title: Decreased blood-brain barrier permeability to sodium in early experimental diabetes.
abstract: Blood-brain barrier (BBB) permeability to 24Na+, 36Cl-, and [3H]sucrose was studied in rats after 2 wk of streptozocin-induced diabetes. The PS (permeability-surface area product) for Na+ in the cortex of the frontal lobes was 5.4 +/- 0.6 (10(-5) cm3 X g-1 X s-1; +/- SD) in diabetic rats compared with 7.1 +/- 1.7 in control rats. In the occipital cortex, the values were 7.6 +/- 1.5 and 9.9 +/- 1.6, respectively. In contrast, BBB permeability to Cl- and sucrose remained unchanged. We conclude that a selective alteration in BBB permeability to Na+ unrelated to changes in brain capillary surface area is present in experimental diabetes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier; D002712:Chlorides / Q000378:metabolism; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012964:Sodium / Q000378:metabolism*; D013395:Sucrose / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002712:Chlorides; D013395:Sucrose; D012964:Sodium; D005947:Glucose