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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 287, Issue 5, Pages C1412-C1417Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00007.2004
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Caco-2; intestinal permeability
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On interaction with the intestine, the mycotoxin ochratoxin A is know to cause rapid inflammation, diarrhea, and increased bacterial translocation. All these effects are consistent with a decrease in epithelial barrier function. However, this has not been shown directly. We determined that ochratoxin A is able to reduce the barrier properties of the model intestinal cell line Caco-2. Over 24 h, ochratoxin A reduces the transepithelial electrical resistance of Caco-2 monolayers growing on Transwell filters by similar to40%. At the same time, the permeability of the monolayer is increased with respect to 4- and 10-kDa FITC dextrans, but not to 20- or 40-kDa dextrans. Immunoblotting and immuofluorescence reveal that the decrease in barrier properties is concomitant with disappearance of claudins 3 and 4, but not claudin 1 from Caco-2 cell membranes. These results suggest that ochratoxin A is able to modulate the barrier function of Caco-2 cells by removal of specific claudin isoforms.
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