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JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 150, 期 7, 页码 949-968出版社
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.201711868
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- University of Illinois at Chicago's startup funds
- National Institutes of Health [K08DK088953, K01DK092381]
- American Physiological Society (S&R Foundation Ryuiji Ueno Award)
- National Science Foundation [OCI-0725070, ACI-1238993]
- state of Illinois
Tight junctions are macromolecular structures that traverse the space between adjacent cells in epithelia and endothelia. Members of the claudin family are known to determine tight junction permeability in a charge- and size-selective manner. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations to build and refine an atomic model of claudin-15 channels and study its transport properties. Our simulations indicate that claudin-15 forms well-defined channels for ions and molecules and otherwise seals the paracellular space through hydrophobic interactions. Ionic currents, calculated from simulation trajectories of wild-type as well as mutant channels, reflect in vitro measurements. The simulations suggest that the selectivity filter is formed by a cage of four aspartic acid residues (D55), contributed by four claudin-15 molecules, which creates a negative electrostatic potential to favor cation flux over anion flux. Charge reversal or charge ablation mutations of D55 significantly reduce cation permeability in silico and in vitro, whereas mutations of other negatively charged pore amino acid residues have a significantly smaller impact on channel permeability and selectivity. The simulations also indicate that water and small ions can pass through the channel, but larger cations, such as tetramethylammonium, do not traverse the pore. Thus, our model provides an atomic view of claudin channels, their transport function, and a potential three-dimensional organization of its selectivity filter.
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