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. 2000 May;278(5):L888-98.
doi: 10.1152/ajplung.2000.278.5.L888.

Histamine alters endothelial barrier function at cell-cell and cell-matrix sites

A B Moy  1 , M Winter, A Kamath, K Blackwell, G Reyes, I Giaever, C Keese, D M Shasby
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Histamine alters endothelial barrier function at cell-cell and cell-matrix sites

A B Moy et al. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2000 May.
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Abstract

To determine how histamine regulates endothelial barrier function through an integrative cytoskeletal network, we mathematically modeled the resistance across an endothelial cell-covered electrode as a function of cell-cell, cell-matrix, and transcellular resistances. Based on this approach, histamine initiated a rapid decrease in transendothelial resistance predominantly through decreases in cell-cell resistance in confluent cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Restoration of resistance was characterized by initially increasing cell-matrix resistance, with later increases in cell-cell resistance. Thus histamine disrupts barrier function by specifically disrupting cell-cell adhesion and restores barrier function in part through direct effects on cell-matrix adhesion. To validate the precision of our technique, histamine increased the resistance in subconfluent HUVECs in which there was no cell-cell contact. Exposure of confluent monolayers to an antibody against cadherin-5 caused a predominant decrease in cell-cell resistance, whereas the resistance was unaffected by the antibody to cadherin-5 in subconfluent cells. Furthermore, we observed an increase predominantly in cell-cell resistance in ECV304 cells that were transfected with a plasmid containing a glucocorticoid-inducible promoter controlling expression of E-cadherin. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed tens of nanometer displacements between adjacent cells at a time point in which histamine maximally decreased cell-cell resistance.

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