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Comparison of the global gene expression of choroid plexus and meninges and associated vasculature under control conditions and after pronounced hyperthermia or amphetamine toxicity.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The meninges (arachnoid and pial membranes) and associated vasculature (MAV) and choroid plexus are important in maintaining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) generation and flow. MAV vasculature was previously observed to be adversely affected by environmentally-induced hyperthermia (EIH) and more so by a neurotoxic amphetamine (AMPH) exposure. Herein, microarray and RT-PCR analysis was used to compare the gene expression profiles between choroid plexus and MAV under control conditions and at 3 hours and 1 day after EIH or AMPH exposure. Since AMPH and EIH are so disruptive to vasculature, genes related to vasculature integrity and function were of interest. RESULTS: Our data shows that, under control conditions, many of the genes with relatively high expression in both the MAV and choroid plexus are also abundant in many epithelial tissues. These genes function in transport of water, ions, and solutes, and likely play a role in CSF regulation. Most genes that help form the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and tight junctions were also highly expressed in MAV but not in choroid plexus. In MAV, exposure to EIH and more so to AMPH decreased the expression of BBB-related genes such as Sox18, Ocln, and Cldn5, but they were much less affected in the choroid plexus. There was a correlation between the genes related to reactive oxidative stress and damage that were significantly altered in the MAV and choroid plexus after either EIH or AMPH. However, AMPH (at 3 hr) significantly affected about 5 times as many genes as EIH in the MAV, while in the choroid plexus EIH affected more genes than AMPH. Several unique genes that are not specifically related to vascular damage increased to a much greater extent after AMPH compared to EIH in the MAV (Lbp, Reg3a, Reg3b, Slc15a1, Sct and Fst) and choroid plexus (Bmp4, Dio2 and Lbp). CONCLUSIONS: Our study indicates that the disruption of choroid plexus function and damage produced by AMPH and EIH is significant, but the changes may not be as pronounced as they are in the MAV, particularly for AMPH. Expression profiles in the MAV and choroid plexus differed to some extent and differences were not restricted to vascular related genes.

SUBMITTER: Bowyer JF

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3602116 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparison of the global gene expression of choroid plexus and meninges and associated vasculature under control conditions and after pronounced hyperthermia or amphetamine toxicity.

Bowyer John F JF Patterson Tucker A TA Saini Upasana T UT Hanig Joseph P JP Thomas Monzy M Camacho Luísa L George Nysia I NI Chen James J JJ

BMC genomics 20130305

<h4>Background</h4>The meninges (arachnoid and pial membranes) and associated vasculature (MAV) and choroid plexus are important in maintaining cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) generation and flow. MAV vasculature was previously observed to be adversely affected by environmentally-induced hyperthermia (EIH) and more so by a neurotoxic amphetamine (AMPH) exposure. Herein, microarray and RT-PCR analysis was used to compare the gene expression profiles between choroid plexus and MAV under control conditio ...[more]

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Project description:Oligo array analysis with bioinformatics tools identified genes with very high expression levels in the meninges, arachnoid and pial membranes, and associated vasculature (MAV) as potentially important and unique to these tissues in rat. It was also determined whether these genes were more sensitive to expression changes after a neurotoxic exposure to amphetamine (AMPH). Gene expression in the vascular rich MAV was compared to the neuronal rich tissues of the striatum and parietal cortex. In controls, 850 genes differed by more than 5-fold when comparing the MAV to both striatum and parietal cortex. Genes specifically identified with the blood-brain barrier (BBB) were also expressed at high levels indicating they may help form tight junctions in MAV. Genes with 15-fold or greater expression in MAV compared to striatum or cortex are of potential uniqueness and importance to MAV function. Many of the identified genes are abundant in different types of epithelial tissue and function in binding, transport or metabolize ions and solute, and may help MAV regulate cerebrospinal fluid. Many others with high expressions are involved in immune system function possibly serving to facilitate lymphocyte and macrophage trafficking in vasculature and cerebrospinal fluid. Expression in the MAV has similarities to the choroid plexus indicating considerable overlap in functions. Genes in MAV with a higher expression (relative to brain) were affected in greater numbers than expected by EIH and AMPH (SIGNIFICANT?). Many expression increases evoked by AMPH and EIH in MAV relate to reactive oxidative stress and inflammation. However, AMPH induced more robust alterations in the expression of genes related to ion/solute transport, lipid metabolism, bacterial infection and damage than EIH. The BBB-related genes Sox18 and Cldn5 expression decreased more with AMPH than EIH, and Cldn 9 and Esam were increase only by AMPH. It is not known how these changes affect BBB function and integrity. Gene expression patterns in MAV were compared to two regions of brain (striatum and parietal cortex) to identify genes important to MAV function and determine whether their expressions were sensitive to a neurotoxic exposure to amphetamine.

Project description:Oligo array analysis with bioinformatics tools identified genes with very high expression levels in the meninges, arachnoid and pial membranes, and associated vasculatures (MAV) which are potentially important and unique to these tissues functional capabilities in rat. It was also determined if these genes were more sensitive to expression changes after a neurotoxic exposure to environmentally induced hyperthermia (EIH) or amphetamine (AMPH). Gene expression in the MAV was compared to the neuronal rich tissues of the striatum and parietal cortex. In controls, 1,116 genes differed by more than 5-fold when comparing MAV to both striatum and parietal cortex. Genes specifically identified with the blood-brain barrier (BBB) were also expressed at high levels indicating they may help form tight junctions in MAV. The more than 300 genes having a 15-fold or greater expression in MAV compared to striatum and cortex were deemed of potential uniqueness and importance to MAV function. Many of these genes are abundant in different types of epithelial tissue and function in binding, transport or metabolism of ions and solute, and may help MAV regulate cerebrospinal fluid. Many others with high expressions are involved in immune system function possibly serving to facilitate lymphocyte and macrophage trafficking in vasculature and cerebrospinal fluid. Genes in MAV with a higher expression (relative to striatum and cortex) were affected in greater numbers than expected by EIH and AMPH. Many expression increases evoked by AMPH and EIH in MAV relate to reactive oxidative stress and inflammation. However, AMPH induced more robust alterations in the expression of genes related to ion/solute transport (Slc15a1), lipid metabolism (Fst), bacterial infection (Lbp) and oddly pancreatitis (Reg3a, Reg3b). Expression of the BBB-related genes Sox18 and Cldn5 decreased in all regions with AMPH and EIH but even more so in MAV. Esam increased with AMPH in all regions while Angpt2 was only affected in striatum and parietal cortex. It is not known how these changes affect MAV, striatum or parietal cortex tight junction function/BBB and integrity.

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Comparison of the global gene expression of choroid plexus and meninges and associated vasculature under control conditions and after pronounced hyperthermia or amphetamine toxicity.

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Comparison of the global gene expression of choroid plexus and meninges and associated vasculature under control conditions and after pronounced hyperthermia or amphetamine toxicity.

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