2021
Knockdown of Claudin-19 in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Is Accompanied by Slowed Phagocytosis and Increased Expression of SQSTM1
Liu F, Peng S, Adelman RA, Rizzolo LJ. Knockdown of Claudin-19 in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium Is Accompanied by Slowed Phagocytosis and Increased Expression of SQSTM1. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2021, 62: 14-14. PMID: 33591357, PMCID: PMC7900869, DOI: 10.1167/iovs.62.2.14.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSequestosome 1/p62Photoreceptor outer segmentsInternalized photoreceptor outer segmentsOxidative stress responseApical junctional complexActivation of AMPKTransepithelial electrical resistanceFluorescence-activated cell sortingWestern blottingClaudin-19Expression of proteinsSteady-state levelsProtein kinaseFilamentous actinEffect of AMPStress responseQuantitative RT-PCRKnockdownPOS degradationAMPKJunctional complexesEnzymatic activityCell sortingExpression of metallothioneinProteasome inhibitors
2020
Claudins regulate gene and protein expression of the retinal pigment epithelium independent of their association with tight junctions
Liu F, Xu T, Peng S, Adelman RA, Rizzolo LJ. Claudins regulate gene and protein expression of the retinal pigment epithelium independent of their association with tight junctions. Experimental Eye Research 2020, 198: 108157. PMID: 32712183, DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2020.108157.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Protein-Binding Domains of the Tight Junction Protein, ZO-2, Are Highly Conserved between Avian and Mammalian Species
Collins J, Rizzolo L. Protein-Binding Domains of the Tight Junction Protein, ZO-2, Are Highly Conserved between Avian and Mammalian Species. Biochemical And Biophysical Research Communications 1998, 252: 617-622. PMID: 9837755, DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9710.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-binding domainsSrc homology 3ZO-2ZO-3Homologous domainsMAGUK protein familyDistinct PDZ domainsProtein binding domainsZO-1Apical junctional complexHomology 3PDZ domainProtein familySH3 domainAcidic domainEvolutionary pressureMammalian speciesJunctional complexesEmbryonic chicken retinaJunction proteinsTight junctionsDifferent functionsProteinTight junction proteinsSequence
1997
Remodeling of junctional complexes during the development of the outer blood‐retinal barrier
Williams C, Rizzolo L. Remodeling of junctional complexes during the development of the outer blood‐retinal barrier. The Anatomical Record 1997, 249: 380-388. PMID: 9372172, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0185(199711)249:3<380::aid-ar9>3.0.co;2-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRetinal pigment epitheliumApical junctional complexOuter blood-retinal barrierBlood-retinal barrierNeural retinaZO-1Junctional complexesOccludin expressionRPE developmentMature retinal pigment epitheliumRPE/choroidZO-1 expressionTight junction proteinsEmbryonic day 3Same molecular massEmbryonic day 10Adherens junctionsPigment epitheliumDay 3Day 10Homologous complexesMolecular massRetinaJunction proteinsJunction permeabilityPolarity and the development of the outer blood-retinal barrier.
Rizzolo L. Polarity and the development of the outer blood-retinal barrier. Histology And Histopathology 1997, 12: 1057-67. PMID: 9302567.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus Statements