Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-2011
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0016601
Abstract
Background: Sanfilippo syndrome type B (MPS III B) is caused by a deficiency of α-N-acetylglucosaminidase enzyme, leading to accumulation of heparan sulfate within lysosomes and eventual progressive cerebral and systemic multiple organ abnormalities. However, little is known about the competence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in MPS III B. BBB dysfunction in this devastating disorder could contribute to neuropathological disease manifestations.
Methodology/Principal Findings: In the present study, we investigated structural (electron microscope) and functional (vascular leakage) integrity of the BBB in a mouse model of MPS III B at different stages of disease, focusing on brain structures known to experience neuropathological changes. Major findings of our study were: (1) endothelial cell damage in capillary ultrastructure, compromising the BBB and resulting in vascular leakage, (2) formation of numerous large vacuoles in endothelial cells and perivascular cells (pericytes and perivascular macrophages) in the large majority of vessels, (3) edematous space around microvessels, (4) microaneurysm adjacent to a ruptured endothelium, (6) Evans Blue and albumin microvascular leakage in various brain structures, (7) GM3 ganglioside accumulation in endothelium of the brain microvasculature.
Conclusions/Significance: These new findings of BBB structural and function impairment in MPS III B mice even at early disease stage may have implications for disease pathogenesis and should be considered in current and future development of treatments for MPS III B.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
PLos ONE, v. 6, issue 3, art. e16601
© 2011 Garbuzova-Davis et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Scholar Commons Citation
Garbuzova-Davis, Svitlana N.; Louis, Michael; Haller, Edward M.; Derasari, Hiranya M.; Rawls, Ashley E.; and Sanberg, Paul R., "Blood-Brain Barrier Impairment in an Animal Model of MPS III B" (2011). Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications. 283.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bin_facpub/283
