title: Influence of antioxidants on blood-brain barrier permeability during adrenaline-induced hypertension.
abstract: We have examined the effect of antioxidants (vitamin E, and selenium) on the blood-brain barrier permeability during adreneline-induced acute hypertension in the female rats. The rats supplemented with nontoxic doses of sodium selenite in drinking water for three months or vitamin E was given intraperitoneally before adrenaline-induced acute hypertension. Evans-blue was used as a blood-brain barrier tracer. Mean values for Evans-blue dye were found to be 0.28 +/- 0.04 microg/g tissue in control animals and 1.0 +/- 0.2 microg tissue after adrenaline-induced acute hypertension (p < .01). Rats pretreated with selenium or vitamin E also showed macroscopic leakage of Evans-blue albumin after adrenaline injection i.e., there was no significant difference in protein extravasation between untreated and treated animals (p > .5). The mean value for Evans-blue dye was found to be 1.0 +/- 0.2 microg/g tissue in acute hypertension group, 0.9 +/- 0.2 microg/g tissue in selenium pretreated animals and 1.0 +/- 0.2 micrg/g tissue vitamin E injected animals after acute hypertension. The results show that antioxidants did not influence the blood-brain barrier breakdown during adrenaline-induced acute hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oztaş
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Erkin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dural
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isbir
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D004837:Epinephrine; D005070:Evans Blue; D005260:Female; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012643:Selenium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D004396:Coloring Agents; D014810:Vitamin E; D005070:Evans Blue; D012643:Selenium; D004837:Epinephrine