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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Occludin acts as a dynein adaptor regulating permeability and collateral angiogenesis.

Xuwen Liu, Enming J Su, Alyssa Dreffs, John P Gillies, Madeline Merlino, Lu Gao, Julian S Peregoff, Cheng-Mao Lin, Margaret Elizabeth Ross, Morgan E DeSantis and 2 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Xuwen LiuDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0000-0002-0614-8394
Enming J SuDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.
Alyssa DreffsDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0000-0001-5566-6860
John P GilliesDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.
Madeline MerlinoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.
Lu GaoDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0009-0001-1654-0461
Julian S PeregoffDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0009-0004-3312-359X
Cheng-Mao LinDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0000-0003-2409-9423
Margaret Elizabeth RossDepartment of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021.ORCID 0000-0001-6440-8089
Morgan E DeSantisDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0000-0002-4096-8548
Daniel A LawrenceDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0000-0003-3126-1935
David A AntonettiDepartment of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.ORCID 0000-0003-1130-6577

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
VIVARIUM MODULEP30EY007003 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI David Antonetti · 1987 to 2026
$17.6M
Unraveling the role of tPA in the neurovascular unitR01HL055374 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI David Antonetti, Daniel A Lawrence · 1995 to 2026
$8.6M
MECHANISMS OF RETINAL VASCULAR PERMEABILITY IN DIABETESR01EY012021 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ANTONETTI, DAVID · 1998 to 2024
$8.6M
Mechanisms of dynein regulationR35GM146739 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Morgan DeSantis · 2022 to 2026
$1.7M
Leica SP8 Confocal MicroscopeS10OD028612 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI ANTONETTI, DAVID · 2021 to 2021
$599k
HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) EY012021HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) HL055374HHS | National Institutes of Health (NIH) S10OD028612NEI NIH HHS P30 EY007003NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012021NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL055374NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146739NIH HHS S10 OD028612
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies of the tight junction protein occludin (OCLN) suggest that multiple phosphorylation sites on the carboxy-terminal domain contribute a regulatory role in vascular barrier properties. However, gene deletion studies failed to identify a clear functional role for OCLN, despite multiple phenotypic alterations. Importantly, previous studies targeting exon 3 allowed expression of a splice variant starting at exon 4 (isoform 4), that expresses the full carboxy-terminal tail. Here we show that the OCLN carboxy terminus forms a complex with the light intermediate chain (LIC) of dynein to link tight junction cargo to the minus end directed motor protein. Mutational analysis revealed S471 phosphorylation promotes binding to the LIC while S490 phosphorylation is required for trafficking. Expressing

Indexed as

Capillary PermeabilityDyneinsNeovascularization, PhysiologicOccludinAngiogenesisAnimalsCell ProliferationHumansMicePhosphorylationTight JunctionsVascular Endothelial Growth Factor ADyneinsOccludinOcln protein, mouseVascular Endothelial Growth Factor Aangiogenesisdiabetic retinopathystroketight junctionsvascular permeability

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PMID41401008
PMCPMC12745719

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