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Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays

The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively permeable barrier that separates the circulating blood from the extracellular fluid of the brain and is an essential component in brain homeostasis. In vitro BBB models are valuable supporting tools that can precede and complement animal and human studi...

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Autores principales: Paradis, Alexandre, Leblanc, David, Dumais, Nancy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2015.11.009
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description The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively permeable barrier that separates the circulating blood from the extracellular fluid of the brain and is an essential component in brain homeostasis. In vitro BBB models are valuable supporting tools that can precede and complement animal and human studies of the development and progression of the central nervous system diseases. At present, mono-, co-, and tri-culture models that use porcine, murine, or human cells have been developed. We have optimized a two-dimensional model of the human BBB using primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells and normal human astrocytes. We have validated the effectiveness of our model with transmigration assays of human blood monocytes toward CCL19, a natural ligand of the chemokine receptor CCR7. This model offers the following advantages: • It is simple, convenient, and requires small quantities of material, reagents, and primary cells. • It can be used to monitor cell migration through the BBB. • It can be used to assess brain capillary permeability in the presence of xenobiotic, pro-inflammatory, or other substances.
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spelling pubmed-47107972016-02-10 Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays Paradis, Alexandre Leblanc, David Dumais, Nancy MethodsX Immunology and Microbiology The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively permeable barrier that separates the circulating blood from the extracellular fluid of the brain and is an essential component in brain homeostasis. In vitro BBB models are valuable supporting tools that can precede and complement animal and human studies of the development and progression of the central nervous system diseases. At present, mono-, co-, and tri-culture models that use porcine, murine, or human cells have been developed. We have optimized a two-dimensional model of the human BBB using primary human brain microvascular endothelial cells and normal human astrocytes. We have validated the effectiveness of our model with transmigration assays of human blood monocytes toward CCL19, a natural ligand of the chemokine receptor CCR7. This model offers the following advantages: • It is simple, convenient, and requires small quantities of material, reagents, and primary cells. • It can be used to monitor cell migration through the BBB. • It can be used to assess brain capillary permeability in the presence of xenobiotic, pro-inflammatory, or other substances. Elsevier 2015-12-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4710797/ /pubmed/26865992 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2015.11.009 Text en © 2015 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
title Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
title_full Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
title_fullStr Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
title_full_unstemmed Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
title_short Optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: Application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
title_sort optimization of an in vitro human blood–brain barrier model: application to blood monocyte transmigration assays
topic Immunology and Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710797/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26865992
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2015.11.009
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