title: Effects of N,N-diethyl-2-[4-(phenylmethyl)phenoxy]ethanamine on the blood-brain barrier permeability in the rat.
abstract: Histamine plays a role in the regulation of the blood-brain barrier function. In this study, effects of N, N-diethyl-2-[4-(phenylmethyl)phenoxy]ethanamine (DPPE), an intracellular histamine binding site antagonist on the cerebrovascular permeability were investigated in control and post-ischemic male Wistar rats. Intravenous administration of DPPE, in a dose of 1 and 5 mg/kg, was not followed by any major clinical change, but 20 mg/kg proved to be toxic. A significantly (P<0.05) increased permeability for sodium fluorescein (MW=376) was seen in hippocampus, striatum, and cerebellum, but not in parietal cortex, of rats 2 h after the injection of 5 mg/kg DPPE, whereas no increase was measured later. There was a more intense (5- to 12-fold) and prolonged elevation in Evan's blue-labeled albumin (MW=67,000) extravasation 2, 4, and 8 h after 5 mg/kg DPPE administration in each brain region. In parietal cortex, a dose-dependent increase in albumin extravasation developed 4 h after intravenous injection of 1, 5, and 20 mg/kg DPPE, but doses applied resulted in no significant change in sodium fluorescein permeability. Cerebral ischemia-reperfusion evoked by four-vessel occlusion caused a significant (P<0.05) increase in the permeability for albumin in each region, but few changes in that of sodium fluorescein. DPPE treatment failed to prevent the ischemia-reperfusion-induced changes in the blood-brain barrier permeability. In conclusion, DPPE induced an increased permeability in the rat, which supports a role for histamine, as an intracellular messenger, in the regulation of the blood-brain barrier characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Temesvári körút 62., H-6701, Szeged, Hungary. deli.bf.szbk@nucleus.szbk.u-szeged.hu
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Deli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Németh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Falus
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Abrahám
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000503:physiopathology; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005070:Evans Blue / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005119:Extravasation of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Materials; D019793:Fluorescein / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006633:Histamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000098:blood supply / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010647:Phenyl Ethers / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000503:physiopathology; D012709:Serum Albumin / Q000493:pharmacokinetics
chemical_list: D006633:Histamine Antagonists; D010647:Phenyl Ethers; D012709:Serum Albumin; D005070:Evans Blue; C043062:tesmilifene; D019793:Fluorescein