Contribution of Tight Junction Proteins to Ion, Macromolecule, and Water Barrier in Keratinocytes
- 1 May 2013
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Investigative Dermatology
- Vol. 133 (5), 1161-1169
- https://doi.org/10.1038/jid.2012.507
Abstract
Tight junctions (TJs) form a selective barrier for ions, water, and macromolecules in simple epithelia. In keratinocytes and epidermis, TJs were shown to be involved in individual barrier functions. The absence of the TJ protein claudin-1 (Cldn1) in mice results in a skin-barrier defect characterized by lethal water loss. However, detailed molecular analyses of the various TJ barriers in keratinocytes and the contribution of distinct TJ proteins are missing. Herein, we discriminate TJ-dependent paracellular resistance from transcellular resistance in cultured keratinocytes using the two-path impedance spectroscopy. We demonstrate that keratinocyte TJs form a barrier for Na+, Cl−, and Ca2+, and contribute to barrier function for water and larger molecules of different size. In addition, knockdown of Cldn1, Cldn4, occludin, and zonula occludens-1 increased paracellular permeabilities for ions and larger molecules, demonstrating that all of these TJ proteins contribute to barrier formation. Remarkably, Cldn1 and Cldn4 are not critical for TJ barrier function for water in submerged keratinocyte cultures. However, Cldn1 influences stratum corneum (SC) proteins important for SC water barrier function, and is crucial for TJ barrier formation for allergen-sized macromolecules.This publication has 48 references indexed in Scilit:
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