Rapid remodeling of tight junctions during paracellular diapedesis in a human model of the blood-brain barrier.

ABSTRACT: Leukocyte transendothelial migration (TEM; diapedesis) is a critical event in immune surveillance and inflammation. Most TEM occurs at endothelial cell borders (paracellular). However, there is indirect evidence to suggest that, at the tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), leukocytes migrate directly through the endothelial cell body (transcellular). Why leukocytes migrate through the endothelial cell body rather than the cell borders is unknown. To test the hypothesis that the tightness of endothelial cell junctions influences the pathway of diapedesis, we developed an in vitro model of the BBB that possessed 10-fold higher electrical resistance than standard culture conditions and strongly expressed the BBB tight junction proteins claudin-5 and claudin-3. We found that parace

SUBMITTER: Winger RC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4138548 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature