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Cai J, Wu H, Wang C, Chen Y, Zhang D, Guan S, Fu B, Jin Y, Qian C. Sec1 regulates intestinal mucosal immunity in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease. BMC Immunol 2023; 24:51. [PMID: 38066482 PMCID: PMC10704666 DOI: 10.1186/s12865-023-00578-9] [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] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a common immune-mediated condition with its molecular pathogenesis remaining to be fully elucidated. This study aimed to deepen our understanding of the role of FUT2 in human IBD, by studying a new surrogate gene Sec1, a neighboring gene of Fut2 and Fut1 that co-encodes the α 1,2 fucosyltransferase in mice. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to prepare Sec1 knockout (Sec1-/-) mice. IBD was induced in mice using 3% w/v dextran sulphate sodium. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) was employed to silence Sec1 in murine colon cancer cell lines CT26.WT and CMT93. IBD-related symptoms, colonic immune responses, proliferation and apoptosis of colon epithelial cells were assessed respectively to determine the role of Sec1 in mouse IBD. Impact of Sec1 on the expression of death receptor 5 (DR5) and other apoptosis-associated proteins were determined. Sec1 knockout was found to be associated with deterioration of IBD in mice and elevated immune responses in the colonic mucosa. Silencing Sec1 in CT26.WT and CMT93 cells led to greater secretion of inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α. Cell counting kit 8 (CCK8) assay, flow cytometry and TUNEL detection suggested that Sec1 expression promoted the proliferation of colon epithelial cells, inhibited cell apoptosis, reduced cell arrest in G0/G1 phase and facilitated repair of inflammatory injury. Over-expression of DR5 and several apoptosis-related effector proteins was noticed in Sec1-/- mice and Sec1-silenced CT26.WT and CMT93 cells, supporting a suppressive role of Sec1 in cell apoptosis. Our results depicted important regulatory roles of Sec1 in mouse IBD, further reflecting the importance of FUT2 in the pathogenesis of human IBD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jing Cai
- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China
- Department of Comprehensive Medicine, The Second, Wenzhou Central Hospital Medical Group, Affiliated Hospital of Shanghai University, Affiliated Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Wenzhou Central Hospital, The Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, 325000, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China.
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, China.
- Institute of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310016, Zhejiang, China.
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Lei C, Sun R, Xu G, Tan Y, Feng W, McClain CJ, Deng Z. Enteric VIP-producing neurons maintain gut microbiota homeostasis through regulating epithelium fucosylation. Cell Host Microbe 2022; 30:1417-1434.e8. [PMID: 36150396 PMCID: PMC9588764 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Interactions between the enteric nervous system (ENS) and intestinal epithelium are thought to play a vital role in intestinal homeostasis. How the ENS monitors the frontier with commensal and pathogenic microbes while maintaining epithelial function remains unclear. Here, by combining subdiaphragmatic vagotomy with transcriptomics, chemogenetic strategy, and coculture of enteric neuron-intestinal organoid, we show that enteric neurons expressing VIP shape the α1,2-fucosylation of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). Mechanistically, neuropeptide VIP activates fut2 expression via the Erk1/2-c-Fos pathway through the VIPR1 receptor on IECs. We further demonstrate that perturbation of enteric neurons leads to gut dysbiosis through α1,2-fucosylation in the steady state and results in increased susceptibility to alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD). This was attributed to an imbalance between beneficial Bifidobacterium and opportunistic pathogenic Enterococcus faecalis in ALD. In addition, Bifidobacterium α1,2-fucosidase may promote Bifidobacterium adhesion to the mucosal surface, which restricts Enterococcus faecalis overgrowth and prevents ALD progression.
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- Chao Lei
- Department of Surgery, Division of Immunotherapy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Immunotherapy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Central Laboratory and Department of Oncology, Wuhan Fourth Hospital, Puai Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430033, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Hepatobiology & Toxicology Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Hepatobiology & Toxicology Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Robley Rex VA Medical Center, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Division of Immunotherapy, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Alcohol Research Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA; Hepatobiology & Toxicology Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
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BACKGROUND Noroviruses (NoVs) are a leading cause of viral diarrhea in young children. Secretor status has been confirmed to be linked with Norwalk virus (NoV GI.1) infection but there is limited information about whether secretor genotypes are associated with pediatric NoV epidemic strains in vivo. METHODS In this study, fecal specimens and serum samples were collected from 124 hospitalized children with acute diarrhea in Xi'an, China. TaqMan real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction was used to detect NoVs in fecal samples, and NoV-positive samples were further verified using conventional reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction and sequenced. DNA was extracted from sera and TaqMan single-nucleotide polymorphism genotyping assay was applied to determine the FUT2 A385T polymorphism. RESULTS Only NoV GII.3 and GII.4 genotypes were found in NoV-positive samples, and NoVs were detected in 25% (15/60), 40.5% (17/42) and 9.1% (2/22) of children with homozygous secretor genotype (Se 385 Se 385), heterozygous secretor genotype (Se 385 se 385) and homozygous weak secretor genotype (se 385 se 385), respectively. Children with secretor genotypes Se 385 Se 385 and Se 385 se 385 were significantly (P < 0.05) more susceptible to combined NoV GII.3 and GII.4 infections than children with weak secretor genotype se 385 se 385. CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that secretor positivity is significantly associated with GII.3 and GII.4 infections in Chinese pediatric diarrheal disease and the weak secretor phenotype does not completely protect children from GII.3 and GII.4 infections.
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- Pengbo Liu
- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Tsou PS, Ruth JH, Campbell PL, Isozaki T, Lee S, Marotte H, Domino SE, Koch AE, Amin MA. A novel role for inducible Fut2 in angiogenesis. Angiogenesis 2013; 16:195-205. [PMID: 23065099 PMCID: PMC4441274 DOI: 10.1007/s10456-012-9312-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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RATIONALE Angiogenesis plays an important role in wound healing and tumor growth. Fucosyltransferases synthesize fucosylated glycans and may play a major role in vascular biology. OBJECTIVE To examine the role of an alpha(1,2) fucosyltransferase (Fut2) in angiogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS We found that Fut2 mRNA and protein expression is inducible in human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HMVECs). After finding that Fut2 is inducible in HMVECs, we examined if Fut2 contributes to angiogenesis. We found that Fut2 null endothelial cell (EC) migration and tube formation were significantly less compared to wild type (wt) ECs. Angiogenesis was impaired in Fut2 null compared to wt mice in the mouse Matrigel plug and the sponge granuloma angiogenesis assays. To assess the characteristics of Fut2 null ECs in vivo, we performed Matrigel plug angiogenesis assays in wt mice using Fut2 null and wt mouse ECs. We found a significant decrease in Fut2 null EC incorporation in neoangiogenesis compared to wt ECs. ERK1/2 activation, fibroblast growth factor receptor2, and vascular endothelial growth factor expression were less in Fut2 null ECs, suggesting a possible mechanism of impaired angiogenesis when Fut2 is lacking. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest a novel role for Fut2 as a regulator of angiogenesis.
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- Pei-Suen Tsou
- Department of Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
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