PMID- 23428182 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140116 LR - 20181202 IS - 1558-1497 (Electronic) IS - 0197-4580 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 7 DP - 2013 Jul TI - Advanced glycation end-products disrupt the blood-brain barrier by stimulating the release of transforming growth factor-beta by pericytes and vascular endothelial growth factor and matrix metalloproteinase-2 by endothelial cells in vitro. PG - 1902-12 LID - S0197-4580(13)00042-0 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.01.012 [doi] AB - Diabetic encephalopathy is now accepted as an important complication of diabetes. The breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is associated with dementia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The purpose of this study was to identify the possible mechanisms responsible for the disruption of the BBB after exposure to advanced glycation end-products (AGEs). We investigated the effect of AGEs on the basement membrane and the barrier property of the BBB by Western blot analysis, using our newly established lines of human brain microvascular endothelial cell (BMEC), pericytes, and astrocytes. AGEs reduced the expression of claudin-5 in BMECs by increasing the autocrine signaling through vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) secreted by the BMECs themselves. Furthermore, AGEs increased the amount of fibronectin in the pericytes through a similar up-regulation of the autocrine transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta released by pericytes. These results indicated that AGEs induce basement membrane hypertrophy of the BBB by increasing the degree of autocrine TGF-beta signaling by pericytes, and thereby disrupt the BBB through the up-regulation of VEGF and MMP-2 in BMECs under diabetic conditions. CI - Copyright (c) 2013. Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Shimizu, Fumitaka AU - Shimizu F AD - Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. FAU - Sano, Yasuteru AU - Sano Y FAU - Tominaga, Osamu AU - Tominaga O FAU - Maeda, Toshihiko AU - Maeda T FAU - Abe, Masa-aki AU - Abe MA FAU - Kanda, Takashi AU - Kanda T LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130219 PL - United States TA - Neurobiol Aging JT - Neurobiology of aging JID - 8100437 RN - 0 (Glycation End Products, Advanced) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 0 (VEGFA protein, human) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (MMP2 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.24 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blood-Brain Barrier/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Cell Line, Transformed MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endothelial Cells/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Glycation End Products, Advanced/*toxicity MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 2/*biosynthesis MH - Pericytes/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Rats MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*biosynthesis/metabolism MH - Up-Regulation/*physiology MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/*biosynthesis EDAT- 2013/02/23 06:00 MHDA- 2014/01/17 06:00 CRDT- 2013/02/23 06:00 PHST- 2012/09/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/01/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2013/01/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/02/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/02/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/01/17 06:00 [medline] AID - S0197-4580(13)00042-0 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.01.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Neurobiol Aging. 2013 Jul;34(7):1902-12. doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.01.012. Epub 2013 Feb 19.