Methods for the evaluation of intestinal mucosal permeability.
- Author:
Jing-Ting YAN
1
;
Qi SUN
1
;
Xiao-Li ZHANG
1
;
Jing-Hua LIU
2
;
Xiao-Yan FENG
3
;
Jin-Xia ZHU
4
Author Information
1. Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China.
2. Sixth Clinical Medical College, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100029, China.
3. Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. fengxy@ccmu.edu.cn.
4. Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China. 1959zhujinxia@163.com.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Cells, Cultured;
Inosine Monophosphate/metabolism*;
Intestinal Mucosa;
Permeability
- From:
Acta Physiologica Sinica
2022;74(4):596-608
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The intestinal mucosal barrier (IMB), which consists of mechanical barrier, chemical barrier, biological barrier and immune barrier, plays an important role in the maintenance of intestinal epithelium integrity and defense against invasion of bacteria, endotoxins and foreign antigens. Impaired IMB, characterized by increased intestinal mucosal permeability (IMP) and decreased transmembrane resistance (TR), has been implicated in the pathogenesis of various digestive, urinary, circulatory, neurological and metabolic dysfunctions. Electrophysiological recording of TR in the ex vivo intestinal tissues or cultured epithelial cell monolayers, or biochemical quantification of transepithelial movement of orally-administered molecular probes or specific endogenous protein molecules has frequently been used in the evaluation of IMB. In this paper, the composition and function of IMB will be summarized, with emphasis on the evaluation methods of IMP.
