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FOOD & FUNCTION
卷 10, 期 2, 页码 1235-1242出版社
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8fo01123k
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- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2016YFD0501201]
- Key Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province [2017TP1020]
- Open Fund of National Laboratory of Subtropical Agriculture Ecology Process, Chinese Academy of Sciences [ISA2016204]
- Xiaoxiang Endowed University Professor Fund of Hunan Normal University [840140-008]
Inflammation caused by either intrinsic or extrinsic toxins results in intestinal barrier dysfunction, contributing to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other diseases. Vitamin A is a widely used food supplement although its mechanistic effect on intestinal structures is largely unknown. The goal of this study was to explore the mechanism by investigating the influence of vitamin A on the intestinal barrier function, represented by tight junctions. IPEC-J2 cells were differentiated on transwell inserts and used as a model of intestinal barrier permeability. Transepithelial electrical resistance (TEER) was used as an indicator of monolayer integrity and paracellular permeability. Western blot and the reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction were used to assess the protein and mRNA expression of tight junction proteins. Immunofluorescence microscopy was used to evaluate the localization and expression of tight junctions. Differentiated cells were treated with a vehicle control (Ctrl), inflammatory stimulus (1 g mL(-1) LPS), LPS co-treatment with 0.1 mol L-1 Vitamin A (1 g mL(-1) LPS + 0.1 mol L-1 VA) and 0.1 mol L-1 Vitamin A. LPS significantly decreased TEER by 24 hours, continuing this effect to 48 hours after application. Vitamin A alleviated the LPS-induced decrease of TEER from 12 hours to 48 hours, while Vitamin A alone enhanced TEER, indicating that Vitamin A attenuated LPS-induced intestinal epithelium permeability. Mechanistically, different concentrations of Vitamin A (0-20 mol L-1) enhanced tight junction protein markers including Zo-1, Occludin and Claudin-1 both at protein and mRNA levels with an optimized dose of 0.1 mol L-1. Immunofluorescence results demonstrated that majority of Zo-1 and Claudin-1 is located at the tight junctions, as we expected. LPS reduced the expression of these proteins and Vitamin A reversed LPS-reduced expression of these proteins, consistent with the results of western blot. In conclusion, Vitamin A improves the intestinal barrier function and reverses LPS-induced intestinal barrier damage via enhancing the expression of tight junction proteins.
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