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PURPOSE:The corneal epithelium provides a barrier that is both important for corneal homeostasis and dependent on tight junctions (TJs) between adjacent epithelial cells. The authors examined the effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), a proinflammatory cytokine, on barrier function and the expression of TJ proteins in simian virus 40-transformed human corneal epithelial (HCE) cells. METHODS:The barrier function of cultured HCE cells was evaluated by measurement of transepithelial electrical resistance (TER). The subcellular distribution of the TJ proteins zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and occludin and that of the p65 subunit of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) were determined by immunofluorescence staining. The expression of ZO-1 and occludin and the phosphorylation and degradation of the NF-kappaB inhibitory protein IkappaB-alpha were examined by immunoblot analysis. RESULTS:TNF-alpha induced a decrease in the TER of HCE cells in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. It also induced the disappearance of ZO-1 from the interfaces of neighboring HCE cells without affecting the localization of occludin. The abundance of neither ZO-1 nor occludin was affected by TNF-alpha. TNF-alpha induced the phosphorylation and downregulation of IkappaB-alpha and the translocation of the p65 subunit of NF-kappaB to the nucleus. The NF-kappaB inhibitor curcumin blocked the effects of TNF-alpha on TER and the subcellular localization of ZO-1 at late phase. CONCLUSIONS:TNF-alpha disrupted the barrier function of HCE cells, apparently by affecting the localization of ZO-1 at TJs in a manner dependent on NF-kappaB at late phase. This action of TNF-alpha may contribute to the loss of corneal epithelial barrier function associated with ocular inflammation.
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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Scijournal_title
Investigative ophthalmology & visual scienceauthors
Kimura K,Teranishi S,Fukuda K,Kawamoto K,Nishida Tdoi
10.1167/iovs.07-0419subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-02-01 00:00:00pages
565-71issue
2eissn
0146-0404issn
1552-5783pii
49/2/565journal_volume
49pub_type
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