title: Involvement of DMT1 +IRE in the transport of lead in an in vitro BBB model.
abstract: Homeostasis of the central nervous system (CNS) microenvironment is maintained by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB is particularly vulnerable to lead (Pb) insults. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1), which is a divalent cation membrane transporter, was involved in transcellular transport across the BBB. An in vitro BBB model, which was a co-culture system of human umbilical vascular endothelial cells (ECV304) and rat glioma cells (C6), was established. Transendothelial electrical resistance (TEER) and fluoresceinisothiocyanate (FITC)-dextran permeability results showed that Pb exposure at the tested concentrations had no significant effects on intercellular tightness. Pb transport displayed properties that were associated with iron response element (IRE) positive isoform of DMT1. Accordingly, Pb transport was significantly blocked by iron (Fe). Moreover, ECV304 cells that were depleted of Fe with the chelator deferoxamine (DFO) demonstrated increased Pb transport. By transfecting ECV-304 cells with a DMT1 expression vector, overexpression of DMT1 promoted an increase in Pb transport. Treatment of ECV304 cells with DMT1 antisense oligonucleotides (ASONs) MA1 significantly inhibited the transport of Pb. Our results suggest that Pb is transported in the in vitro BBB model by a transporter with biochemical properties similar to those of the DMT1 IRE-positive isoform.
authors.affiliation: Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Military Preventive Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, China.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wenjing
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Mingchao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Haifeng
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jingyuan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000378:metabolism*; D027682:Cation Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D003911:Dextrans; D017097:Electric Impedance; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D005910:Glioma / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000493:pharmacokinetics* / Q000633:toxicity; D008954:Models, Biological; D010539:Permeability; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D051381:Rats; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D000099236:Solute Carrier Family 11, Member 2
chemical_list: D027682:Cation Transport Proteins; D003911:Dextrans; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate; D007854:Lead; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D000099236:Solute Carrier Family 11, Member 2; C015219:fluorescein isothiocyanate dextran