Sesamin alleviates blood-brain barrier disruption in mice with experimental traumatic brain injury  

作　　者：Ying-liang LIU Zhi-ming XU Guo-yuan YANG Dian-xu YANG Jun DING Hao CHEN Fang YUAN Heng-li TIAN 

机构地区：[1]Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China [2]Med-X Research Institute and School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China

出　　处：《Acta Pharmacologica Sinica》2017年第11期1445-1455,共11页中国药理学报（英文版）

基　　金：This work was supported by grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China （No 81471245, 81671207, and 81501657）, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medicine-Engineering Research Fund （YG2016QN20）.

摘　　要：Sesamin, a major lignan of sesame oil, was reported to have neuroprotective effects in several brain injury models. However, its protective action in maintaining blood-brain barrier （BBB） integrity has not been studied. In this study we investigated the effects of sesamin on the BBB in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury （TBI） and explored the underlying mechanisms. Adult male C57BL/6 mice were subjected to a controlled cortical impact （CCI） injury and then received sesamin （30 mg.kg-1.d-1, ip）. The mice were euthanized on the Ist and 3rd days after CCl injury and samples were collected for analysis. Sesamin treatment significantly attenuated CCl-induced brain edema on the 1st and 3rd days after the injury, evidenced by the decreases in water content, tissue hemoglobin levels, Evans blue extravasation and AQP4 expression levels in the ipsilateral cortical tissue compared with the vehicle-treated group. Furthermore, sesamin treatment significantly alleviated CCl-induced loss of the tight junction proteins ZO-1 and occludin in the brain tissues. The neuroprotective mechanisms of sesamin were further explored in cultured mouse brain microvascular bEnd.3 cells subjected to biaxial stretch injury （Sl）. Pretreatment with sesamin （50 pmol/L） significantly alleviated SI-induced loss of ZO-1 in bEnd.3 cells. Furthermore, we revealed that pretreatment with sesamin significantly attenuated Sl-induced oxidative stress and early-stage apoptosis in bEnd.3 cells by decreasing the activation of ERK, p38 and caspase-3. In conclusion, sesamin alleviates BBB disruption at least partly through its anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic effects on endothelial cells in CCl injury. These findings suggest that sesamin may be a promising potential therapeutic intervention for preventing disruption of the BBB after TBI.Sesamin, a major lignan of sesame oil, was reported to have neuroprotective effects in several brain injury models. However, its protective action in maintaining blood-brain barrier （BBB） integrity has not been studied. In this study we investigated the effects of sesamin on the BBB in a mouse model of traumatic brain injury （TBI） and explored the underlying mechanisms. Adult male C57BL/6 mice were subjected to a controlled cortical impact （CCI） injury and then received sesamin （30 mg.kg-1.d-1, ip）. The mice were euthanized on the Ist and 3rd days after CCl injury and samples were collected for analysis. Sesamin treatment significantly attenuated CCl-induced brain edema on the 1st and 3rd days after the injury, evidenced by the decreases in water content, tissue hemoglobin levels, Evans blue extravasation and AQP4 expression levels in the ipsilateral cortical tissue compared with the vehicle-treated group. Furthermore, sesamin treatment significantly alleviated CCl-induced loss of the tight junction proteins ZO-1 and occludin in the brain tissues. The neuroprotective mechanisms of sesamin were further explored in cultured mouse brain microvascular bEnd.3 cells subjected to biaxial stretch injury （Sl）. Pretreatment with sesamin （50 pmol/L） significantly alleviated SI-induced loss of ZO-1 in bEnd.3 cells. Furthermore, we revealed that pretreatment with sesamin significantly attenuated Sl-induced oxidative stress and early-stage apoptosis in bEnd.3 cells by decreasing the activation of ERK, p38 and caspase-3. In conclusion, sesamin alleviates BBB disruption at least partly through its anti-oxidative and anti-apoptotic effects on endothelial cells in CCl injury. These findings suggest that sesamin may be a promising potential therapeutic intervention for preventing disruption of the BBB after TBI.

关 键 词：SESAMIN traumatic brain injury CCl injury bEnd.3 cells oxidative stress apoptosis BBB tight junction proteins 

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