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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Influence de l'environnement périvasculaire cérébral sur la dysfonction de la barrière hémato-encéphalique au cours d'une ischémie transitoire / Influence of the brain perivascular environment on the blood-brain barrier dysfunction during a transient ischemia

Kuntz, Mélanie 11 December 2013 (has links)
Ces dernières années, alors qu’aucun agent neuroprotecteur n’a été efficace en clinique pour parer les dommages de l’ischémie cérébrale, le concept d’unité neurovasculaire (UNV) est apparu comme un nouveau paradigme pour l’investigation et le traitement des accidents vasculaires cérébraux ischémiques. La rupture de la barrière hémato-encéphalique (BHE) localisée au niveau des capillaires cérébraux, et ses corollaires l’œdème vasogénique et l’hémorragie intracérébrale, constituent des événements critiques de la maladie, et restreignent considérablement l’éligibilité des patients à la thrombolyse au rtPA, seul traitement de phase aiguë disponible actuellement en clinique. La complexité des intercommunications qui s’exercent au sein de l’UNV rend difficile l’appréhension de la dysfonction microvasculaire in vivo, soulignant l’importance des études in vitro pour compléter les connaissances dans ce domaine. C’est par cette approche combinée que les travaux effectués au cours de ce doctorat démontrent l’impact de la nécrose cérébrale sur la cinétique de la perte d’intégrité de la BHE au décours de la reperfusion. Cependant, même si l’endothélium microvasculaire demeure fonctionnel après un épisode ischémique dans un contexte non lésionel, il devient vulnérable à certaines molécules comme le rtPA dans une situation de thrombolyse. Ces résultats illustrent le rôle déterminant de l’environnement moléculaire périvasculaire sur la dysfonction de la BHE lors de l’ischémie cérébrale, et orientent les nouvelles stratégies thérapeutiques vers des approches ciblant la protection de l’ensemble de l’UNV. / In the recent years, while no neuroprotective agent was clinically effective in reducing brain ischemic damage, the neurovascular unit (NVU) concept emerged as a new paradigm for stroke investigation and treatment. The breakdown of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), localized in brain capillaries, with ensuing vasogenic edema and intracerebral hemorrhage, appears as a critical event of this disease, and severely restricts the eligibility of patients for rtPA thrombolysis, the only acute-phase treatment currently available. The complex intercommunications occurring within the NVU makes the microvascular dysfunction difficult to study in vivo, highlighting the importance of in vitro approaches to complete the knowledge in this field. In this context, the work done in this PhD demonstrates that brain tissue necrosis influences the kinetics of the loss of BBB integrity during reperfusion. However, even when the BBB remains functional in a non-lesional ischemic context, it becomes vulnerable to certain molecules such as rtPA in a thrombolysis situation. These results illustrate the key role of molecular perivascular environment on the BBB dysfunction during cerebral ischemia, and orientate new therapeutic strategies towards the protection of the entire NVU.
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Differential regulation of GABAB receptor trafficking by different modes of N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor signaling

Kantamneni, Sriharsha, Gonzàlez-Gonzàlez, I.M., Luo, J., Cimarosti, H., Jacobs, S.C., Jaafari, N., Henley, J.M. 2013 December 1924 (has links)
Yes / Inhibitory GABAB receptors (GABABRs) can down-regulate most excitatory synapses in the CNS by reducing postsynaptic excitability. Functional GABABRs are heterodimers of GABAB1 and GABAB2 subunits and here we show that the trafficking and surface expression of GABABRs is differentially regulated by synaptic or pathophysiological activation of NMDA receptors (NMDARs). Activation of synaptic NMDARs using a chemLTP protocol increases GABABR recycling and surface expression. In contrast, excitotoxic global activation of synaptic and extrasynaptic NMDARs by bath application of NMDA causes the loss of surface GABABRs. Intriguingly, exposing neurons to extreme metabolic stress using oxygen/glucose deprivation (OGD) increases GABAB1 but decreases GABAB2 surface expression. The increase in surface GABAB1 involves enhanced recycling and is blocked by the NMDAR antagonist AP5. The decrease in surface GABAB2 is also blocked by AP5 and by inhibiting degradation pathways. These results indicate that NMDAR activity is critical in GABABR trafficking and function and that the individual subunits can be separately controlled to regulate neuronal responsiveness and survival. / BBSRC, MRC and the European Research Council

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