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Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 287: F481-F491, 2004. First published April 27, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajprenal.00175.2003
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Annexin A2 heterotetramer: role in tight junction assembly

David B. N. Lee,1 Nora Jamgotchian,1 Suni G. Allen,1 Frederick W. K. Kan,2 and Irene L. Hale1

1The Epithelial Transport Laboratory, Veteran's Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System (VISN 22), Sepulveda 91343; UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90024; and 2Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada

Submitted 5 May 2003 ; accepted in final form 21 April 2004

The tight junction has been characterized as a domain of focal fusions of the exoplasmic leaflets of the lipid bilayers from adjacent epithelial cells. Approximating membranes to within fusion distance is a thermodynamically unfavorable process and requires the participation of membrane-bridging or -fusion proteins. No known tight junction protein exhibits such activities. Annexin A2 (A2), in particular its heterotetramer (A2t), is known to form junctions between lipid bilayer structures through molecular bridging of their external leaflets. We demonstrate abundant A2 expression in Madin-Darby canine kidney II monolayers by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Confocal immunofluorescence microscopic analysis suggests the bulk of A2 is located along the apical and lateral plasma membrane in its tetrameric configuration, consisting of two A2 and two p11 (an 11-kDa calmodulin-related protein, S100A10) subunits. Immunocytochemistry and ultrastructural immunogold labeling demonstrate colocalization of the A2 subunit with bona fide tight junction proteins, zonula occludens-1, occludin, and claudin-1, at cell-cell contacts. The extracellular addition of a synthetic peptide, targeted to disrupt the binding between A2 and p11, completely aborts tight junction assembly in calcium chelation studies. We propose A2t as a member of a new class of tight junction proteins responsible for the long-observed convergence of adjacent exoplasmic lipid leaflets in tight junction assembly.

annexin II; zonula occludens-1; occludin; claudin-1; hemifusion


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: D. B. N. Lee, Dept. of Medicine (111), VA Medical Center, 16111 Plummer St., Sepulveda, CA 91343 (E-mail: dbnlee{at}ucla.edu)




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