PURPOSE: Poly-L-arginine (PLA) enhances the paracellular permeability of the Caco-2 cell monolayer to hydrophilic macromolecules by disappearance of tight junction (TJ) proteins from cell-cell junctions. However, the mechanism of the disappearance of TJ proteins in response to PLA has been unclear. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of disappearance of TJ proteins from cell-cell junctions after the application of PLA to Caco-2 cell monolayers. METHODS: The membrane conductance (Gt), FITC-dextran (FD-4) permeability, and localization of TJ proteins were examined after the treatment of Caco-2 cell monolayers with PLA in the presence of various endocytosis inhibitors. In addition, the localization of endosome marker proteins was also observed. RESULTS: Clathrin-mediated endocytosis inhibitors suppressed the increase in Gt and Papp of FD-4 induced by PLA, and also significantly suppressed the disappearance of TJ proteins induced by PLA. Furthermore, occludin, one of the TJ proteins, colocalized with early endosome and recycling endosomes after the internalization of occludin induced by PLA, and then was recycled to the cell-cell junctions. CONCLUSION: PLA induced the transient internalization of TJ proteins in cell-cell junctions via clathrin-mediated endocytosis, subsequently increasing the permeability of the Caco-2 cell monolayer to FD-4 via a paracellular route.
PURPOSE:Poly-L-arginine (PLA) enhances the paracellular permeability of the Caco-2 cell monolayer to hydrophilic macromolecules by disappearance of tight junction (TJ) proteins from cell-cell junctions. However, the mechanism of the disappearance of TJ proteins in response to PLA has been unclear. In this study, we investigated the mechanism of disappearance of TJ proteins from cell-cell junctions after the application of PLA to Caco-2 cell monolayers. METHODS: The membrane conductance (Gt), FITC-dextran (FD-4) permeability, and localization of TJ proteins were examined after the treatment of Caco-2 cell monolayers with PLA in the presence of various endocytosis inhibitors. In addition, the localization of endosome marker proteins was also observed. RESULTS: Clathrin-mediated endocytosis inhibitors suppressed the increase in Gt and Papp of FD-4 induced by PLA, and also significantly suppressed the disappearance of TJ proteins induced by PLA. Furthermore, occludin, one of the TJ proteins, colocalized with early endosome and recycling endosomes after the internalization of occludin induced by PLA, and then was recycled to the cell-cell junctions. CONCLUSION: PLA induced the transient internalization of TJ proteins in cell-cell junctions via clathrin-mediated endocytosis, subsequently increasing the permeability of the Caco-2 cell monolayer to FD-4 via a paracellular route.
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