title: ACF7 regulates colonic permeability.
abstract: Colonic paracellular permeability is regulated by various factors, including dynamics of the cytoskeleton. Recently, ACF7 has been found to play a critical role in cytoskeletal dynamics as an essential integrator. To elucidate the physiological importance of ACF7 and paracellular permeability, we conditionally knocked out ACF7 in the intestinal mucosa of mice. Histopathological findings indicated that ACF7 deficiency resulted in significant interstitial proliferation and columnar epithelial cell rearrangement. Decreased colonic paracellular permeability was detected using a Ussing chamber and the FITC-inulin method. In order to clarify the underlying mechanism, we further analyzed the expression levels of three important tight junction proteins. Downregulation of ZO-1, occludin and claudin-1 was identified. Immunofluorescence provided strong evidence that ZO-1, occludin and claudin-1 were weakly stained. We hypothesized that ACF7 regulates cytoskeleton dynamics to alter mucosal epithelial arrangement and colonic paracellular permeability.
authors: Department of Surgery, The Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, PR China.
authors: Yong
authors: Y
authors: Liang
authors: Chenzhang
authors: C
authors: Shi
authors: Jun
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Hongqi
authors: H
authors: Chen
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Xia
authors: Peng
authors: P
authors: Zhang
authors: Feng
authors: F
authors: Wang
authors: Huazhong
authors: H
authors: Han
authors: Huanlong
authors: H
authors: Qin
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D062445:Claudin-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D003106:Colon / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007444:Inulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D062793:Occludin / Q000378:metabolism; D010539:Permeability; D062725:Tight Junction Proteins; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D062445:Claudin-1; C584353:FITC-inulin; C490632:Macf1 protein, mouse; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D062793:Occludin; C568986:Ocln protein, mouse; D062725:Tight Junction Proteins; C569043:Tjp1 protein, mouse; D062826:Zonula Occludens-1 Protein; D007444:Inulin; D016650:Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate