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Tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin attenuates its interactionswith ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3

G. Kale, A.P. Naren, P. Sheth, and R.K. Rao*

Department of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, 894 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38163, USA

Received 14 January 2003

Abstract

Occludin, the transmembrane integral protein of the tight junction, plays a crucial role in the molecular organization and

function of tight junction. While the homotypic interaction of extracellular loops of occludin appears to determine the barrier

function of tight junction, the intracellular C-terminal tail, C-occludin, interacts with other tight junction proteins such as ZO-1,

ZO-2, and ZO-3 and with the actin filaments of cytoskeleton. In the present study we phosphorylated GST-fused C-occludin on

tyrosine residues, in TKX1 Epicurian coli or by active c-Src in vitro. c-Src binds to occludin and phosphorylates it on tyrosine

residues. The effect of tyrosine phosphorylation of C-occludin on its ability to bind ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3, and F-actin was evaluated.

Results show that the amounts of ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 bound to tyrosine phosphorylated C-occludin were several fold less than

the amounts bound to non-phosphorylated C-occludin. However, the amount of tyrosine phosphorylated C-occludin bound to F-

actin was not significantly different from the amount of non-phosphorylated C-occludin bound to F-actin. These results demonstrate

that tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin reduces its ability to bind ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3, but not F-actin. Results also suggest

that c-Src-mediated disruption of tight junction may involve tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin.

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The tight junction (TJ) forms a barrier for the

movement of substances through the paracellular space.

As a fence it limits the crossover of membrane proteins

between the apical and basolateral membranes. Three

different transmembrane proteins, occludin [1], claudins

[2], and junction adhesion molecule [3], have been

identified at the TJ. Occludin appears to be the most

important and relatively well-characterized transmem-brane protein of the TJ. A number of other proteins,

including zonula occludens (ZO)-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3, are

localized at the TJ [1]. ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 bind to

the intracellular C-terminal tail of occludin [4,5] and the

interactions between these proteins are crucial for the

assembly of TJ and the maintenance of barrier function

[5–7]. Occludin is approximately 65 kDa protein, which

spans the plasma membrane four times to form twoextracellular loops and one intracellular loop. The short

N-terminal tail (65 amino acids) and the long C-terminal

tail (255 amino acids) extend into the intracellular

compartment [8]. Expression of occludin mutants lack-

ing the C-terminal tail results in the disruption of TJ [9].

A significant body of evidence indicates that the intra-

cellular C-terminal tail interacts with ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3,

and F-actin [5–7]. A recent study, using the bait peptide

method, determined the interaction of occludin C-ter-

minus with signaling proteins, such as protein kinase

C-f, c-Yes, and regulatory subunit of PI-3 kinase, inaddition to ZO-1 and connexin-26 [10].

Tyrosine kinase activity is essential for both the dis-

assembly [11–15] and the assembly [16–18] of TJ in

different epithelial monolayers. While protein tyrosine

phosphorylation is associated with the disruption of TJ

in MDCK and Caco-2 cell monolayers [19,20], tyrosine

kinase inhibitors prevent oxidative stress- [12,13,15] and

acetaldehyde-induced [14] disruption of the TJ in Caco-2cell monolayers. In a recent study we showed that oxi-

dative stress-induced disassembly of TJ in Caco-2 cell

monolayer is associated with the tyrosine phosphoryla-

tion of occludin, ZO-1, E-cadherin, and b-catenin, and

dissociation of occludin from ZO-1 and the actin cyto-

skeleton [15]. These studies suggested that tyrosine

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phosphorylation of TJ-proteins results in the destabili-zation of TJ. However, there is no evidence for the in-

fluence of tyrosine phosphorylation on the direct

interaction of occludin with ZO proteins or F-actin.

In this study, we used non-phosphorylated and ty-

rosine-phosphorylated recombinant C-terminal tail of

occludin to determine the role of tyrosine phosphory-

lation in the regulation of interactions between occludin

and ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3, or F-actin. We demonstrate forthe first time that the tyrosine phosphorylation of C-

terminal tail of occludin prevents its interactions with

ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3, while the interaction with F-

actin was not altered.

Materials and methods

Preparation of non-phosphorylated and tyrosine phosphorylated

C-occludin. C-terminal tail of occludin, C-occludin, as a GST fusion

protein was prepared in non-phosphorylated form, GST-C-occlu-

din(NP), in Escherichia coli DH5a cells, and purified using GSH–

agarose as described before [5]. cDNA for C-terminal tail of occludin

(amino acids 354–503) was a gift from Dr. Bruce Stevenson, University

of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

Tyrosine phosphorylated GST-C-occludin, GST-C-occludin(pY),

was prepared in TKX1 Epicurian coli cells (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA)

by transformation with pGEX2TC-occludin. GST-C-occludin was in-

duced by IPTG (0.1mM) for 2 h, followed by induction of a non-

specific tyrosine kinase by incubating cells in tryptophan-deficient

medium in the presence of indoleacetic acid for additional 2 h. GST-C-

occludin(pY) was purified from the cell lysate using GSH–agarose as

described before [5].

Tyrosine phosphorylation of C-occludin by c-Src. GST-C-occlu-

din(NP) on GSH–agarose was incubated with 80U active c-Src (Up-

state Biotechnology, Lake Placid, NY), 25lM ATP, and 18mM

MnCl2 in a total volume of 200ll at 30 �C for 4 h on a rocker platform.

For control, similar incubation was carried in the presence of heat-

inactivated c-Src. After the incubation, agarose–GST-C-occludin was

washed in PBS containing 0.25mM sodium orthovanadate. Agarose-

GST-C-occludin(NP) incubated with active and inactivated c-Src were

used for pull down assay and actin binding assay. For actin binding

assay, GST-C-occludin(NP) and GST-C-occludin(pY) were eluted

from GSH–beads with GSH elution buffer and washed free of GSH by

3 exchanges of PBS using Microcon (10 kDa cut-off) centri-filter tubes

(Millipore, Bedford, MA).

In vitro transcription and translation. ZO-1 cDNA cloned in ex-

pression vector, pBluescript SK+ with T7 promoter upstream of

coding sequence, was transcribed and translated in vitro in a coupled

system of T7-rabbit reticulocyte lysate system using TNT Quick cou-

pled Transcription/Translation System kit (Promega, Madison, WI).

Human ZO-1 cDNA was a kind gift from Dr. Anderson (Yale Uni-

versity, New Haven, CT). Prior to transcription the cloned DNA was

purified from 1% agarose gel as a single band and 0.5 lg DNA was

used for translation in TNT Quick coupled master-mix. The newly

synthesized protein was separated from un-incorporated amino acids

using gel filtration column and confirmed by immunoblot analysis.

ZO-1 protein fractions were used for C-occludin binding assays.

Pull down assay for occludin binding of ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3. Cell

extracts were prepared from Caco-2 cells, obtained for American Type

Cell Culture, grown on plastic dishes in DMEM containing 10% fetal

bovine serum under standard cell culture conditions. Confluent cell

monolayers were washed three times with PBS. Cells were lysed in

0.2% Triton X-100 in PBS containing 1mM sodium orthovanadate,

100mM sodium fluoride, and 10mM sodium pyrophosphate (2ml/

plate). Cell lysates were centrifuged at 3000g for 15min and superna-

tant was used for pull down assay. Cell lysate (0.6ml) was incubated

with 3–20lg GST-C-occludin(NP) or GST-C-occludin(pY) and 20llGSH–agarose at 4 �C for 16 h on an inverter. Agarose beads were

washed three times with PBS and proteins were extracted by heating at

100 �C for 5min in 25ll Laemmli�s sample buffer. The amounts of ZO-

1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 present in these samples were determined by im-

munoblot analysis.

Actin binding assay. Actin binding of occludin was determined

using the actin binding kit (Cytoskeleton, Denver, CO) according to

the vendor�s instructions with minor modifications. Briefly, 2–10lgGST-C-occludin(NP) or GST-C-occludin(pY) in 10 ll actin buffer was

incubated with 40 ll of 23 lM in vitro polymerized F-actin for 30min

at 24 �C. F-actin was pelletted down by centrifugation at 100,000g for

1.5 h at 24 �C. Pellet and supernatant were mixed with Laemmli�ssample buffer and the distribution of occludin in these fractions was

determined by immunoblot analysis.

Immunoblot analysis. Proteins in different samples were separated

by SDS–olyacrylamide gel (4–12% gradient) electrophoresis and elec-

tro-blotted into PVDF membranes. Membranes were probed for ZO-1,

ZO-2, ZO-3, or occludin using rabbit polyclonal anti-ZO-1, anti-ZO-3,

and mouse monoclonal anti-ZO-2 and anti-occludin antibodies. Blots

were developed using ECL chemiluminescence kit (Amersham, Ar-

lington Heights, IL). Densitometric analysis of immunoblots was

performed using a high-resolution scanner (UMAX powerlook III,

Umax Technologies, Dallas, TX) and UN-SCAN-IT densitometry

software (Silk Scientific Incorporated, Orem, UT).

Chemicals. Cell culture media and related reagents were purchased

from Gibco-BRL (Grand Island, NY). IPTG, ampicillin, kanamycin,

tetracycline, glutathione–agarose, reduced glutathione, Triton X-100,

Tween 20, ATP, indoleacetic acid, aprotinin, leupeptin, bestatin, and

PMSF were from Sigma Chemical (St. Louis, MO). All other

Fig. 1. Preparation of recombinant GST-C-occludin. (A) Non-phos-

phorylated GST-C-Occludin, GST-C-Occludin(NP) was expressed in

E. coli DH5a cells and tyrosine phosphorylated GST-C-Occludin(pY)

was prepared in TKX1 Epicurian coli which expresses a tyrosine ki-

nase. Purified, GST-C-Occludin(NP) and GST-C-Occludin(pY) were

immunoblotted for occludin and phosphotyrosine. Results show the

difference in tyrosine phosphorylation. (B) Same as in A; GST-C-Oc-

cludin(NP) was incubated with active c-Src or heat-inactivated c-Src as

described in Materials and methods and immunoblotted for occludin,

phosphotyrosine, and c-Src.

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chemicals were of analytical grade purchased either from Sigma

Chemical, or Fisher Scientific (Tustin, CA).

Results

Tyrosine phosphorylation of C-terminal tail of occludin

Recombinant non-phosphorylated GST-C-occlu-

din(NP) was purified as described before [5]. Tyrosine

phosphorylated GST-C-occludin(pY) was generated inTKX1 E. coli. Immunoblot analysis for occludin and

phosphotyrosine shows that GST-C-occludin(pY) pro-

duced in TKX1 cells, but not GST-C-occludin(NP)

produced in E. coli DH5a cells, was tyrosine phos-

phorylated (Fig. 1A). In vitro incubation of GST-C-

occludin(NP) with activated c-Src, but not inactivated

c-Src, resulted in the tyrosine phosphorylation of C-occludin (Fig. 1B). Active c-Src was also found to be

associated with the resulting GST-C-occludin(pY)

(Fig. 1B).

Tyrosine phosphorylation prevents the binding of C-

occludin to ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3

Since it has been shown that recombinant C-occludin

binds to ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 [5], we compared GST-C-occludin(pY) with GST-C-occludin(NP) for binding

to ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 using pull down assay. Incu-

bation of GST-C-occludin(NP) with Triton-soluble

protein extracts from Caco-2 cells co-precipitated ZO-1,

ZO-2, and ZO-3 in a concentration-dependent manner

(Figs. 2A and B). As a control, incubation with GST did

not precipitate ZO-1 (Fig. 2C). The amounts of ZO-1,

ZO-2, and ZO-3 binding to GST-C-occludin(pY) wereseveral fold lower than the amounts co-precipitated with

GST-C-occludin(NP) (Figs. 2A and B). Binding of ZO-

1, prepared by in vitro transcription and translation, to

GST-C-occludin(pY) was also several fold lower than

that bound to GST-C-occludin(NP) (Fig. 2D). Our re-

Fig. 2. Effect of tyrosine phosphorylation on occludin binding to ZO

proteins. (A) Varying concentrations of GST-C-Occludin(NP) and

GST-C-Occludin(PY) were incubated with Triton-soluble protein ex-

tracts from Caco-2 cells. Pulled down beads were examined for the

presence of ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 by immunoblot analysis. (B)

Densitometric analysis of ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 bound to GST-C-

Occludin(NP) and GST-C-Occludin(PY) in A. Values (arbitrary den-

sity units) are average of three independent experiments. (C) GST or

GST-C-Occludin(NP) was incubated with Triton-soluble protein ex-

tracts from Caco-2 cells and precipitated with GSH–agarose as de-

scribed in Materials and methods. Pulled down beads were assessed for

ZO-1 by immunoblot analysis. (D) Full length ZO-1 was produced by

in vitro transcription/translation. Varying amounts (5–15ll of trans-

lation assay mixture) were incubated with 10 lg GST-C-Occludin(NP)

or GST-C-Occludin(pY). ZO-1 bound to occludins was detected by

immunoblot analysis.

Fig. 3. Tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin by c-Src reduces the

binding to ZO proteins. (A) GST-C-occludin(NP) was phosphorylated

on tyrosine residues by incubation with active c-Src as described in Fig.

1B. Varying concentrations of GST-C-Occludin(NP) that was prein-

cubated with active or inactive c-Src were incubated with Triton-sol-

uble protein extracts from Caco-2 cells and precipitated with

GSH–agarose. Pulled down beads were assessed for ZO-1, ZO-2, and

ZO-3 by immunoblot analysis. (B) Densitometric analysis of ZO-1,

ZO-2, and ZO-3 bound to GST-C-Occludin(NP) and GST-C-Occlu-

din(PY) in A. Values (arbitrary density units) are average of values

from two independent experiments.

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cent study showed that c-Src is involved in the oxidativestress-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of TJ-proteins

and the disruption of TJ. Therefore, we tyrosine phos-

phorylated GST-C-occludin(NP) by incubation with

active c-Src and evaluated its binding of ZO-1, ZO-2,

and ZO-3. The binding of ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 to

GST-C-occludin was reduced upon phosphorylation by

active c-Src (Figs. 3A and B) compared to those bound

to GST-C-occludin(NP) incubated with inactive c-Src.

Tyrosine phosphorylation does not affect the binding of

C-occludin to F-actin

C-terminal tail of occludin binds to F-actin (Fig. 4A).

This binding has been reported to be important for the

assembly of TJ [21,22]. There was no significant differ-

ence between the amounts of GST-C-occludin(NP) and

GST-C-occludin(pY) bound to F-actin (Figs. 4A and

B). Albumin and GST did not bind F-actin, and servedas negative controls. On the other hand, a-actinin, a

well-known actin binding protein, that bound F-actin

(Fig. 4C) was used as a positive control. Similar to the

recombinant GST-C-occludin(pY), the actin binding of

GST-C-occludin(pY), that was phosphorylated by

active c-Src, was also similar to the actin binding of

GST-C-occludin(NP) (Figs. 5A and B).

Discussion

It has been demonstrated that signaling pathways

involving both tyrosine phosphorylation [11–15] and

serine/threonine phosphorylation [23–27] regulate TJ

permeability in different epithelia. Tyrosine kinase ac-

tivity plays a crucial role in the regulation of both theassembly [16–18] and the disassembly [11–15] of TJ.

Evidence suggests that there is a correlation between

tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin and ZO-1, and the

disruption of TJ. However, there is no evidence avail-

able to show an effect of phosphorylation on direct

interactions between occludin, ZO-1, ZO-2, ZO-3, and

F-actin. The present study provides evidence for the first

time that tyrosine phosphorylation of C-terminal tail ofoccludin results in a reduced interaction with ZO-1, ZO-

2, and ZO-3, suggesting that tyrosine phosphorylation

Fig. 4. Effect of tyrosine phosphorylation occludin on actin binding.

(A) Three micrograms of GST-C-Occludin(NP) or GST-C-Occlu-

din(pY) was incubated without or with F-actin as described in Mate-

rials and methods. C-occludin present in F-actin pellet (P) and

supernatant (S) was determined by immunoblot analysis. (B) Varying

concentrations of GST-C-Occludin(NP) and GST-Occludin(pY) were

incubated with F-actin, and occludin distribution in F-actin pellet (P)

and supernatant (S) was determined by immunoblot analysis. Occludin

in P and S were evaluated by densitometric analysis and occludin bound

to P was calculated as percent of total occludin [P=ðPþ SÞ � 100].

Values are average of values from three independent experiments. (C)

GST, bovine serum albumin (BSA) and a-actinin, 10 lg each, were

incubated with F-actin to determine control actin bindings. Binding of

GST and BSA was used as negative controls, and the binding of a-actinin as a positive control.

Fig. 5. Effect of c-Src-mediated tyrosine phosphorylation of C-occlu-

din on actin binding. (A) GST-C-Occludin(NP) was phosphorylated

on tyrosine residues by incubation with active c-Src as described in Fig.

1B. GST-C-Occludin(NP) (10lg) preincubated with active c-Src or

inactive c-Src was incubated with F-actin as described in the Methods.

C-occludin present in F-actin pellet (P) and supernatant (S) was de-

termined by immunoblot analysis. (B) Occludin in P and S in the above

blot (Fig. 5A) was evaluated by densitometric analysis and the occlu-

din bound to P was calculated as percent of total occludin

[P=ðPþ SÞ � 100]. Values are average of values from two independent

experiments.

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of occludin C-terminus may prevent the assembly ordestabilize the TJ. In previous studies we showed that

tyrosine kinase inhibitors prevented oxidative stress-

and acetaldehyde-induced disruption of TJ [11–15].

Disruption of TJ by oxidative stress was associated with

tyrosine phosphorylation of TJ-proteins and dissocia-

tion of occludin-ZO-1 complex in the Caco-2 cell

monolayer [15]. The present study suggests that tyrosine

phosphorylation of occludin may be involved in themechanism of oxidative stress-induced disruption of TJ

in Caco-2 cells.

In a recent study we demonstrated that c-Src plays a

crucial role in oxidative stress-induced disruption of the

TJ and increase in paracellular permeability in Caco-2

cell monolayers. It is therefore suggestive of a role of c-

Src in tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin and

disruption of TJ. The present study shows that the C-terminal tail of occludin binds c-Src and phosphorylates

occludin on tyrosine residues. Tyrosine phosphorylation

induced by c-Src also resulted in reduced affinity of

occludin for binding to ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3. It was

previously shown that c-Src and c-Yes are localized at

the TJ [1], thus suggesting a possible role for Src family

kinases in the regulation of TJ. Recent reports suggest

that c-Yes interacts with occludin [10] and is likely toplay a role in the assembly of TJ [17]. However, the

present study demonstrates a direct interaction of c-Src

with C-occludin and prevents the assembly of TJ.

Therefore, the role of Src family kinases in the assembly

or disassembly of TJ may be determined by the specific

isoform of Src kinases involved.

The binding of ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3 to the in-

tracellular C-terminal tail of occludin anchors the TJprotein complex to the actin cytoskeleton [4,5]. A re-

cent study demonstrated that C-occludin also interacts

directly with F-actin [5]. The present study shows that

tyrosine phosphorylation does not affect this interac-

tion of C-occludin with F-actin. It is possible that the

interaction between occludin and F-actin may be

regulated by phosphorylation of occludin on Sr/Thr

residues. It was shown that occludin is hyperphosph-orylated on Ser/Thr residues [24] and that hyper-

phosphorylated occludin is predominantly associated

with the actin cytoskeleton [23,24], suggesting that

phosphorylation of occludin on Ser/Thr residues is es-

sential for its interaction with F-actin. In support of

this view studies also show that disruption of TJ is

associated with the dephosphorylation of occludin on

Ser/Thr residues and its release from the actin cyto-skeleton [25–27].

In summary, the present study demonstrates that

tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin results in the at-

tenuation of its interaction with ZO-1, ZO-2, and ZO-3,

without affecting its interaction with F-actin. Our study

also suggests that c-Src is likely to be involved in the

tyrosine phosphorylation of occludin in vivo. Further

studies using this approach may advance our under-standing of the regulation of interactions among differ-

ent TJ-associated proteins and their regulation by

intracellular signaling pathways.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by Grants from National Institute of

Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, R01-DK55532, and Na-

tional Institute for Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse, R01-AA12307.

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