EFFECTS OF PHLORIZIN AND SODIUM ON GLUCOSE-ELICITED ALTERATIONS OF CELL-JUNCTIONS IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIA
EFFECTS OF PHLORIZIN AND SODIUM ON GLUCOSE-ELICITED ALTERATIONS OF CELL-JUNCTIONS IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIA
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpcell.1990.258.1.c77
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发表时间:
1990-01-01
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MADARA, JL
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作者:
ATISOOK, K;CARLSON, S;MADARA, JL
Glucose alters absorptive cell tight junction structure and, as deducted from an impedance analysis model, diminishes tight junction resistance in the small intestine (J. R. Pappenheimer, J. Membr. Biol. 100: 137-148, 1987; and J. L. Madara and J. R. Pappenheimer, J. Membr. Biol. 100: 149-164, 1987). Here we provide further evidence in support of this hypothesis using the conventional approach of analysis of mucosal sheets mounted in Ussing chambers. This approach offers advantages for investigating underlying mechanisms, including the effects of ions and inhibitors on the regulation of interecellular junctions by glucose. We show that phlorizin blocks a resistance decrease elicted by glucuse and demonstrate that substitution of choline for sodium also prevents the response. The dilatations in absorptive cell tight junctions that accompany this glucose-elcited response are similarly prevented by phlorizin exposure or sodium substitution. The effects of phlorizin on junctional permeability can also be demonstrated in vivo. Phlorizin reduces the transjunctional flux of creatinine in glucose-perfused intestines of anesthetized animals, even when account is taken of the reduction of fluid absorption caused by phlorizin. Last, in vivo perfusion studies suggest that although, at 25 mM luminal glucose, virtually all glucose absorption is transcellular, at a luminal glucose concentration of 125 mM .apprx. 30% of glucose absorption occurs paracellularly because of solvent drag across tight junctions of altered permeability. These and supplementary data indicate that 1) activation of the intestinal Na+-glucose cotransporter is the triggering event that eventuates in glucose-elicited regulation of absorptive cell tight junction structure and function, 2) glucose-elicited regulation of tight junction function can be detected by the conventional Ussing chamber approach, 3) even low concentrations of luminal glucose can alter clearance of inert solutes from the intestine in vivo, and 4) at high luminal glucose concentrations a substantial portion of net glucose absorption may occur paracellularly across altered tight junctions.