Abstract
Claudins (Cldn) are essential membrane proteins of tight junctions (TJs), which form the paracellular permselective barrier. They are produced by a multi-gene family of 24 reported members in mouse and human. Based on a comprehensive search combined with phylogenetic analyses, we identified three novel claudins (claudin-25, -26, and -27). Quantitative RT-PCR revealed that the three novel claudins were expressed in a tissue- and/or developmental stage-dependent manner. Claudins-25 and -26, but not claudin-27, were immunofluorescently localized to TJs when exogenously expressed in cultured MDCK and Eph epithelial cell lines. These findings expand the claudin family to include at least 27 members. Structured summary: Claudin-25 and ZO-1 colocalize by fluorescence microscopy (View interaction) ZO-1 and Claudin-26 colocalize by fluorescence microscopy (View interaction)
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 606-612 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 585 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 18 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (MEXT), to Sachiko Tsukita, and by a Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from MEXT and for Research and Development Program for New Bio-industry Initiatives, to Kosei Takeuchi.
Keywords
- Cell adhesion
- Claudin
- Epithelial cells
- PSI-BLAST
- Paracellular barrier
- Tight junction
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Structural Biology
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Genetics
- Cell Biology