Oxidized phospholipids mediate occludin expression and phosphorylation in vascular endothelial cells
Oxidized phospholipids mediate occludin expression and phosphorylation in vascular endothelial cells
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DOI:
10.1152/ajpheart.00554.2005
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发表时间:
2006-02-01
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4.8
通讯作者:
Hsiai, TK
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作者:
DeMaio, L;Rouhanizadeh, M;Hsiai, TK
Oxidized L-alpha-1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine ( OxPAPC), a component of minimally modified LDL, induces production of proinflammatory cytokines and development of atherosclerotic lesions. We tested the hypothesis that OxPAPC alters expression, phosphorylation, and localization of tight junction ( TJ) proteins, particularly occludin, a transmembrane TJ protein. OxPAPC reduced total occludin protein and increased occludin phosphorylation dose dependently ( 10 - 50 mu g/ml) and time dependently in bovine aortic endothelial cells. OxPAPC decreased occludin mRNA and reduced the immunoreactivity of zonula occludens-1 at the cell-cell contacts. Furthermore, OxPAPC increased the diffusive flux of 10kDa dextran in a dose-dependent manner. O-2(-.) production by bovine aortic endothelial cells increased nearly twofold after exposure to OxPAPC. Also, enzymatic generation of O-2(-.) by xanthine oxidase-lumazine and H2O2 by glucose oxidase-glucose increased occludin phosphorylation, implicating reactive oxygen species as modulators of the OxPAPC effects on occludin phosphorylation. Superoxide dismutase and/or catalase blocked the effects of OxPAPC on occludin protein content and phosphorylation, occludin mRNA, zonula occludens-1 immunoreactivity, and diffusive flux of 10-kDa dextran. These findings suggest that changes in TJ proteins are potential mechanisms by which OxPAPC compromises the barrier properties of the vascular endothelium. OxPAPC-induced disruption of TJs, which likely facilitates transmigration of LDL and inflammatory cells into the subendothelial layers, may be mediated by reactive oxygen species.