Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats

Ethidium bromide (EB) causes local astrocytic disappearance, with glia limitans disruption and blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the BBB integrity after the injection of 0.1% EB or 0.9% saline solution into the cisterna pontis of Wistar rats submitted or not...

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Main Authors: Eduardo Fernandes Bondan, Maria de Fátima Monteiro Martins
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2012-03-01
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description Ethidium bromide (EB) causes local astrocytic disappearance, with glia limitans disruption and blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the BBB integrity after the injection of 0.1% EB or 0.9% saline solution into the cisterna pontis of Wistar rats submitted or not to the streptozotocin diabetogenic model. Brainstem sections were collected from 24 hours to 31 days post-injection for ultrastructural analysis and glial fibrillary acidic protein immunohistochemical staining. Some animals received colloidal carbon ink by intravenous route at the same periods. In rats injected with EB, results revealed astrocyte disappearance and leakage of carbon particles beginning at 48 hours and persisting for 7 days in non-diabetic rats and for 15 days in the diabetic ones, although, in both groups, several areas remained devoid of astrocytic processes up to 31 days. In rats injected with saline, there was no sign of astrocytic loss or carbon particles leakage.
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spelling doaj-art-b17f3b9cb0b146899b25df04098124ef2025-08-20T02:23:34ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272012-03-0170322122510.1590/S0004-282X2012000300013S0004-282X2012000300013Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic ratsEduardo Fernandes Bondan0Maria de Fátima Monteiro MartinsUniversidade PaulistaEthidium bromide (EB) causes local astrocytic disappearance, with glia limitans disruption and blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown. The aim of this study was to evaluate the BBB integrity after the injection of 0.1% EB or 0.9% saline solution into the cisterna pontis of Wistar rats submitted or not to the streptozotocin diabetogenic model. Brainstem sections were collected from 24 hours to 31 days post-injection for ultrastructural analysis and glial fibrillary acidic protein immunohistochemical staining. Some animals received colloidal carbon ink by intravenous route at the same periods. In rats injected with EB, results revealed astrocyte disappearance and leakage of carbon particles beginning at 48 hours and persisting for 7 days in non-diabetic rats and for 15 days in the diabetic ones, although, in both groups, several areas remained devoid of astrocytic processes up to 31 days. In rats injected with saline, there was no sign of astrocytic loss or carbon particles leakage.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000300013&lng=en&tlng=enbarreira hematoencefálicasistema nervoso centraldiabetes mellitusbrometo de etídio
spellingShingle Eduardo Fernandes Bondan
Maria de Fátima Monteiro Martins
Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
barreira hematoencefálica
sistema nervoso central
diabetes mellitus
brometo de etídio
title Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
title_full Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
title_fullStr Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
title_full_unstemmed Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
title_short Blood-brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin-diabetic rats
title_sort blood brain barrier breakdown and repair following gliotoxic drug injection in the brainstem of streptozotocin diabetic rats
topic barreira hematoencefálica
sistema nervoso central
diabetes mellitus
brometo de etídio
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