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ArticleNanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine2013

Autophagy is involved in nanoalumina-induced cerebrovascular toxicity.

Lei Chen, Bei Zhang, Michal Toborek

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Article in Nanomedicine : nanotechnology, biology, and medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lei ChenMolecular Neuroscience and Vascular Biology Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery and Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
Bei Zhang
Michal Toborek
University of Kentucky · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · US

Funding

Vascular Mechanisms of PCB-Induced Brain MetastasesP42ES007380 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI PEARSON, KEVIN JOSEPH · 1997 to 2024
$47.8M
Tat, amyloid beta and brain endothelial barrier functionR01MH072567 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI Michal Toborek · 2005 to 2026
$7.6M
Implications of caveolae in Tat signaling and integrity of brain endotheliumR01MH063022 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI PARK, MIN SEON · 2001 to 2012
$3.1M
Interplay between cArt, HIV, and amyloid at the blood-brain barrier.R01MH098891 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2012 to 2016
$1.9M
Exercise as a novel strategy to target methamphetamine-induced cerebrovascular toR01DA027569 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2009 to 2013
$1.8M
Exercise-mediated protection against brain metastasesR01CA133257 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TOBOREK, MICHAL · 2010 to 2014
$1.2M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current study focused on blood-brain barrier disruption and neurovascular damage induced by engineered nanomaterials. Exposure to nanoalumina, but not to nanocarbon, induced a dose-dependent mitochondrial potential collapse, increased autophagy of brain endothelial cells, and decreased expression of the tight-junction proteins occludin and claudin-5. Inhibition of autophagy by pretreatment with Wortmannin attenuated the effects of nanoalumina on decreased claudin-5 expression; however, it did not affect the disruption of occludin. These findings were confirmed in mice by administration of nanoalumina into the cerebral circulation. Systemic treatment with nanoalumina elevated autophagy-related genes and autophagic activity in the brain, decreased tight-junction protein expression, and elevated blood-brain barrier permeability. Finally, exposure to nanoalumina, but not to nanocarbon, increased brain infarct volume in mice subjected to a focal ischemic stroke model. Overall, our study reveals that autophagy constitutes an important mechanism involved in nanoalumina-induced neurovascular toxicity in the central nervous system. FROM THE CLINICAL EDITOR: In this paper, the effects of nanoalumina on the permeability of the blood-brain barrier is reported, suggesting that autophagy is an important mechanism in nanoalumina-induced neurovascular toxicity.

Indexed as

Aluminum OxideAnimalsAutophagyBlood-Brain BarrierBrainCell LineCerebrovascular CirculationGene Expression RegulationHumansInfarction, Middle Cerebral ArteryMaleMembrane Potential, MitochondrialMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNanostructuresPermeabilityAluminum Oxide

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PMID22687898
PMCPMC3482418
OpenAlexW2080877705

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