ACF7 regulates colonic permeability

Liang,Yong; Shi,Chenzhang; Yang,Jun; Chen,Hongqi; Xia,Yang; Zhang,Peng; Wang,Feng; Han,Huazhong; Qin,Huanlong

doi:10.3892/ijmm.2013.1284

ACF7 regulates colonic permeability

Authors:
- Yong Liang
- Chenzhang Shi
- Jun Yang
- Hongqi Chen
- Yang Xia
- Peng Zhang
- Feng Wang
- Huazhong Han
- Huanlong Qin
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Affiliations: Department of Surgery, The Sixth People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200233, P.R. China
Published online on: February 21, 2013 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.2013.1284
Pages: 861-866

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Abstract

Colonic paracellular permeability is regulated by various factors, including dynamics of the cytoskeleton. Recently, ACF7 has been found to play a critical role in cytoskeletal dynamics as an essential integrator. To elucidate the physiological importance of ACF7 and paracellular permeability, we conditionally knocked out ACF7 in the intestinal mucosa of mice. Histopathological findings indicated that ACF7 deficiency resulted in significant interstitial proliferation and columnar epithelial cell rearrangement. Decreased colonic paracellular permeability was detected using a Ussing chamber and the FITC-inulin method. In order to clarify the underlying mechanism, we further analyzed the expression levels of three important tight junction proteins. Downregulation of ZO-1, occludin and claudin-1 was identified. Immunofluorescence provided strong evidence that ZO-1, occludin and claudin-1 were weakly stained. We hypothesized that ACF7 regulates cytoskeleton dynamics to alter mucosal epithelial arrangement and colonic paracellular permeability.

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