title: Effects of erythropoietin on blood-brain barrier disruption in focal cerebral ischemia.
abstract: This study was performed to test whether systemically administered erythropoietin (EPO) could attenuate the blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption in focal ischemia. Rats were injected intraperitoneally with 2,500 IU/kg of recombinant human EPO or normal saline 24 h before middle cerebral artery (MCA) occlusion. The transfer coefficient (Ki) of 14C-alpha-aminoisobutyric acid was determined to measure the degree of BBB disruption 1 h after MCA occlusion. In the control animals, the Ki of the ischemic cortex (IC) was significantly higher than that of the contralateral cortex (CC; +128%, p = 0.0002). In the EPO-treated animals, the Ki of the IC was not significantly different from that of the CC and was significantly lower (-44%, p = 0.003) than that of the control animals. Our data suggest that MCA occlusion increased BBB disruption, and the disruption was attenuated with EPO pretreatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1977, USA. chi@umdnj.edu
authors.forename: Oak Z
authors.initials: OZ
authors.lastname: Chi
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Harvey R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Weiss
mesh_terms: D000621:Aminoisobutyric Acids / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000818:Animals; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000378:metabolism; D004921:Erythropoietin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020244:Infarction, Middle Cerebral Artery / Q000378:metabolism; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011994:Recombinant Proteins
chemical_list: D000621:Aminoisobutyric Acids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D004921:Erythropoietin