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Kim D, Jin L, Park EJ, Na DH. Peptide permeation enhancers for improving oral bioavailability of macromolecules. JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL INVESTIGATION 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40005-022-00609-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Kolosov D, Kelly SP. C-type natriuretic peptide regulates the molecular components of the rainbow trout gill epithelium tight junction complex. Peptides 2020; 124:170211. [PMID: 31770576 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2019.170211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Freshwater (FW) fish experience passive paracellular loss of ions into the surrounding environment across water-exposed epithelia such as the gill. The mitigation of paracellular ion loss is thought to be regulated by proteins of the tight junction (TJ) complex and in particular, the large superfamily of claudin (cldn) TJ proteins plays an important role. Transcript and protein levels of TJ proteins in teleosts are known to be under endocrine control of several important osmoregulatory hormones and the current study was aimed at determining whether the osmoregulatory hormone, C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP), can alter paracellular permeability and TJ protein abundance in a primary cultured gill epithelium derived from rainbow trout. Natriuretic peptide receptors were detected in the cultured trout gill epithelium. It was found that (i) developing cultured gill epithelia "grown" in the presence of 10 nM CNP, and (ii) mature cultured gill epithelia exposed to 10 nM CNP for 48 h, exhibited augmented barrier properties. This occurred in association with reduced flux rates of a paracellular permeability marker (polyethylene glycol, molecular mass 400; PEG-400) and, reduced ion efflux (i.e. ion loss) when preparations were exposed to apical FW. Exposure to CNP altered mRNA abundance of cldn-3a, -5a, -6, - 8c, -20a, -25b, -28a, -32a and cgn, but differences in the transcriptional response were observed between chronic and acute CNP exposure. In contrast, chronic and acute exposure to CNP resulted in reduced cldn-10e/Cldn-10e abundance. Data suggest that CNP may play a role in regulating the molecular physiology of the TJ complex in the fish gill epithelium and contribute to the regulation of salt and water balance by influencing the paracellular permeability properties of this tissue.
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- Dennis Kolosov
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, M3J1P3, Canada.
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- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, M3J1P3, Canada
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Fehsenfeld S, Kolosov D, Wood CM, O'Donnell MJ. Section-specific H + flux in renal tubules of fasted and fed goldfish. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:jeb.200964. [PMID: 31138633 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.200964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A recent study demonstrated that in response to a feeding-induced metabolic acidosis, goldfish (Carassius auratus) adjust epithelial protein and/or mRNA expression in their kidney tubules for multiple transporters known to be relevant for acid-base regulation. These include Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE), V-type H+-ATPase (V-ATPase), cytoplasmic carbonic anhydrase, HCO3 - transporters and Rhesus proteins. Consequently, renal acid output in the form of protons and NH4 + increases. However, little is known about the mechanistic details of renal acid-base regulation in C. auratus and teleost fishes in general. The present study applied the scanning ion-selective electrode technique (SIET) to measure proton flux in proximal, distal and connecting tubules of goldfish. We detected increased H+ efflux into the extracellular fluid from the tubule in fed animals, resulting from paracellular back-flux of H+ through the tight junction. By applying inhibitors for selected acid-base regulatory epithelial transporters, we found that cytosolic carbonic anhydrase and HCO3 - transporters were important in mediating H+ flux in all three tubule segments of fed goldfish. Contrastingly, V-ATPase seemed to play a role in H+ flux only in proximal and distal tubules, and NHE in proximal and connecting tubules. We developed working models for transport of acid-base relevant equivalents (H+, HCO3 -, NH3/NH4 +) for each tubule segment in C. auratus kidney. While the proximal tubule appears to play a major role in both H+ secretion and HCO3 - reabsorption, the distal and connecting tubules seem to mainly serve for HCO3 - reabsorption and NH3/NH4 + secretion.
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- Sandra Fehsenfeld
- Département de Biologie, Chimie et Géographie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, QC, G5L 3A1, Canada .,Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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- Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1, Canada
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Kolosov D, Kelly SP. The mineralocorticoid receptor contributes to barrier function of a model fish gill epithelium. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019; 222:jeb.192096. [PMID: 31085602 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.192096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cortisol-induced epithelial tightening of a primary cultured rainbow trout gill epithelium model occurs in association with reduced paracellular permeability and increased abundance of select barrier-forming tight junction (TJ) proteins. Corticosteroid receptor (CR) pharmacological blocker studies have suggested that to produce this tightening effect, cortisol acts on the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) as well as glucocorticoid receptors (GRs). This study considered how cortisol influences model gill epithelium permeability and TJ properties by transcriptional knockdown of the gene encoding the MR (mr-KD) using double-stranded RNA. Following mr-KD, a significant reduction in MR protein abundance was observed in the epithelium. The mr-KD epithelium demonstrated reduced transepithelial resistance (TER) and an increase in the paracellular flux of [3H]polyethylene glycol (MW 400 kDa, PEG-400). Concurrently, mRNA abundance of gr2 and 11βhsd increased, indicating a possible compensatory response to mr-KD. Transcript abundance of claudin (cldn)-6, -8d, -23a and -28b decreased while that of cldn-20a increased in mr-KD preparations. Cortisol-induced epithelial tightening was enhanced in mr-KD preparations, suggesting that alterations in CRs and TJ composition augmented model epithelium barrier function in response to lowered MR abundance. Cortisol treatment significantly increased the transcript and protein abundance of TJ proteins such as Cldn-8d and -28b. However, in mr-KD preparations, Cldn-28b protein abundance did not significantly alter in response to cortisol treatment, while Cldn-8d abundance was significantly elevated. Data suggest that mr-KD compromises normal barrier function of a primary cultured rainbow trout gill epithelium in both the presence and absence of cortisol and that Cldn-28b protein abundance may be modulated by cortisol via the MR only.
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- Dennis Kolosov
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
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Brennan RS, Healy TM, Bryant HJ, La MV, Schulte PM, Whitehead A. Integrative Population and Physiological Genomics Reveals Mechanisms of Adaptation in Killifish. Mol Biol Evol 2018; 35:2639-2653. [PMID: 30102365 PMCID: PMC11325861 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Adaptive divergence between marine and freshwater (FW) environments is important in generating phyletic diversity within fishes, but the genetic basis of this process remains poorly understood. Genome selection scans can identify adaptive loci, but incomplete knowledge of genotype-phenotype connections makes interpreting their significance difficult. In contrast, association mapping (genome-wide association mapping [GWAS], random forest [RF] analyses) links genotype to phenotype, but offer limited insight into the evolutionary forces shaping variation. Here, we combined GWAS, RF, and selection scans to identify loci important in adaptation to FW environments. We utilized FW-native and brackish water (BW)-native populations of Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) as well as a naturally admixed population between the two. We measured morphology and multiple physiological traits that differ between populations and may contribute to osmotic adaptation (salinity tolerance, hypoxia tolerance, metabolic rate, body shape) and used a reduced representation approach for genome-wide genotyping. Our results show patterns of population divergence in physiological capabilities that are consistent with local adaptation. Population genomic scans between BW-native and FW-native populations identified genomic regions evolving by natural selection, whereas association mapping revealed loci that contribute to variation for each trait. There was substantial overlap in the genomic regions putatively under selection and loci associated with phenotypic traits, particularly for salinity tolerance, suggesting that these regions and genes are important for adaptive divergence between BW and FW environments. Together, these data provide insight into the mechanisms that enable diversification of fishes across osmotic boundaries.
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- Reid S Brennan
- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
- Department of Biology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
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- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, CA
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- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
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- Department of Zoology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Environmental Toxicology, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA
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Kolosov D, Kelly SP. Tricellular tight junction-associated angulins in the gill epithelium of rainbow trout. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2018; 315:R312-R322. [PMID: 29631364 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00431.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Molecular physiology of the tricellular tight junction (tTJ)-associated proteins lipolysis-stimulated lipoprotein receptor ( lsr, = angulin-1) and an immunoglobulin-like domain-containing receptor ( ildr2, ≈angulin-3) was examined in model trout gill epithelia. Transcripts encoding lsr and ildr2 are broadly expressed in trout organs. A reduction in lsr and ildr2 mRNA abundance was observed during and after confluence in flask-cultured gill cells. In contrast, as high-resistance and low-permeability characteristics developed in a model gill epithelium cultured on permeable polyethylene terephthalate membrane inserts, lsr and ildr2 transcript abundance increased. However, as epithelia entered the developmental plateau phase, lsr abundance returned to initial values, while ildr2 transcript abundance remained elevated. When mitochondrion-rich cells were introduced to model preparations, lsr mRNA abundance was unaltered and ildr2 mRNA abundance significantly increased. Transcript abundance of ildr2 was not altered in association with corticosteroid-induced tightening of the gill epithelium, while lsr mRNA abundance decreased. Transcriptional knockdown of the tTJ protein tricelluin (Tric) reduced Tric abundance, increased gill epithelium permeability, and increased lsr without significantly altering ildr2 transcript abundance. Data suggest that angulins contribute to fish gill epithelium barrier properties but that Lsr and Ildr2 seem likely to play different roles. This is because ildr2 typically exhibited increased abundance in association with decreased model permeability, while lsr abundance changed in a manner that suggested a role in Tric recruitment to the tTJ.
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- Dennis Kolosov
- Department of Biology, York University , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University , Toronto, Ontario , Canada
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Tricellulin is regulated via interleukin-13-receptor α2, affects macromolecule uptake, and is decreased in ulcerative colitis. Mucosal Immunol 2018; 11:345-356. [PMID: 28612843 PMCID: PMC5730503 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2017.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/01/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In the two inflammatory bowel diseases, ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), altered expression of tight junction (TJ) proteins leads to an impaired epithelial barrier including increased uptake of luminal antigens supporting the inflammation. Here, we focused on regulation of tricellulin (Tric), a protein of the tricellular TJ essential for the barrier against macromolecules, and hypothesized a role in paracellular antigen uptake. We report that Tric is downregulated in UC, but not in CD, and that its reduction increases the passage of macromolecules. Using a novel visualization method, passage sites were identified at TJ regions usually sealed by Tric. We show that interleukin-13 (IL-13), beyond its known effect on claudin-2, downregulates Tric expression. These two effects of IL-13 are regulated by different signaling pathways: The IL-13 receptor α1 upregulates claudin-2, whereas IL-13 receptor α2 downregulates Tric. We suggest to target the α2 receptor in future developments of therapeutical IL-13-based biologicals.
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Gauberg J, Wu N, Cramp RL, Kelly SP, Franklin CE. A lethal fungal pathogen directly alters tight junction proteins in the skin of a susceptible amphibian. J Exp Biol 2018; 222:jeb.192245. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.192245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bacterial and viral pathogens can weaken epithelial barriers by targeting and disrupting tight junction (TJ) proteins. Comparatively, however, little is known about the direct effects of fungal pathogens on TJ proteins and their expression. The disease, chytridiomycosis, caused by the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), is threatening amphibian populations worldwide. Bd is known to infect amphibian skin and disrupt cutaneous osmoregulation. However, exactly how this occurs is poorly understood. This study considered the impact of Bd infection on the barrier properties of the Australian green tree frog (Litoria caerulea) epidermis by examining how inoculation of animals with Bd influenced the paracellular movement of FITC-dextran (4 kDa, FD-4) across the skin in association with alterations in the mRNA and protein abundance of select TJ proteins of the epidermal TJ complex. It was observed that Bd infection increased paracellular movement of FD-4 across the skin linearly with fungal infection load. In addition, Bd infection increased transcript abundance of the tricellular TJ (tTJ) protein tricellulin (tric) as well as the bicellular TJ (bTJ) proteins occludin (ocln), claudin (cldn) -1, -4 and the scaffolding TJ protein zonula occludens-1 (zo-1). However, while Tric protein abundance increased in accord with changes in transcript abundance, protein abundance of Cldn-1 was significantly reduced and Ocln protein abundance was unchanged. Data indicate that disruption of cutaneous osmoregulation in L. caerulea following Bd infection occurs, at least in part, by an increase in epidermal paracellular permeability in association with compromised integrity of the epidermal TJ complex.
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- J. Gauberg
- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Kolosov D, Kelly SP. Claudin-8d is a cortisol-responsive barrier protein in the gill epithelium of trout. J Mol Endocrinol 2017; 59:299-310. [PMID: 28739633 DOI: 10.1530/jme-17-0108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The influence of claudin (Cldn) 8 tight junction (TJ) proteins on cortisol-mediated alterations in gill epithelium permeability was examined using a primary cultured trout gill epithelium model. Genes encoding three Cldn-8 proteins (cldn-8b, -8c and -8d) have been identified in trout and all are expressed in the model gill epithelium. Cortisol treatment 'tightened' the gill epithelium, as indicated by increased transepithelial resistance (TER) and reduced paracellular [3H]polyethylene glycol (MW 400 Da; PEG-400) flux. This occurred in association with elevated cldn-8d mRNA abundance, but no alterations in cldn-8b and -8c mRNA abundance were observed. Transcriptional knockdown (KD) of cldn-8d inhibited a cortisol-induced increase in Cldn-8d abundance and reduced the 'epithelium tightening' effect of cortisol in association with increased paracellular PEG-400 flux. Under simulated in vivo conditions (i.e. apical freshwater), cldn-8d KD hindered a cortisol-mediated reduction in basolateral to apical Na+ and Cl- flux (i.e. reduced the ability of cortisol to mitigate ion loss). However, cldn-8d KD did not abolish the tightening effect of cortisol on the gill epithelium. This is likely due, in part, to the effect of cortisol on genes encoding other TJ proteins, which in some cases appeared to exhibit a compensatory response. Data support the idea that Cldn-8d is a barrier protein of the gill epithelium TJ that contributes significantly to corticosteroid-mediated alterations in gill epithelium permeability.
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- Dennis Kolosov
- Department of BiologyYork University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of BiologyYork University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Jonusaite S, Kelly SP, Donini A. Identification of the septate junction protein gliotactin in the mosquito Aedes aegypti: evidence for a role in increased paracellular permeability in larvae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 220:2354-2363. [PMID: 28432154 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.156125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Septate junctions (SJs) regulate paracellular permeability across invertebrate epithelia. However, little is known about the function of SJ proteins in aquatic invertebrates. In this study, a role for the transmembrane SJ protein gliotactin (Gli) in the osmoregulatory strategies of larval mosquito (Aedes aegypti) was examined. Differences in gli transcript abundance were observed between the midgut, Malpighian tubules, hindgut and anal papillae of A. aegypti, which are epithelia that participate in larval mosquito osmoregulation. Western blotting of Gli revealed its presence in monomer, putative dimer and alternatively processed protein forms in different larval mosquito organs. Gli localized to the entire SJ domain between midgut epithelial cells and showed a discontinuous localization along the plasma membranes of epithelial cells of the rectum as well as the syncytial anal papillae epithelium. In the Malpighian tubules, Gli immunolocalization was confined to SJs between the stellate and principal cells. Rearing larvae in 30% seawater caused an increase in Gli protein abundance in the anterior midgut, Malpighian tubules and hindgut. Transcriptional knockdown of gli using dsRNA reduced Gli protein abundance in the midgut and increased the flux rate of the paracellular permeability marker, polyethylene glycol (molecular weight 400 Da; PEG-400). Data suggest that in larval A. aegypti, Gli participates in the maintenance of salt and water balance and that one role for Gli is to participate in the regulation of paracellular permeability across the midgut of A. aegypti in response to changes in environmental salinity.
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- Sima Jonusaite
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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Kolosov D, Donini A, Kelly SP. Claudin-31 contributes to corticosteroid-induced alterations in the barrier properties of the gill epithelium. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 439:457-466. [PMID: 27815212 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The contribution of Claudin-31 (Cldn-31) to corticosteroid-induced tightening of the trout gill epithelium was examined using a primary cultured model preparation. Cldn-31 is a ∼23 kDa protein that localizes to the periphery of gill epithelial cells and diffusely in select gill cells that are Na+-K+-ATPase-immunoreactive. Transcriptional knockdown (KD) of cldn-31 reduced Cldn-31 abundance and increased epithelium permeability. Under simulated in vivo conditions (apical freshwater), cldn-31 KD increased net ion flux rates (≡ efflux). Cortisol treatment increased Cldn-31 abundance and decreased epithelium permeability. This tightening effect was diminished, but not eliminated, by cldn-31 KD, most likely due to other cortisol-sensitive TJ proteins that were transcriptionally unperturbed or enhanced in cortisol-treated cldn-31 KD preparations. However, cldn-31 KD abolished a cortisol-induced increase in Cldn-8d abundance, which may contribute to compromised cldn-31 KD epithelium permeability. Data suggest an important barrier function for Cldn-31 and an integral role for Cldn-31 in corticosteroid-induced gill epithelium tightening.
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- Dennis Kolosov
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3, Canada.
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Kolosov D, Bui P, Donini A, Wilkie MP, Kelly SP. A role for tight junction-associated MARVEL proteins in larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) osmoregulation. J Exp Biol 2017; 220:3657-3670. [DOI: 10.1242/jeb.161562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 08/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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This study reports on tight junction-associated MARVEL proteins of larval sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) and their potential role in ammocoete osmoregulation. Two Occludin isoforms (designated Ocln and Ocln-a) and a tricellulin (Tric) were identified. Transcripts encoding ocln, ocln-a, and tric were broadly expressed in larval lamprey, with greatest abundance of ocln in gut, liver and kidney, ocln-a in the gill and skin, and tric in the kidney. Ocln and Ocln-a resolved as ∼63 kDa and ∼35 kDa MW proteins respectively while Tric resolved as a ∼50 kDa protein. Ocln immunolocalized to the gill vasculature and in gill mucous cells while Ocln-a localized to the gill pouch and gill epithelium. Both Ocln and Ocln-a localized in the nephron, the epidermis and the luminal side of the gut. In branchial tissue, Tric exhibited punctate localization, consistent with its presence at regions of tricellular contact. Following ion-poor water (IPW) acclimation of ammocoetes, serum [Na+] and [Cl−] reduced, but not [Ca++], and carcass moisture content increased. In association, Ocln abundance increased in skin and kidney, but reduced in gill of IPW-acclimated ammocoetes while Ocln-a abundance reduced in the kidney only. Tric abundance increased in the gill. Region-specific alterations in ocln, ocln-a and tric mRNA abundance was also observed in the gut. Data support a role for Ocln, Ocln-a and Tric in the osmoregulatory strategies of a basal vertebrate.
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- Dennis Kolosov
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
- Current address: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada L8S 4K1
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3C5
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada M3J 1P3
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Gauberg J, Kolosov D, Kelly SP. Claudin tight junction proteins in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) skin: Spatial response to elevated cortisol levels. Gen Comp Endocrinol 2017; 240:214-226. [PMID: 27771288 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2016.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/18/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This study examined regional distribution and corticosteroid-induced alterations of claudin (cldn) transcript abundance in teleost fish skin. Regional comparison of mRNA encoding 20 Cldns indicated that 12 exhibit differences in abundance along the dorsoventral axis of skin. However, relative abundance of cldns (i.e. most to least abundant) remained similar in different skin regions. Several cldns appear to be present in the epidermis and dermal vasculature whereas others are present only in the epidermis. Increased circulating cortisol levels significantly altered mRNA abundance of 10 cldns in a region specific manner, as well as corticosteroid receptors and 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (type 2). Epidermis and epidermal mucous cell morphometrics also altered in response to cortisol, exhibiting changes that appear to enhance skin barrier properties. Taken together, data provide a first look at spatial variation in the molecular physiology of the teleost fish integument TJ complex and region-specific sensitivity to an endocrine factor.
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- Julia Gauberg
- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada
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- Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele St, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada.
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Chen CC, Kolosov D, Kelly SP. The liquorice root derivative glycyrrhetinic acid can ameliorate ionoregulatory disturbance in rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) abruptly exposed to ion-poor water. Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2016; 199:120-129. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2016.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Composition and Function of the Interstitial Fluid. Protein Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1201/9781315374307-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Dietary salt loading and ion-poor water exposure provide insight into the molecular physiology of the rainbow trout gill epithelium tight junction complex. J Comp Physiol B 2016; 186:739-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-0987-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 03/28/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The response of claudin-like transmembrane septate junction proteins to altered environmental ion levels in the larval mosquito Aedes aegypti. J Comp Physiol B 2016; 186:589-602. [DOI: 10.1007/s00360-016-0979-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2015] [Revised: 03/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Chen CC, Kolosov D, Kelly SP. Effect of the liquorice root derivatives on salt and water balance in a teleost fish, rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Comp Biochem Physiol A Mol Integr Physiol 2014; 180:86-97. [PMID: 25460830 DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2014.09.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Revised: 08/27/2014] [Accepted: 09/03/2014] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The effect of liquorice root derivatives (LRDs) glycyrrhizic acid (GL) and glycyrrhetinic acid (18βGA) on salt and water balance and end points of gill ion transport in a freshwater teleost, (rainbow trout) was examined after feeding fish diets containing GL or 18βGA (0, 5, 50 or 500 µg/g diet) for a two week period. Serum cortisol levels and gill 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 mRNA abundance decreased in fish fed GL but increased (at select doses) in fish fed 18βGA. At higher doses of GL, gill Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase and H(+)-ATPase activity increased, while cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator type II mRNA abundance significantly decreased at the lowest dose of GL. End points of gill transcellular ion transport were not significantly altered in fish fed 18βGA, except for a reduction in Na(+)-K(+)-ATPase activity at a 50 µg/g dose. In contrast, high doses of GL and 18βGA increased gill transcript abundance of the tight junction protein claudin-31 (cldn-31). Other end points of gill paracellular transport differed in fishes fed LRDs. Tricellulin mRNA abundance was increased by high dose GL and decreased by high dose 18βGA, and cldn-23a and cldn-27b mRNA abundance significantly decreased in response to GL irrespective of dose. Despite the above observations, systemic end points of salt and water balance (i.e. serum [Na(+)] and [Cl(-)] as well as muscle moisture) were unaffected by LRDs. Therefore data suggest that LRDs can alter end points of ion transport in fishes but that overall salt and water balance need not be perturbed.
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- Chun Chih Chen
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3.
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
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Furuse M, Izumi Y, Oda Y, Higashi T, Iwamoto N. Molecular organization of tricellular tight junctions. Tissue Barriers 2014; 2:e28960. [PMID: 25097825 PMCID: PMC4117683 DOI: 10.4161/tisb.28960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Revised: 04/19/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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When the apicolateral border of epithelial cells is compared with a polygon, its sides correspond to the apical junctional complex, where cell adhesion molecules assemble from the plasma membranes of two adjacent cells. On the other hand, its vertices correspond to tricellular contacts, where the corners of three cells meet. Vertebrate tricellular contacts have specialized structures of tight junctions, termed tricellular tight junctions (tTJs). tTJs were identified by electron microscopic observations more than 40 years ago, but have been largely forgotten in epithelial cell biology since then. The identification of tricellulin and angulin family proteins as tTJ-associated membrane proteins has enabled us to study tTJs in terms of not only the paracellular barrier function but also unknown characteristics of epithelial cell corners via molecular biological approaches.
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- Mikio Furuse
- Division of Cell Biology; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Japan ; Division of Cerebral Structure; National Institute for Physiological Sciences; Okazaki, Aichi Japan
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- Division of Cell Biology; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Cell Biology; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Cell Biology; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Cell Biology; Department of Physiology and Cell Biology; Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine; Kobe, Japan
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