RRC ID 79029
著者 Hodge RA, Ghannam M, Edmond E, de la Torre F, D'Alterio C, Kaya NH, Resnik-Docampo M, Reiff T, Jones DL.
タイトル The septate junction component bark beetle is required for Drosophila intestinal barrier function and homeostasis.
ジャーナル iScience
Abstract Age-related loss of intestinal barrier function has been documented across species, but the causes remain unknown. The intestinal barrier is maintained by tight junctions (TJs) in mammals and septate junctions (SJs) in insects. Specialized TJs/SJs, called tricellular junctions (TCJs), are located at the nexus of three adjacent cells, and we have shown that aging results in changes to TCJs in intestines of adult Drosophila melanogaster. We now demonstrate that localization of the TCJ protein bark beetle (Bark) decreases in aged flies. Depletion of bark from enterocytes in young flies led to hallmarks of intestinal aging and shortened lifespan, whereas depletion of bark in progenitor cells reduced Notch activity, biasing differentiation toward the secretory lineage. Our data implicate Bark in EC maturation and maintenance of intestinal barrier integrity. Understanding the assembly and maintenance of TCJs to ensure barrier integrity may lead to strategies to improve tissue integrity when function is compromised.
巻・号 26(6)
ページ 106901
公開日 2023-6-16
DOI 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106901
PII S2589-0042(23)00978-1
PMID 37332603
PMC PMC10276166
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