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HNF4? regulates claudin-7 protein expression during intestinal epithelial differentiation.

ABSTRACT: The intestinal epithelium is a dynamic barrier that maintains the distinct environments of intestinal tissue and lumen. Epithelial barrier function is defined principally by tight junctions, which, in turn, depend on the regulated expression of claudin family proteins. Claudins are expressed differentially during intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) differentiation. However, regulatory mechanisms governing claudin expression during epithelial differentiation are incompletely understood. We investigated the molecular mechanisms regulating claudin-7 during IEC differentiation. Claudin-7 expression is increased as epithelial cells differentiate along the intestinal crypt-luminal axis. By using model IECs we observed increased claudin-7 mRNA and nascent heteronuclear RNA levels during differentiation. A screen for potential regulators of the CLDN7 gene during IEC differentiation was performed using a transcription factor/DNA binding array, CLDN7 luciferase reporters, and in silico promoter analysis. We identified hepatocyte nuclear factor 4? as a regulatory factor that bound endogenous CLDN7 promoter in differentiating IECs and stimulated CLDN7 promoter activity. These findings support a role of hepatocyte nuclear factor 4? in controlling claudin-7 expression during IEC differentiation.

SUBMITTER: Farkas AE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4530128 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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HNF4α regulates claudin-7 protein expression during intestinal epithelial differentiation.

Farkas Attila E AE Hilgarth Roland S RS Capaldo Christopher T CT Gerner-Smidt Christian C Powell Doris R DR Vertino Paula M PM Koval Michael M Parkos Charles A CA Nusrat Asma A

The American journal of pathology 20150801 8

The intestinal epithelium is a dynamic barrier that maintains the distinct environments of intestinal tissue and lumen. Epithelial barrier function is defined principally by tight junctions, which, in turn, depend on the regulated expression of claudin family proteins. Claudins are expressed differentially during intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) differentiation. However, regulatory mechanisms governing claudin expression during epithelial differentiation are incompletely understood. We investiga ...[more]

PMID: 26216285

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HNF4? regulates claudin-7 protein expression during intestinal epithelial differentiation.

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HNF4α regulates claudin-7 protein expression during intestinal epithelial differentiation.

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