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EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX, CELL INTERACTIONS

Differential regulation of junctional complex assembly in renal epithelial cell lines

Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-5181

Submitted 16 December 2002 ; accepted in final form 3 March 2003

Several signaling pathways that regulate tight junction and adherens junction assembly are being characterized. Calpeptin activates stress fiber assembly in fibroblasts by inhibiting SH2-containing phosphatase-2 (SHP-2), thereby activating Rho-GTPase signaling. Here, we have examined the effects of calpeptin on stress fiber and junctional complex assembly in Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) and LLC-PK epithelial cells. Calpeptin induced disassembly of stress fibers and inhibition of Rho GTPase activity in MDCK cells. Interestingly, calpeptin augmented stress fiber formation in LLC-PK epithelial cells. Calpeptin treatment of MDCK cells resulted in a displacement of zonula occludens-1 (ZO-1) and occludin from cell-cell junctions and a loss of phosphotyrosine on ZO-1 and ZO-2, without any detectable effect on tight junction permeability. Surprisingly, calpeptin increased paracellular permeability in LLC-PK cells even though it did not affect tight junction assembly. Calpeptin also modulated adherens junction assembly in MDCK cells but not in LLC-PK cells. Calpeptin treatment of MDCK cells induced redistribution of E-cadherin and -catenin from intercellular junctions and reduced the association of p120ctn with the E-cadherin/catenin complex. Together, our studies demonstrate that calpeptin differentially regulates stress fiber and junctional complex assembly in MDCK and LLC-PK epithelial cells, indicating that these pathways may be regulated in a cell line-specific manner.

calpeptin; tight junctions; adherens junctions; Rho; cadherin; p120ctn

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