Laurate Permeates the Paracellular Pathway for Small Molecules in the Intestinal Epithelial Cell Model HT-29/B6 via Opening the Tight Junctions by Reversible Relocation of Claudin-5
Laurate Permeates the Paracellular Pathway for Small Molecules in the Intestinal Epithelial Cell Model HT-29/B6 via Opening the Tight Junctions by Reversible Relocation of Claudin-5
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DOI:
10.1007/s11095-014-1350-2
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发表时间:
2014-09-01
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Amasheh, Salah
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作者:
Dittmann, Isabel;Amasheh, Maren;Amasheh, Salah
To mechanistically analyze effects of the medium-chain fatty acid laurate on transepithelial permeability in confluent monolayers of the intestinal epithelial cell line HT-29/B6, in context with an application as an absorption enhancer improving transepithelial drug permeation.Transepithelial resistance and apparent permeability for paracellular flux markers was measured using Ussing-type chambers. Two-path impedance spectroscopy was employed to differentiate between transcellular and paracellular resistance, and confocal imaging and Western blotting was performed.Laurate resulted in a substantial and reversible decrease in transepithelial resistance by 50% which was attributed to a decrease in paracellular resistance. Simultaneously, an increase in permeability for fluorescein (330 Da) was detected, while permeabilities for 4 kDa FITC-dextran and sulpho-NHS-SS-biotin (607 Da) remained unaltered. Confocal laser-scanning microscopy revealed a marked reduction of claudin-5, while other tight junction proteins including tricellulin, a protein preventing the paracellular passage of macromolecules, were not affected.Laurate induces an increase in paracellular permeability for molecules up to a molecular mass of 330 Da by retrieval of claudin-5 from tight junctions without affecting tricellular contacts and the paracellular passage of macromolecules. We hereby provide, for the first time, a mechanistical explanation of laurate-induced permeability enhancement on molecular level.