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ArticleThe American journal of pathology2017

Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Increase in Intestinal Epithelial Tight Permeability Is Mediated by Toll-Like Receptor 4/Myeloid Differentiation Primary Response 88 (MyD88) Activation of Myosin Light Chain Kinase Expression.

Meghali Nighot, Rana Al-Sadi, Shuhong Guo, Manmeet Rawat, Prashant Nighot, Martin D Watterson, Thomas Y Ma

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Article in The American journal of pathology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 133 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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133citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

133 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Meghali NighotDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Rana Al-SadiDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Shuhong GuoDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Manmeet RawatDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Prashant NighotDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Martin D WattersonDrug Discovery Program, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois.
Thomas Y MaDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Albuquerque Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Electronic address: tma@salud.unm.edu.
University of New Mexico · USNorthwestern University · US

Funding

TNF-alpha Regulation of Intestinal Paracellular TransportR01DK064165 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI MA, THOMAS Y · 2003 to 2018
$5.2M
Regulation of Intestinal Tight Junction Barrier and Inflammation by AutophagyR01DK114024 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI NIGHOT, PRASHANT · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Role of the chloride channel ClC-2 in intestinal tight junction barrier recoveryK01DK100562 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIS CTR · PI NIGHOT, PRASHANT · 2014 to 2018
$684k
NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK100562NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK064165NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK114024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are a major component of the Gram-negative bacterial cell wall and play an important role in mediating intestinal inflammatory responses in inflammatory bowel disease. Although recent studies suggested that physiologically relevant concentrations of LPS (0 to 1 ng/mL) cause an increase in intestinal epithelial tight junction (TJ) permeability, the mechanisms that mediate an LPS-induced increase in intestinal TJ permeability remain unclear. Herein, we show that myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) plays a central role in the LPS-induced increase in TJ permeability. Filter-grown Caco-2 intestinal epithelial monolayers and C57BL/6 mice were used as an in vitro and in vivo intestinal epithelial model system, respectively. LPS caused a dose- and time-dependent increase in MLCK expression and kinase activity in Caco-2 monolayers. The pharmacologic MLCK inhibition and siRNA-induced knock-down of MLCK inhibited the LPS-induced increase in Caco-2 TJ permeability. The LPS increase in TJ permeability was mediated by toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4)/MyD88 signal-transduction pathway up-regulation of MLCK expression. The LPS-induced increase in mouse intestinal permeability also required an increase in MLCK expression. The LPS-induced increase in intestinal permeability was inhibited in MLCK

Indexed as

AnimalsCaco-2 CellsHumansInflammationIntestinal MucosaLipopolysaccharidesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Myosin-Light-Chain KinasePermeabilitySignal TransductionTight JunctionsToll-Like Receptor 4LipopolysaccharidesMyeloid Differentiation Factor 88Myosin-Light-Chain KinaseToll-Like Receptor 4

Identifiers

PMID29157665
PMCPMC5718096
OpenAlexW2770359150

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