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Alpha-tocopherol Prevents H2O2-induced Tight Junction Occludin Disruption in Blood-Brain Barrier

이희상 1 남궁기 2 육기환 3 안준석 4 노맹석 5 김대진 1 Chung Yoon Hee 1 김성수 1 이원복 1 김경용 1

1중앙대학교
2연세대학교
3포천중문 의과대학교 정신과학교실
4강원대학교 의과대학 해부학교실
5부경대학교 자연과학대 수리과학부

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ABSTRACT

Vitamin E is the most important lipid-soluble antioxidant in humans. Although alpha-tocopherol is suggested that it has protective effect from many diseases, little is known about the prevention of occludin alteration in tight junction of blood-brain barrier (BBB) under pathologic insults producing reactive oxygen species (ROSs). In this study, the effects of alpha-tocopherol on H2O2-induced tight junction occludin were studied. Primary culture of rat brain microvessel endothelial cells was investigated with confocal microscopy, Western blot, and cell viability assay. Alpha-tocopherol had no apparent cytotoxicity up to 2.8 mM. The preincubation with alpha-tocopherol suppressed the H2O2-induced cytotoxicity in Alamar Blue assay and phase contrast microscopy. In confocal laser microscopy and Western blot, H2O2-induced loss of occludin was suppressed by preincubation with alpha-tocopherol. The present findings provide evidence that alpha-tocopherol may be beneficial for cellular protection from pathologic insults. Since alpha-tocopherol was demonstrated to have far fewer adverse effects, it would become a noteworthy nutrient or drug for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.

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