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As previous studies described, acid stress caused impaired epithelial barriers and led the hyperpermeability of epithelium. However, the specific mechanism is still unclear. We have showed previously the existence of TRPV (transient receptor potential vanilloid) 1 channel in airway epithelium, as well as its activation by acidic stress in 16HBE cells. In this study, we explored the acidic stress on airway barrier function and TJ proteins in\u00a0vitro with 16HBE cell lines. Airway epithelial barrier function was determined by measuring by TER (trans-epithelial electrical resistance). TJ-related protein [claudin-1, claudin-3, claudin-4, claudin-5, claudin-7 and ZO-1 (zonula occluden 1)] expression was examined by western blotting of insoluble fractions of cell extraction. The localization of TJ proteins were visualized by immunofluorescent staining. Interestingly, stimulation by pH\u00a06.0 for 8\u00a0h slightly increased the epithelial resistance in 16HBE cells insignificantly. However, higher concentration of hydrochloric acid (lower than pH\u00a05.0) did reduce the airway epithelial TER of 16HBE cells. The decline of epithelial barrier function induced by acidic stress exhibited a TRPV1-[Ca2+]i-dependent pathway. Of the TJ proteins, claudin-3 and claudin-4 seemed to be sensitive to acidic stress. The degradation of claudin-3 and claudin-4 induced by acidic stress could be attenuated by the specific TRPV1 blocker or intracellular Ca2+ chelator BAPTA\/AM [1,2-bis-(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetra-acetic acid tetrakis(acetoxymethyl ester)].<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1042\/bsr20130087","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,9,30]],"date-time":"2013-09-30T11:17:07Z","timestamp":1380539827000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1042\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["The degradation of airway tight junction protein under acidic conditions is probably mediated by transient receptor potential vanilloid 1 receptor"],"prefix":"10.1042","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Rui","family":"Xu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jia","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiang-dong","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Respiratory Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400010, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juliy\u00a0M.","family":"Perelman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Far Eastern Scientific Center of Physiology and Pathology of Respiration, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Blagoveschensk 675000, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victor\u00a0P.","family":"Kolosov","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Far Eastern Scientific Center of Physiology and Pathology of Respiration, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Blagoveschensk 675000, Russia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"288","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021111618181679800_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1233","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaci.2007.10.025","article-title":"Epithelium dysfunction in asthma","volume":"120","author":"Holgate","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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