title: Selective effects of alpha-MSH and MIF-1 on the blood-brain barrier.
abstract: The effects of intravenously-injected alpha-MSH and MIF-1 (Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2) on the permeability of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) to a large protein and a small anion were studied using radioiodinated serum albumin (RISA) and 99mTc-labeled sodium pertechnetate. The permeability of the BBB to RISA was unaltered by either peptide. Permeability to the inorganic pertechnetate anion, however, was significantly increased by alpha-MSH but not by MIF-1 at doses known to evoke EEG and behavioral responses. The peptides did not cause a change in the systemic blood pressure. It is possible, therefore, that at least some CNS effects of peripherally administered peptides are exerted by alteration of the permeability of the BBB to other substances.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects*; D005260:Female; D009075:MSH Release-Inhibiting Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D013667:Technetium
chemical_list: D013667:Technetium; D009074:Melanocyte-Stimulating Hormones; D009075:MSH Release-Inhibiting Hormone; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m