An In Vitro Model of Blood-Brain Barrier for Studies on HIV Neuroinflammation and CNS Antibody Penetration

  • Yuekun Lang
  • , Dina Mofed
  • , Vasudev R. Rao
  • , Samantha J. Welninski
  • , Anjelica F. Reyes
  • , Jeffrey R. Schneider
  • , Vinayaka R. Prasad

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Abstract

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is one of several barriers between the brain and the peripheral blood system to maintain homeostasis. Understanding the interactions between infectious agents such as human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), which are capable of traversing the BBB and causing neuroinflammation requires modeling an authentic BBB in vitro. Such an in vitro BBB model also helps develop means of targeting viruses that reside in the brain via natural immune effectors such as antibodies. The BBB consists of human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs)Human brain microvascular endothelial cells (HBMECs), astrocytesAstrocytes, and pericytes. Here we report in vitro methods to establish a dual-cell BBB model consisting of primary HBMECs and primary astrocytes to measure the integrity of the BBB and antibody penetration of the BBB, as well as a method to establish a single cell BBB model to study the impact of HIV-1 infected medium on the integrity of such a BBB.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMethods in Molecular Biology
PublisherHumana Press Inc.
Pages271-283
Number of pages13
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024

Publication series

NameMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2807
ISSN (Print)1064-3745
ISSN (Electronic)1940-6029

Keywords

  • Astrocytes
  • Human brain microvascular endothelial cells
  • IgG CNS penetration
  • In vitro blood-brain barrier

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics

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