scholarly journals Neutrophil migration across a cultured epithelial monolayer elicits a biphasic resistance response representing sequential effects on transcellular and paracellular pathways

1992 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
CA Parkos ◽  
SP Colgan ◽  
C Delp ◽  
MA Arnaout ◽  
JL Madara
Keyword(s):  
Tight Junction ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Neutrophil Migration ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Transepithelial Resistance ◽  
Sequential Effects ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Resistance Response ◽  
Tight Junction Permeability

Migration of polymorphonuclear leukocytes across epithelia is a hallmark of many inflammatory disease states. Neutrophils traverse epithelia by migrating through the paracellular space and crossing intercellular tight junctions. We have previously shown (Nash, S., J. Stafford, and J.L. Madara. 1987. J. Clin. Invest. 80:1104-1113), that leukocyte migration across T84 monolayers, a model human intestinal epithelium, results in enhanced tight junction permeability--an effect quantitated by the use of a simple, standard electrical assay of transepithelial resistance. Here we show that detailed time course studies of the transmigration-elicited decline in resistance has two components, one of which is unrelated to junctional permeability. The initial decrease in resistance, maximal 5-13 min after initiation of transmigration, occurs despite inhibition of transmigration by an antibody to the common beta subunit of neutrophil beta 2 integrins, and is paralleled by an increase in transepithelial short-circuit current. Chloride ion substitution and inhibitor studies indicate that the early-phase resistance decline is not attributable to an increase in tight junction permeability but is due to decreased resistance across epithelial cells resulting from chloride secretion. Since T84 cells are accepted models for studies of the regulation of Cl- and water secretion, our results suggest that neutrophil transmigration across mucosal surfaces (for example, respiratory and intestinal tracts) may initially activate flushing of the surface by salt and water. Equally important, these studies, by providing a concrete example of sequential transcellular and paracellular effects on transepithelial resistance, highlight the fact that this widely used assay cannot simply be viewed as a direct functional probe of tight junction permeability.

Human colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts modulate transepithelial resistance and secretory response

1999 ◽  
Vol 277 (2) ◽  
pp. C271-C279 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Beltinger ◽  
B. C. McKaig ◽  
S. Makh ◽  
W. A. Stack ◽  
C. J. Hawkey ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Epithelial Cells ◽  
Barrier Function ◽  
Transforming Growth Factor ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Primary Cultures ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Transforming Growth Factor Β ◽  
Secretory Response ◽  
Transepithelial Resistance ◽  
T84 Cells

The epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract transports ions and water but excludes luminal microorganisms and toxic molecules. The factors regulating these important functions are not fully understood. Intestinal myofibroblasts lie subjacent to the basement membrane, at the basal surface of epithelial cells. We recently showed that primary cultures of adult human colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts express cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 and COX-2 enzymes and release bioactive transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β). In this study we have investigated the role of normal human colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts in the regulation of transepithelial resistance and secretory response in HCA-7 and T84 colonic epithelial cell lines. Cocultures of epithelial cells-myofibroblasts and medium conditioned by myofibroblasts enhanced transepithelial resistance and delayed mannitol flux. A panspecific antibody to TGF-β (but not piroxicam) antagonized this effect. In HCA-7 cells, myofibroblasts downregulated secretagogue-induced change in short-circuit current, and this effect was reversed by pretreatment of myofibroblasts with piroxicam. In contrast to HCA-7 cells, myofibroblasts upregulated the agonist-induced secretory response in T84 cells. This study shows that intestinal subepithelial myofibroblasts enhance barrier function and modulate electrogenic chloride secretion in epithelial cells. The enhancement of barrier function was mediated by TGF-β. In contrast, the modulation of agonist-induced change in short-circuit current was mediated by cyclooxygenase products. These findings suggest that colonic myofibroblasts regulate important functions of epithelial cells via distinct secretory products.

Hormone effects on transport in cultured epithelia with high electrical resistance

1981 ◽  
Vol 240 (3) ◽  
pp. C103-C105 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Handler ◽  
F. M. Perkins ◽  
J. P. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Urinary Bladder ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Sodium Transport ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Transepithelial Resistance ◽  
Striking Difference ◽  
Toad Urinary Bladder ◽  
Hormone Effects

Three continuous lines of amphibian epithelial cells form epithelia with a high transepithelial resistance (greater than 4,000 omega . cm2) in culture. The cell lines are TB-M and TB-6c, derived from the urinary bladder of Bufo marinus, and A6, derived from the kidney of Xenopus laevis. Short-circuit current is equivalent to net mucosa-to-serosa sodium transport in two cell lines and slightly exceeds sodium transport in epithelia formed by TB-6c cells. None of the cell lines has an adenylate cyclase response or a transport or permeability response to vasopressin. Water permeability is low in all three cell lines and is not affected by adenosine 3',5–-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP). In the three lines of cells, cAMP and aldosterone each increases short-circuit current with a time course similar to that seen in naturally occurring epithelia. In contrast to the toad urinary bladder and epithelia of line TB-M in which the aldosterone stimulation of short-circuit current is associated with a fall in transepithelial resistance, there is no change in resistance across epithelia of lines TB-6c and A6. There is also a striking difference in the sensitivity of the three lines to inhibition of short-circuit current by amiloride.

Multiple calcium-mediated effector mechanisms regulate chloride secretory responses in T84-cells

1989 ◽  
Vol 256 (6) ◽  
pp. C1224-C1230 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Dharmsathaphorn ◽  
J. Cohn ◽  
G. Beuerlein
Keyword(s):  
Ion Transport ◽  
Time Course ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Second Messenger ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Cell Monolayers ◽  
Transport Effects ◽  
Effector Mechanisms

Free cytosolic Ca2+ [( Ca2+]i) has been implicated as a second messenger mediating the ion transport effects of carbachol, histamine, taurodeoxycholate, ionomycin, and 4-bromo-A23187 (4-BrA23187) in T84-cells. In this study, we correlated short-circuit current (Isc, reflective of Cl- secretion) and [Ca2+]i responses in T84-cell monolayers stimulated by these agents to evaluate the role of [Ca2+]i in Cl- secretory responses. Time-course studies showed that the duration of [Ca2+]i and Isc responses did not correlate with one another. Isc responses were more prolonged than [Ca2+]i responses with carbachol and histamine (both derived [Ca2+]i partly from intracellular sources), less prolonged than [Ca2+]i with taurodeoxycholate, and continued to increase after [Ca2+]i stabilized with ionomycin and 4-BrA23187. Isc and [Ca2+]i responses to histamine and carbachol were additive. A comparison of the magnitude of [Ca2+]i and Isc responses in cells stimulated by different agonists showed that the change in [Ca2+]i accompanying equivalent Isc responses varied greatly, suggesting that secretagogues vary in their dependency on [Ca2+]i. These findings suggest the existence of multiple [Ca2+]i-mediated effector mechanisms or the existence of multiple mediators that augment or attenuate the action of [Ca2+]i.

Stilbenes stimulate T84 Cl- secretion by elevating Ca2+

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (2) ◽  
pp. G325-G333 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Brayden ◽  
M. E. Krouse ◽  
T. Law ◽  
J. J. Wine
Keyword(s):  
Time Course ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Disulfonic Acid ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Cl Secretion ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
Whole Cell Patch Clamp ◽  
Sustained Inhibition ◽  
Cl Conductance

Basolateral but not apical application of 10-200 microM 4,4'-diisothiocyanatostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS) or 4-acetamido-4'-isothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (SITS) to T84 monolayers produced a transient increase in short-circuit current (Isc), followed by a sustained inhibition. 4,4'-Dinitrostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DNDS) had no effect. The increase in Isc produced by DIDS represents Cl- secretion and appears to result from Ca2+ elevation, because in all respects except time course the response to DIDS mimicked the response to the Ca(2+)-elevating agent thapsigargin. Fura-2 measurements established that thapsigargin elevates Ca2+ in T84 cells, but Ca2+ responses to DIDS could not be established directly because DIDS absorbs strongly at the critical wavelengths. Responses to DIDS and thapsigargin were 1) blocked by bumetanide; 2) not blocked by basolateral Ba2+; 3) completely nonadditive; 4) strongly synergistic with basal levels of Isc or with Isc increases produced by elevating adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP; with forskolin) or guanosine 3',5'-cycxlic monophosphate (with heat-stable enterotoxin); and 5) reversibly abolished by removal of basolateral Ca2+. Interactions between Ca2+ and cAMP-elevating agents strongly support a model of Cl- secretion in which apical Cl- conductance is activated by cyclic nucleotides but not by Ca2+ while basolateral K+ channels are activated by Ca2+. In contrast with this mechanism, whole cell patch-clamp recordings of nonconfluent T84 cells indicated that DIDS and other Ca(2+)-elevating agents stimulated an increase in Cl- conductance. Thus increases in cytosolic free Ca2+ in nonconfluent T84 cells activate conductances that differ from those in confluent monolayers.

Dual role for AlF4(-)-sensitive G proteins in the function of T84 epithelial cells: transport and barrier effects

1997 ◽  
Vol 272 (3) ◽  
pp. C794-C803 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ries ◽  
J. Stein ◽  
A. E. Traynor-Kaplan ◽  
K. E. Barrett
Keyword(s):  
G Proteins ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Intestinal Barrier ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Transepithelial Resistance ◽  
Intestinal Barrier Function ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Cl Secretion ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Barrier Effects

T84 monolayers were studied to determine the effect of AlF4, an activator of heterotrimeric G proteins, on Cl-secretion and intestinal barrier function. Basolateral (but not apical) addition of AlF4- increased short-circuit current (I(sc)) and decreased transepithelial resistance. Preincubation with the heavy metal chelator deferoxamine showed that both effects were dependent on Al3+. The effect on I(sc) was abolished by the intracellular Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy) ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid or in Cl(-)-free solutions, whereas the decrease in resistance was unaffected. AlF4- also increased intracellular Ca2+, as assessed via fura 2 fluorometry. AlF4- had no effect on adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP) levels in T84 cells. The effect of AlF4- on transepithelial resistance was accompanied by a decrease in cellular F-actin as well as increased transepithelial fluxes of the paracellular markers mannitol and inulin. The results indicate that AlF4(-)-sensitive G proteins regulate both epithelial secretory and barrier functions, but via different pathways. AlF4- increases Cl- secretion via a Ca2+-dependent and cAMP- and cGMP-independent mechanism in T84 cells, whereas the decrease in resistance is independent of Ca2+.

Serotonin-elicited inhibition of Cl− secretion in the rabbit conjunctival epithelium

2001 ◽  
Vol 280 (3) ◽  
pp. C581-C592 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence J. Alvarez ◽  
Helen C. Turner ◽  
Aldo C. Zamudio ◽  
Oscar A. Candia
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Transepithelial Resistance ◽  
Receptor Subtype ◽  
Conjunctival Epithelium ◽  
Adrenergic Agonists ◽  
Physiological Conditions ◽  
Kinase C

The effects of serotonin [5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT)] on the transepithelial electrical properties of the short-circuited rabbit conjunctiva were examined. With this epithelium, the short-circuit current ( I sc) measures Cl− secretion plus an amiloride-resistant Na+ absorptive process. Apical addition of 5-HT (10 μM) elicited a prompt I screduction from 14.2 ± 1.2 to 10.9 ± 1.2 μA/cm2 and increased transepithelial resistance from 0.89 ± 0.05 to 1.03 ± 0.06 kΩ · cm2(means ± SE, n = 21, P < 0.05). Similar changes were obtained with conjunctivae bathed without Na+ in the apical bath, as well as with conjunctivae preexposed to bumetanide with the Cl−-dependent I sc sustained by the parallel activities of basolateral Na+/H+ and Cl−/HCO[Formula: see text] exchangers. In contrast, the 5-HT-evoked effects were attenuated by the absence of Cl−(Δ I sc = −0.5 ± 0.2, n = 5), suggesting that reduced Cl−conductance(s) is an effect of 5-HT exposure. In amphotericin B-treated conjunctiva and in the presence of a transepithelial K+gradient, 5-HT addition reduced K+ diffusion across the preparation by 13% and increased transepithelial resistance by 4% ( n = 6, P < 0.05), indicating that an inhibition in K+ conductance(s) was also detectable. Significant electrical responses also occurred under physiological conditions when 5-HT was introduced to epithelia pretreated with adrenergic agonists or protein kinase C, phospholipase C, phosphodiesterase, or adenylyl cyclase inhibitors or after perturbation of Ca2+ homeostasis. Briefly, the conjunctiva harbors the only known Cl−-secreting epithelium in which 5-HT evokes Cl− transport inhibition; receptor subtype and signal transduction mechanism were not determined.

Functional coupling of tight junctions and microfilaments in T84 monolayers

1988 ◽  
Vol 254 (3) ◽  
pp. G416-G423 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. L. Madara ◽  
J. Stafford ◽  
D. Barenberg ◽  
S. Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Tight Junction ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Functional Coupling ◽  
Flux Analysis ◽  
Intestinal Epithelial ◽  
Binding Agent ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Intestinal Epithelia ◽  
Tight Junction Permeability ◽  
Cd Exposure

The actin-binding agent cytochalasin D (CD) in intact intestinal epithelium appears to elicit segmentation and contraction of a perijunctional ring of actomyosin and, consequently, to diminish tight junction resistance. We determined if an intestinal epithelial model composed of T84 cells also displayed such a perijunctional cytoskeletal specialization and, if so, whether exposure to CD also affected the tight junction barrier. We find T84 cells display a prominent perijunctional microfilament ring that is actin rich. CD elicits large decreases in transepithelial resistance due specifically to perturbed tight junction permeability as determined with dual Na+-mannitol flux analysis. Transepithelial mannitol and insulin fluxes also increase after CD exposure, but these molecules remain differentially restricted in accordance with their sizes, indicating that gross disruption of the monolayer has not occurred. Structurally, CD elicits segmentation and condensation of the perijunctional ring into actin-rich plaques. These features have similarity to those seen in native intestinal epithelia. This system may represent a simple model for studies of cytoskeletal-tight junction relationships.

scholarly journals Spontaneous water secretion in T84 cells: effects of STa enterotoxin, bumetanide, VIP, forskolin, and A-23187

2001 ◽  
Vol 281 (3) ◽  
pp. G816-G822 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roxana Toriano ◽  
Arlinet Kierbel ◽  
Marco Antonio Ramirez ◽  
Gerhard Malnic ◽  
Mario Parisi
Keyword(s):  
Short Circuit ◽  
Second Messengers ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Rt Pcr ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
Pharmacological Agents ◽  
Heat Stable ◽  
A 23187 ◽  
Water Secretion ◽  
Secretory Apparatus

The regulated Cl− secretory apparatus of T84 cells responds to several pharmacological agents via different second messengers (Ca2+, cAMP, cGMP). However, information about water movements in T84 cells has not been available. In the absence of osmotic or chemical gradient, we observed a net secretory transepithelial volume flux ( J w = −0.16 ± 0.02 μl · min−1 · cm−2) in parallel with moderate short-circuit current values ( I sc = 1.55 ± 0.23 μA/cm2). The secretory J wreversibly reverted to an absorptive value when A-23187 was added to the serosal bath. Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide increased I sc, but, unexpectedly, J w was not affected. Bumetanide, an inhibitor of basolateral Na+-K+-2Cl−cotransporter, completely blocked secretory J wwith no change in I sc. Conversely, serosal forskolin increased I sc, but J w switched from secretory to absorptive values. Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin increased secretory J w and I sc. No difference between the absorptive and secretory unidirectional Cl−fluxes was observed in basal conditions, but after STa stimulation, a significant net secretory Cl− flux developed. We conclude that, under these conditions, the presence of secretory or absorptive J w values cannot be shown by I sc and ion flux studies. Furthermore, RT-PCR experiments indicate that aquaporins were not expressed in T84 cells. The molecular pathway for water secretion appears to be transcellular, moving through the lipid bilayer or, as recently proposed, through water-solute cotransporters.

Inhibition of cAMP- and Ca-dependent Cl- secretion by phorbol esters: inhibition of basolateral K+ channels

1993 ◽  
Vol 264 (1) ◽  
pp. C161-C168 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. W. Reenstra
Keyword(s):  
Phorbol Esters ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
T84 Cells ◽  
K Channels ◽  
Cl Secretion ◽  
Cyclic Monophosphate ◽  
Regulator Protein ◽  
Cl Channels ◽  
Cl Conductance

Pretreating confluent T84 cells with the phorbol ester phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) inhibits adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP)- and carbachol-induced Cl secretion. Both a sustained short-circuit current (Isc), seen after the addition of 50 microM 8-(4-chlorophenylthio)adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (CPT-cAMP) and 100 microM 3-isobutyl-1-methylxanthine (IBMX), and a transient current, seen after the subsequent addition of 100 microM carbachol, are inhibited by 80% following pretreatment with 100 nM PMA for 2 h. Pretreatment with PMA has no effect on the level of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator protein or apical cAMP-dependent Cl conductance. Carbachol does not induce an increase in apical Cl conductance. Basolateral K conductance was measured in monolayers treated with apical nystatin and exposed to a K gradient. Agonist-independent K conductance is 10-fold greater in Cl media than in gluconate media. Pretreatment with PMA inhibits agonist-independent K conductance by 57% in Cl media but stimulates K conductance by 1.9-fold in gluconate media. The addition of carbachol induces a transient increase in basolateral K conductance, and pretreatment with PMA inhibits the agonist-dependent K conductance by 66% in Cl media and by 92% in gluconate media. In Cl media, serosal barium, at 3 mM, inhibits agonist-independent K conductance but has no significant effect on the carbachol-induced conductance. In nonpermeabilized monolayers, serosal barium inhibits the cAMP-dependent Isc by 56% but has no effect on the carbachol-induced Isc. These results demonstrate that the primary effect of PMA on Cl secretion is not inhibition of apical Cl channels but inhibition of basolateral K channels.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Campylobacter jejuni inhibits the absorptive transport functions of Caco-2 cells and disrupts cellular tight junctions

Microbiology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 151 (7) ◽  
pp. 2451-2458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda MacCallum ◽  
Simon P. Hardy ◽  
Paul H. Everest
Keyword(s):  
Tight Junction ◽  
Tight Junctions ◽  
Campylobacter Jejuni ◽  
Fluid Transport ◽  
Cell Function ◽  
Short Circuit ◽  
Short Circuit Current ◽  
Ussing Chambers ◽  
Cell Monolayers ◽  
Junction Protein

Caco-2 cells are models of absorptive enterocytes. The net transport of fluid from apical to basolateral surfaces results in ‘domes' forming in differentiated monolayers. Here, the effect of Campylobacter jejuni on this process has been examined. C. jejuni caused no changes in short-circuit current upon infection of Caco-2 cell monolayers in Ussing chambers. Thus, no active secretory events could be demonstrated using this model. It was therefore hypothesized that C. jejuni could inhibit the absorptive function of enterocytes and that this may contribute to diarrhoeal disease. C. jejuni infection of fluid-transporting (‘doming’) Caco-2 cells resulted in a significant reduction in dome number, which correlated with a decrease in tight junction integrity in infected monolayers, when measured as transepithelial electrical resistance. Defined mutants of C. jejuni also reduced dome numbers in infected monolayers. C. jejuni also altered the distribution of the tight junction protein occludin within cell monolayers. The addition to monolayers of extracellular gentamicin prevented these changes, indicating the contribution of extracellular bacteria to this process. Thus, tight junction integrity is required for fluid transport in Caco-2 cell monolayers as leaky tight junctions cannot maintain support of transported fluid at the basolateral surface of infected cell monolayers. Inhibition of absorptive cell function, changes in epithelial resistance and rearrangement of tight junctional proteins such as occludin represent a potential diarrhoeal mechanism of C. jejuni.

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