Anoop Kumar1, Shubha Priyamvada2, Yong Ge3, Dulari Jayawardena2, Megha Singhal2, Arivarasu N Anbazhagan2, Ishita Chatterjee2, Aneal Dayal2, Mitul Patel2, Kimia Zadeh3, Seema Saksena1, Waddah A Alrefai1, Ravinder K Gill2, Mojgan Zadeh3, Ni Zhao3, Mansour Mohamadzadeh3, Pradeep K Dudeja4. 1. Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 2. Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 3. Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology and Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. 4. Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: pkdudeja@uic.edu.
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The down-regulated in adenoma (DRA) protein, encoded by SLC26A3, a key intestinal chloride anion exchanger, has recently been identified as a novel susceptibility gene for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the mechanisms underlying the increased susceptibility to inflammation induced by the loss of DRA remain elusive. Compromised barrier is a key event in IBD pathogenesis. The current studies were undertaken to elucidate the impact of DRA deficiency on epithelial barrier integrity and to define underlying mechanisms. METHODS: Wild-type and DRA-knockout (KO) mice and crypt-derived colonoids were used as models for intestinal epithelial response. Paracellular permeability was measured by using fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran flux. Immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, and ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation assays were performed. Gut microbiome analysis was conducted to investigate the impact of DRA deficiency on gut microbial communities. RESULTS: DRA-KO mice exhibited an increased colonic paracellular permeability with significantly decreased levels of tight junction/adherens junction proteins, including ZO-1, occludin, and E-cadherin. A similar expression pattern of occludin and E-cadherin was observed in colonoids derived from DRA-KO mice and short hairpin RNA-mediated DRA knockdown in Caco-2 cells. Microbial analysis showed gut dysbiosis in DRA-KO mice. However, cohousing studies showed that dysbiosis played only a partial role in maintaining tight junction protein expression. Furthermore, our results showed increased binding of RNA-binding protein CUGBP1 with occludin and E-cadherin genes in DRA-KO mouse colon, suggesting that posttranscriptional mechanisms play a key role in gut barrier dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, our studies demonstrate a novel role of DRA in maintaining the intestinal epithelial barrier function and potential implications of its dysregulation in IBD pathogenesis. Published by Elsevier Inc.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The down-regulated in adenoma (DRA) protein, encoded by SLC26A3, a key intestinal chloride anion exchanger, has recently been identified as a novel susceptibility gene for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, the mechanisms underlying the increased susceptibility to inflammation induced by the loss of DRA remain elusive. Compromised barrier is a key event in IBD pathogenesis. The current studies were undertaken to elucidate the impact of DRA deficiency on epithelial barrier integrity and to define underlying mechanisms. METHODS: Wild-type and DRA-knockout (KO) mice and crypt-derived colonoids were used as models for intestinal epithelial response. Paracellular permeability was measured by using fluorescein isothiocyanate-dextran flux. Immunoblotting, immunofluorescence, immunohistochemistry, and ribonucleoprotein immunoprecipitation assays were performed. Gut microbiome analysis was conducted to investigate the impact of DRA deficiency on gut microbial communities. RESULTS: DRA-KO mice exhibited an increased colonic paracellular permeability with significantly decreased levels of tight junction/adherens junction proteins, including ZO-1, occludin, and E-cadherin. A similar expression pattern of occludin and E-cadherin was observed in colonoids derived from DRA-KO mice and short hairpin RNA-mediated DRA knockdown in Caco-2 cells. Microbial analysis showed gut dysbiosis in DRA-KO mice. However, cohousing studies showed that dysbiosis played only a partial role in maintaining tight junction protein expression. Furthermore, our results showed increased binding of RNA-binding protein CUGBP1 with occludin and E-cadherin genes in DRA-KO mouse colon, suggesting that posttranscriptional mechanisms play a key role in gut barrier dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge, our studies demonstrate a novel role of DRA in maintaining the intestinal epithelial barrier function and potential implications of its dysregulation in IBD pathogenesis. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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Down-regulated in Adenoma; Gut Microbiota; Inflammatory Bowel Disease; Intestinal Chloride Transporter
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