Carcinogenesis, Vol 18, 2339-2345, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
JM Mullin, JA Kampherstein, KV Laughlin, DT Saladik and AP Soler
Although exposure of LLC-PK1 epithelial cell sheets to phorbol esters (TPA)
causes a near immediate and total decrease of transepithelial electrical
resistance (TER), continuation of exposure for 3 to 4 days results in a
tachyphylactic response as TER begins to return to control levels. Recovery
of TER is maximal by 5 to 6 days, but reaches only 70 to 80% of control
level. A reciprocal change in the transepithelial flux of D-mannitol
indicates that the TER decrease is indicative of an increase in tight
junction permeability. Exposure of cell sheets to TPA for several days also
results in the appearance of multilayered polyp- like foci (PLFs) across
the otherwise one cell layer thick cell sheets. The pattern of penetration
of the electron dense dye, ruthenium red, from the apical surface, across
the tight junction and into the lateral intercellular space indicates that
the tight junctions of the cell sheet become uniformly leaky after acute
exposure to TPA. However, when exposure is continued for several days, only
the junctions of cells in the PLFs manifest leakiness. The decrease in TER
following acute TPA exposure correlates with the translocation of protein
kinase C-alpha (PKC alpha) into a membrane-associated compartment. With
exposure of several days, only a trace of PKC alpha is visible by Western
immunoblot, and this is in the membrane-associated compartment.
Immunofluorescent microscopy indicates that the trace of PKC alpha seen in
the Western immunoblots is ascribable distinctly to cells of the PLFs.
Monolayer areas between PLFs show no discernible immunofluorescent signal.
The data therefore indicate that tight junction barrier function may be
restored in certain areas by the down regulation of PKC alpha from the
membrane-associated compartment. Failure to down regulate may result in the
paracellular leakiness and abnormal cell architecture of the PLFs. Possible
implications of this model for in vivo epithelial tumor promotion are
discussed.
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Transepithelial paracellular leakiness induced by chronic phorbol ester exposure correlates with polyp-like foci and redistribution of protein kinase C-alpha
Lankenau Medical Research Center, Wynnewood, PA 19096, USA.
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