TY - JOUR
T1 - Extracellular matrix protein lumican regulates inflammation in a mouse model of colitis
AU - Lohr, Kristin
AU - Sardana, Hardik
AU - Lee, Seakwoo
AU - Wu, Feng
AU - Huso, David L.
AU - Hamad, Abdel Rahim
AU - Chakravarti, Shukti
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Background: Abnormal innate immune response contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and experimental mouse colitis. Colitis studies have focused primarily on key regulators of innate immunity, like pathogen recognition receptors and cytoplasmic mediators. Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are emerging as modulators of inflammatory responses by virtue of their interactions with pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), cytokines, growth factors, receptors, and ECM fragments that mimic pathogens or cytokines. The ECM proteins have not been investigated in IBD at great depth from this standpoint. We have shown previously that the ECM protein lumican modulates host sensing of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) by Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, and neutrophil chemotaxis via integrins. Methods: Here we investigated the role of lumican in the development of colitis mediated by intrarectal administration of the hapten 2-4-5, trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in Lum +/+ and Lum -/- mice. Results: The TNBS treated Lum +/+ mouse colons showed marked increases in CXCL1, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and neutrophil infiltration, whereas these responses were significantly dampened in the Lum -/- mice. The nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factor, known to regulate inflammatory genes, showed a robust increase after TNBS treatment in Lum +/+ but not in Lum -/- colons. Also, nuclear translocation of NF-κB was delayed in LPS stimulated Lum -/- primary peritoneal macrophages. Conclusions: The Lum -/- mice have low innate immune and inflammatory responses, but more severe body weight loss and tissue damage, a phenomenon seen in the innate immune impaired Tlr4 -/- and MyD88 -/- mice. Therefore, lumican promotes intestinal homeostasis by aiding innate immune and inflammatory responses that are beneficial in the early stages of colitis.
AB - Background: Abnormal innate immune response contributes to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and experimental mouse colitis. Colitis studies have focused primarily on key regulators of innate immunity, like pathogen recognition receptors and cytoplasmic mediators. Extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins are emerging as modulators of inflammatory responses by virtue of their interactions with pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), cytokines, growth factors, receptors, and ECM fragments that mimic pathogens or cytokines. The ECM proteins have not been investigated in IBD at great depth from this standpoint. We have shown previously that the ECM protein lumican modulates host sensing of bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS) by Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4, and neutrophil chemotaxis via integrins. Methods: Here we investigated the role of lumican in the development of colitis mediated by intrarectal administration of the hapten 2-4-5, trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) in Lum +/+ and Lum -/- mice. Results: The TNBS treated Lum +/+ mouse colons showed marked increases in CXCL1, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), and neutrophil infiltration, whereas these responses were significantly dampened in the Lum -/- mice. The nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factor, known to regulate inflammatory genes, showed a robust increase after TNBS treatment in Lum +/+ but not in Lum -/- colons. Also, nuclear translocation of NF-κB was delayed in LPS stimulated Lum -/- primary peritoneal macrophages. Conclusions: The Lum -/- mice have low innate immune and inflammatory responses, but more severe body weight loss and tissue damage, a phenomenon seen in the innate immune impaired Tlr4 -/- and MyD88 -/- mice. Therefore, lumican promotes intestinal homeostasis by aiding innate immune and inflammatory responses that are beneficial in the early stages of colitis.
KW - CD14
KW - TLR4
KW - dextran sodium sulfate
KW - extracellular matrix
KW - inflammation
KW - innate immune response
KW - lumican
KW - murine colitis
KW - neutrophils
KW - tri-nitrobenzene sulfonic acid
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U2 - 10.1002/ibd.21713
DO - 10.1002/ibd.21713
M3 - Article
C2 - 21484968
AN - SCOPUS:83555161650
VL - 18
SP - 143
EP - 151
JO - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
JF - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
SN - 1078-0998
IS - 1
ER -