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Carbajal, José M., and Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr. RhoA inactivation enhances endothelial barrier function. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C955–C964, 1999.—The modulation of endothelial barrier function is thought to be a function of contractile tension mediated by the cell cytoskeleton, which consists of actomyosin stress fibers (SF) linked to focal adhesions (FA). We tested this hypothesis by dissociating SF/FA with Clostridium botulinum exoenzyme C3 transferase (C3), an inhibitor of the small GTP-binding protein RhoA. Bovine pulmonary artery endothelial cell (EC) monolayers given C3, C3 1 thrombin, thrombin, or no treatment were examined using a size-selective permeability assay and quantitative digital imaging measurements of SF/FA. C3 treatment disassembled SF/FA, stimulated diffuse myosin II immunostaining, and reduced the phosphotyrosine (PY) content of paxillin and 130to 140-kDa proteins that included p125FAK. C3-treated monolayers displayed a 60–85% decline in F-actin content and a 170–300% increase in EC surface area with enhanced endothelial barrier function. This activity correlated with reorganization of F-actin and PY protein(s) to b-catenin-containing cell-cell junctions. Because C3 prevented the thrombin-induced formation of myosin ribbons, SF/FA, and the increased PY content of proteins, these characteristics were Rho dependent. Our data show that C3 inhibition of Rho proteins leads to cAMP-like characteristics of reduced SF/FA and enhanced endothelial barrier function.
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