pathway to allow modulation of fluid secretion by the Na/K ATPase without altering the K concentration of that fluid. Finally, there is some evidence that K transport at the BBB is under hormonal and neuronal control. The cerebral capillaries possess receptors for many of the hormones present in blood and brain.
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- R F Keep
- Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0532
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Zeuthen T. From contractile vacuole to leaky epithelia. Coupling between salt and water fluxes in biological membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1113:229-58. [PMID: 1510998 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4157(92)90040-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- T Zeuthen
- Department of General Physiology and Biophysics, The Panum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jones HC, Keep RF, Butt AM. The development of ion regulation at the blood-brain barrier. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 1992; 91:123-31. [PMID: 1410396 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(08)62326-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- H C Jones
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Kings College London, U.K
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Zeuthen T. Water permeability of ventricular cell membrane in choroid plexus epithelium from Necturus maculosus. J Physiol 1991; 444:133-51. [PMID: 1822548 PMCID: PMC1179925 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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1. The osmotic water permeability Lp and the relations between the flows of H2O, K+ and Cl- were studied in the ventricular membrane of the epithelium from the choroid plexus of Necturus maculosus. 2. The flows were induced by abrupt changes in external osmolarity of the ventricular solution. Solution changes were convective and no effects of unstirred layers could be detected on measured parameters. 3. The initial rate of change in intracellular concentrations of K+ and Cl- was monitored by double-barrelled ion-selective microelectrodes. 4. The initial rate of flux of H2O could be monitored as the changes in the concentration of intracellular choline ions (Ch+i). When 0.5 mmol l-1 of choline chloride was added to the external solutions, Ch+i attained values of 1-5 mmol l-1. The dilution or concentration of Ch+i could be recorded by K+ electrodes since the sensitivity of these to Ch+ is more than 50 times greater than to K+. 5. The Lp of the ventricular membrane of the epithelium was 1.4-2.1 x 10(-4) cm s-1 (osmol l-1)-1 and independent of the direction of the induced water flux. Lp was unchanged in tissues adapted to osmolarities of half the physiological value. 6. The efflux of H2O induced by mannitol was associated with an instantaneous efflux of K+ which was inhibited by furosemide. The fluxes had a ratio of 40 mmol l-1. The influx of H2O induced by the removal of NaCl from the ventricular solution was associated with an instantaneous influx of K+. The H2O influx had a ratio to the flux of K+ of 70 mmol l-1. 7. The efflux of H2O induced by mannitol was associated with an efflux of Cl- which was inhibited by furosemide. The ratio of the two fluxes was in the range 15-44 mmol l-1. 8. The conclusion is that the Ch+ method gives a reliable measure of the movement of H2O across the ventricular membrane. The magnitude of the Lp and its relevance to transepithelial transport are discussed. The osmotically induced H2O movement is accompanied by furosemide-sensitive fluxes of K+ and Cl- of the same magnitude. This suggests that co-transport between H2O and KCl can take place in the membrane.
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- T Zeuthen
- Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Zeuthen T. Secondary active transport of water across ventricular cell membrane of choroid plexus epithelium of Necturus maculosus. J Physiol 1991; 444:153-73. [PMID: 1822549 PMCID: PMC1179926 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1991.sp018871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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1. The interaction between Cl-, K+ and H2O fluxes were studied in the ventricular membrane of the choroid plexus epithelium from Necturus maculosus by means of ion-selective microelectrodes. The flux of H2O was measured by means of K+ electrodes as the dilution or concentration of intracellular choline ions, Ch+i. 2. In one series of experiments Cl- was readministered to the ventricular solution of tissues incubated in media with low Cl- concentrations. The resulting influx of Cl- was associated with an instantaneous influx of K+ and H2O. 3. Both the Cl- and the K+ influxes were reduced by the diuretic furosemide but were unaffected by inhibitors of Na+, K(+)-ATPase or changes in membrane potentials induced by Ba2+. Since the influx of K+ proceeds against its electrochemical gradient and is unaffected by changes in membrane potentials, the membrane exhibits secondary active, electroneutral transport of K+. 4. The influx of water, initiated simultaneously with the influx of K+ and Cl-, commenced before these ions had changed the osmolarity of the intracellular solution significantly. The influx of H2O could proceed against an osmotic gradient. The influx stopped when 100 mmol l-1 of mannitol was added to the ventricular solution at the same time as the Cl- ions. The influx of H2O was inhibited by K+ removal, furosemide or high external Ba2+ (10 mmol l-1), but not by strophanthidin, ouabain or low concentrations of Ba2+ (0.5 mmol l-1). The influx could not continue with other permeable anions, NO3-, acetate- or SCN-, replacing Cl-. 5. In another series of experiments Cl- was removed from the ventricular solution of tissues bathed in saline solutions with normal concentrations of Cl-. The resulting efflux of Cl- was associated with an instantaneous efflux of K+ and H2O. This efflux of H2O could proceed against an osmotic gradient of up to 70 mosmol l-1. This effect was inhibited by furosemide, in which case the water fluxes were entirely dependent on the osmotic gradients and the osmotic water permeability Lp of the ventricular membrane. 6. The data suggest that there is a coupling between the flux of KCl and of water in the ventricular membrane, which implies that the reflection coefficient sigma for KCl under the given circumstances is less than one. I suggest that the ability of leaky epithelia to transport against osmotic gradients depends on such a coupling, which derives from the properties of the proteins through which K+, Cl- and H2O leave the cell.
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- T Zeuthen
- Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Gardaire E, Isaia J, Bornancin M. Kinetics of potassium transport across trout gills. COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY. A, COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY 1991; 99:615-20. [PMID: 1679698 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9629(91)90139-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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1. Kinetics of potassium transport across trout gills was studied, using an isolated-head preparation. 2. Potassium exchanges were shown to take place across secondary lamellae only. 3. Influx of potassium was saturable and fitted satisfactorily the lineweaver-Burk linear plot. 4. Results suggest that these exchanges occur through potassium channel. 5. Kinetics of potassium exchanges is discussed in relation to the maintenance of the osmoregulation in fish.
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- E Gardaire
- Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire et Comparée URA CNRS 651, Faculté des Sciences, Nice, France
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Butt AM, Jones HC, Abbott NJ. Electrical resistance across the blood-brain barrier in anaesthetized rats: a developmental study. J Physiol 1990; 429:47-62. [PMID: 2277354 PMCID: PMC1181686 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1990.sp018243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 504] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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1. Ion permeability of the blood-brain barrier was studied by in situ measurement of transendothelial electrical resistance in anaesthetized rats aged between 17 days gestation and 33 days after birth, and by electron microscopic examination of lanthanum permeability in fetal and neonatal rats aged up to 10 days old. 2. The blood-brain barrier in 17- to 20-day fetuses had a resistance of 310 omega cm2 but was impermeable to lanthanum, and therefore had properties intermediate between leaky and tight epithelia. 3. From 21 days gestation, the resistance was 1128 omega cm2, indicating a tight blood-brain barrier and low ion permeability. There was little further change in barrier resistance after birth, and in 28- to 33-day rats, when the brain barrier systems are mature in other ways, vessels had a mean resistance of 1462 omega cm2. 4. In the tight blood-brain barrier, arterial vessels had a significantly higher resistance than venous vessels, 1490 and 918 omega cm2 respectively. In vessels less than 50 microns diameter and within the normal 60 min experimental period, there was no significant variation in vessel resistance. 5. Hyperosmotic shock caused a rapid decay in resistance (maximal within 5 min), and after disruption of the blood-brain barrier, vessel resistance was 100-300 omega cm2 in both arterial and venous vessels, and the effect was reversible. After the application of metabolic poisons (NaCN plus iodoacetate) and low temperature there was a similarly low electrical resistance. 6. It is concluded that the increase in electrical resistance at birth indicates a decrease in paracellular ion permeability at the blood-brain barrier and is required for effective brain interstitial fluid ion regulation.
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- A M Butt
- Biomedical Sciences Division, King's College London
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Christensen O, Simon M, Randlev T. Anion channels in a leaky epithelium. A patch-clamp study of choroid plexus. Pflugers Arch 1989; 415:37-46. [PMID: 2482960 DOI: 10.1007/bf00373139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We have used the patch-clamp technique to characterize three anion channels in the ventricular membrane of the choroid plexus epithelium from Necturus. The most frequently occurring channel had a nonlinear IV-curve. The conductance in excised patches with 112 mM chloride at both sides was 28 pS at 0 mV, increasing towards positive membrane potentials. The selectivity ratios were PNa:PCl less than or equal to 0.1 and PNO3:PCl:PHCO3 = 1.6:1:0.43. SITS and furosemide (1 mM) on the inside reduces chloride flux to 0.15 and 0.37 times the control value. In attached patches, the most commonly observed channel had a conductance of 7.5 pS. The single-channel current for this channel reversed direction at 15 mV hyperpolarization, indicating accumulation of chloride to a factor of 1.8 above equilibrium. External stimulation of the tissue by theophylline, IBMX and dbcAMP, or by hypotonic shock did not increase the activity of this channel. In very few excised patches, we have observed a chloride channel with a conductance of 7 pS with 112 mM chloride at both sides. The 7 pS channel appears to be identical to a 2 pS channel found in attached patches. The 2 pS channel was not normally active in attached patches but was activated in 28% of the patches by external stimulation. Finally, in few excised patches we have found a 375 pS channel which inactivates within seconds when membrane potential is stepped from 0 mV to a value that differs more than 10-20 mV from zero. The channel did not conduct gluconate but PNO3:PCl = 1.08 and PNa:PCl less than or equal to 0.1. Internal SITS and furosemide (1 mM) reduced chloride flux to 0.3 and 0.5 times the control value. The channel was never seen in attached patches. The current carried through these channels can not account for the transepithelial steady state Cl- -flux measured by microelectrodes. KCl exit from the cell is suggested to be carried by KCl-cotransport or by channels that are too small to be seen in patch-clamp experiments.
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- O Christensen
- Department of General Physiology and Biophysics, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Murphy VA, Johanson CE. Alteration of sodium transport by the choroid plexus with amiloride. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1989; 979:187-92. [PMID: 2923877 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(89)90434-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production results from active transport of Na+ from blood to CSF, which is followed by H2O and anions. Amiloride reduces Na+ movement in epithelial tissues. To ascertain if amiloride alters transport of Na+ in the choroid plexus, the drug was administered either i.p. to male Sprague-Dawley rats that were bilaterally nephrectomized to determine in vivo effects, or added to artificial CSF to incubate the choroid plexus in vitro. Choroid cell [Na+] was reduced after amiloride treatment both in vivo and in vitro. In addition, the rate of 22Na uptake into the CSF and choroid plexus (CP) was decreased after amiloride. Alterations in choroid cell [Na+] and 22Na penetration into CSF and CP occurred at relatively high doses of drug (1 mumol/ml, in vitro and 100 micrograms/g in vivo), but lower doses were less effective (0.1 mumol/ml in vitro and 10 micrograms/g in vivo). It is concluded that the effects of amiloride on Na+ distribution and transport in the CP are due to inhibition of basolateral Na+-H+ exchange.
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- V A Murphy
- Laboratory of Neurosciences, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD
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Chapter 13 Sodium Pump Current in Renal Tubular Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2161(08)60017-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Brown PD, Loo DD, Wright EM. Ca2+-activated K+ channels in the apical membrane of Necturus choroid plexus. J Membr Biol 1988; 105:207-19. [PMID: 3221381 DOI: 10.1007/bf01870998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The properties of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in the apical membrane of the Necturus choroid plexus were studied using single-channel recording techniques in the cell-attached and excised-patch configurations. Channels with large unitary conductances clustered around 150 and 220 pS were most commonly observed. These channels exhibited a high selectivity for K+ over Na+ and K+ over Cs+. They were blocked by high cytoplasmic Na+ concentrations (110 mM). Channel activity increased with depolarizing membrane potentials, and with increasing cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentrations. Increasing Ca2+ from 5 to 500 nM, increased open probability by an order of magnitude, without changing single-channel conductance. Open probability increased up to 10-fold with a 20-mV depolarization when Ca2+ was 500 nM. Lowering intracellular pH one unit, decreased open probability by more than two orders of magnitude, but pH did not affect single-channel conductance. Cytoplasmic Ba2+ reduced both channel-open probability and conductance. The sites for the action of Ba2+ are located at a distance more than halfway through the applied electric field from the inside of the membrane. Values of 0.013 and 117 mM were calculated as the apparent Ba2+ dissociation constants (KD(0 mV] for the effects on probability and conductance, respectively. TEA+ (tetraethylammonium) reduced single-channel current. Applied to the cytoplasmic side, it acted on a site 20% of the distance through the membrane, with a KD(0 mV) = 5.6 mM. A second site, with a higher affinity, KD(0 mV) = 0.23 mM, may account for the near total block of channel conductance by 2 mM TEA+ applied to the outside of the membrane. It is concluded that the channels in Necturus choroid plexus exhibit many of the properties of "maxi" Ca2+-activated K+ channels found in other tissues.
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- P D Brown
- Department of Physiology, UCLA School of Medicine, 90024-1751
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The tight-seal whole-cell recording method has been used to study Necturus choroid plexus epithelium. A cell potential of -59 +/- 2 mV and a whole cell resistance of 56 +/- 6 M omega were measured using this technique. Application of depolarizing step potentials activated voltage-dependent outward currents that developed with time. For example, when the cell was bathed in 110 mM NaCl Ringer solution and the interior of the cell contained a solution of 110 mM KCl and 5 nM Ca2+, stepping the membrane potential from a holding value of -50 to -10 mV evoked outward currents which, after a delay of greater than 50 msec, increased to a steady state in 500 msec. The voltage dependence of the delayed currents suggests that they may be currents through Ca2+-activated K+ channels. Based on the voltage dependence of the activation of Ca2+-activated K+ channels, we have devised a general method to isolate the delayed currents. The delayed currents were highly selective for K+ as their reversal potential at different K+ concentration gradients followed the Nernst potential for K+. These currents were reduced by the addition of TEA+ to the bath solution and were eliminated when Cs+ or Na+ replaced intracellular K+. Increasing the membrane potential to more positive values decreased both the delay and the half-times (t1/2) to the steady value. Increasing the pipette Ca2+ also decreased the delay and decreased t1/2. For instance, when pipette Ca2+ was increased from 5 to 500 nM, the delay and t1/2 decreased from values greater than 50 and 150 msec to values less than 10 and 50 msec. We conclude that the delayed currents are K+ currents through Ca2+-activated K+ channels. At the resting membrane potential of -60 mV, Ca2+-activated K+ channels contribute between 13 to 25% of the total conductance of the cell. The contribution of these channels to cell conductance nearly doubles with membrane depolarization of 20-30 mV. Such depolarizations have been observed when cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) secretion is stimulated by cAMP and with intracellular Ca2+. Thus the Ca2+-activated K+ channels may play a specific role in maintaining intracellular K+ concentrations during CSF secretion.
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- D D Loo
- Department of Physiology, UCLA School of Medicine 90024-1751
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Intracellular Cl- activity (AiCl) of the bullfrog choroidal epithelium has been studied using double-barreled Cl(-)-selective microelectrodes. In bicarbonate-buffered saline, the brush-border membrane potential (VVC) was -43 mV, and AiCl was 24 mM which was twice the predicted equilibrium activity. The uphill Cl- accumulation required the presence of external Na+ and was inhibited by furosemide added to the basolateral side. Removal of HCO3- from the bath solution slightly increased AiCl. On addition of 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), VVC depolarized, and AiCl approached the equilibrium activity. It is concluded that net Cl- secretion by the choroidal epithelium is mediated by a furosemide-sensitive, Na+-coupled Cl- uptake mechanism at the basolateral border and a Cl- conductive pathway at the brush border membrane. The results suggest that intracellular cAMP either increases the Cl- conductance of the epithelial membranes and/or inhibits the NaCl co-transport mechanism.
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- Y Saito
- Department of Physiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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Jones CJ, Kealey T. Electrophysiological and dye-coupling studies on secretory, myoepithelial and duct cells in human eccrine sweat glands. J Physiol 1987; 389:461-81. [PMID: 3681733 PMCID: PMC1192090 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1987.sp016666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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1. Electrophysiological properties and dye-coupling status of secretory, myoepithelial and coiled duct cells in isolated human eccrine sweat glands have been assessed by single-micro-electrode studies and intracellular micro-iontophoresis of the fluorescent naphthalimide dye Lucifer Yellow CH (molecular weight 457). Treated glands were embedded in LKB HistoResin and examined by transmission fluorescence microscopy, first as wholemounts and then as 5 microns serial sections. Sections positive for Lucifer Yellow were photographed and then stained with Toluidine Blue for observation by conventional microscopy to confirm the site of penetration. 2. Out of forty-five successful micro-iontophoreses, three were confirmed in secretory cells, twelve in myoepithelial cells and thirty in cells of the coiled duct wall. The latter were identified as the most penetrable in the coiled part of the isolated human eccrine sweat gland. 3. Of the three secretory cells labelled (resting potentials -40, -52 and -63 mV), all demonstrated dye coupling to neighbouring secretory cells although in one case this was found to be selective. Not every secretory cell was involved in coupling. No fluorescent label spread to the myoepithelial cells which form a network on the basal surface of the secretory tubule. 4. When myoepithelial cells were penetrated, they demonstrated dye coupling to neighbouring myoepithelial cells but not to secretory cells with which they also made contact. Basal resting potentials of -35 to -65 mV were recorded (mean = -52 mV, S.E. of mean = +/- 2.4 mV, n = 12) and, in eight out of the twelve cells penetrated and labelled, spontaneous depolarizing transients were also observed whose amplitude but not frequency increased with increasing membrane polarization. Administration of acetylcholine to produce a final concentration of 10(-6) to 10(-7) M produced either depolarization or micro-electrode dislodgement. 5. Of the thirty cells labelled in the coiled duct, twenty-six showed obvious dye spread to neighbouring cells in both layers of the wall. There was no relation between dye-coupling status and basal resting potential which lay in the range -40 to -82 mV (mean = -60 mV, S.E. of mean = +/- 2.4 mV, n = 30). Repeated doses of acetylcholine produced either no response from cells in this range or depolarization in cells with resting potentials more negative than -70 mV and hyperpolarization in cells with resting potentials more positive than -70 mV. In addition, there was a biphasic response, depolarization followed by hyperpolarization in a cell of resting potential -67 mV.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- C J Jones
- Department of Zoology, University of Durham
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Keep RF, Cawkwell RD, Jones HC. Choroid plexus structure and function in young rats on a high-potassium diet. Brain Res 1987; 413:45-52. [PMID: 3594258 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(87)90152-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Rats, 20 days old, were fed a diet containing 20% KCl for 10 days. At 30 days these rats had lower body, brain and choroid plexus weights than matched controls and plasma [K+] was increased to 7.5 mM compared to 4.1 mM for controls. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) [K+] and bulk fluid secretion were not changed by the high K+ diet but there was a mild metabolic acidosis. The fourth ventricle choroid plexus was prepared for transmission electron microscopy and the structure of the epithelium analysed by quantitative stereology. The high K+ rats had a large increase in the mitochondrial volume fraction of the epithelium due to a 36% increase in individual mitochondrial volume. The high-K+ rats also had a decrease in the apical surface density of the epithelium due to a 41% decrease in the height of the microvilli. It is concluded that the increase in mitochondrial volume may provide the additional energy required for the increased transport of K+ out of the CSF in hyperkalaemia. The reduction in height of the microvilli could be a means for maintaining a normal CSF bulk secretion rate despite the increase in K+ transport required to maintain normal CSF [K+] in hyperkalaemia.
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Zeuthen T. The effects of chloride ions on electrodiffusion in the membrane of a leaky epithelium. Studies of intact tissue by microelectrodes. Pflugers Arch 1987; 408:267-74. [PMID: 3575092 DOI: 10.1007/bf02181469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The electrodiffusive permeability for Cl-, its dependence on low extracellular Cl--concentrations and the interaction between the movements of Cl- and K+ were investigated in the ventricular membrane of epithelial cells from the choroid plexus of Necturus maculosus. Cells were probed with ion-selective microelectrodes sensitive to Cl-, K+ and H+. The initial effects of abrupt changes in the Cl--concentration (Cl-v) and/or the K+-concentration (K+v) of the ventricular solution were investigated. The effect of changing the membrane potential by changing K+v was twofold: It caused an electrodiffusive flux of Cl- via a permeability of 1.3 X 10(-6) cm s-1. This permeability together with the K+-permeability of the ventricular membrane (24 X 10(-6) cm s-1) determined the membrane potential in the given steady state within a few mV. The other effect of the depolarization was an increase in the intracellular concentration of HCO-3 which in turn caused an influx of Cl- via electroneutral Cl-/HCO-3 exchange. The Cl--permeability was reduced by more than 60% and the neutral exchange by more than 90% by furosemide. The effect of decreases in Clv was a tenfold increase of the electrodiffusive Cl--permeability of the ventricular membrane to 12.2 X 10(-6) cm s-1 and also a tenfold increase in the permeability to K+. This activation was reduced by two thirds by furosemide, and by depolarizations of the cell by high K+v. In the given steady state the HCO-3/Cl- exchanger at the ventricular membrane transports at a rate of 300 pmol cm-2 s-1 and moves Cl- into the cell and HCO-3 into the ventricular solution. Thus the epithelium alkalinizes the cerebrospinal fluid at a rate which is about three times faster than the net transport rate of Na+.
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Rechthand E, Rapoport SI. Regulation of the microenvironment of peripheral nerve: role of the blood-nerve barrier. Prog Neurobiol 1987; 28:303-43. [PMID: 3295996 DOI: 10.1016/0301-0082(87)90006-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Using an in situ perfusion technique, we measured the [14C]sucrose permeability-surface area product (PA) in endoneurial capillaries of 48 frog sciatic nerves, as 6.6 +/- 0.6 (S.E.M.) X 10(-5) s-1, and the vascular space as 1.31 +/- 0.10%. Assuming A = 30 cm2/g, P = 2.2 X 10(-6) cm/s. P for sucrose was greater than P in some barrier tissues with tight junctions, but was less than P in all capillaries examined so far except rat cerebral capillaries. These observations demonstrate that endoneurial capillaries are an effective part of the blood-nerve barrier to water-soluble non-electrolytes. The findings are consistent with capillary impermeability to microperoxidase and with capillary ultrastructure.
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