[Research progress on the effects of plateau hypoxia on blood-brain barrier structure and drug permeability]

Zhejiang Da Xue Xue Bao Yi Xue Ban. 2019 Dec 25;48(6):668-673. doi: 10.3785/j.issn.1008-9292.2019.12.12.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Drugs for the treatment of central nervous system diseases need to enter the brain tissue through the blood-brain barrier to function. In high altitude hypoxic environment, there are changes in tight junction proteins of blood-brain barrier tissue structure, transporters in astrocytes and endothelial cells and ATP in endothelial cells; at the same time the permeability of the blood-brain barrier is increased. These changes are an important reference for rational drug use in patients with central nervous system disease in the plateau region. This article reviews the research progress on the effects of plateau hypoxia on the structure of the blood-brain barrier and related drug permeability.

中枢神经系统疾病治疗药物需通过血脑屏障进入脑组织发挥作用。在高原低氧环境下,血脑屏障组织结构中的紧密连接蛋白、星型胶质细胞和内皮细胞上的转运蛋白、内皮细胞上的ATP发生变化,同时血脑屏障通透性增加。这些变化是高原地区中枢神经系统疾病患者的合理用药的重要参考。本文就高原低氧对血脑屏障结构及其药物通透性影响的研究进展作一综述。

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Astrocytes / metabolism
  • Astrocytes / pathology
  • Blood-Brain Barrier* / cytology
  • Blood-Brain Barrier* / metabolism
  • Blood-Brain Barrier* / pathology
  • Endothelial Cells / metabolism
  • Endothelial Cells / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia* / pathology
  • Permeability
  • Research / trends

Grants and funding

国家自然科学基金(81673508)