PURPOSE: Low molecular mass polypeptide 2 is an inducible immunoproteasome subunit. The expression of low molecular mass polypeptide 2 has not been examined in the intestine of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. This study was designed to determine whether the intestinal expression of low molecular mass polypeptide 2 was enhanced in a group of patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with a group of control patients without inflammatory bowel disease. Moreover, we examined the association between low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression and histologic pathology in these patients. METHODS: Twenty-one patients participated in the study. These included six control subjects without inflammatory bowel disease, eight patients with ulcerative colitis, and seven patients with Crohn's disease. Intestinal low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, as well as by Western blot. Histology scores (0-40 severity scale) were determined on the same sections of intestine as those used for low molecular mass polypeptide 2 histochemistry. RESULTS: By immunohistochemistry, low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression was significantly enhanced (P < 0.05 vs. control subjects) throughout visibly diseased areas of colon, rectum, and ileum from patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression also was increased in macroscopically normal intestine from patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with normal tissue from control subjects. There was a significant correlation (P < 0.0001) between low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression and histologic pathology in our patients. Western blot results confirmed that low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression was enhanced in patients with ulcerative colitis (3.1-fold) and in patients with Crohn's disease (3.5-fold). CONCLUSIONS: Intestinal low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression is significantly increased in inflammatory bowel disease. The association between intestinal low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression and histologic pathology suggests that this proteasome subunit plays a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
PURPOSE: Low molecular mass polypeptide 2 is an inducible immunoproteasome subunit. The expression of low molecular mass polypeptide 2 has not been examined in the intestine of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. This study was designed to determine whether the intestinal expression of low molecular mass polypeptide 2 was enhanced in a group of patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with a group of control patients without inflammatory bowel disease. Moreover, we examined the association between low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression and histologic pathology in these patients. METHODS: Twenty-one patients participated in the study. These included six control subjects without inflammatory bowel disease, eight patients with ulcerative colitis, and seven patients with Crohn's disease. Intestinal low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression was evaluated by immunohistochemistry, as well as by Western blot. Histology scores (0-40 severity scale) were determined on the same sections of intestine as those used for low molecular mass polypeptide 2 histochemistry. RESULTS: By immunohistochemistry, low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression was significantly enhanced (P < 0.05 vs. control subjects) throughout visibly diseased areas of colon, rectum, and ileum from patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression also was increased in macroscopically normal intestine from patients with inflammatory bowel disease compared with normal tissue from control subjects. There was a significant correlation (P < 0.0001) between low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression and histologic pathology in our patients. Western blot results confirmed that low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression was enhanced in patients with ulcerative colitis (3.1-fold) and in patients with Crohn's disease (3.5-fold). CONCLUSIONS: Intestinal low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression is significantly increased in inflammatory bowel disease. The association between intestinal low molecular mass polypeptide 2 expression and histologic pathology suggests that this proteasome subunit plays a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
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