Co-culture Based Blood-brain Barrier In Vitro Model, a Tissue Engineering Approach using Immortalized Cell Lines for Drug Transport Study

2010 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 278-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqi Zhang ◽  
Anthony J. McGoron ◽  
Eric T. Crumpler ◽  
Chen-Zhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Blood Brain Barrier ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Drug Transport ◽  
In Vitro Model ◽  
Engineering Approach ◽  
Tissue Engineering Approach ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Immortalized Cell

Murine in vitro model of the blood–brain barrier for evaluating drug transport

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 148-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilda Shayan ◽  
Yong Seok Choi ◽  
Eric V. Shusta ◽  
Michael L. Shuler ◽  
Kelvin H. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Blood Brain Barrier ◽  
Drug Transport ◽  
In Vitro Model ◽  
Brain Barrier ◽  
Blood Brain ◽  
Vitro Model

In vitro model for evaluating drug transport across the blood–brain barrier

1999 ◽  
Vol 36 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 165-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Cecchelli ◽  
B Dehouck ◽  
L Descamps ◽  
L Fenart ◽  
V Buée-Scherrer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Brain Barrier ◽  
Drug Transport ◽  
In Vitro Model ◽  
Brain Barrier ◽  
Blood Brain ◽  
Vitro Model

scholarly journals Adrenomedullin expression in a rat model of acute lung injury induced by hypoxia and LPS

2005 ◽  
Vol 288 (3) ◽  
pp. L536-L545 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackeline Agorreta ◽  
Javier J. Zulueta ◽  
Luis M. Montuenga ◽  
Mercedes Garayoa
Keyword(s):  
Acute Lung Injury ◽  
Lung Injury ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Rat Model ◽  
In Vitro Model ◽  
Rat Lung ◽  
Vitro Model

Adrenomedullin (ADM) is upregulated independently by hypoxia and LPS, two key factors in the pathogenesis of acute lung injury (ALI). This study evaluates the expression of ADM in ALI using experimental models combining both stimuli: an in vivo model of rats treated with LPS and acute normobaric hypoxia (9% O2) and an in vitro model of rat lung cell lines cultured with LPS and exposed to hypoxia (1% O2). ADM expression was analyzed by in situ hybridization, Northern blot, Western blot, and RIA analyses. In the rat lung, combination of hypoxia and LPS treatments overcomes ADM induction occurring after each treatment alone. With in situ techniques, the synergistic effect of both stimuli mainly correlates with ADM expression in inflammatory cells within blood vessels and, to a lesser extent, to cells in the lung parenchyma and bronchiolar epithelial cells. In the in vitro model, hypoxia and hypoxia + LPS treatments caused a similar strong induction of ADM expression and secretion in epithelial and endothelial cell lines. In alveolar macrophages, however, LPS-induced ADM expression and secretion were further increased by the concomitant exposure to hypoxia, thus paralleling the in vivo response. In conclusion, ADM expression is highly induced in a variety of key lung cell types in this rat model of ALI by combination of hypoxia and LPS, suggesting an essential role for this mediator in this syndrome.

scholarly journals Stable Transfection of the BovineNRAMP1 Gene into Murine RAW264.7 Cells: Effect onBrucella abortus Survival

2001 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 3110-3119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Barthel ◽  
Jianwei Feng ◽  
Jorge A. Piedrahita ◽  
David N. McMurray ◽  
Joe W. Templeton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Lines ◽  
In Vitro Model ◽  
Regulatory Control ◽  
Natural Resistance ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
Flanking Region ◽  
Vitro Model ◽  
Raw264.7 Macrophage

ABSTRACT Genetically based natural resistance to brucellosis in cattle provides for novel strategies to control zoonotic diseases. BovineNRAMP1, the homologue of a murine gene (Bcg), has been identified as a major candidate for controlling the in vivo resistant phenotype. We developed an in vitro model for expression of resistance- and susceptibility-associated alleles of bovine NRAMP1 as stable transgenes under the regulatory control of the bovineNRAMP1 promoter in the murine RAW264.7 macrophage cell line (Bcg s ) to analyze the regulation of the NRAMP1 gene and its role in macrophage function. We demonstrated that the 5′-flanking region of bovineNRAMP1, despite the lack of TATA and CAAT boxes, has a functional promoter capable of driving the expression of a transgene in murine macrophages. A polymorphism within a microsatellite in the 3′ untranslated region critically affects the expression of bovineNRAMP1 and the control of in vitro replication ofBrucella abortus but not Salmonella enterica serovar Dublin. We did not observe any differences in the production of NO by resting or gamma interferon (IFN-γ)- and IFN-γ–lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated transfected cell lines, yet the resistant transfected cell lines produced significantly less NO than other cell lines, following stimulation with LPS at 24 and 48 h.

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