Calcium-mediated oxidative stress: A common mechanism in tight junction disruption by different types of cellular stress

Ruchika Gangwar, Avtar S. Meena, Pradeep K. Shukla, Archana S. Nagaraja, Piotr L. Dorniak, Sandeep Pallikuth, Christopher M. Waters, Anil Sood, Radhakrishna Rao

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Abstract

The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in osmotic stress, dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) and cyclic stretch-induced tight junction (TJ) disruption was investigated in Caco-2 cell monolayers in vitro and restraint stress-induced barrier dysfunction in mouse colon in vivo. Live cell imaging showed that osmotic stress, cyclic stretch and DSS triggered rapid production of ROS in Caco-2 cell monolayers, which was blocked by depletion of intracellular Ca2+ by 1,2-bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetic acid. Knockdown of CaV1.3 or TRPV6 channels blocked osmotic stress and DSS-induced ROS production and attenuated TJ disruption and barrier dysfunction. N-Acetyl L-cysteine (NAC) and L-NG-Nitroarginine methyl ester (L-NAME) blocked stress-induced TJ disruption and barrier dysfunction. NAC and L-NAME also blocked stress-induced activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) and c-Src. ROS was colocalized with the mitochondrial marker in stressed cells. Cyclosporin A blocked osmotic stress and DSS-induced ROS production, barrier dysfunction, TJ disruption and JNK activation. Mitochondria-targeted Mito-TEMPO blocked osmotic stress and DSS-induced barrier dysfunction and TJ disruption. Chronic restraint stress in mice resulted in the elevation of intracellular Ca2+, activation of JNK and c-Src, and disruption of TJ in the colonic epithelium. Furthermore, corticosterone administration induced JNK and c-Src activation, TJ disruption and protein thiol oxidation in colonic mucosa. The present study demonstrates that oxidative stress is a common signal in the mechanism of TJ disruption in the intestinal epithelium by different types of cellular stress in vitro and bio behavioral stress in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)731-749
Number of pages19
JournalBiochemical Journal
Volume474
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2017

Bibliographical note

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© 2017 The Author(s); published by Portland Press Limited on behalf of the Biochemical Society.

Funding

The present study was supported by the National Institute of Health grants [R01-DK55532, R01-AA12307, CA109298 and CA083639].

FundersFunder number
National Institutes of Health (NIH)R01-AA12307, CA109298, R01-DK55532
National Childhood Cancer Registry – National Cancer InstituteP50CA083639

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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