Comparison of gene expression of extracellular matrix molecules in brain microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes
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Comparison of gene expression of extracellular matrix molecules in brain microvascular endothelial cells and astrocytes
Abstract
By use of random-primed cDNA probes the expression of extracellular matrix molecules in cerebral microvascular endothelial cells (cEC) and in astrocytes from mouse brain was examined. Two phenotypically different batches of cloned cEC were used. Expression of major adhesive ECM molecules, constituting the endothelial basement membrane (i.e., fibronectin, laminin A, B and collagen IV) and of other attachment factors, such as SPARC (osteonectin), tenascin and thrombospondin 1, was examined. We have demonstrated that cEC of different morphology display variations in the expression of fibronectin (FN), thrombospondin 1 (TSP1) and collagen IV (C IV). Astrocytes were shown to contain FN, TSP1, TN and SPARC mRNA. Unexpectedly, SPARC mRNA could not be detected in any of the capillary endothelial cells examined. Therefore, we suggest that astrocytes are likely to be involved in endothelial differentiation and function in the central nervous system via ECM molecule secretion.
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