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  • Title: Delivery of human interferon-alpha to brain by transient osmotic blood-brain barrier modification in the rat.
    Author: Greig NH, Fredericks WR, Holloway HW, Soncrant TT, Rapoport SI.
    Journal: J Pharmacol Exp Ther; 1988 May; 245(2):581-6. PubMed ID: 3367308.
    Abstract:
    Pharmacokinetic parameters of human lymphoblastoid interferon (IFN-alpha) delivery to normal rat brain were examined. IFN-alpha concentrations in brain parenchyma could only be detected 120 min after its intravascular administration, and were 0.003% per gram of the administered dose. The mean cerebrovascular permeability-surface area (permeability x surface area) product to IFN, 120 min after infusion, was 0.35 x 10(-6) sec-1, which is not significantly different from zero. Neither i.v. nor intracarotid IFN-alpha administration significantly affected delivery to brain. Intrathecal administration of IFN-alpha, via the cisterna magna, resulted in undetectable concentrations in brain tissue and plasma at 30 and 60 min. However, osmotic blood-brain barrier opening significantly increased IFN-alpha delivery to brain after its carotid administration. A maximum concentration of 0.18% per gram of the total administered dose was achieved at 120 min, and the cerebrovascular permeability-surface area was increased to 30.8 x 10(-6) sec-1. Intracerebral IFN-alpha concentrations did not decline significantly during the 240 min study. Osmotic blood-brain barrier opening increased the area under the brain concentration vs. time curve, measured between 30 and 240 min, from 0.012 x 10(6) U.min/g, in controls, to 1.24 x 10(6) U.min/g, at least 100-fold. This study indicates that osmotic blood-brain barrier opening significantly increases the delivery of IFN-alpha into brain, and that delivered remains within the brain for many hours.
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