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Causes an Increase in Intestinal Epithelial Tight Junction Permeability1
* Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 87131; and
Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, NM 87102
IL-1
is a prototypical proinflammatory cytokine that plays a central role in the intestinal inflammation amplification cascade. Recent studies have indicated that a TNF-
- and IFN-
-induced increase in intestinal epithelial paracellular permeability may be an important mechanism contributing to intestinal inflammation. Despite its central role in promoting intestinal inflammation, the role of IL-1 on intestinal epithelial tight junction (TJ) barrier function remains unclear. The major aims of this study were to determine the effect of IL-1 on intestinal epithelial TJ permeability and to elucidate the mechanisms involved in this process, using a well-established in vitro intestinal epithelial model system consisting of filter-grown Caco-2 intestinal epithelial monolayers. IL-1 (0–100 ng/ml) produced a concentration- and time-dependent decrease in Caco-2 transepithelial resistance. Conversely, IL-1 caused a progressive time-dependent increase in transepithelial permeability to paracellular marker inulin. IL-1-induced increase in Caco-2 TJ permeability was accompanied by a rapid activation of NF-
B. NF-B inhibitors, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate and curcumin, prevented the IL-1-induced increase in Caco-2 TJ permeability. To further confirm the role of NF-B in the IL-1-induced increase in Caco-2 TJ permeability, NF-B p65 expression was silenced by small interfering RNA transfection. NF-B p65 depletion completely inhibited the IL-1-induced increase in Caco-2 TJ permeability. IL-1 did not induce apoptosis in the Caco-2 cell. In conclusion, our findings show for the first time that IL-1 at physiologically relevant concentrations causes an increase in intestinal epithelial TJ permeability. The IL-1-induced increase in Caco-2 TJ permeability was mediated in part by the activation of NF-B pathways but not apoptosis.
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1 This work was supported by a Veterans Affairs Merit Review Grant from the Veterans Affairs Research Service and by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant RO 1-DK-64165-01 (to T.Y.M.).
2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Thomas Y. Ma, Internal Medicine-Gastroenterology, MSC10 5550, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001. E-mail address: tma{at}salud.unm.edu
3 Abbreviations used in this paper: IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IL-1ra, IL-1 receptor antagonist; TJ, tight junction; CD, Crohn’s disease; siRNA, small interfering RNA; TER, transepithelial electrical resistance; RT, reverse transcription; MLCK, myosin L chain kinase; PDTC, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate.
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