DISTRIBUTION OF THE TIGHT JUNCTION-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN ZO-1 IN CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGANS OF THE CNS

被引:75
作者
PETROV, T [1 ]
HOWARTH, AG [1 ]
KRUKOFF, TL [1 ]
STEVENSON, BR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ALBERTA, DEPT ANAT & CELL BIOL, EDMONTON T6G 2H7, AB, CANADA
来源
MOLECULAR BRAIN RESEARCH | 1994年 / 21卷 / 3-4期
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; ENDOTHELIUM; EPENDYMA;
D O I
10.1016/0169-328X(94)90254-2
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
The immunofluorescent distribution of ZO-1, a tight junction-associated protein, was studied in murine circumventricular organs. These regions generally express a less restrictive blood-brain barrier than is found in other areas of the CNS. In the remaining brain parenchyma, where a characteristic blood-brain barrier exists, ZO-1 was localized in discrete, continuous lines along blood vessels, presumably in association with endothelial cell tight junctions. The ependymal cells in the ventricular walls displayed a more punctate pattern of ZO-1 distribution, indicative of discontinuous tight junctions. In two of the circumventricular organs examined, the median eminence and the subfornical organ, many capillaries lacked detectable ZO-1 immunoreactivity while the apical aspects of the specialized ependymal cells (tanycytes) revealed an unbroken ZO-1 distribution. Scant labelling of ZO-1 in blood vessels was found in the area postrema, and only weak and discontinuous ZO-1 labelling was present in the ventricular wall. Capillaries of the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis expressed ZO-1 immunoreactivity which was comparable to the pattern observed in CNS regions with typical blood-brain barrier. The subcommissural organ, known to contain a blood-brain barrier, also displayed continuous ZO-1 staining in blood vessels. Unbroken ZO-1 distribution was observed in the specialized ependymal cells adjacent to both the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis and subcommissural organ. These immunocytochemical data demonstrate a distribution of ZO-1 in CNS parenchyma outside the circumventricular organs that is consistent with an organization of tight junctions which prevent free paracellular exchange of substances between blood and neuropil but which allow for continuity between CSF and the neuronal environment. The ZO-1 staining pattern in blood vessels and ventricular walls of the circumventricular organs is heterogeneous despite the prevalent absence of a functional blood-brain barrier.
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