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Eiberg H, Olsson JB, Bak M, Bang-Berthelsen CH, Troelsen JT, Hansen L. A family with ulcerative colitis maps to 7p21.1 and comprises a region with regulatory activity for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor gene. Eur J Hum Genet 2023; 31:1440-1446. [PMID: 36732664 PMCID: PMC10689720 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-023-01298-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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We have mapped a locus on chromosome 7p22.3-7p15.3 spanning a 22.4 Mb region for ulcerative colitis (UC) by whole genome linkage analyses of a large Danish family. The family represent three generations with UC segregating as an autosomal dominant trait with variable expressivity. The whole-genome scan resulted in a logarithm of odds score (LOD score) of Z = 3.31, and a whole genome sequencing (WGS) of two affected excluded disease-causing mutations in the protein coding genes. Two rare heterozygote variants, rs182281985:G>A and rs541426369:G>A, both with low allele frequencies (MAF A:0.0001, gnomAD ver3.1.2), were found in clusters of ChiP-seq transcription factors binding sites close to the AHR (aryl hydrocarbon receptor) gene and the UC associated SNP rs1077773:G>A. Testing the two SNPs in a promoter reporter assay for regulatory activity revealed that rs182281985:G>A influenced the AHR promoter. These results suggest a regulatory region that include rs182281985:G>A close to the UC GWAS SNP rs1077773:G>A and further demonstrate evidence that the AHR gene on the 7p-tel region is a candidate susceptible gene for UC.
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- Hans Eiberg
- RCLINK, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Research Group for Microbial Biotechnology and Biorefining, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kemitorvet building 202, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Olsson JB, Gugerel MB, Jessen SB, Jørgensen J, Gögenur I, Hansen C, Kirkeby LT, Olsen J, Pedersen OBV, Vestlev PM, Dahlgaard K, Troelsen JT. Colorectal cancer-associated SNP rs17042479 is involved in the regulation of NAF1 promoter activity. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0274033. [PMID: 36067202 PMCID: PMC9447907 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 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: 03/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A novel risk locus at 4q32.2, located between the Nuclear Assembly Factor 1 (NAF1) and Follistatin Like 5 (FSTL5) genes, was associated with increased risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC), with SNP rs17042479 being the most associated. However, the link between CRC development and the risk locus at 4q32.2 is unknown. We investigated the promoter activity of NAF1 and FSTL5 and analyzed the risk locus at 4q32.2 as gene regulatory region. Our results showed that the activity of the FSTL5 promoter was low compared to the NAF1 promoter. Analyses of the NAF1 promoter in conjunction with the region containing the risk locus at 4q32.2 showed that the region functions as gene regulatory region with repressor activity on NAF1 promoter activity. The SNP rs17042479(G) increased the repressor effect of the region. CRC patients’ biopsies were genotyped for SNP rs17042479(A/G), and NAF1 expression profiles were examined. We found an association between SNP rs17042479(G), cancer stage and tumor location. Additionally, patients with SNP rs17042479(G) showed lower NAF1 expression in comparison to patients with SNP rs17042479(A) in tumor tissue and the NAF1 expression in tumor tissue was lower compared to healthy tissue. The results in the study imply that reduced NAF1 expression in the tumor contribute to a more aggressive phenotype. Furthermore, this study suggests that the SNP rs17042479(G) change the expression of NAF1 and thereby increases the risk of developing CRC.
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- Josephine B. Olsson
- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Zealand University Hospital, Naestved, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Jessen SB, Özkul DC, Özen Y, Gögenur I, Troelsen JT. Establishment of a luciferase-based method for measuring cancer cell adhesion and proliferation. Anal Biochem 2022; 650:114723. [PMID: 35568157 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2022.114723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [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: 03/05/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND Methods measuring cell proliferation and adhesion are widely used but each hold limitations. We, therefore, introduce novel methods for measuring cell proliferation and adhesion based on CRISPR-modified cancer cell lines secreting luciferase to the growth media. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using CRISPR genome editing, we generated stable luciferase-secreting LS174T, HCT 116, Caco-2, and PANC-1 cell lines. The modified cells were seeded, and luciferase activity was measured in the media and compared to Coulter counter cell counts and iCELLigence impedance assay to evaluate the value of the secreted luciferase activities as a measurement for adhesion and proliferation. RESULTS Our results demonstrate that luciferase secreted into the media can be used quantifying cell proliferation and adhesion. The adhesion luciferase assay and the iCELLigence impedance assay showed similar results with increased significant difference observed in the luciferase assays. The luciferase proliferation assay showed increased growth following increased serum concentrations in all cell lines vs. only two cell lines in the iCELLigence impedance assay. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that the luciferase adhesion and proliferation assays are reliable methods for measuring adhesion and proliferation. The luciferase assays have advantages over existing assays as they are highly sensitive, easy to perform, non-invasive and suitable as high-throughput measurements.
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- Stine Bull Jessen
- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark; Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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Broholm M, Degett TH, Furbo S, Fiehn AMK, Bulut M, Litman T, Eriksen JO, Troelsen JT, Gjerdrum LMR, Gögenur I. Colonic Stent as Bridge to Surgery for Malignant Obstruction Induces Gene Expressional Changes Associated with a More Aggressive Tumor Phenotype. Ann Surg Oncol 2021; 28:8519-8531. [PMID: 34467497 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10226-4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Colonic stent is recommended as a bridge to elective surgery for malignant obstruction to improve short-term clinical outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer. However, since the oncological outcomes remain controversial, this study aimed to investigate the impact of self-expandable metallic stent (SEMS) on the tumor microenvironment. METHODS Patients treated with colonic stent as a bridge to surgery from 2010 to 2015 were identified from hospital records. Tumor biopsies and resected tumor samples of the eligible patients were retrieved retrospectively. Gene expression analysis was performed using the NanoString nCounter PanCancer IO 360 gene expression panel. RESULTS Of the 164 patients identified, this study included 21 who underwent colonic stent placement as a bridge to elective surgery. Gene expression analysis revealed 82 differentially expressed genes between pre- and post-intervention specimens, of which 72 were upregulated and 10 downregulated. Among the significantly upregulated genes, 46 are known to have protumor functions, of which 26 are specifically known to induce tumorigenic mechanisms such as proliferation, migration, invasion, angiogenesis, and inflammation. In addition, ten differentially expressed genes were identified that are known to promote antitumor functions. CONCLUSION SEMS induces gene expressional changes in the tumor microenvironment that are associated with tumor progression in colorectal cancer and may potentiate a more aggressive phenotype. Future studies are warranted to establish optimal timing of surgery after SEMS insertion in patients with obstructive colorectal cancer.
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- Malene Broholm
- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark. .,Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.,Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Køge, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Broholm M, Degett TH, Furbo S, Fiehn AMK, Bulut M, Litman T, Eriksen JO, Troelsen JT, Gjerdrum LMR, Gögenur I. ASO Visual Abstract: Colonic Stent as Bridge to Surgery for Malignant Obstruction Induces Gene Expressional Changes Associated with a More Aggressive Tumor Phenotype. Ann Surg Oncol 2021. [PMID: 34129149 DOI: 10.1245/s10434-021-10247-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Malene Broholm
- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark. .,Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Poulsen SS, Bengtson S, Williams A, Jacobsen NR, Troelsen JT, Halappanavar S, Vogel U. A transcriptomic overview of lung and liver changes one day after pulmonary exposure to graphene and graphene oxide. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol 2020; 410:115343. [PMID: 33227293 DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2020.115343] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Hazard evaluation of graphene-based materials (GBM) is still in its early stage and it is slowed by their large diversity in the physicochemical properties. This study explores transcriptomic differences in the lung and liver after pulmonary exposure to two GBM with similar physical properties, but different surface chemistry. Female C57BL/6 mice were exposed by a single intratracheal instillation of 0, 18, 54 or 162 μg/mouse of graphene oxide (GO) or reduced graphene oxide (rGO). Pulmonary and hepatic changes in the transcriptome were profiled to identify commonly and uniquely perturbed functions and pathways by GO and rGO. These changes were then related to previously analyzed toxicity endpoints. GO exposure induced more differentially expressed genes, affected more functions, and perturbed more pathways compared to rGO, both in lung and liver tissues. The largest differences were observed for the pulmonary innate immune response and acute phase response, and for hepatic lipid homeostasis, which were strongly induced after GO exposure. These changes collective indicate a potential for atherosclerotic changes after GO, but not rGO exposure. As GO and rGO are physically similar, the higher level of hydroxyl groups on the surface of GO is likely the main reason for the observed differences. GO exposure also uniquely induced changes in the transcriptome related to fibrosis, whereas both GBM induced similar changes related to Reactive Oxygen Species production and genotoxicity. The differences in transcriptomic responses between the two GBM types can be used to understand how physicochemical properties influence biological responses and enable hazard evaluation of GBM and hazard ranking of GO and rGO, both in relation to each other and to other nanomaterials.
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- Sarah S Poulsen
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9, Canada
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark; Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
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Davidsen J, Jessen SB, Watt SK, Larsen S, Dahlgaard K, Kirkegaard T, Gögenur I, Troelsen JT. CDX2 expression and perioperative patient serum affects the adhesion properties of cultured colon cancer cells. BMC Cancer 2020; 20:426. [PMID: 32408894 PMCID: PMC7227097 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-06941-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [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: 01/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/28/2023] Open
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Background Colon cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed types of cancer with surgical resection of the tumor being the primary choice of treatment. However, the surgical stress response induced during treatment may be related to a higher risk of recurrence. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of surgery on adhesion of cultured colon cancer cells with or without expression of the tumour suppressor CDX2. Method We enrolled 30 patients undergoing elective, curatively intended laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer in this study. Blood samples were drawn 1 day prior to surgery and 24 h after surgery. The samples of pre- and postoperative serum was applied to wild type colon cancer LS174T cells and CDX2 inducible LS174T cells and adhesion was measured with Real-Time Cell-Analysis iCELLigence using electrical impedance as a readout to monitor changes in the cellular adhesion. Results Adhesion abilities of wild type LS174T cells seeded in postoperative serum was significantly increased compared to cells seeded in preoperative serum. When seeding the CDX2 inducible LS174T cells without CDX2 expression in pre- and postoperative serum, no significant difference in adhesion was found. However, when inducing CDX2 expression in these cells, the adhesion abilities in pre- and postoperative serum resembled those of the LS174T wild type cell line. Conclusions We found that the adhesion of colon cancer cells was significantly increased in postoperative versus preoperative serum, and that CDX2 expression affected the adhesive ability of cancer cells. The results of this study may help to elucidate the pro-metastatic mechanisms in the perioperative phase and the role of CDX2 in colon cancer metastasis.
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- Johanne Davidsen
- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.,Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.,Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.,Department of Clinical Immunology, Naestved Hospital, Ringstedgade 77B, 4700, Naestved, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Department of Surgery, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPeOnc) Consortium, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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Larsen S, Davidsen J, Dahlgaard K, Pedersen OB, Troelsen JT. HNF4α and CDX2 Regulate Intestinal YAP1 Promoter Activity. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20122981. [PMID: 31216773 PMCID: PMC6627140 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20122981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The Hippo pathway is important for tissue homeostasis, regulation of organ size and growth in most tissues. The co-transcription factor yes-associated protein 1 (YAP1) serves as a main downstream effector of the Hippo pathway and its dysregulation increases cancer development and blocks colonic tissue repair. Nevertheless, little is known about the transcriptional regulation of YAP1 in intestinal cells. The aim of this study to identify gene control regions in the YAP1 gene and transcription factors important for intestinal expression. Bioinformatic analysis of caudal type homeobox 2 (CDX2) and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha (HNF4α) chromatin immunoprecipitated DNA from differentiated Caco-2 cells revealed potential intragenic enhancers in the YAP1 gene. Transfection of luciferase-expressing YAP1 promoter-reporter constructs containing the potential enhancer regions validated one potent enhancer of the YAP1 promoter activity in Caco-2 and T84 cells. Two potential CDX2 and one HNF4α binding sites were identified in the enhancer by in silico transcription factor binding site analysis and protein-DNA binding was confirmed in vitro using electrophoretic mobility shift assay. It was found by chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments that CDX2 and HNF4α bind to the YAP1 enhancer in Caco-2 cells. These results reveal a previously unknown enhancer of the YAP1 promoter activity in the YAP1 gene, with importance for high expression levels in intestinal epithelial cells. Additionally, CDX2 and HNF4α binding are important for the YAP1 enhancer activity in intestinal epithelial cells.
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- Sylvester Larsen
- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Næstved Hospital, Ringstedgade 77B, 4700 Næstved, Denmark.
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
- Department of Surgery, Center for Surgical Science, Enhanced Perioperative Oncology (EPEONC) Consortium, Zealand University Hospital, Lykkebækvej 1, 4600 Køge, Denmark.
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Næstved Hospital, Ringstedgade 77B, 4700 Næstved, Denmark.
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Yassin M, Sadowska Z, Tritsaris K, Kissow H, Hansen CHF, Forman JL, Rogler G, Troelsen JT, Pedersen AE, Olsen J. Rectal Insulin Instillation Inhibits Inflammation and Tumor Development in Chemically Induced Colitis. J Crohns Colitis 2018; 12:1459-1474. [PMID: 30137286 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjy112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS Epithelial expression of the insulin receptor in the colon has previously been reported to correlate with extent of colonic inflammation. However, the impact of insulin signalling in the intestinal mucosa is still unknown. Here, we investigated the effects of inactivating the epithelial insulin receptor in the intestinal tract, in an experimental model of inflammation-induced colorectal cancer. METHODS The mice were generated by utilizing the intestinal- and epithelial-specific villin promoter and the Cre-Lox technology. All mice included in the cohorts were generated by crossing [vil-Cre-INSR+/-] × [INSRfl/fl] to obtain [vil-Cre-INSR-/-], and their floxed littermates [INSRfl/fl] served as the control group. For the intervention study, phosphate-buffered saline with or without insulin was instilled rectally in anaesthetized wild-type mice with chemically induced colitis. RESULTS We found higher endoscopic colitis scores together with potentiated colonic tumorigenesis in the knockout mice. Furthermore, we showed that topically administered insulin in inflamed colons of wild-type mice reduced inflammation-induced weight loss and improved remission in a dose-dependent manner. Mice receiving rectal insulin enemas exhibited lower colitis endoscopic scores and reduced cyclooxygenase 2 mRNA expression, and developed significantly fewer and smaller tumours compared with the control group receiving phosphate-buffered saline only. CONCLUSIONS Rectal insulin therapy could potentially be a novel treatment, targeting the epithelial layer to enhance mucosal healing in ulcerated areas. Our findings open up new possibilities for combination treatments to synergize with the existing anti-inflammatory therapies.
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- Mohammad Yassin
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and NNF Center of Basic Metabolic Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Section of Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Bengtson S, Knudsen KB, Kyjovska ZO, Berthing T, Skaug V, Levin M, Koponen IK, Shivayogimath A, Booth TJ, Alonso B, Pesquera A, Zurutuza A, Thomsen BL, Troelsen JT, Jacobsen NR, Vogel U. Differences in inflammation and acute phase response but similar genotoxicity in mice following pulmonary exposure to graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0178355. [PMID: 28570647 PMCID: PMC5453440 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0178355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [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: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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We investigated toxicity of 2–3 layered >1 μm sized graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (rGO) in mice following single intratracheal exposure with respect to pulmonary inflammation, acute phase response (biomarker for risk of cardiovascular disease) and genotoxicity. In addition, we assessed exposure levels of particulate matter emitted during production of graphene in a clean room and in a normal industrial environment using chemical vapour deposition. Toxicity was evaluated at day 1, 3, 28 and 90 days (18, 54 and 162 μg/mouse), except for GO exposed mice at day 28 and 90 where only the lowest dose was evaluated. GO induced a strong acute inflammatory response together with a pulmonary (Serum-Amyloid A, Saa3) and hepatic (Saa1) acute phase response. rGO induced less acute, but a constant and prolonged inflammation up to day 90. Lung histopathology showed particle agglomerates at day 90 without signs of fibrosis. In addition, DNA damage in BAL cells was observed across time points and doses for both GO and rGO. In conclusion, pulmonary exposure to GO and rGO induced inflammation, acute phase response and genotoxicity but no fibrosis.
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- Stefan Bengtson
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, Norway
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
- Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Jørgensen S, Coskun M, Homburg KM, Pedersen OBV, Troelsen JT. HOXB4 Gene Expression Is Regulated by CDX2 in Intestinal Epithelial Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164555. [PMID: 27755609 PMCID: PMC5068786 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [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: 06/23/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The mammalian Caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) plays a key role in the homeobox regulatory network and is essential in regulating the expression of several homeobox (HOX) genes during embryonic development, particularly in the gut. Genome-wide CDX2 chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis and expression data from Caco2 cells also suggests a role for CDX2 in the regulation of HOXB4 gene expression in the intestinal epithelium. Thus, the aim of this study was to investigate whether HOXB4 gene expression is regulated by CDX2 in the intestinal epithelium. We demonstrated binding of CDX2 to four different CDX2 binding sites in an enhancer region located upstream of the HOXB4 transcription start site. Mutations in the CDX2 binding sites reduced HOXB4 gene activity, and knock down of endogenous CDX2 expression by shRNA reduced HOXB4 gene expression. This is the first report demonstrating the CDX2 regulation of HOXB4 gene expression in the developed intestinal epithelium, indicating a possible role for HOXB4 in intestinal homeostasis.
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- Steffen Jørgensen
- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Region Zealand, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Section, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Naestved Hospital, Naestved, Region Zealand, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Liebert A, Jones BL, Danielsen ET, Olsen AK, Swallow DM, Troelsen JT. In Vitro Functional Analyses of Infrequent Nucleotide Variants in the Lactase Enhancer Reveal Different Molecular Routes to Increased Lactase Promoter Activity and Lactase Persistence. Ann Hum Genet 2016; 80:307-318. [PMID: 27714771 PMCID: PMC5129500 DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [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: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 08/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The genetic trait that allows intestinal lactase to persist into adulthood in some 35% of humans worldwide operates at the level of transcription, the effect being caused by cis‐acting nucleotide changes upstream of the lactase gene (LCT). A single nucleotide substitution, ‐13910 C>T, the first causal variant to be identified, accounts for lactase persistence over most of Europe. Located in a region shown to have enhancer function in vitro, it causes increased activity of the LCT promoter in Caco‐2 cells, and altered transcription factor binding. Three other variants in close proximity, ‐13907 C>G, ‐13915 T>C and ‐14010 G>C, were later shown to behave in a similar manner. Here, we study four further candidate functional variants. Two, ‐14009 T>G and ‐14011 C>T, adjacent to the well‐studied ‐14010 G>C variant, also have a clear effect on promoter activity upregulation as assessed by transfection assays, but notably are involved in different molecular interactions. The results for the two other variants (‐14028 T>C, ‐13779 G>C) were suggestive of function, ‐14028*C showing a clear change in transcription factor binding, but no obvious effect in transfections, while ‐13779*G showed greater effect in transfections but less on transcription factor binding. Each of the four variants arose on independent haplotypic backgrounds with different geographic distribution.
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- Anke Liebert
- Research Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Research Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Research Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Espersen MLM, Linnemann D, Christensen IJ, Alamili M, Troelsen JT, Høgdall E. The prognostic value of polycomb group protein B-cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus insertion site 1 in stage II colon cancer patients. APMIS 2016; 124:541-6. [PMID: 27102362 DOI: 10.1111/apm.12539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic value of B-cell-specific moloney murine leukemia virus insertion site 1 (BMI1) protein expression in primary tumors of stage II colon cancer patients. BMI1 protein expression was assessed by immunohistochemistry in a retrospective patient cohort consisting of 144 stage II colon cancer patients. BMI1 expression at the invasive front of the primary tumors correlated with mismatch repair status of the tumors. Furthermore, BMI1 expression at the luminal surface correlated with T-stage, tumor location, and the histological subtypes of the tumors. In a univariate Cox proportional hazard analysis, no statistical significant association between risk of relapse and BMI1 protein expression at the invasive front (HR: 1.12; 95% CI 0.78-1.60; p = 0.53) or at the luminal surface of the tumor (HR: 1.06; 95% CI 0.75-1.48; p = 0.70) was found. Likewise, there was no association between 5-year overall survival and BMI1 expression at the invasive front (HR: 1.12; 95% CI 0.80-1.56; p = 0.46) or at the luminal surface of the tumor (HR: 1.16; 95% CI 0.86-1.60; p = 0.33). In conclusion, BMI1 expression in primary tumors of stage II colon cancer patients could not predict relapse or overall survival of the patients, thus having a limited prognostic value in stage II colon cancer patients.
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- Maiken L M Espersen
- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.,Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Køge University Hospital, Køge, Denmark
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- Department of Science and Environment, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark
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Marcker Espersen ML, Linnemann D, Christensen IJ, Alamili M, Troelsen JT, Høgdall E. SOX9 expression predicts relapse of stage II colon cancer patients. Hum Pathol 2016; 52:38-46. [PMID: 26980019 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [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: 10/19/2015] [Revised: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The aim of this study was to investigate if the protein expression of sex-determining region y-box 9 (SOX9) in primary tumors could predict relapse of stage II colon cancer patients. One hundred forty-four patients with stage II primary colon cancer were retrospectively enrolled in the study. SOX9 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, and mismatch repair status was assessed by both immunohistochemistry and promoter hypermethylation assay. High SOX9 expression at the invasive front was significantly associated with lower risk of relapse when including the SOX9 expression as a continuous variable (from low to high expression) in univariate (hazard ratio [HR], 0.73; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.56-0.94; P = .01) and multivariate Cox proportional hazards analyses (HR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.58-0.96; P = .02), adjusting for mismatch repair deficiency and histopathologic risk factors. Conversely, low SOX9 expression at the invasive front was significantly associated with high risk of relapse, when including SOX9 expression as a dichotomous variable, in univariate (HR, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.14-4.69; P = .02) and multivariate analyses (HR, 2.32; 95% CI, 1.14-4.69; P = .02), adjusting for histopathologic risk factors and mismatch repair deficiency. In conclusion, high levels of SOX9 of primary stage II colon tumors predict low risk of relapse, whereas low levels of SOX9 predict high risk of relapse. SOX9 may have an important value as a biomarker when evaluating risk of relapse for personalized treatment.
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- Maiken Lise Marcker Espersen
- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark; Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Køge University Hospital, DK-4600 Køge, Denmark.
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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Olsen J, Eiholm S, Kirkeby LT, Espersen MLM, Jess P, Gögenür I, Olsen J, Troelsen JT. CDX2 downregulation is associated with poor differentiation and MMR deficiency in colon cancer. Exp Mol Pathol 2015; 100:59-66. [PMID: 26551082 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2015.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Homeobox genes are often deregulated in cancer and can have both oncogenic and tumor-suppressing potential. The Caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) is an intestine-specific transcription factor. CDX2 has been implicated in differentiation, proliferation, cell adhesion, and migration. In this study, we investigated CDX2 mRNA and protein expression in relation to the clinicopathological characteristics of colon cancer, including mismatch repair status and recurrence risk. METHODS Tumor samples were obtained from colon cancer patients. Biopsies from tumor tissue and normal adjacent tissue were fixed in liquid nitrogen for RNA extraction or in formalin and paraffin embedded (FFPE) for immunohistochemical staining. CDX2 mRNA expression was evaluated by RT-qPCR. FFPE sections were stained for MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, and CDX2. RESULTS A total of 191 patient samples were included in the study and analyzed by immunohistochemistry. Of these samples, 97 were further evaluated by RT-qPCR. There was no significant difference in CDX2 mRNA expression between tumor and normal tissues. CDX2 mRNA expression was significantly lower in right-sided tumors (p<0.05), poorly differentiated tumors (p<0.05), and MMR-deficient tumors (p<0.05). Similarly, CDX2 protein expression was more often low or absent in right-sided tumors (p<0.01), poorly differentiated tumors (p<0.001), and MMR-deficient tumors (p<0.001). Low CDX2 protein or mRNA expression was not associated with recurrence risk. CONCLUSION We found that CDX2 downregulation is associated with MMR deficiency, right-sided tumors, and poor differentiation at both the mRNA and protein level. Whether CDX2 plays an active role in tumor progression in MSI/MMR-deficient tumors remains to be elucidated.
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- J Olsen
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark; Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Pathology, Roskilde University Hospital, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark; The Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, DK-2730, Herlev, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark; Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark.
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Olsen J, Kirkeby LT, Eiholm S, Jess P, Troelsen JT, Gögenür I, Olsen J. Impact of in Vivo Ischemic Time on RNA Quality—Experiences from a Colon Cancer Biobank. Biopreserv Biobank 2015; 13:255-62. [DOI: 10.1089/bio.2015.0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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- Jesper Olsen
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Koege-Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Espersen MLM, Olsen J, Linnemann D, Høgdall E, Troelsen JT. Clinical Implications of Intestinal Stem Cell Markers in Colorectal Cancer. Clin Colorectal Cancer 2015; 14:63-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.clcc.2014.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2014] [Revised: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Olsen J, Kirkeby LT, Olsen J, Eiholm S, Jess P, Gögenur I, Troelsen JT. High interleukin-6 mRNA expression is a predictor of relapse in colon cancer. Anticancer Res 2015; 35:2235-2240. [PMID: 25862884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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AIM To investigate the expression of interleukin-6 (IL6) in colon cancer tissue, and to examine if the risk of relapse is influenced by IL6 expression. MATERIALS AND METHODS Fresh-frozen biopsies from tumor and normal adjacent tissues were taken from patients with colon cancer during surgery and stored at -80 °C. mRNA expression for interleukin-6 was evaluated with reverse transcription real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Survival analyses were carried-out using a Cox competing risk regression model. RESULTS IL6 mRNA was significantly more highly expressed in tumor tissue compared to normal adjacent tissue (p<0.001). We found no significant association with regard to IL6 expression and histological differentiation or cancer stage. We found a significant association between high IL6 expression and risk of relapse (Hazard Ratio=2.23, 95% CI=1.10-4.53; p<0.05), also when adjusted for clinicopathological characteristics (Hazard Ratio=2.16, 95% CI=1.07-4.40; p<0.05). CONCLUSION Interleukin-6 is up-regulated in colon cancer tissue at the transcriptional level and is significantly associated with increased risk of relapse.
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- Jesper Olsen
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde, Denmark Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen Denmark
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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Olsen J, Espersen MLM, Jess P, Kirkeby LT, Troelsen JT. The clinical perspectives of CDX2 expression in colorectal cancer: a qualitative systematic review. Surg Oncol 2014; 23:167-76. [PMID: 25126956 DOI: 10.1016/j.suronc.2014.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [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: 05/06/2014] [Accepted: 07/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Homeobox genes are often deregulated in cancer. They can have both oncogenic and tumor-suppressing potential. The Caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2) is an intestine-specific transcription factor. It is implicated in differentiation, proliferation, cell-adhesion, and migration. CDX2 has been proposed as a tumor suppressor in colorectal cancer but its role is still controversial. This systematic review were undertaken in order to clarify CDX2s role in colorectal cancer. METHODS A literature search was performed in the MEDLINE database from 1966 to February 2014. Only studies in which all or a part of the experimental design were performed on human colorectal cancer tissue were included. Thus, studies solely performed in cell-lines or animal models were excluded. RESULTS Fifty-two articles of relevance were identified. CDX2 expression was rarely lost in colorectal cancers, however the expression pattern may often be heterogeneous within the tumor and can be selectively down regulated at the invasive front and in tumor buddings. Loss of CDX2 expression is probably correlated to tumor grade, stage, right-sided tumor location, MMR-deficiency, CIMP, and BRAF mutations. The CDX2 gene is rarely mutated but the locus harboring the gene is often amplified and may suggest CDX2 as a linage-survival oncogene. CDX2 might be implicated in cell proliferation and migration through cross-talk with the Wnt-signaling pathway, tumor-stroma proteins, and inflammatory cytokines. CONCLUSION A clear role for CDX2 expression in colorectal cancer remains to be elucidated, and it might differ in relation to the underlying molecular pathways leading to the cancer formation.
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- J Olsen
- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark; Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde Sygehus, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark; The Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev University Hospital, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde Sygehus, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Surgery, Roskilde University Hospital, Roskilde Sygehus, Køgevej 7-13, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Danielsen ET, Moeller ME, Dorry E, Komura-Kawa T, Fujimoto Y, Troelsen JT, Herder R, O'Connor MB, Niwa R, Rewitz KF. Transcriptional control of steroid biosynthesis genes in the Drosophila prothoracic gland by ventral veins lacking and knirps. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004343. [PMID: 24945799 PMCID: PMC4063667 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [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: 12/16/2013] [Accepted: 03/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Specialized endocrine cells produce and release steroid hormones that govern development, metabolism and reproduction. In order to synthesize steroids, all the genes in the biosynthetic pathway must be coordinately turned on in steroidogenic cells. In Drosophila, the steroid producing endocrine cells are located in the prothoracic gland (PG) that releases the steroid hormone ecdysone. The transcriptional regulatory network that specifies the unique PG specific expression pattern of the ecdysone biosynthetic genes remains unknown. Here, we show that two transcription factors, the POU-domain Ventral veins lacking (Vvl) and the nuclear receptor Knirps (Kni), have essential roles in the PG during larval development. Vvl is highly expressed in the PG during embryogenesis and is enriched in the gland during larval development, suggesting that Vvl might function as a master transcriptional regulator in this tissue. Vvl and Kni bind to PG specific cis-regulatory elements that are required for expression of the ecdysone biosynthetic genes. Knock down of either vvl or kni in the PG results in a larval developmental arrest due to failure in ecdysone production. Furthermore, Vvl and Kni are also required for maintenance of TOR/S6K and prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH) signaling in the PG, two major pathways that control ecdysone biosynthesis and PG cell growth. We also show that the transcriptional regulator, Molting defective (Mld), controls early biosynthetic pathway steps. Our data show that Vvl and Kni directly regulate ecdysone biosynthesis by transcriptional control of biosynthetic gene expression and indirectly by affecting PTTH and TOR/S6K signaling. This provides new insight into the regulatory network of transcription factors involved in the coordinated regulation of steroidogenic cell specific transcription, and identifies a new function of Vvl and Knirps in endocrine cells during post-embryonic development.
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Science, Systems and Models, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- PRESTO, JST, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Jones BL, Raga TO, Liebert A, Zmarz P, Bekele E, Danielsen ET, Olsen AK, Bradman N, Troelsen JT, Swallow DM. Diversity of lactase persistence alleles in Ethiopia: signature of a soft selective sweep. Am J Hum Genet 2013; 93:538-44. [PMID: 23993196 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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: 03/28/2013] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The persistent expression of lactase into adulthood in humans is a recent genetic adaptation that allows the consumption of milk from other mammals after weaning. In Europe, a single allele (-13910(∗)T, rs4988235) in an upstream region that acts as an enhancer to the expression of the lactase gene LCT is responsible for lactase persistence and appears to have been under strong directional selection in the last 5,000 years, evidenced by the widespread occurrence of this allele on an extended haplotype. In Africa and the Middle East, the situation is more complicated and at least three other alleles (-13907(∗)G, rs41525747; -13915(∗)G, rs41380347; -14010(∗)C, rs145946881) in the same LCT enhancer region can cause continued lactase expression. Here we examine the LCT enhancer sequence in a large lactose-tolerance-tested Ethiopian cohort of more than 350 individuals. We show that a further SNP, -14009T>G (ss 820486563), is significantly associated with lactose-digester status, and in vitro functional tests confirm that the -14009(∗)G allele also increases expression of an LCT promoter construct. The derived alleles in the LCT enhancer region are spread through several ethnic groups, and we report a greater genetic diversity in lactose digesters than in nondigesters. By examining flanking markers to control for the effects of mutation and demography, we further describe, from empirical evidence, the signature of a soft selective sweep.
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- Bryony L Jones
- Research Department of Genetics Evolution and Environment, University College London, Darwin Building, London, UK
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Maltesen HR, Troelsen JT, Olsen J. Identification of a functional hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 binding site in the neutral ceramidase promoter. J Cell Biochem 2010; 111:1330-6. [DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Coskun M, Boyd M, Olsen J, Troelsen JT. Control of intestinal promoter activity of the cellular migratory regulator gene ELMO3 by CDX2 and SP1. J Cell Biochem 2010; 109:1118-28. [PMID: 20127720 DOI: 10.1002/jcb.22490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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An important aspect of the cellular differentiation in the intestine is the migration of epithelial cells from the crypt to the villus tip. As homeodomaine transcription factor CDX2 has been suggested to influence cell migration, we performed a genome-wide promoter analysis for CDX2 binding in the differentiated human intestinal cancer cell line Caco-2 in order to identify CDX2-regulated genes involved in cellular migration. The engulfment and cell motility 3 (ELMO3) gene was identified as a potential CDX2 target gene. ELMO3 is an essential upstream regulator of the GTP-binding protein RAC during cell migration. However, no information is available about the transcriptional regulation of the ELMO3 gene. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential role of CDX2 in the regulation of the ELMO3 promoter activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that CDX2 bound to conserved CDX2 sequences and mutations of the CDX2-binding sites, significantly reduced the promoter activity. Reporter gene assays demonstrated that the region mediating ELMO3 basal transcriptional activity to be located between -270 and -31 bp. Sequence analysis revealed no typical TATA-box, but four GC-rich sequences. In vitro analyses (electrophoretic mobility shift assays and promoter analyses) demonstrate that the SP1-binding sites are likely to play an important role in regulating the ELMO3 promoter activity. Furthermore, we showed here that CDX2 and SP1 can activate the ELMO3 promoter. Taken together, the present study reports the first characterization of the ELMO3 promoter and suggests a significant role of CDX2 in the basal transcriptional regulation of the intestine-specific expression of ELMO3, possibly through interaction with SP1.
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- Mehmet Coskun
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Boyd M, Hansen M, Jensen TGK, Perearnau A, Olsen AK, Bram LL, Bak M, Tommerup N, Olsen J, Troelsen JT. Genome-wide analysis of CDX2 binding in intestinal epithelial cells (Caco-2). J Biol Chem 2010; 285:25115-25. [PMID: 20551321 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.089516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The CDX2 transcription factor is known to play a crucial role in inhibiting proliferation, promoting differentiation and the expression of intestinal specific genes in intestinal cells. The overall effect of CDX2 in intestinal cells has previously been investigated in conditional knock-out mice, revealing a critical role of CDX2 in the formation of the normal intestinal identity. The identification of direct targets of transcription factors is a key problem in the study of gene regulatory networks. The ChIP-seq technique combines chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with next generation sequencing resulting in a high throughput experimental method of identifying direct targets of specific transcription factors. The method was applied to CDX2, leading to the identification of the direct binding of CDX2 to several known and novel target genes in the intestinal cell. Examination of the transcript levels of selected genes verified the regulatory role of CDX2 binding. The results place CDX2 as a key node in a transcription factor network controlling the proliferation and differentiation of intestinal cells.
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- Mette Boyd
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Institute, Building 6.4, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3. 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Boyd M, Bressendorff S, Møller J, Olsen J, Troelsen JT. Mapping of HNF4alpha target genes in intestinal epithelial cells. BMC Gastroenterol 2009; 9:68. [PMID: 19761587 PMCID: PMC2761415 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230x-9-68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2009] [Accepted: 09/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of HNF4alpha has been extensively studied in hepatocytes and pancreatic beta-cells, and HNF4alpha is also regarded as a key regulator of intestinal epithelial cell differentiation. The aim of the present work is to identify novel HNF4alpha target genes in the human intestinal epithelial cells in order to elucidate the role of HNF4alpha in the intestinal differentiation progress. METHODS We have performed a ChIP-chip analysis of the human intestinal cell line Caco-2 in order to make a genome-wide identification of HNF4alpha binding to promoter regions. The HNF4alpha ChIP-chip data was matched with gene expression and histone H3 acetylation status of the promoters in order to identify HNF4alpha binding to actively transcribed genes with an open chromatin structure. RESULTS 1,541 genes were identified as potential HNF4alpha targets, many of which have not previously been described as being regulated by HNF4alpha. The 1,541 genes contributed significantly to gene ontology (GO) pathways categorized by lipid and amino acid transport and metabolism. An analysis of the homeodomain transcription factor Cdx-2 (CDX2), the disaccharidase trehalase (TREH), and the tight junction protein cingulin (CGN) promoters verified that these genes are bound by HNF4alpha in Caco2 cells. For the Cdx-2 and trehalase promoters the HNF4alpha binding was verified in mouse small intestine epithelium. CONCLUSION The HNF4alpha regulation of the Cdx-2 promoter unravels a transcription factor network also including HNF1alpha, all of which are transcription factors involved in intestinal development and gene expression.
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- Mette Boyd
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Panum Institute, Building 6,4, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B 2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Olsen J, Gerds TA, Seidelin JB, Csillag C, Bjerrum JT, Troelsen JT, Nielsen OH. Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis before onset of inflammation by multivariate modeling of genome-wide gene expression data. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2009; 15:1032-8. [PMID: 19177426 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.20879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endoscopically obtained mucosal biopsies play an important role in the differential diagnosis between ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), but in some cases where neither macroscopic nor microscopic signs of inflammation are present the biopsies provide only inconclusive information. Previous studies indicate that CD cannot be diagnosed by molecular and histological diagnostic tools using colonic biopsies without microscopic signs of inflammation, but it is unknown if this is also the case for UC. METHODS The aim of the present study was to apply multivariate modeling of genome-wide gene expression to investigate if a diagnosable preinflammatory state exists in biopsies of noninflamed UC colon, and to exploit such information to build a diagnostic tool. RESULTS Genome-wide gene expression data were obtained from control subjects and UC and CD patients. In total, 89 biopsies from 78 patients were included. A diagnostic model was derived with the random forest method based on 71 biopsies from 60 patients. The model-internal out-of-bag performance measure yielded perfect classification. Furthermore, the model was validated in independent 18 noninflamed biopsies from 18 patients (7 UC, 7 CD, 4 control) where the model achieved 100% sensitivity (95% confidence limits: 60.0-100) and 100% specificity (95% confidence limits: 71.5-100). CONCLUSIONS The present study demonstrates a preinflammatory state in patients diagnosed with UC. In addition, we demonstrate the usefulness of random forest modeling of genome-wide gene expression data for distinguishing quiescent and active UC colonic mucosa versus control and CD colonic mucosa.
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- Jørgen Olsen
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Schjoldager KTBG, Maltesen HR, Balmer S, Lund LR, Claesson MH, Sjöström H, Troelsen JT, Olsen J. Cellular cross talk in the small intestinal mucosa: postnatal lymphocytic immigration elicits a specific epithelial transcriptional response. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2008; 294:G1335-43. [PMID: 18388184 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00265.2007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [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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During the early postnatal period lymphocytes migrate into the mouse small intestine. Migrating infiltrative lymphocytes have the potential to affect the epithelial cells via secreted cytokines. Such cross talk can result in the elicitation of an epithelial transcriptional response. Knowledge about such physiological cross talk between the immune system and the epithelium in the postnatal small intestinal mucosa is lacking. We have investigated the transcriptome changes occurring in the postnatal mouse small intestine using DNA microarray technology, immunocytochemistry, and quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis. The DNA microarray data were analyzed bioinformatically by using a combination of projections to latent structures analysis and functional annotation analysis. The results show that infiltrating lymphocytes appear in the mouse small intestine in the late postweaning period and give rise to distinct changes in the epithelial transcriptome. Of particular interest is the expression of three genes encoding a mucin (Muc4), a mucinlike protein (16000D21Rik), and ATP citrate lyase (Acly). All three genes were shown to be expressed by the epithelium and to be upregulated in response to lymphocytic migration into the small intestinal mucosa.
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- Katrine T-B G Schjoldager
- Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Univ. of Copenhagen, The Panum Institute Bldg. 6.4, Blegdamsvej 3, DK2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Stegmann A, Hansen M, Wang Y, Larsen JB, Lund LR, Ritié L, Nicholson JK, Quistorff B, Simon-Assmann P, Troelsen JT, Olsen J. Metabolome, transcriptome, and bioinformatic cis-element analyses point to HNF-4 as a central regulator of gene expression during enterocyte differentiation. Physiol Genomics 2006; 27:141-55. [PMID: 16868071 DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00314.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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DNA-binding transcription factors bind to promoters that carry their binding sites. Transcription factors therefore function as nodes in gene regulatory networks. In the present work we used a bioinformatic approach to search for transcription factors that might function as nodes in gene regulatory networks during the differentiation of the small intestinal epithelial cell. In addition we have searched for connections between transcription factors and the villus metabolome. Transcriptome data were generated from mouse small intestinal villus, crypt, and fetal intestinal epithelial cells. Metabolome data were generated from crypt and villus cells. Our results show that genes that are upregulated during fetal to adult and crypt to villus differentiation have an overrepresentation of potential hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-4 binding sites in their promoters. Moreover, metabolome analyses by magic angle spinning (1)H nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy showed that the villus epithelial cells contain higher concentrations of lipid carbon chains than the crypt cells. These findings suggest a model where the HNF-4 transcription factor influences the villus metabolome by regulating genes that are involved in lipid metabolism. Our approach also identifies transcription factors of importance for crypt functions such as DNA replication (E2F) and stem cell maintenance (c-Myc).
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- Anders Stegmann
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Lewinsky RH, Jensen TGK, Møller J, Stensballe A, Olsen J, Troelsen JT. T-13910 DNA variant associated with lactase persistence interacts with Oct-1 and stimulates lactase promoter activity in vitro. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14:3945-53. [PMID: 16301215 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Two phenotypes exist in the human population with regard to expression of lactase in adults. Lactase non-persistence (adult-type hypolactasia and lactose intolerance) is characterized by a decline in the expression of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) after weaning. In contrast, lactase-persistent individuals have a high LPH throughout their lifespan. Lactase persistence and non-persistence are associated with a T/C polymorphism at position -13,910 upstream the lactase gene. A nuclear factor binds more strongly to the T-13,910 variant associated with lactase persistence than the C-13,910 variant associated with lactase non-persistence. Oct-1 and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase were co-purified by DNA affinity purification using the sequence of the T-13,910 variant. Supershift analyses show that Oct-1 binds directly to the T-13,910 variant, and we suggest that GAPDH is co-purified due to interactions with Oct-1. Expression of Oct-1 stimulates reporter gene expression from the T and the C-13,910 variant/LPH promoter constructs only when it is co-expressed with HNF1alpha. Binding sites for other intestinal transcription factors (GATA-6, HNF4alpha, Fox and Cdx-2) were identified in the region of the -13,910 T/C polymorphism. Three of these sites are required for the enhancer activity of the -13,910 region. The data suggest that the binding of Oct-1 to the T-13,910 variant directs increased lactase promoter activity and this might provide an explanation for the lactase persistence phenotype in the human population.
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- Rikke H Lewinsky
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Olsen L, Bressendorff S, Troelsen JT, Olsen J. Differentiation-dependent activation of the human intestinal alkaline phosphatase promoter by HNF-4 in intestinal cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2005; 289:G220-6. [PMID: 15831710 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00449.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The intestinal alkaline phosphatase gene (ALPI) encodes a digestive brush-border enzyme, which is highly upregulated during small intestinal epithelial cell differentiation. To identify new putative promoter motifs responsible for the regulation of ALPI expression during differentiation of the enterocytes, we have conducted a computer-assisted cis-element search of the proximal human ALPI promoter sequence. A putative recognition site for the transcription factor hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-4 was predicted at the positions from -94 to -82 in relation to the translational start site. The ability of HNF-4alpha to stimulate the expression from the ALPI promoter was investigated in the nonintestinal Hela cell line. Cotransfection with an HNF-4alpha expression vector demonstrated a direct activation of the ALPI promoter through this -94 to -82 element. EMSA showed that HNF-4alpha from nuclear extracts of differentiated intestinal epithelial cells (Caco-2) bound with high affinity to the predicted HNF-4 binding site. A 521 bp promoter fragment containing the HNF-4 binding site demonstrated a differentiation-dependent increase in promoter activity in Caco-2 cells. The presence of the HNF-4 binding site was necessary for this increase to occur.
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- Line Olsen
- Dept. of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, University of Copenhagen, The Panum Institute Bldg. 6.4. Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Troelsen JT. Adult-type hypolactasia and regulation of lactase expression. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1723:19-32. [PMID: 15777735 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2004] [Revised: 02/08/2005] [Accepted: 02/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A common genetically determined polymorphism in the human population leads to two distinct phenotypes in adults, lactase persistence and adult-type hypolactasia (lactase non-persistence). All healthy newborn children express high levels of lactase and are able to digest large quantities of lactose, the main carbohydrate in milk. Individuals with adult-type hypolactasia lose their lactase expression before adulthood and consequently often become lactose intolerant with associated digestive problems (e.g. diarrhoea). In contrast, lactase persistent individuals have a lifelong lactase expression and are able to digest lactose as adults. Lactase persistence can be regarded as the mutant phenotype since other mammals down-regulate their lactase expression after weaning (the postweaning decline). This phenomenon does not occur in lactase persistent individuals. The regulation of lactase expression is mainly transcriptional and it is well established that adult-type hypolactasia is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, whereas persistence is dominant. The recent findings of single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with lactase persistence have made it possible to study the potential mechanisms underlying adult-type hypolactasia. This work has led to the identification of gene-regulatory sequences located far from the lactase gene (LCT). The present review describes the recent advances in the understanding of the regulation of lactase expression and the possible mechanisms behind adult-type hypolactasia.
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- Jesper T Troelsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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UNLABELLED The intestinal crypt/villus in situ hybridization database (CVD) query interface is a web-based tool to search for genes with similar relative expression patterns along the crypt/villus axis of the mammalian intestine. The CVD is an online database holding information for relative gene expression patterns in the mammalian intestine and is based on the scoring of in situ hybridization experiments reported in the literature. CVD contains expression data for 88 different genes collected from 156 different in situ hybridization profiles. The web-based query interface allows execution of both single gene queries and pattern searches. The query results provide links to the most relevant public gene databases. AVAILABILITY http://pc113.imbg.ku.dk/ps/
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- Line Olsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemistry Laboratory C, Univesrity of Copenhagen, Denmark
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Intestinal lactase activity declines during childhood in some humans. This phenotypic polymorphism of lactase persistence or nonpersistence into adult life has been shown in a recent study to be 100% associated with a T/C nucleotide polymorphism at position -13910 and approximately 97% with an A/G nucleotide polymorphism at position -22018. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of these nucleotide polymorphisms for lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) gene expression. METHODS The -13910 and -22018 regions were cloned from lactase-persistent and -nonpersistent individuals, and the regions were analyzed for gene regulatory activity of a luciferase reporter gene by transfection experiments using the intestinal cell line Caco-2. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) were used to investigate protein/DNA interactions with the -13910 sequence. RESULTS We show that the -13910 region contains a strong enhancer. The -13910 regions from both lactase persistent (-13910T variant) and lactase nonpersistent (-13910C variant) have enhancer activity. However, the -13910T variant enhances the LPH promoter approximately 4 times more than the -13910C variant when analyzed in differentiated Caco-2 cells. A nuclear factor from both an intestinal and a nonintestinal extract binds strongly to the -13910T variant whereas the binding to the -13910C variant is much weaker. CONCLUSIONS The discovery of a functional difference between the 2 alleles at position -13910 supports the notion that the molecular difference between lactase persistence and nonpersistence is caused by the mutation at position -13910.
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- Jesper T Troelsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Dabelsteen S, Troelsen JT, Olsen J. Identification of keratinocyte proteins that mark subsets of cells in the epidermal stratum basale: comparisons with the intestinal epithelium. Oncol Res 2003; 13:393-8. [PMID: 12725529 DOI: 10.3727/096504003108748401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Rapid renewing epithelia such as the epidermis and the intestinal epithelium are maintained by proliferation of undifferentiated stem cells located at specific locations. Recent experiments indicate that stem cells from adult organs might be able to populate tissues other than their tissue of origin. Such findings open the possibility that adult stem cells from different tissues might share common markers. We investigated this by two different approaches. In a first approach we compared the expression profiles from epidermal and intestinal epithelial cells at various stages of differentiation. We found that 108 of 1,176 genes analyzed were expressed above background in either keratinocytes or enterocytes and, among these, only 16 genes were expressed in both cell types. Of these 16 genes expressed in both cell types, only five displayed the same shift in expression level during cellular differentiation. Interestingly, all five genes were downregulated during cellular differentiation and represented ubiquitously expressed genes. In the second approach we analyzed the expression of the CC chemokine receptor 6 (CCR6), which we have recently identified as an early differentiation marker of epidermal cells, in the intestine. This analysis demonstrates that the CCR6 protein is found in enterocytes at later stages of differentiation.
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- Sally Dabelsteen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry & Genetics, Biochemistry Laboratory C, University of Copenhagen, The Panum Institute, Blegdamsvej 3 DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Olsen J, Kirkeby LT, Brorsson MM, Dabelsteen S, Troelsen JT, Bordoy R, Fenger K, Larsson LI, Simon-Assmann P. Converging signals synergistically activate the LAMC2 promoter and lead to accumulation of the laminin gamma 2 chain in human colon carcinoma cells. Biochem J 2003; 371:211-21. [PMID: 12519076 PMCID: PMC1223269 DOI: 10.1042/bj20021454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2002] [Revised: 12/04/2002] [Accepted: 01/09/2003] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The trimeric extracellular matrix molecule laminin-5 and its constituent chains (alpha 3, beta 3, gamma 2) are normally not detectable intracellularly in intestinal epithelial cells but the laminin gamma 2 chain can be detected in cancer cells at the invasive front of a subset of colon carcinomas. These cells are subjected to cytokines such as transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), produced by the tumour cells or by the surrounding stromal cells. The purpose of the present work was to investigate whether TGF-beta 1 and HGF, known to stimulate the LAMC2 gene encoding the laminin gamma 2 chain, might synergize to activate the LAMC2 promoter, and to identify the promoter elements involved. We find evidence for synergy between TGF-beta and HGF with respect to laminin gamma 2 chain expression and promoter activation and demonstrate that this requires the 5' activator protein-1 (AP-1) element of the promoter and an additional upstream element which is also responsive to co-expression of the Smad3 protein from the TGF-beta signalling pathway. The transcripts encoding the other laminin-5 chains are not synergistically activated by HGF and TGF-beta. Thus the synergistic activation of the LAMC2 gene is mediated via different cis-elements and results in an overproduction of the laminin gamma 2 chain relative to the other laminin-5 constituent chains. This difference may explain why laminin gamma 2 chains accumulate in the cells at the invasive front of colon carcinomas.
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- Jørgen Olsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry & Genetics, Biochemistry Laboratory C, University of Copenhagen, The Panum Institute Bldg. 6.4., Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200N, Denmark.
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Lactase phlorizin hydrolase is a small intestinal-specific brush border protein commonly used as a specific marker of differentiated enterocytes. A number of transcription factors involved in the enterocyte-specific expression of lactase phlorizin hydrolase have been identified. An upstream regulatory region, which we have named the "LPH enhancer", located at position -894 to -798 in the porcine lactase phlorizin hydrolase gene, is necessary for high differentiation-dependent LPH expression in intestinal cells. The LPH enhancer was studied by mutation analysis, transfection experiments and electrophoretical mobility shift assays. The LPH enhancer is active in intestinal cells (Caco-2) and not in non-intestinal cells (HeLa). The LPH enhancer is only able to enhance expression when it is located in front of an intestinal-specific promoter such as the lactase phlorizin hydrolase promoter or the sucrase-isomaltase promoter. In front of an SV40-derived promoter the LPH enhancer has no stimulatory effect. In addition to the lack of promoter-promiscuity, the LPH enhancer is not a classical enhancer in the sense that it is not orientation-independent and it cannot function when located 3' of a reporter gene. The LPH enhancer contains at least three cis-elements (at -894 to -880, -880 to -875 and -833 to -814) with functional importance for the LPH enhancer activity.
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- Jesper T Troelsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 N Copenhagen, Denmark.
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The expression of 18149 genes have been analysed during the differentiation of the human intestinal cell line Caco-2. cDNA probes from undifferentiated and differentiated Caco-2 cells were separately hybridised to EST DNAs spotted in an array on a nylon membrane. A remarkable change in the transcriptome was observed during the differentiation of the Caco-2 cells. 8762 of the 18149 genes analysed were expressed above background level in the undifferentiated Caco-2 cells, whereas only 5767 genes were expressed above background in differentiated Caco-2 cells. This pattern of expression was caused by a general down-regulation of genes in the low abundance class. Similar results were found using mouse small intestinal crypt and villus cells, suggesting that the phenomenon also occurs in the intestine in vivo. The expression data were subsequently used in a search for markers for subsets of epithelial cells by performing reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction on RNA extracted from laser dissected intestinal crypt and villi. In a screen of eight transcripts one - SART3 - was identified as a marker for human colonic crypts.
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- Mehrdad Tadjali
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Olsen J, Lefebvre O, Fritsch C, Troelsen JT, Orian-Rousseau V, Kedinger M, Simon-Assmann P. Involvement of activator protein 1 complexes in the epithelium-specific activation of the laminin gamma2-chain gene promoter by hepatocyte growth factor (scatter factor). Biochem J 2000; 347:407-17. [PMID: 10749670 PMCID: PMC1220973 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3470407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Laminin-5 is a trimer of laminin alpha3, beta3 and gamma2 chains that is found in the intestinal basement membrane. Deposition of the laminin gamma2 chain at the basement membrane is of great interest because it undergoes a developmental shift in its cellular expression. Here we study the regulatory elements that control basal and cytokine-activated transcriptional expression of the LAMC2 gene, which encodes the laminin gamma2 chain. By using transient transfection experiments we demonstrated the presence of constitutive and cytokine-responsive cis-elements. Comparison of the transcriptional activity of the LAMC2 promoter in the epithelial HT29mtx cells with that in small-intestinal fibroblastic cells (C20 cells) led us to conclude that two regions with constitutive epithelium-specific activity are present between positions -1.2 and -0.12 kb. This was further validated by transfections of primary foetal intestinal endoderm and mesenchyme. A 2.5 kb portion of the LAMC2 5' flanking region was equally responsive to PMA and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), whereas it was less responsive to transforming growth factor beta1. A minimal promoter limited to the initial 120 bp upstream of the transcriptional start site maintained inducibility by PMA and HGF. This short promoter fragment contains two activator protein 1 (AP-1) elements and the 5'-most of these is a composite AP-1/Sp1 element. The 5'AP-1 element is crucial to the HGF-mediated activity of the promoter; analysis of interacting nuclear proteins demonstrated that AP-1 proteins containing JunD mediate the response to HGF.
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- J Olsen
- INSERM U.381, 3 avenue Molière, 67200 Strasbourg, France.
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Mitchelmore C, Troelsen JT, Spodsberg N, Sjöström H, Norén O. Interaction between the homeodomain proteins Cdx2 and HNF1alpha mediates expression of the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene. Biochem J 2000; 346 Pt 2:529-35. [PMID: 10677375 PMCID: PMC1220882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Lactase-phlorizin hydrolase is a brush-border enzyme which is specifically expressed in the small intestine where it hydrolyses lactose, the main carbohydrate found in milk. We have previously demonstrated in transgenic mice that the tissue-specific and developmental expression of lactase is controlled by a 1 kb upstream region of the pig lactase gene. Two homeodomain transcription factors, caudal-related homeodomain protein (Cdx2) and hepatic nuclear factor 1alpha (HNF1alpha), are known to bind to regulatory cis elements in the promoters for several intestine-specific genes, including lactase, and are present in mammalian intestinal epithelia from an early stage in development. In the present study, we examined whether Cdx2 and HNF1alpha physically interact and co-operatively activate transcription from the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter. We show that the presence of both factors leads to a much higher level of transcription than the sum of the activation by either factor alone. The N-terminal activation domain of Cdx2 is required for maximal synergy with HNF1alpha. With the use of pull-down assays, we demonstrate a direct protein-protein interaction between Cdx2 and HNF1alpha. The interaction domain includes the homeodomain region of both proteins. This is the first demonstration of a functional interaction between two transcription factors involved in the activation of a number of intestine-specific genes. Synergistic interaction between tissue-restricted factors is likely to be an important mechanism for reinforcing developmental and tissue-specific gene expression within the intestine.
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- C Mitchelmore
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Spodsberg N, Troelsen JT, Carlsson P, Enerbäck S, Sjöström H, Norén O. Transcriptional regulation of pig lactase-phlorizin hydrolase: involvement of HNF-1 and FREACs. Gastroenterology 1999; 116:842-54. [PMID: 10092306 DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(99)70067-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS One-kilobase sequence of the upstream fragment of the pig lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene has been shown to control small intestinal-specific expression and postweaning decline of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase in transgenic mice. The aim of this study was to identify the regulatory DNA elements and transcription factors controlling lactase-phlorizin hydrolase expression. METHODS The activity of different lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter fragments was investigated by transfection experiments using Caco-2 cells. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and supershift analyses were used to characterize the interaction between intestinal transcription factors and the identified regulatory elements. RESULTS Functional analysis revealed three previously undescribed regulatory regions in the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter: a putative enhancer between -894 and -798 binding hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1 at position -894 to -880; a repressor-binding element between -278 to -264 to which an HNF-3-like factor is able to bind; and an element between -178 to -164 that binds an activating transcription factor. CONCLUSIONS Identification of three new regulatory regions and HNF-1 and HNF-3-like transcription factor as players in the regulation of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene transcription has an impact on the understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind age-dependent, tissue-specific, differentiation-dependent, and regional regulation of expression in the intestine.
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- N Spodsberg
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Mitchelmore C, Troelsen JT, Sjöström H, Norén O. The HOXC11 homeodomain protein interacts with the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter and stimulates HNF1alpha-dependent transcription. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:13297-306. [PMID: 9582375 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.21.13297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) gene is expressed specifically in the enterocytes of the small intestine. LPH levels are high in newborn mammals, but decrease after weaning. We have previously suggested that the promoter element CE-LPH1, located at -40 to -54, plays an important role in this down-regulation, because the DNA binding activity of a nuclear factor that binds to this site is present specifically in small intestinal extracts and is down-regulated after weaning. In an effort to clone CE-LPH1-binding factors, a yeast one-hybrid genetic selection was used, resulting in the isolation of a partial cDNA encoding the human homeodomain protein HOXC11. The full-length HOXC11 sequence was obtained by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. It was shown in a yeast assay and by electrophoretic mobility shift assay that HOXC11 binds to the CE-LPH1 element with similar specificity to the endogenous intestinal factor. Two HOXC11 transcript sizes were identified by Northern blot analysis. The larger transcript (2.1 kilobase pairs) is likely to contain a translational start site in good context and is present in HeLa cells. The shorter 1.7-kilobase pair transcript, present in HeLa and Caco-2 cells, probably encodes a protein lacking 114 amino acids at the N-terminal end. Both forms of HOXC11 potentiate transcriptional activation of the LPH promoter by HNF1alpha. The expression of HOXC11 mRNA in human fetal intestine suggests a role in early intestinal development.
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- C Mitchelmore
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark.
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Troelsen JT, Mitchelmore C, Spodsberg N, Jensen AM, Norén O, Sjöström H. Regulation of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene expression by the caudal-related homoeodomain protein Cdx-2. Biochem J 1997; 322 ( Pt 3):833-8. [PMID: 9148757 PMCID: PMC1218263 DOI: 10.1042/bj3220833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Lactase-phlorizin hydrolase is exclusively expressed in the small intestine and is often used as a marker for the differentiation of enterocytes. The cis-element CE-LPH1 found in the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter has previously been shown to bind an intestinal-specific nuclear factor. By electrophoretic mobility-shift assay it was shown that the factor Cdx-2 (a homoeodomain-protein related to caudal) binds to a TTTAC sequence in the CE-LPH1. Furthermore it was demonstrated that Cdx-2 is able to activate reporter gene transcription by binding to CE-LPH1. A mutation in CE-LPH1, which does not affect Cdx-2 binding, results in a higher transcriptional activity, indicating that the CE-LPH1 site contains other binding site(s) in addition to the Cdx-2-binding site.
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- J T Troelsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemical Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Olsen J, Kokholm K, Troelsen JT, Laustsen L. An enhancer with cell-type dependent activity is located between the myeloid and epithelial aminopeptidase N (CD 13) promoters. Biochem J 1997; 322 ( Pt 3):899-908. [PMID: 9148767 PMCID: PMC1218273 DOI: 10.1042/bj3220899] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The 5' flanking region of the gene encoding the small intestinal brush-border peptidase aminopeptidase N (APN) was screened for the presence of enhancer regions. A 300 bp region with enhancer activity was identified 2.7 kb upstream of the transcriptional start site which is used in epithelial cells. The enhancer stimulated transcription from a heterologous promoter (the simian virus 40 early promoter) in a position- and orientation-independent manner. The activity of the enhancer is cell-type dependent and it is active in liver (HepG2), intestinal (Caco-2) and myeloid (K562) cells. As the epithelial APN promoter is active in the first two cell-types and the myeloid APN promoter in the last, the results may suggest that the enhancer, through a cooperation with either of the promoters, is important for the tissue-specific expression of APN. A detailed analysis of the enhancer led to the identification of four functionally important regions that are protected against DNase I digestion by Caco-2 nuclear extract. Sequence analysis suggests that two of the regions may interact with members of the Ets transcription factor family (Ets is a transformation-specific protein first discovered in the E26 avian erythroblastosis virus), one region with a CCAAT enhancer-binding protein and one region with Sp1, a transcriptional activator first described as a factor binding to the simian virus 40 early promoter.
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- J Olsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Biochemistry Laboratory C, The Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, DK-2200 Copenhagen N, Denmark
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A porcine 17kb genomic fragment was used as probe to map the lactase phlorizin hydrolase (LCT) gene to pig chromosome 15q13 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Further, a three-allele TaqI RFLP was used to add the LCT gene to the proximal end of the chromosome 15 linkage map. Comparison of the human chromosome 2 gene map and the gene map of pig chromosome 15 indicates that the part of human chromosome 2 distal to the q13 band is homologous to pig chromosome 15.
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- P D Thomsen
- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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Troelsen JT, Olsen J, Mitchelmore C, Hansen GH, Sjöström H, Norén O. Two intestinal specific nuclear factors binding to the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase and sucrase-isomaltase promoters are functionally related oligomeric molecules. FEBS Lett 1994; 342:297-301. [PMID: 8150088 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80520-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) and sucrase-isomaltase (SI) are enterocyte-specific gene products. The identification of regulatory cis-elements in the promoter of these two genes has enabled us to carry out comparative studies of the corresponding intestinal-specific nuclear factors (NF-LPH1 and SIF1-BP). Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that the two nuclear factors compete for binding on the same cis-elements. The molecular size of the DNA binding polypeptide is estimated to be approximately 50 kDa for both factors. In the native form the factors are found as 250 kDa oligomeric complexes. Based on these results NF-LPH1 and SIF1-BP are suggested to be either identical or closely related molecules.
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- J T Troelsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Troelsen JT, Mehlum A, Olsen J, Spodsberg N, Hansen GH, Prydz H, Norén O, Sjöström H. 1 kb of the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter directs post-weaning decline and small intestinal-specific expression in transgenic mice. FEBS Lett 1994; 342:291-6. [PMID: 8150087 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80519-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Adult-type hypolactasia is a genetic condition making approximately one half of the human population intolerant to milk because of abdominal symptoms. The cause is a post-weaning down-regulation of the intestinal-specific enzyme lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) reducing the intestinal capacity to hydrolyze lactose. We here demonstrate that the stretch -17 to -994 in the pig LPH-promoter carries cis-elements which direct a small intestinal-specific expression and a post-weaning decline of a linked rabbit beta-globin gene. These data demonstrate that the post-weaning decline of LPH is mainly due to a transcriptional down-regulation.
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- J T Troelsen
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Torp N, Rossi M, Troelsen JT, Olsen J, Danielsen EM. Lactase-phlorizin hydrolase and aminopeptidase N are differentially regulated in the small intestine of the pig. Biochem J 1993; 295 ( Pt 1):177-82. [PMID: 8105780 PMCID: PMC1134835 DOI: 10.1042/bj2950177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The longitudinal expression of two brush-border enzymes, lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (EC 3.2.1.23/62) and aminopeptidase N (EC 3.4.11.2), was studied in the small intestine of the post-weaned pig. Whereas the level of mRNA, encoding aminopeptidase N (relative to that of beta-actin), only varied moderately from the duodenum to the terminal ileum, the amount of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase mRNA exhibited a sharp maximum in the proximal jejunum. For both enzymes, the level of protein synthesis, studied in cultured mucosal explants, correlated well with the level of mRNA, and no major variation in post-translational processing or intracellular transport was observed along the intestine. The mRNA/specific-activity ratio for both enzymes was markedly (3-5-fold) higher in the duodenum and proximal jejunum, compared with the ileum. This indicates an increased proximal turnover rate, most likely caused by the presence in the gut lumen of pancreatic proteases. In neonatal animals, the level of mRNA for lactase-phlorizin hydrolase in both proximal and distal regions of the intestine was of the same magnitude as in the proximal jejunum of the post-weaned pigs. Our results point to two mechanisms that affect the expression of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase in the pig during development: (1) a primary regulation at the level of mRNA (predominantly in the ileum); (2) an increased rate of turnover of the enzyme, mainly in the duodenum and proximal jejunum, and most likely due to an increased secretion into the gut lumen of pancreatic proteases (a mechanism also affecting aminopeptidase N and probably other brush-border enzymes as well).
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- N Torp
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Genetics, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Troelsen JT, Olsen J, Norén O, Sjöström H. A novel intestinal trans-factor (NF-LPH1) interacts with the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter and co-varies with the enzymatic activity. J Biol Chem 1992; 267:20407-11. [PMID: 1400359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The promoter of the pig lactase-phlorizin hydrolase was cloned and showed to be functional in the human intestinal cell line Caco2. The proximal promoter was analyzed for binding of nuclear proteins from small intestine and liver. DNase I footprinting and electrophoretic mobility shift assays show, that an intestinal nuclear factor (NF-LPH1) binds to a sequence (-40 to -54) located close to the TATA-box. Enterocytes from newborn pigs with high lactase activity contain high amounts of NF-LPH1, whereas enterocytes from adult pigs with low lactase activity contain low amounts of NF-LPH1. The liver does not contain lactase activity, and NF-LPH1 is not present in liver nuclear extracts in detectable amounts. This indicates that NF-LPH1 is involved in the decline of lactase at weaning and may be of importance for the molecular explanation of hypolactasia in humans. It was demonstrated by transfection of two different promoter-reporter gene constructs into Caco2 cells, that there are additional cis-element(s) in the region -142 to approximately -980, which are important for the transcription of the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase gene.
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- J T Troelsen
- Department of Biochemistry C, University of Copenhagen, Panum Institute, Denmark
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