Cx32 formation and/or Cx32-mediated intercellular communication induces expression and function of tight junctions in hepatocytic cell line

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作者
Kojima, T
Spray, DC
Kokai, Y
Chiba, H
Mochizuki, Y
Sawada, N
机构
[1] Sapporo Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608556, Japan
[2] Yeshiva Univ Albert Einstein Coll Med, Dept Neurosci, Bronx, NY 10461 USA
[3] Sapporo Med Univ, Sch Med, Dept Pathol, Canc Res Inst, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608556, Japan
关键词
gap junctions; occludin; claudin-1; ZO-1; actin;
D O I
10.1006/excr.2002.5511
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) is thought to play a crucial role in cell differentiation. Small gap junction plaques are frequently associated with tight junction strands in hepatocytes, suggesting that gap junctions may be closely related to the role of tight junctions in the establishment of cell polarity. To examine the exact role of gap junctions in regulating tight junctions, we transfected connexin 32 (Cx32), Cx26, or Cx43 cDNAs into immortalized mouse hepatocytes derived from Cx32-deficient mice and examined the expression and function of the endogenous tight junction molecules. In transient wild-type Cx32 transfectants, immunocytochemistry revealed that endogenous occludin was in part localized at cell borders, where it was colocalized with Cx32, whereas neither was detected in parental cells. In Cx32 null hepatocytes transfected with Cx32 truncated at position 220 (R220stop), wild-type Cx26, or wild-type Cx43 cl)NAs, occludin was not detected at cell borders. In stable wild-type Cx32 transfectants, occludin, claudin-1, and ZO-1 mRNAs and proteins were significantly increased compared to parental cells and all of the proteins were colocalized with Cx32 at cell borders. Treatment with a GJIC blocker, 18beta-glycyrrhetinic acid, resulted in decreases of occludin and claudin-1 at cell borders in the stable transfectants. The induction of tight junction proteins in the stable transfectants was accompanied by an increase in both fence and barrier functions of tight junctions. Furthermore, in the stable transfectants, circumferencial actin filaments were also increased without a change of actin protein. These results indicate that Cx32 formation and/or Cx32-mediated intercellular communication may participate in the formation of functional tight junctions and actin organization. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science (USA).
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