Vascular Permeability
This process is essential for the exchange of nutrients, gases, and waste products between the bloodstream and surrounding tissues.
Alterations in vascular permeability can contribute to the development of various pathological conditions, including inflammation, edema, and tumor angiogenesis.
Understanding and optimizing the measurement of vascular permeability is crucial for research in fields such as cardiovascular biology, oncology, and drug delivery.
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where [C]plasma is the total concentration of drug in the plasma, t is time, v is the local blood velocity, L is the length along the vessel segment, Rcap is the capillary radius, H is the hematocrit, P is the vessel wall permeability, ffree is the fraction of drug that is unbound, [C]tissue,free is the unbound concentration in the tissue (overall/pseudohomogenous concentration), and epsilon the void fraction. D is the effective diffusion coefficient in tissue, r is the radial distance from a vessel, and krxn defines the local reaction rate (which is first order in this example equation).
The method of lines was used with axial and radial variations and solved with a stiff solver using Matlab (The Mathworks; Natick, MA). A sparse Jacobian was defined to decrease simulation times.
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EB (20 mg/kg b.w.; Sigma-Aldrich, St Louis, MO, USA) was injected into the retroorbital venous sinus in the model and control mice for 30 minutes as previously reported [6] (link), [10] (link) before all of the mice were euthanized. The lungs were perfused free of blood (perfusion pressure of 5 mmHg) with PBS containing 2 mM EDTA via thoracotomy. The right lung was homogenized in PBS (1 ml/100 µg tissue), incubated with 2 volumes of formamide (18 hours at 60°C), and centrifuged at 5,000×g for 30 minutes. The optical density of the supernatant was determined spectrophotometrically at 620 nm and 740 nm using a Synergy H1 plate reader (BioTek). The extravasated EBA concentration in the lung homogenate was calculated against a standard curve (micrograms of Evans Blue dye per lung). The following formula was used to correct the optical densities for contamination with heme pigments: E620(corrected) = E620(raw)−(1.426×E740(raw)+0.030). Given the different routes of administration, the fold changes relative to the basal and not the absolute values were compared.
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The efficacy of UBX1967 was studied in a mouse model of diabetic retinopathy, by a single administration of streptozotocin (STZ).
C57BL/6J mice of 6- to 7-week were weighted and their baseline glycemia was measured (Accu-Chek, Roche). Mice were injected intraperitoneally with STZ (Sigma-Alderich, St. Lois, Mo.) for 5 consecutive days at 55 mg/Kg. Age-matched controls were injected with buffer only. Glycemia was measured again a week after the last STZ injection and mice were considered diabetic if their non-fasted glycemia was higher than 17 mM (300 mg/dL). STZ treated diabetic C57BL/6J mice were intravitreally injected with 1l of UBX1967 (2 μM or 20 μM, formulated as a suspension in 0.015% polysorbate-80, 0.2% Sodium Phosphate, 0.75% Sodium Chloride, pH 7.2) at 8 and 9 weeks after STZ administration. Retinal Evans blue permeation assay was performed at 10 weeks after STZ treatment.
To test the basal-to-apical permeability of RHE cultures, we adapted a method used in.104 (link) The RHEs were cultured and stimulated as described above. After 24 h of stimulation, the biotin stock solution (10 mg/mL in water, Tocris, Cat.# 7302) was added directly to the media at the bottom of the inserts to the final concentration of 0.5 mg/mL. The cultures were incubated for 1 h. Then RHEs were fixed in 4% formaldehyde overnight and embedded in paraffin. 5 μm sections were cut, deparaffinized and directly stained with Fluorescein-Streptavidin (Sigma-Aldrich, Cat.# 17–10398) at 1:2000 30 min in PBS.
For the apical-to-basal permeability assay on RHE cultures, RHE cultures were moved from deep well plates to standard 12 well plates after 11 days of airlift (10 days of standard airlifted culture followed by 24 h of stimulation). In 12 well plate, 1.850 mL medium with continuous respective stimulation was added to the bottom well and 0.6 mL medium with continuous respective stimulation and 0.2 mM Na-Fluorescein (Sigma-Aldrich) was placed in the upper chamber, on top of the cornified layer. The fluorescence intensity in the bottom well was measured after 24 h of incubation with fluorescein (meas. filter 492 nm, ref. filter 570 nm).
To assess vascular permeability, transport across transwell cell culture experiments were used. First, sufficient 24 well‐plate transwell inserts were coated with 0.1% gelatin under sterile conditions and stored at 4 °C overnight. The excess gelatin was removed by inversion of transwell and washed with sterile PBS. HUVECs were cultured according to supplier protocols, subcultured, and seeded on the transwell inserts with 400 µL of 250 000 cells mL−1 media. The outer well was then filled with 600 µL of fresh media and allowed to grow for 48 hours before the experimental progression. After monolayers had formed, the media was removed from the top chamber and replaced with media containing 0.15% IL and 0.9 U mL−1 insulin, this was in preparation for the concentration and insulin to IL ratio to be used in the future in vivo studies. The plate was incubated in appropriate cell culture conditions and 300 µL samples were taken from the plate wells and replaced with fresh media every 10 minutes for 1 hour. The samples were then stored at 4 °C until they were diluted appropriately and quantified using ELISA.
The primary microvascular model parameters include the transfer rate constant (kt),
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This exchange of nutrients, gases, and waste products between the bloodstream and surrounding tissues is essential for maintaining homeostasis and supporting various biological functions.
Alterations in vascular permeability can contribute to the development of various pathological conditions, including inflammation, edema, and tumor angiogenesis.
Understanding and optimizing the measurement of vascular permeability is crucial for research in fields like cardiovascular biology, oncology, and drug delivery.
Researchers often utilize techniques like the In Vitro Vascular Permeability Assay Kit, Evans blue dye, FITC-dextran, and Texas Red dextran to assess and quantify vascular permeability.
These methods can provide valuable insights into the underlying mechanisms and help identify potential therapeutic targets.
The Evans blue dye, for instance, is a widely used marker for measuring vascular permeability, as it binds to serum albumin and can be detected spectrophotometrically.
Formamide (N,N-dimethylformamide) is commonly used to extract the dye from tissues for quantification.
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This ensures your studies are grounded in the best available evidence and leverages AI-powered analysis to identify the most accurate and reproducible methods, helping you elevate the quality of your vascular permeability research.