Karla F Castro-Ochoa1, Hilda Vargas-Robles1, Sandra Chánez-Paredes1, Alfonso Felipe-López1,2, Rodolfo I Cabrera-Silva1, Mineko Shibayama3, Abigail Betanzos3,4, Porfirio Nava5, Erwin A Galinski6, Michael Schnoor7. 1. Department of Molecular Biomedicine, CINVESTAV, Avenida IPN 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Mexico-City, Mexico. 2. Molecular Biology Division, Navy Medical Center, Ministry of Marine and Army, Av. Heroica Escuela Naval Militar, 04470, Mexico-City, Mexico. 3. Department of Infectomics and Molecular Pathogenesis, CINVESTAV, Avenida IPN 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Mexico-City, Mexico. 4. Conacyt, Av. Insurgentes Sur 1582, 03940, Mexico-City, Mexico. 5. Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neurosciences, CINVESTAV, Avenida IPN 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Mexico-City, Mexico. 6. Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Bonn, 53115, Bonn, Germany. 7. Department of Molecular Biomedicine, CINVESTAV, Avenida IPN 2508, San Pedro Zacatenco, 07360, Mexico-City, Mexico. mschnoor@cinvestav.mx.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are multifactorial disorders affecting millions of people worldwide with alarmingly increasing incidences every year. Dysfunction of the intestinal epithelial barrier is associated with IBD pathogenesis, and therapies include anti-inflammatory drugs that enhance intestinal barrier function. However, these drugs often have adverse side effects thus warranting the search for alternatives. Compatible solutes such as bacterial ectoines stabilize cell membranes and proteins. AIM: To unravel whether ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid) and homoectoine (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2-methyl-1H-(1,3)-diazepine-4-carboxylic acid), a synthetic derivative of ectoine, have beneficial effects during dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. METHODS/ RESULTS: We found that the disease activity index was significantly reduced by both ectoines. DSS-induced edema formation, epithelial permeability, leukocyte recruitment and tissue damage were reduced by ectoine and homoectoine, with the latter having stronger effects. Interestingly, the claudin switch usually observed during colitis (decreased expression of claudin-1 and increased expression of the leaky claudin-2) was completely prevented by homoectoine, whereas ectoine only reduced claudin-2 expression. Concomitantly, only homoectoine ameliorated the drop in transepithelial electrical resistance induced by IFN-γ and TNF-α in Caco-2 cells. Both ectoines inhibited loss of ZO-1 and occludin and prevented IFN-γ/TNF-α-induced increased paracellular flux of 4 kDa FITC-dextran in vitro. Moreover, both ectoines reduced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress during colitis. CONCLUSION: While both ectoine and homoectoine have protective effects on the epithelial barrier during inflammation, only homoectoine completely prevented the inflammatory claudin switch in tight junctions. Thus, homoectoine may serve as diet supplement in IBD patients to reach or extend remission.
BACKGROUND:Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are multifactorial disorders affecting millions of people worldwide with alarmingly increasing incidences every year. Dysfunction of the intestinal epithelial barrier is associated with IBD pathogenesis, and therapies include anti-inflammatory drugs that enhance intestinal barrier function. However, these drugs often have adverse side effects thus warranting the search for alternatives. Compatible solutes such as bacterial ectoines stabilize cell membranes and proteins. AIM: To unravel whether ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid) and homoectoine (4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-2-methyl-1H-(1,3)-diazepine-4-carboxylic acid), a synthetic derivative of ectoine, have beneficial effects during dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. METHODS/ RESULTS: We found that the disease activity index was significantly reduced by both ectoines. DSS-induced edema formation, epithelial permeability, leukocyte recruitment and tissue damage were reduced by ectoine and homoectoine, with the latter having stronger effects. Interestingly, the claudin switch usually observed during colitis (decreased expression of claudin-1 and increased expression of the leaky claudin-2) was completely prevented by homoectoine, whereas ectoine only reduced claudin-2 expression. Concomitantly, only homoectoine ameliorated the drop in transepithelial electrical resistance induced by IFN-γ and TNF-α in Caco-2 cells. Both ectoines inhibited loss of ZO-1 and occludin and prevented IFN-γ/TNF-α-induced increased paracellular flux of 4 kDa FITC-dextran in vitro. Moreover, both ectoines reduced expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and oxidative stress during colitis. CONCLUSION: While both ectoine and homoectoine have protective effects on the epithelial barrier during inflammation, only homoectoine completely prevented the inflammatory claudin switch in tight junctions. Thus, homoectoine may serve as diet supplement in IBD patients to reach or extend remission.
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