title: Gene and protein expression profiling of the microvascular compartment in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in C57Bl/6 and SJL mice.
abstract: Dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a hallmark of inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and its animal model, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE). The molecular mechanisms leading to BBB breakdown are not well understood. In order to find molecules involved in this process, we used oligonucleotide microarrays and proteomics to analyze gene and protein expression of the microvascular compartment isolated from brains of C57Bl/6 and SJL/N mice afflicted with EAE and the microvascular compartment isolated from healthy controls. Out of the 6500 known genes and expressed sequence tags (ESTs) studied, expression of 288 genes was found to be changed. Of these genes 128 were altered in the microvascular compartment in both EAE models. Six proteins were identified to be present at altered levels. In addition to the expected increased expression of genes coding for molecules involved in leukocyte recruitment, genes not yet ascribed to EAE pathogenesis were identified. Thus, proteomics and gene array screens of the microvascular compartment are valid approaches, that can be used to define novel candidate molecules involved in EAE pathogenesis at the level of the BBB.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alt
authors.forename: Kristina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duvefelt
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Franzén
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Britta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Engelhardt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000098:blood supply*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation / Q000235:genetics*; D015180:Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D004681:Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, Experimental / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008833:Microcirculation / Q000502:physiology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D040081:Protein Array Analysis; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization