title: Tempol modulates changes in xenobiotic permeability and occludin oligomeric assemblies at the blood-brain barrier during inflammatory pain.
abstract: Our laboratory has shown that λ-carrageenan-induced peripheral inflammatory pain (CIP) can alter tight junction (TJ) protein expression and/or assembly leading to changes in blood-brain barrier xenobiotic permeability. However, the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and subsequent oxidative stress during CIP is unknown. ROS (i.e., superoxide) are known to cause cellular damage in response to pain/inflammation. Therefore, we examined oxidative stress-associated effects at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in CIP rats. During CIP, increased staining of nitrosylated proteins was detected in hind paw tissue and enhanced presence of protein adducts containing 3-nitrotyrosine occurred at two molecular weights (i.e., 85 and 44 kDa) in brain microvessels. Tempol, a pharmacological ROS scavenger, attenuated formation of 3-nitrotyrosine-containing proteins in both the hind paw and in brain microvessels when administered 10 min before footpad injection of λ-carrageenan. Similarly, CIP increased 4-hydroxynoneal staining in brain microvessels and this effect was reduced by tempol. Brain permeability to [(14)C]sucrose and [(3)H]codeine was increased, and oligomeric assemblies of occludin, a critical TJ protein, were altered after 3 h CIP. Tempol attenuated both [(14)C]sucrose and [(3)H]codeine brain uptake as well as protected occludin oligomers from disruption in CIP animals, suggesting that ROS production/oxidative stress is involved in modulating BBB functional integrity during pain/inflammation. Interestingly, tempol administration reduced codeine analgesia in CIP animals, indicating that oxidative stress during pain/inflammation may affect opioid delivery to the brain and subsequent efficacy. Taken together, our data show for the first time that ROS pharmacological scavenging is a viable approach for maintaining BBB integrity and controlling central nervous system drug delivery during acute inflammatory pain.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Univ. of Arizona, 1501 North Campbell Ave., P.O. Box 245050, Tucson, AZ 85724-5050, USA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lochhead
authors.forename: Gwen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McCaffrey
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sanchez-Covarrubias
authors.forename: Jessica D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Finch
authors.forename: Kristin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Demarco
authors.forename: Colleen E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Quigley
authors.forename: Thomas P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Patrick T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ronaldson
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000447:Aldehydes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D001812:Blood-Brain Barrier / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D002199:Capillary Permeability / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003061:Codeine / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D006930:Hyperalgesia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D009443:Neuritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D062793:Occludin; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000276:immunology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013113:Spin Labels; D013395:Sucrose / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D019108:Tight Junctions / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D000975:Antioxidants; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D015853:Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D062793:Occludin; C568987:Ocln protein, rat; D013113:Spin Labels; D015262:Xenobiotics; C002744:3-nitrotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D013395:Sucrose; C027576:4-hydroxy-2-nonenal; C001803:tempol; D003061:Codeine
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