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The intestinal tract faces numerous challenges that require several layers of defence. The tight epithelium forms a physical barrier that is further protected by a mucus layer, which provides various site-specific protective functions. Mucus is produced by goblet cells, and as a result of single-cell RNA sequencing identifying novel goblet cell subpopulations, our understanding of their various contributions to intestinal homeostasis has improved. Goblet cells not only produce mucus but also are intimately linked to the immune system. Mucus and goblet cell development is tightly regulated during early life and synchronized with microbial colonization. Dysregulation of the developing mucus systems and goblet cells has been associated with infectious and inflammatory conditions and predisposition to chronic disease later in life. Dysfunctional mucus and altered goblet cell profiles are associated with inflammatory conditions in which some mucus system impairments precede inflammation, indicating a role in pathogenesis. In this Review, we present an overview of the current understanding of the role of goblet cells and the mucus layer in maintaining intestinal health during steady-state and how alterations to these systems contribute to inflammatory and infectious disease.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jenny K Gustafsson
- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemisty and Cell biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Suriano F, Nyström EEL, Sergi D, Gustafsson JK. Diet, microbiota, and the mucus layer: The guardians of our health. Front Immunol 2022; 13:953196. [PMID: 36177011 PMCID: PMC9513540 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.953196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The intestinal tract is an ecosystem in which the resident microbiota lives in symbiosis with its host. This symbiotic relationship is key to maintaining overall health, with dietary habits of the host representing one of the main external factors shaping the microbiome-host relationship. Diets high in fiber and low in fat and sugars, as opposed to Western and high-fat diets, have been shown to have a beneficial effect on intestinal health by promoting the growth of beneficial bacteria, improve mucus barrier function and immune tolerance, while inhibiting pro-inflammatory responses and their downstream effects. On the contrary, diets low in fiber and high in fat and sugars have been associated with alterations in microbiota composition/functionality and the subsequent development of chronic diseases such as food allergies, inflammatory bowel disease, and metabolic disease. In this review, we provided an updated overview of the current understanding of the connection between diet, microbiota, and health, with a special focus on the role of Western and high-fat diets in shaping intestinal homeostasis by modulating the gut microbiota.
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Affiliation(s)
- Francesco Suriano
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- *Correspondence: Francesco Suriano, ; Jenny K. Gustafsson,
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- Unit for Degradomics of the Protease Web, Institute of Biochemistry, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- *Correspondence: Francesco Suriano, ; Jenny K. Gustafsson,
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Gustafsson JK, Davis JE, Rappai T, McDonald KG, Kulkarni DH, Knoop KA, Hogan SP, Fitzpatrick JA, Lencer WI, Newberry RD. Intestinal goblet cells sample and deliver lumenal antigens by regulated endocytic uptake and transcytosis. eLife 2021; 10:67292. [PMID: 34677124 PMCID: PMC8594945 DOI: 10.7554/elife.67292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Intestinal goblet cells maintain the protective epithelial barrier through mucus secretion and yet sample lumenal substances for immune processing through formation of goblet cell associated antigen passages (GAPs). The cellular biology of GAPs and how these divergent processes are balanced and regulated by goblet cells remains unknown. Using high-resolution light and electron microscopy, we found that in mice, GAPs were formed by an acetylcholine (ACh)-dependent endocytic event remarkable for delivery of fluid-phase cargo retrograde into the trans-golgi network and across the cell by transcytosis - in addition to the expected transport of fluid-phase cargo by endosomes to multi-vesicular bodies and lysosomes. While ACh also induced goblet cells to secrete mucins, ACh-induced GAP formation and mucin secretion were functionally independent and mediated by different receptors and signaling pathways, enabling goblet cells to differentially regulate these processes to accommodate the dynamically changing demands of the mucosal environment for barrier maintenance and sampling of lumenal substances.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jenny K Gustafsson
- Department of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine,, Ann Arbor, United States
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- Center for Cellular Imaging, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States.,Department of Cell Biology &Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States.,Department of Neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States.,Division of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, United States.,Harvard Digestive Disease Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, United States
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Knoop KA, McDonald KG, Coughlin PE, Kulkarni DH, Gustafsson JK, Rusconi B, John V, Ndao IM, Beigelman A, Good M, Warner BB, Elson CO, Hsieh CS, Hogan SP, Tarr PI, Newberry RD. Synchronization of mothers and offspring promotes tolerance and limits allergy. JCI Insight 2020; 5:137943. [PMID: 32759496 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.137943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Allergic disorders, characterized by Th2 immune responses to environmental substances, are increasingly common in children in Western societies. Multiple studies indicate that breastfeeding, early complementary introduction of food allergens, and antibiotic avoidance in the first year of life reduces allergic outcomes in at-risk children. Why the benefit of these practices is restricted to early life is largely unknown. We identified a preweaning interval during which dietary antigens are assimilated by the colonic immune system. This interval is under maternal control via temporal changes in breast milk, coincides with an influx of naive T cells into the colon, and is followed by the development of a long-lived population of colonic peripherally derived Tregs (pTregs) that can be specific for dietary antigens encountered during this interval. Desynchronization of mothers and offspring produced durable deficits in these pTregs, impaired tolerance to dietary antigens introduced during and after this preweaning interval, and resulted in spontaneous Th2 responses. These effects could be rescued by pTregs from the periweaning colon or by Tregs generated in vitro using periweaning colonic antigen-presenting cells. These findings demonstrate that mothers and their offspring are synchronized for the development of a balanced immune system.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,The Kipper Institute of Allergy and Immunology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv University, Israel
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.,Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Kulkarni DH, Gustafsson JK, Knoop KA, McDonald KG, Bidani SS, Davis JE, Floyd AN, Hogan SP, Hsieh CS, Newberry RD. Goblet cell associated antigen passages support the induction and maintenance of oral tolerance. Mucosal Immunol 2020; 13:271-282. [PMID: 31819172 PMCID: PMC7044050 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-019-0240-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 11/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Tolerance to innocuous antigens from the diet and the commensal microbiota is a fundamental process essential to health. Why tolerance is efficiently induced to substances arising from the hostile environment of the gut lumen is incompletely understood but may be related to how these antigens are encountered by the immune system. We observed that goblet cell associated antigen passages (GAPs), but not other pathways of luminal antigen capture, correlated with the acquisition of luminal substances by lamina propria (LP) antigen presenting cells (APCs) and with the sites of tolerance induction to luminal antigens. Strikingly this role extended beyond antigen delivery. The GAP function of goblet cells facilitated maintenance of pre-existing LP T regulatory cells (Tregs), imprinting LP-dendritic cells with tolerogenic properties, and facilitating LP macrophages to produce the immunomodulatory cytokine IL-10. Moreover, tolerance to dietary antigen was impaired in the absence of GAPs. Thus, by delivering luminal antigens, maintaining pre-existing LP Tregs, and imprinting tolerogenic properties on LP-APCs GAPs support tolerance to substances encountered in the hostile environment of the gut lumen.
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- Devesha H Kulkarni
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
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Knoop KA, Kulkarni DH, McDonald KG, Gustafsson JK, Davis JE, Floyd AN, Newberry RD. In vivo labeling of epithelial cell-associated antigen passages in the murine intestine. Lab Anim (NY) 2020; 49:79-88. [PMID: 32042160 DOI: 10.1038/s41684-019-0438-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
The intestinal immune system samples luminal contents to induce adaptive immune responses that include tolerance in the steady state and protective immunity during infection. How luminal substances are delivered to the immune system has not been fully investigated. Goblet cells have an important role in this process by delivering luminal substances to the immune system through the formation of goblet cell-associated antigen passages (GAPs). Soluble antigens in the intestinal lumen are transported across the epithelium transcellularly through GAPs and delivered to dendritic cells for presentation to T cells and induction of immune responses. GAPs can be identified and quantified by using the ability of GAP-forming goblet cells to take up fluorescently labeled dextran. Here, we describe a method to visualize GAPs and other cells that have the capacity to take up luminal substances by intraluminal injection of fluorescent dextran in mice under anesthesia, tissue sectioning for slide preparation and imaging with fluorescence microscopy. In contrast to in vivo two-photon imaging previously used to identify GAPs, this technique is not limited by anatomical constraints and can be used to visualize GAP formation throughout the length of the intestine. In addition, this method can be combined with common immunohistochemistry protocols to visualize other cell types. This approach can be used to compare GAP formation following different treatments or changes to the luminal environment and to uncover how sampling of luminal substances is altered in pathophysiological conditions. This protocol requires 8 working hours over 2-3 d to be completed.
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- Kathryn A Knoop
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.,Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
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Noah TK, Knoop KA, McDonald KG, Gustafsson JK, Waggoner L, Vanoni S, Batie M, Arora K, Naren AP, Wang YH, Lukacs NW, Munitz A, Helmrath MA, Mahe MM, Newberry RD, Hogan SP. IL-13-induced intestinal secretory epithelial cell antigen passages are required for IgE-mediated food-induced anaphylaxis. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2019; 144:1058-1073.e3. [PMID: 31175877 PMCID: PMC6779525 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 03/15/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Food-induced anaphylaxis (FIA) is an IgE-dependent immune response that can affect multiple organs and lead to life-threatening complications. The processes by which food allergens cross the mucosal surface and are delivered to the subepithelial immune compartment to promote the clinical manifestations associated with food-triggered anaphylaxis are largely unexplored. OBJECTIVE We sought to define the processes involved in the translocation of food allergens across the mucosal epithelial surface to the subepithelial immune compartment in FIA. METHODS Two-photon confocal and immunofluorescence microscopy was used to visualize and trace food allergen passage in a murine model of FIA. A human colon cancer cell line, RNA silencing, and pharmacologic approaches were used to identify the molecular regulation of intestinal epithelial allergen uptake and translocation. Human intestinal organoid transplants were used to demonstrate the conservation of these molecular processes in human tissues. RESULTS Food allergens are sampled by using small intestine (SI) epithelial secretory cells (termed secretory antigen passages [SAPs]) that are localized to the SI villous and crypt region. SAPs channel food allergens to lamina propria mucosal mast cells through an IL-13-CD38-cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose (cADPR)-dependent process. Blockade of IL-13-induced CD38/cADPR-dependent SAP antigen passaging in mice inhibited induction of clinical manifestations of FIA. IL-13-CD38-cADPR-dependent SAP sampling of food allergens was conserved in human intestinal organoids. CONCLUSION We identify that SAPs are a mechanism by which food allergens are channeled across the SI epithelium mediated by the IL-13/CD38/cADPR pathway, regulate the onset of FIA reactions, and are conserved in human intestine.
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- Taeko K Noah
- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, St Louis, Mo
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Clinical Engineering, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pediatric Surgery, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine St Louis, St Louis, Mo
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- Mary H. Weiser Food Allergy Center, Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich; Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Sharba S, Navabi N, Padra M, Persson JA, Quintana-Hayashi MP, Gustafsson JK, Szeponik L, Venkatakrishnan V, Sjöling Å, Nilsson S, Quiding-Järbrink M, Johansson MEV, Linden SK. Interleukin 4 induces rapid mucin transport, increases mucus thickness and quality and decreases colitis and Citrobacter rodentium in contact with epithelial cells. Virulence 2019; 10:97-117. [PMID: 30665337 PMCID: PMC6363059 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2019.1573050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Citrobacter rodentium infection is a murine model for pathogenic intestinal Escherichia coli infection. C. rodentium infection causes an initial decrease in mucus layer thickness, followed by an increase during clearance. We aimed to identify the cause of these changes and to utilize this naturally occurring mucus stimulus to decrease pathogen impact and inflammation. We identified that mucin production and speed of transport from Golgi to secretory vesicles at the apical surface increased concomitantly with increased mucus thickness. Of the cytokines differentially expressed during increased mucus thickness, IFN-γ and TNF-α decreased the mucin production and transport speed, whereas IL-4, IL-13, C. rodentium and E. coli enhanced these aspects. IFN-γ and TNF-α treatment in combination with C. rodentium and pathogenic E. coli infection negatively affected mucus parameters in vitro, which was relieved by IL-4 treatment. The effect of IL-4 was more pronounced than that of IL-13, and in wild type mice, only IL-4 was present. Increased expression of Il-4, Il-4-receptor α, Stat6 and Spdef during clearance indicate that this pathway contributes to the increase in mucin production. In vivo IL-4 administration initiated 10 days after infection increased mucus thickness and quality and decreased colitis and pathogen contact with the epithelium. Thus, during clearance of infection, the concomitant increase in IL-4 protects and maintains goblet cell function against the increasing levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ. Furthermore, IL-4 affects intestinal mucus production, pathogen contact with the epithelium and colitis. IL-4 treatment may thus have therapeutic benefits for mucosal healing.
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- S Sharba
- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- b Department of Microbiology and Immunology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- c Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology , Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- d Department of Pathology & Genetics, Sahlgrenska Academy , University of Gothenburg , Sweden.,e Department of Mathematical Sciences , Chalmer University of Technology , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- b Department of Microbiology and Immunology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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- a Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology , Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg , Sweden
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Cushing KC, Mclean R, McDonald KG, Gustafsson JK, Knoop KA, Kulkarni DH, Sartor RB, Newberry RD. Predicting Risk of Postoperative Disease Recurrence in Crohn's Disease: Patients With Indolent Crohn's Disease Have Distinct Whole Transcriptome Profiles at the Time of First Surgery. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2019; 25:180-193. [PMID: 29982468 PMCID: PMC6354560 DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izy228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Assessing risk of Crohn's disease (CD) recurrence following ileocolic resection (ICR) is necessary to optimize medical management and prevent long-term complications. This study aimed to identify noninvasive markers that could predict postoperative disease activity. METHODS Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of CD, first ICR, interval colonoscopy, and whole transcriptome array meeting quality control standards. Demographic and clinical data were obtained from the electronic medical record. RNA extraction and human transcriptome microarray were performed on noninflamed ileal margins from operative specimens. Clinical data and random forest were analyzed in R. Principal components analysis, hierarchical clustering, and pathway enrichment were performed in Partek. RESULTS Sixty-five patients completed the study, and 5 were excluded from analysis due to extreme variability on whole transcriptome analysis. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering revealed that patients with an i0 Rutgeerts score generally segregated from all others. In anti-TNF-naïve patients, unsupervised hierarchical clustering revealed complete segregation of patients with an i0 score. Reduced escalation in therapy and continued mucosal remission, consistent with indolent disease, were seen in the 4 years following surgery. Random forest identified 30 transcripts differentiating i0 patients from the other groups. Pathway enrichment highlighted toll-like receptor, NOD-like receptor, and TNF signaling. This transcriptome signature did not identify i0 anti-TNF-exposed patients. However, anti-TNF-exposed patients with indolent postoperative courses were found to have a transcriptome signature distinct from those with aggressive disease. CONCLUSIONS Anti-TNF-naïve and -exposed patients have unique expression profiles at the time of surgery, which may offer predictive value in assessing the risk of nonrecurrence. 10.1093/ibd/izy228_video1izy228.video15804852517001.
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- Kelly C Cushing
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA,Address correspondence to: Rodney D. Newberry, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA, E-mail:
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Kulkarni DH, McDonald KG, Knoop KA, Gustafsson JK, Kozlowski KM, Hunstad DA, Miller MJ, Newberry RD. Goblet cell associated antigen passages are inhibited during Salmonella typhimurium infection to prevent pathogen dissemination and limit responses to dietary antigens. Mucosal Immunol 2018; 11:1103-1113. [PMID: 29445136 PMCID: PMC6037413 DOI: 10.1038/s41385-018-0007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Dietary antigen acquisition by lamina propria (LP) dendritic cells (DCs) is crucial to induce oral tolerance and maintain homeostasis. However, encountering innocuous antigens during infection can lead to inflammatory responses, suggesting processes may limit steady-state luminal antigen capture during infection. We observed that goblet cell (GC) associated antigen passages (GAPs), a steady-state pathway delivering luminal antigens to LP-DCs, are inhibited during Salmonella infection. GAP inhibition was mediated by IL-1β. Infection abrogated luminal antigen delivery and antigen-specific T cell proliferation in the mesenteric lymph node (MLN). Antigen-specific T cell proliferation to dietary antigen was restored by overriding GAP suppression; however, this did not restore regulatory T cell induction, but induced inflammatory T cell responses. Salmonella translocation to the MLN required GCs and correlated with GAPs. Genetic manipulations overriding GAP suppression, or antibiotics inducing colonic GAPs, but not antibiotics that do not, increased dissemination and worsened outcomes independent of luminal pathogen burden. Thus, steady-state sampling pathways are suppressed during infection to prevent responses to dietary antigens, limit pathogen entry, and lessen the disease. Moreover, antibiotics may worsen Salmonella infection by means beyond blunting gut microbiota colonization resistance, providing new insight into how precedent antibiotic use aggravates enteric infection.
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- Devesha H Kulkarni
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, 63110, USA.
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Knoop KA, Gustafsson JK, McDonald KG, Hsieh CS, Hogan SP, Elson CO, Tarr PI, Newberry RD. Exposure to microbial antigens during early life is required for the establishment of tolerance to commensal <a>bacteria</a>. The Journal of Immunology 2018. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.53.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Current pediatric guidelines recommend breastfeeding and avoidance of oral antibiotics in the first years of life to reduce the risk of development of allergies. Additionally, animal models have shown exposure to the microbiota prior to weaning is necessary for the prevention of asthma or inflammatory diseases later in life. These studies suggest exposure to commensal microbes prior to weaning supports the development of tolerogenic responses in the intestinal tract. This interval of life coincides with the development of regulatory T cells in the colon which can suppress inflammatory responses. We have recently described a critical window for the development of tolerance in mice and found exposure to microbial antigens between 10 and 21 days of life occurred via the colon and induced long lived antigen specific FoxP3+ regulatory T cell responses. This window of tolerance is defined and regulated by ligands found in breastmilk and in the microbial milieu, and exposure to the microbial antigens required goblet cell associated antigen passages. Regulatory T cells developing during early life were required to restrain inflammatory responses against commensals later in life in a model of colitis. Additionally, exposure to commensal antigens via the colon after day of life 21 resulted in robust antigen-specific T effector responses and exacerbated inflammation in a model of colitis, exhibiting the critical nature of regulating this window of tolerance. Thus, exposure to microbial antigens early in life is an imperative element to the development of tolerance, and is highly regulated to prevent inflammation against the commensal microbiota.
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McDonald KG, Knoop KA, Kulkarni DH, Gustafsson JK, Miller MJ, Newberry RD. The delivery of luminal substances across small intestinal epithelium via goblet cell associated antigen passages is increased in the presence of dietary gliadin. The Journal of Immunology 2018. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.53.3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Celiac disease is an enteropathy caused by CD4+ T cell responses to dietary gliadin, resulting in damage to the intestinal mucosa and malabsorption. How gliadin peptides cross the epithelium to interact with the immune system is unclear. We used an in vivo imaging approach on live mice and ex vivo assays on mouse and human intestinal explants to evaluate how gliadin traversed the intestinal epithelium. We observed that gliadin crossed the epithelial barrier of mice and humans via the recently described goblet cell associated antigen passages (GAPs), and moreover, gliadin increased the formation of GAPs. The induction of GAPs by gliadin was independent of acetylcholine signaling, the pathway inducing GAP formation in the steady state. Consistent with the increase in GAPs induced by gliadin, LP-DCs isolated from mice given luminal ovalbumin (Ova) concurrently with gliadin induced enhanced antigen specific T cell responses to Ova in ex vivo LP-DC T cell co-culture assays. In vivo Ova specific T cell responses in the MLN were enhanced in mice given Ova concurrent with gliadin. Gliadin did not increase the antigen presentation capacity of the LP-DCs when added to ex vivo cultures, indicating that increased luminal antigen delivery via GAPs mediates the enhanced antigen specific T cell responses to luminal Ova. In the absence of GC’s and GAPs gliadin did not enhance the delivery of luminal antigens to the LP-DCs and did not enhance T cell responses to luminal antigens. These studies identify that gliadin uses GAPs to cross the epithelial barrier, and that gliadin induces further GAP formation in a goblet cell intrinsic manner, thus facilitating the delivery of gliadin and other antigens to the immune system.
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Kulkarni DH, Gustafsson JK, McDonald KG, Knoop KA, Davis J, Miller MJ, Newberry RD. Novel role of intestinal Goblet cells and Goblet Cell Associated Antigen Passages in induction of tolerance to dietary antigens and promoting intestinal homeostasis. The Journal of Immunology 2018. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.200.supp.118.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Mucosal tolerance towards luminal antigens is a process fundamental to intestinal homeostasis, the breakdown of which results in onset of inflammatory bowel disease. How luminal antigens cross the intestinal epithelium to interact with the immune system in a manner capable of induction and maintenance of oral tolerance is unknown. We have identified a new pathway of luminal antigen delivery to dendritic cells (DC) in the lamina propria (LP), which was mediated by goblet cells (GC) associated antigen passages (GAPs). The role of GCs and GAPs in promoting mucosal tolerance is unexplored. We studied tolerogenic responses to dietary antigen, ovalbumin (Ova) in mice where GCs were deleted, or when GAPs are inhibited but GCs remain and compared to corresponding control mice. In the absence of GCs or functional GAPs, LP-DCs could not acquire luminal antigens in a manner capable of inducing antigen specific T cell responses in the draining mesenteric lymph nodes (MLN). Moreover, deletion of GCs/GAPs resulted in loss of induction of regulatory T cells in the MLN and abrogated tolerance to dietary antigens. In addition, loss of GCs/GAPs resulted in rapid reduction of pre-existing induced Treg population in the SI-LP. Notably, the in absence of GCs/GAPs resulted in rapid expansion of IL-17 producing T cells in the small intestine, indicating that GCs and GAPs play a crucial role in balancing the Treg/Th-17 axis in the intestine. Hence, suggesting that GCs and GAPs play a crucial role in the induction and maintenance of oral tolerance. These findings identify a previously unappreciated role of GCs in maintaining the Treg/Th17 balance and that processes resulting in inadequate formation of GAPs may underlie the loss of tolerance to luminal antigens.
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- 2Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
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Knoop KA, Gustafsson JK, McDonald KG, Kulkarni DH, Coughlin PE, McCrate S, Kim D, Hsieh CS, Hogan SP, Elson CO, Tarr PI, Newberry RD. Microbial antigen encounter during a preweaning interval is critical for tolerance to gut bacteria. Sci Immunol 2017; 2:eaao1314. [PMID: 29246946 PMCID: PMC5759965 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aao1314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have a mutually beneficial relationship with the trillions of microorganisms inhabiting our gastrointestinal tract. However, maintaining this relationship requires recognizing these organisms as affable and restraining inflammatory responses to these organisms when encountered in hostile settings. How and when the immune system develops tolerance to our gut microbial members is not well understood. We identify a specific preweaning interval in which gut microbial antigens are encountered by the immune system to induce antigen-specific tolerance to gut bacteria. For some bacterial taxa, physiologic encounters with the immune system are restricted to this interval, despite abundance of these taxa in the gut lumen at later times outside this interval. Antigen-specific tolerance to gut bacteria induced during this preweaning interval is stable and maintained even if these taxa are encountered later in life in an inflammatory setting. However, inhibiting microbial antigen encounter during this interval or extending these encounters beyond the normal interval results in a failure to induce tolerance and robust antigen-specific effector responses to gut bacteria upon reencounter in an inflammatory setting. Thus, we have identified a defined preweaning interval critical for developing tolerance to gut bacteria and maintaining the mutually beneficial relationship with our gut microbiota.
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- Kathryn A Knoop
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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McDonald KG, Wheeler LW, McDole JR, Joerger S, Gustafsson JK, Kulkarni DH, Knoop KA, Williams IR, Miller MJ, Newberry RD. CCR6 promotes steady-state mononuclear phagocyte association with the intestinal epithelium, imprinting and immune surveillance. Immunology 2017; 152:613-627. [PMID: 28746740 PMCID: PMC5680074 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The intestinal lamina propria (LP) contains antigen-presenting cells with features of dendritic cells and macrophages, collectively referred to as mononuclear phagocytes (MNPs). Association of MNPs with the epithelium is thought to play an important role in multiple facets of intestinal immunity including imprinting MNPs with the ability to induce IgA production, inducing the expression of gut homing molecules on T cells, facilitating the capture of luminal antigens and microbes, and subsequent immune responses in the mesenteric lymph node (MLN). However, the factors promoting this process in the steady state are largely unknown, and in vivo models to test and confirm the importance of LP-MNP association with the epithelium for these outcomes are unexplored. Evaluation of epithelial expression of chemoattractants in mice where MNP-epithelial associations were impaired suggested CCL20 as a candidate promoting epithelial association. Expression of CCR6, the only known receptor for CCL20, was required for MNPs to associate with the epithelium. LP-MNPs from CCR6-/- mice did not display defects in acquiring antigen and stimulating T-cell responses in ex vivo assays or in responses to antigen administered systemically. However, LP-MNPs from CCR6-deficient mice were impaired at acquiring luminal and epithelial antigens, inducing IgA production in B cells, inducing immune responses in the MLN, and capturing and trafficking luminal commensal bacteria to the MLN. These findings identify a crucial role for CCR6 in promoting LP-MNPs to associate with the intestinal epithelium in the steady state to perform multiple functions promoting gut immune homeostasis.
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- Keely G. McDonald
- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Pathology and ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of PediatricsWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEmory University School of MedicineAtlantaGAUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
- Department of Pathology and ImmunologyWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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- Department of Internal MedicineWashington University School of MedicineSt LouisMOUSA
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Knoop KA, Gustafsson JK, McDonald KG, Kulkarni DH, Kassel R, Newberry RD. Antibiotics promote the sampling of luminal antigens and bacteria via colonic goblet cell associated antigen passages. Gut Microbes 2017; 8:400-411. [PMID: 28267403 PMCID: PMC5570560 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2017.1299846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2016] [Revised: 01/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Bacterial translocation is defined as the passage of live bacteria from the gut lumen to distant sites. Gut commensal bacteria translocation has been attributed to 'leakiness', or 'barrier breach' of the intestinal epithelium, allowing live bacteria to cross an inappropriately permeable barrier and disseminate to distant sites. Alternatively, studies suggest dendritic cells directly capture luminal commensal bacteria and transport them to distant sites in the steady-state by extending dendrites between epithelial cells into the lumen. Recently we identified translocation of commensal gut bacteria following antibiotics was associated with the formation of goblet cell associated antigen passages (GAPs) in the colon and dependent upon goblet cells (GCs). The translocation of native gut commensal bacteria resulted in low-level inflammatory responses and potentiated mucosal damage in response to concurrent epithelial injury. Here we extend these observations and demonstrate properties of colonic GAPs and observations supporting their priority in the translocation of colonic commensal bacteria.
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- Kathryn A. Knoop
- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Gustafsson JK, McDonald K, Newberry R. Disruption of the gut microbiota by antibiotics exposure during early life promotes spontaneous Th2 responses and loss of tolerance to dietary antigens. The Journal of Immunology 2016. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.196.supp.191.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Allergic disorders, manifest by T helper 2 (Th2) type immune responses to environmental antigens, are rapidly increasing in children. Regulatory T cells (Tregs) limit Th2 responses, and Treg deficiencies are seen in children with allergic disorders, implying that Treg deficiencies or dysfunction underlie the pathogenesis of Th2 mediated disease. What incurs Treg deficiency and its relationship to the increasing incidence of allergy is unknown, however, studies have shown that the intestinal microbiota plays an important role in regulating Treg differentiation during early life. With this in mind we explored whether oral exposure to specific antibiotics in early life altered Treg populations and predisposed to Th2 responses. We found that exposure of mice to a combination of broad spectrum oral antibiotics between days 10 and 20 of life abrogated tolerance to a dietary antigen, ovalbumin (Ova). Exposure of mice to single antibiotics of varying spectra between days 10 and 20 of life had a range of effects from abrogation of oral tolerance to the spontaneous development of Th2 responses manifested by increased levels of IL-13 in the serum in the absence of challenge. Ongoing studies are evaluating the effect of the respective antibiotic regimens on the intestinal microbial community using 16S bacterial DNA sequencing, with the aim to link alterations in the microbial composition to the immunological profile of the respective treatment groups. In summary, our results show that disruption of the intestinal microbiota by exposure to specific antibiotics during a period in early life results in loss of Tregs, promotes Th2 immunity, and impair establishment of oral tolerance to dietary antigen.
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Birchenough GMH, Johansson MEV, Gustafsson JK, Bergström JH, Hansson GC. New developments in goblet cell mucus secretion and function. Mucosal Immunol 2015; 8:712-9. [PMID: 25872481 PMCID: PMC4631840 DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.32] [Citation(s) in RCA: 457] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/20/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Goblet cells and their main secretory product, mucus, have long been poorly appreciated; however, recent discoveries have changed this and placed these cells at the center stage of our understanding of mucosal biology and the immunology of the intestinal tract. The mucus system differs substantially between the small and large intestine, although it is built around MUC2 mucin polymers in both cases. Furthermore, that goblet cells and the regulation of their secretion also differ between these two parts of the intestine is of fundamental importance for a better understanding of mucosal immunology. There are several types of goblet cell that can be delineated based on their location and function. The surface colonic goblet cells secrete continuously to maintain the inner mucus layer, whereas goblet cells of the colonic and small intestinal crypts secrete upon stimulation, for example, after endocytosis or in response to acetyl choline. However, despite much progress in recent years, our understanding of goblet cell function and regulation is still in its infancy.
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- G M H Birchenough
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Ermund A, Meiss LN, Gustafsson JK, Hansson GC. Hyper-osmolarity and calcium chelation: Effects on cystic fibrosis mucus. Eur J Pharmacol 2015; 764:109-117. [PMID: 26134505 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2015.06.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2015] [Revised: 06/22/2015] [Accepted: 06/25/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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A non-functional Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane conductance Regulator (CFTR) leads to the disease cystic fibrosis (CF). Although the CFTR is expressed in multiple organs, pulmonary disease is the major cause of illness and death in patients with CF. Stagnant mucus, causing airway obstruction, bacterial overgrowth, persistent inflammation and tissue destruction characterizes the disease, but how the defect in CFTR function is coupled to the mucus phenotype is still controversial. We have recently shown that bicarbonate ions passing through CFTR are necessary for proper unfolding of the MUC2 mucin, thus highlighting the importance of bicarbonate ion transport via the CFTR and the ability of these ions to raise the pH and chelate calcium bound to the mucin as the important steps in forming normal mucus. In order to find potential CF treatments and expand our knowledge about the usefulness of bicarbonate as an active ingredient in formulations to alleviate mucus plugging, we used an Ussing-type chamber and explants from the F508del-CFTR mutant mouse ileum to test the effect of calcium chelators on mucus attachment, either in isolation or in combination with osmolytes such as mannitol or hypertonic saline. We found that increasing the concentration of bicarbonate, both alone or in combination with increased osmolarity of the solution, detached the otherwise attached CF mucus.
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- Anna Ermund
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Pelaseyed T, Bergström JH, Gustafsson JK, Ermund A, Birchenough GMH, Schütte A, van der Post S, Svensson F, Rodríguez-Piñeiro AM, Nyström EEL, Wising C, Johansson MEV, Hansson GC. The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system. Immunol Rev 2015; 260:8-20. [PMID: 24942678 DOI: 10.1111/imr.12182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 750] [Impact Index Per Article: 83.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The gastrointestinal tract is covered by mucus that has different properties in the stomach, small intestine, and colon. The large highly glycosylated gel-forming mucins MUC2 and MUC5AC are the major components of the mucus in the intestine and stomach, respectively. In the small intestine, mucus limits the number of bacteria that can reach the epithelium and the Peyer's patches. In the large intestine, the inner mucus layer separates the commensal bacteria from the host epithelium. The outer colonic mucus layer is the natural habitat for the commensal bacteria. The intestinal goblet cells secrete not only the MUC2 mucin but also a number of typical mucus components: CLCA1, FCGBP, AGR2, ZG16, and TFF3. The goblet cells have recently been shown to have a novel gate-keeping role for the presentation of oral antigens to the immune system. Goblet cells deliver small intestinal luminal material to the lamina propria dendritic cells of the tolerogenic CD103(+) type. In addition to the gel-forming mucins, the transmembrane mucins MUC3, MUC12, and MUC17 form the enterocyte glycocalyx that can reach about a micrometer out from the brush border. The MUC17 mucin can shuttle from a surface to an intracellular vesicle localization, suggesting that enterocytes might control and report epithelial microbial challenge. There is communication not only from the epithelial cells to the immune system but also in the opposite direction. One example of this is IL10 that can affect and improve the properties of the inner colonic mucus layer. The mucus and epithelial cells of the gastrointestinal tract are the primary gate keepers and controllers of bacterial interactions with the host immune system, but our understanding of this relationship is still in its infancy.
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- Thaher Pelaseyed
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gustafsson JK, Lindén SK, Alwan AH, Scholte BJ, Hansson GC, Sjövall H. Carbachol-induced colonic mucus formation requires transport via NKCC1, K⁺ channels and CFTR. Pflugers Arch 2014; 467:1403-1415. [PMID: 25139191 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1595-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2013] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The colonic mucosa protects itself from the luminal content by secreting mucus that keeps the bacteria at a distance from the epithelium. For this barrier to be effective, the mucus has to be constantly replenished which involves exocytosis and expansion of the secreted mucins. Mechanisms involved in regulation of mucus exocytosis and expansion are poorly understood, and the aim of this study was to investigate whether epithelial anion secretion regulates mucus formation in the colon. The muscarinic agonist carbachol was used to induce parallel secretion of anions and mucus, and by using established inhibitors of ion transport, we studied how inhibition of epithelial transport affected mucus formation in mouse colon. Anion secretion and mucin exocytosis were measured by changes in membrane current and epithelial capacitance, respectively. Mucus thickness measurements were used to determine the carbachol effect on mucus growth. The results showed that the carbachol-induced increase in membrane current was dependent on NKCC1 co-transport, basolateral K(+) channels and Cftr activity. In contrast, the carbachol-induced increase in capacitance was partially dependent on NKCC1 and K(+) channel activity, but did not require Cftr activity. Carbachol also induced an increase in mucus thickness that was inhibited by the NKCC1 blocker bumetanide. However, mice that lacked a functional Cftr channel did not respond to carbachol with an increase in mucus thickness, suggesting that carbachol-induced mucin expansion requires Cftr channel activity. In conclusion, these findings suggest that colonic epithelial transport regulates mucus formation by affecting both exocytosis and expansion of the mucin molecules.
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- Jenny K Gustafsson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, Box 440, Gothenburg, 405 30, Sweden.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, Box 440, Gothenburg, 405 30, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, Box 440, Gothenburg, 405 30, Sweden
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- Department of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Medicinaregatan 9A, Box 440, Gothenburg, 405 30, Sweden
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Sadio A, Gustafsson JK, Pereira B, Gomes CP, Hansson GC, David L, Pêgo AP, Almeida R. Modified-chitosan/siRNA nanoparticles downregulate cellular CDX2 expression and cross the gastric mucus barrier. PLoS One 2014; 9:e99449. [PMID: 24925340 PMCID: PMC4055692 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2014] [Accepted: 05/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Development of effective non-viral vectors is of crucial importance in the implementation of RNA interference in clinical routine. The localized delivery of siRNAs to the gastrointestinal mucosa is highly desired but faces specific problems such as the stability in gastric acidity conditions and the presence of the mucus barrier. CDX2 is a transcription factor critical for intestinal differentiation being involved in the initiation and maintenance of gastrointestinal diseases. Specifically, it is the trigger of gastric intestinal metaplasia which is a precursor lesion of gastric cancer. Its expression is also altered in colorectal cancer, where it may constitute a lineage-survival oncogene. Our main objective was to develop a nanoparticle-delivery system of siRNA targeting CDX2 using modified chitosan as a vector. CDX2 expression was assessed in gastric carcinoma cell lines and nanoparticles behaviour in gastrointestinal mucus was tested in mouse explants. We show that imidazole-modified chitosan and trimethylchitosan/siRNA nanoparticles are able to downregulate CDX2 expression and overpass the gastric mucus layer but not colonic mucus. This system might constitute a potential therapeutic approach to treat CDX2-dependent gastric lesions.
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- Ana Sadio
- IPATIMUP- Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Gastroenterology Department, Unidade Local Saúde da Guarda, Guarda, Portugal
- Gulbenkian Programme for Advanced Medical Education, Lisboa, Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- IPATIMUP- Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- IPATIMUP- Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- INEB – Instituto de Engenharia Biomédica, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS - Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IPATIMUP- Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Johansson MEV, Gustafsson JK, Holmén-Larsson J, Jabbar KS, Xia L, Xu H, Ghishan FK, Carvalho FA, Gewirtz AT, Sjövall H, Hansson GC. Bacteria penetrate the normally impenetrable inner colon mucus layer in both murine colitis models and patients with ulcerative colitis. Gut 2014; 63:281-91. [PMID: 23426893 PMCID: PMC3740207 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 647] [Impact Index Per Article: 64.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The inner mucus layer in mouse colon normally separates bacteria from the epithelium. Do humans have a similar inner mucus layer and are defects in this mucus layer a common denominator for spontaneous colitis in mice models and ulcerative colitis (UC)? METHODS AND RESULTS The colon mucus layer from mice deficient in Muc2 mucin, Core 1 O-glycans, Tlr5, interleukin 10 (IL-10) and Slc9a3 (Nhe3) together with that from dextran sodium sulfate-treated mice was immunostained for Muc2, and bacterial localisation in the mucus was analysed. All murine colitis models revealed bacteria in contact with the epithelium. Additional analysis of the less inflamed IL-10(-/-) mice revealed a thicker mucus layer than wild-type, but the properties were different, as the inner mucus layer could be penetrated both by bacteria in vivo and by fluorescent beads the size of bacteria ex vivo. Clear separation between bacteria or fluorescent beads and the epithelium mediated by the inner mucus layer was also evident in normal human sigmoid colon biopsy samples. In contrast, mucus on colon biopsy specimens from patients with UC with acute inflammation was highly penetrable. Most patients with UC in remission had an impenetrable mucus layer similar to that of controls. CONCLUSIONS Normal human sigmoid colon has an inner mucus layer that is impenetrable to bacteria. The colon mucus in animal models that spontaneously develop colitis and in patients with active UC allows bacteria to penetrate and reach the epithelium. Thus colon mucus properties can be modulated, and this suggests a novel model of UC pathophysiology.
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- Malin E V Johansson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, , Gothenburg, Sweden
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Ermund A, Gustafsson JK, Hansson GC, Keita ÅV. Mucus properties and goblet cell quantification in mouse, rat and human ileal Peyer's patches. PLoS One 2013; 8:e83688. [PMID: 24358305 PMCID: PMC3865249 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Peyer's patches (PPs) are collections of lymphoid follicles in the small intestine, responsible for scanning the intestinal content for foreign antigens such as soluble molecules, particulate matter as well as intact bacteria and viruses. The immune cells of the patch are separated from the intestinal lumen by a single layer of epithelial cells, the follicle-associated epithelium (FAE). This epithelium covers the dome of the follicle and contains enterocyte-like cells and M cells, which are particularly specialized in taking up antigens from the gut. However, the presence and number of goblet cells as well as the presence of mucus on top of the FAE is controversial. When mouse ileal PPs were mounted in a horizontal Ussing-type chamber, we could observe a continuous mucus layer at mounting and new, easily removable mucus was released from the villi on the patch upon stimulation. Confocal imaging using fluorescent beads revealed a penetrable mucus layer covering the domes. Furthermore, immunostaining of FAE from mice, rats and humans with a specific antibody against the main component of intestinal mucus, the MUC2 mucin, clearly identify mucin-containing goblet cells. Transmission electron micrographs further support the identification of mucus releasing goblet cells on the domes of PPs in these species.
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- Anna Ermund
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University and County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden
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Rodríguez-Piñeiro AM, Bergström JH, Ermund A, Gustafsson JK, Schütte A, Johansson MEV, Hansson GC. Studies of mucus in mouse stomach, small intestine, and colon. II. Gastrointestinal mucus proteome reveals Muc2 and Muc5ac accompanied by a set of core proteins. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2013; 305:G348-56. [PMID: 23832517 PMCID: PMC3761249 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00047.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The mucus that protects the surface of the gastrointestinal tract is rich in specialized O-glycoproteins called mucins, but little is known about other mucus proteins or their variability along the gastrointestinal tract. To ensure that only mucus was analyzed, we combined collection from explant tissues mounted in perfusion chambers, liquid sample preparation, single-shot mass spectrometry, and specific bioinformatics tools, to characterize the proteome of the murine mucus from stomach to distal colon. With our approach, we identified ∼1,300 proteins in the mucus. We found no differences in the protein composition or abundance between sexes, but there were clear differences in mucus along the tract. Noticeably, mucus from duodenum showed similarities to the stomach, probably reflecting the normal distal transport. Qualitatively, there were, however, fewer differences than might had been anticipated, suggesting a relatively stable core proteome (∼80% of the total proteins identified). Quantitatively, we found significant differences (∼40% of the proteins) that could reflect mucus specialization throughout the gastrointestinal tract. Hierarchical clustering pinpointed a number of such proteins that correlated with Muc2 (e.g., Clca1, Zg16, Klk1). This study provides a deeper knowledge of the gastrointestinal mucus proteome that will be important in further understanding this poorly studied mucosal protection system.
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Ermund A, Schütte A, Johansson MEV, Gustafsson JK, Hansson GC. Studies of mucus in mouse stomach, small intestine, and colon. I. Gastrointestinal mucus layers have different properties depending on location as well as over the Peyer's patches. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2013; 305:G341-7. [PMID: 23832518 PMCID: PMC3761247 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00046.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 244] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Colon has been shown to have a two-layered mucus system where the inner layer is devoid of bacteria. However, a complete overview of the mouse gastrointestinal mucus system is lacking. We now characterize mucus release, thickness, growth over time, adhesive properties, and penetrability to fluorescent beads from stomach to distal colon. Colon displayed spontaneous mucus release and all regions released mucus in response to carbachol and PGE2, except the distal colon and domes of Peyer's patches. Stomach and colon had an inner mucus layer that was adherent to the epithelium. In contrast, the small intestine and Peyer's patches had a single mucus layer that was easily aspirated. The inner mucus layer of the distal colon was not penetrable to beads the size of bacteria and the inner layer of the proximal colon was only partly penetrable. In contrast, the inner mucus layer of stomach was fully penetrable, as was the small intestinal mucus. This suggests a functional organization of the intestinal mucus system, where the small intestine has loose and penetrable mucus that may allow easy penetration of nutrients, in contrast to the stomach, where the mucus provides physical protection, and the colon, where the mucus separates bacteria from the epithelium. This knowledge of the mucus system and its organization improves our understanding of the gastrointestinal tract physiology.
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- Anna Ermund
- Dept. Medical Biochemistry, Univ. of Gothenburg, Box 440, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Pelaseyed T, Gustafsson JK, Gustafsson IJ, Ermund A, Hansson GC. Carbachol-induced MUC17 endocytosis is concomitant with NHE3 internalization and CFTR membrane recruitment in enterocytes. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2013; 305:C457-67. [PMID: 23784542 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00141.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have reported that transmembrane mucin MUC17 binds PDZ protein PDZK1, which retains MUC17 apically in enterocytes. MUC17 and transmembrane mucins MUC3 and MUC12 are suggested to build the enterocyte apical glycocalyx. Carbachol (CCh) stimulation of the small intestine results in gel-forming mucin secretion from goblet cells, something that requires adjacent enterocytes to secrete chloride and bicarbonate for proper mucin formation. Surface labeling and confocal imaging demonstrated that apically expressed MUC17 in Caco-2 cells and Muc3(17) in murine enterocytes were endocytosed upon stimulation with CCh. Relocation of MUC17 in response to CCh was specific as MUC3 and MUC12 did not relocate following CCh stimulation. MUC17 colocalized with PDZK1 under basal conditions, while MUC17 relocated to the terminal web and into early endosomes after CCh stimulation. CCh stimulation concomitantly internalized the Na(+/)H(+) exchanger 3 (NHE3) and recruited cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) to the apical membranes, a process that was important for CFTR-mediated bicarbonate secretion necessary for proper gel-forming mucin unfolding. The reason for the specific internalization of MUC17 is not understood, but it could limit the diffusion barrier for ion secretion caused by the apical enterocyte glycocalyx or alternatively act to sample luminal bacteria. Our results reveal well-orchestrated mucus secretion and trafficking of ion channels and the MUC17 mucin.
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- Thaher Pelaseyed
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Ambort D, Johansson MEV, Gustafsson JK, Ermund A, Hansson GC. Perspectives on mucus properties and formation--lessons from the biochemical world. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2012; 2:2/11/a014159. [PMID: 23125206 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a014159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Our model of the MUC2 mucin shows a well-organized netlike gel that is cross-linked by six different covalent and noncovalent bonds. When the MUC2 mucin is packed in the mucin granule it is organized by an amino-terminal concatenated ring platform formed at high calcium and low pH. This packing allows an ordered release and a normal mucin expansion when calcium is removed and pH increased by bicarbonate. This process is defective in the absence of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR)-dependent bicarbonate transport. The expanded secreted mucin is suggested to be self-organizing by properties inherited in the MUC2 mucin and by proteolytic processes.
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- Daniel Ambort
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gustafsson JK, Ermund A, Ambort D, Johansson MEV, Nilsson HE, Thorell K, Hebert H, Sjövall H, Hansson GC. Bicarbonate and functional CFTR channel are required for proper mucin secretion and link cystic fibrosis with its mucus phenotype. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 209:1263-72. [PMID: 22711878 PMCID: PMC3405509 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20120562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 254] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Ileal mucus in CftrΔ508 mice is more adherent, denser, and less penetrable than that of WT mice, but addition of bicarbonate normalizes the properties of CftrΔ508 mucus. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by a nonfunctional chloride and bicarbonate ion channel (CF transmembrane regulator [CFTR]), but the link to the phenomenon of stagnant mucus is not well understood. Mice lacking functional CFTR (CftrΔ508) have no lung phenotype but show similar ileal problems to humans. We show that the ileal mucosa in CF have a mucus that adhered to the epithelium, was denser, and was less penetrable than that of wild-type mice. The properties of the ileal mucus of CF mice were normalized by secretion into a high concentration sodium bicarbonate buffer (∼100 mM). In addition, bicarbonate added to already formed CF mucus almost completely restored the mucus properties. This knowledge may provide novel therapeutic options for CF.
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- Jenny K Gustafsson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, 405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gustafsson JK, Ermund A, Johansson MEV, Schütte A, Hansson GC, Sjövall H. An ex vivo method for studying mucus formation, properties, and thickness in human colonic biopsies and mouse small and large intestinal explants. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2012; 302:G430-8. [PMID: 22159279 PMCID: PMC4073982 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00405.2011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The colon mucus layers minimize the contact between the luminal flora and the epithelial cells, and defects in this barrier may lead to colonic inflammation. We now describe an ex vivo method for analysis of mucus properties in human colon and mouse small and large intestine. Intestinal explants were mounted in horizontal perfusion chambers. The mucus surface was visualized by adding charcoal particles on the apical side, and mucus thickness was measured using a micropipette. Mucus thickness, adhesion, and growth rate were recorded for 1 h. In mouse and human colon, the ability of the mucus to act as a barrier to beads the size of bacteria was also evaluated. Tissue viability was monitored by transepithelial potential difference. In mouse ileum, the mucus could be removed by gentle aspiration, whereas in colon ∼40 μm of the mucus remained attached to the epithelial surface. Both mouse and human colon had an inner mucus layer that was not penetrated by the fluorescent beads. Spontaneous mucus growth was observed in human (240 μm/h) and mouse (100 μm/h) colon but not in mouse ileum. In contrast, stimulation with carbachol induced a higher mucus secretion in ileum than colon (mouse ileum: Δ200 μm, mouse colon: Δ130 μm, human colon: Δ140 μm). In conclusion, while retaining key properties from the mucus system in vivo, this setup also allows for studies of the highly dynamic mucus system under well-controlled conditions.
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- 3Internal Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Johansson MEV, Ambort D, Pelaseyed T, Schütte A, Gustafsson JK, Ermund A, Subramani DB, Holmén-Larsson JM, Thomsson KA, Bergström JH, van der Post S, Rodriguez-Piñeiro AM, Sjövall H, Bäckström M, Hansson GC. Composition and functional role of the mucus layers in the intestine. Cell Mol Life Sci 2011; 68:3635-41. [DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0822-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 336] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2011] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/07/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Gustafsson JK, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B. Amygdala activation by corticosterone alters visceral and somatic pain in cycling female rats. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2011; 300:G1080-5. [PMID: 21454447 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00349.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is often seen in women, and symptom severity is known to vary over the menstrual cycle. In addition, activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis enhances symptomology and patients with IBS have increased activation of the amygdala, a brain region known to facilitate HPA output. However, little is known about the effects of amygdala activation during different stages of the menstrual cycle. We therefore investigated the effects of amygdala activation on somatic and visceral pain perception over the rat estrous cycle. Female Wistar rats were implanted with either corticosterone (Cort) or cholesterol as a control onto the dorsal margin of the central amygdala. Visceral sensitivity was quantified by recording the visceromotor response (VMR) to colorectal distension (CRD) and somatic sensitivity was assessed via the Von Frey test. In cholesterol controls, both visceral and somatic sensitivity varied over the estrous cycle. Rats in proestrus/estrus responded to CRD with an increased VMR compared with rats in metestrus/diestrus. Somatic sensitivity followed a similar pattern with enhanced sensitivity during proestrus/estrus compared with metestrus/diestrus. Elevated amygdala Cort induced visceral hypersensitivity during metestrus/diestrus but had no effect during proestrus/estrus. In contrast, elevated amygdala Cort increased somatic sensitivity during both metestrus/diestrus and proestrus/estrous. These results suggests that amygdala activation by Cort eliminates spontaneously occurring differences in visceral and somatic pain perception, which could explain the lowered pain thresholds and higher incidence of somatic pain observed in women with IBS.
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- Jenny K Gustafsson
- Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, USA
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Johansson MEV, Gustafsson JK, Sjöberg KE, Petersson J, Holm L, Sjövall H, Hansson GC. Bacteria penetrate the inner mucus layer before inflammation in the dextran sulfate colitis model. PLoS One 2010; 5:e12238. [PMID: 20805871 PMCID: PMC2923597 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 253] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2010] [Accepted: 07/20/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Background Protection of the large intestine with its enormous amount of commensal bacteria is a challenge that became easier to understand when we recently could describe that colon has an inner attached mucus layer devoid of bacteria (Johansson et al. (2008) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 15064–15069). The bacteria are thus kept at a distance from the epithelial cells and lack of this layer, as in Muc2-null mice, allow bacteria to contact the epithelium. This causes colitis and later on colon cancer, similar to the human disease Ulcerative Colitis, a disease that still lacks a pathogenetic explanation. Dextran Sulfate (DSS) in the drinking water is the most widely used animal model for experimental colitis. In this model, the inflammation is observed after 3–5 days, but early events explaining why DSS causes this has not been described. Principal Findings When mucus formed on top of colon explant cultures were exposed to 3% DSS, the thickness of the inner mucus layer decreased and became permeable to 2 µm fluorescent beads after 15 min. Both DSS and Dextran readily penetrated the mucus, but Dextran had no effect on thickness or permeability. When DSS was given in the drinking water to mice and the colon was stained for bacteria and the Muc2 mucin, bacteria were shown to penetrate the inner mucus layer and reach the epithelial cells already within 12 hours, long before any infiltration of inflammatory cells. Conclusion DSS thus causes quick alterations in the inner colon mucus layer that makes it permeable to bacteria. The bacteria that reach the epithelial cells probably trigger an inflammatory reaction. These observations suggest that altered properties or lack of the inner colon mucus layer may be an initial event in the development of colitis.
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- Malin E V Johansson
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Tsai MJ, Tsai SY, Klein-Hitpass L, Bagchi M, Elliston JF, Carlstedt-Duke J, Gustafsson JA, Gustafsson JK, O'Malley BW. Cooperative interactions of steroid hormone receptors with their cognate response elements. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 1988; 53 Pt 2:829-33. [PMID: 3254786 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.1988.053.01.094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- M J Tsai
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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