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¹ Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, and ² Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90089
³ Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260
⁴ Institute of Clinical Physiology, Charité, Campus Benjamin Franklin, 12200 Berlin, Germany
⁵ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114

Correspondence to Alan S.L. Yu: alanyu{at}usc.edu

Paracellular ion transport in epithelia is mediated by pores formed by members of the claudin family. The degree of selectivity and the molecular mechanism of ion permeation through claudin pores are poorly understood. By expressing a high-conductance claudin isoform, claudin-2, in high-resistance Madin-Darby canine kidney cells under the control of an inducible promoter, we were able to quantitate claudin pore permeability. Claudin-2 pores were found to be narrow, fluid filled, and cation selective. Charge selectivity was mediated by the electrostatic interaction of partially dehydrated permeating cations with a negatively charged site within the pore that is formed by the side chain carboxyl group of aspartate-65. Thus, paracellular pores use intrapore electrostatic binding sites to achieve a high conductance with a high degree of charge selectivity.

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