2020
Mechanisms involved in AMPK-mediated deposition of tight junction components to the plasma membrane
Wu J, Rowart P, Jouret F, Gassaway BM, Rajendran V, Rinehart J, Caplan MJ. Mechanisms involved in AMPK-mediated deposition of tight junction components to the plasma membrane. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2020, 318: c486-c501. PMID: 31913699, PMCID: PMC7099514, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00422.2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJunction assemblyPlasma membranePhospho-defective mutantsEpithelial junction assemblyMDCK renal epithelial cellsProtein kinase activationJunction-associated proteinsRenal epithelial cellsActive GTPEpithelial polarizationTight junction componentsZO-1 localizationAMPK activationKinase activationKey regulatorAfadinAMPKImportant regulatorJunction componentsProtein zonula occludens-1Par3Epithelial cellsTight junction protein zonula occludens-1RegulatorAssembly
2013
Activation of the Ca2+-sensing receptor induces deposition of tight junction components to the epithelial cell plasma membrane
Jouret F, Wu J, Hull M, Rajendran V, Mayr B, Schöfl C, Geibel J, Caplan MJ. Activation of the Ca2+-sensing receptor induces deposition of tight junction components to the epithelial cell plasma membrane. Journal Of Cell Science 2013, 126: 5132-5142. PMID: 24013548, PMCID: PMC3828589, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.127555.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTJ assemblyMDCK cellsStable transfectionFunction mutant formZO-1Tight junction components ZO-1G protein-coupled receptorsHuman CaSRCell-cell contactEpithelial cell plasma membranesMadin-Darby canine kidney cellsCell plasma membraneStimulation of CaSRDivalent ion homeostasisCanine kidney cellsTight junctionsJunction-associated proteinsTight junction componentsEndogenous CaSRProtein kinasePlasma membraneIon homeostasisMutant formsChelator BAPTA-AMCell differentiation