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Cifarelli V, Ivanov S, Xie Y, Son NH, Saunders BT, Pietka TA, Shew TM, Yoshino J, Sundaresan S, Davidson NO, Goldberg IJ, Gelman AE, Zinselmeyer BH, Randolph GJ, Abumrad NA. CD36 deficiency impairs the small intestinal barrier and induces subclinical inflammation in mice. Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol 2016; 3:82-98. [PMID: 28066800 PMCID: PMC5217470 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2016.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS CD36 has immuno-metabolic actions and is abundant in the small intestine on epithelial, endothelial and immune cells. We examined the role of CD36 in gut homeostasis using mice null for CD36 (CD36KO) and with CD36 deletion specific to enterocytes (Ent-CD36KO) or endothelial cells (EC-CD36KO). METHODS Intestinal morphology was evaluated using immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy (EM). Intestinal inflammation was determined from neutrophil infiltration and expression of cytokines, toll-like receptors and COX-2. Barrier integrity was assessed from circulating lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and dextran administered intragastrically. Epithelial permeability to luminal dextran was visualized using two photon microscopy. RESULTS The small intestines of CD36KO mice fed a chow diet showed several abnormalities including extracellular matrix (ECM) accumulation with increased expression of ECM proteins, evidence of neutrophil infiltration, inflammation and compromised barrier function. EM showed shortened desmosomes with decreased desmocollin 2 expression. Systemically, leukocytosis and neutrophilia were present together with 80% reduction of anti-inflammatory Ly6Clow monocytes. Bone marrow transplants supported the primary contribution of non-hematopoietic cells to the inflammatory phenotype. Specific deletion of endothelial but not of enterocyte CD36 reproduced many of the gut phenotypes of germline CD36KO mice including fibronectin deposition, increased interleukin 6, neutrophil infiltration, desmosome shortening and impaired epithelial barrier function. CONCLUSIONS CD36 loss results in chronic neutrophil infiltration of the gut, impairs barrier integrity and systemically causes subclinical inflammation. Endothelial cell CD36 deletion reproduces the major intestinal phenotypes. The findings suggest an important role of the endothelium in etiology of gut inflammation and loss of epithelial barrier integrity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Vincenza Cifarelli
- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri,Reprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Nada A. Abumrad, PhD, or Vincenza Cifarelli, PhD, Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8031, St. Louis, Missouri 63110. fax: (314) 362-8230.Department of MedicineCenter for Human NutritionWashington University School of MedicineCampus Box 8031St. LouisMissouri 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri,Reprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Nada A. Abumrad, PhD, or Vincenza Cifarelli, PhD, Department of Medicine, Center for Human Nutrition, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8031, St. Louis, Missouri 63110. fax: (314) 362-8230.Department of MedicineCenter for Human NutritionWashington University School of MedicineCampus Box 8031St. LouisMissouri 63110
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Chen X, Talati M, Fessel JP, Hemnes AR, Gladson S, French J, Shay S, Trammell A, Phillips JA, Hamid R, Cogan JD, Dawson EP, Womble KE, Hedges LK, Martinez EG, Wheeler LA, Loyd JE, Majka SJ, West J, Austin ED. Estrogen Metabolite 16α-Hydroxyestrone Exacerbates Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Type II-Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Through MicroRNA-29-Mediated Modulation of Cellular Metabolism. Circulation 2015; 133:82-97. [PMID: 26487756 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.016133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a proliferative disease of the pulmonary vasculature that preferentially affects women. Estrogens such as the metabolite 16α-hydroxyestrone (16αOHE) may contribute to PAH pathogenesis, and alterations in cellular energy metabolism associate with PAH. We hypothesized that 16αOHE promotes heritable PAH (HPAH) via microRNA-29 (miR-29) family upregulation and that antagonism of miR-29 would attenuate pulmonary hypertension in transgenic mouse models of Bmpr2 mutation. METHODS AND RESULTS MicroRNA array profiling of human lung tissue found elevation of microRNAs associated with energy metabolism, including the miR-29 family, among HPAH patients. miR-29 expression was 2-fold higher in Bmpr2 mutant mice lungs at baseline compared with controls and 4 to 8-fold higher in Bmpr2 mice exposed to 16αOHE 1.25 μg/h for 4 weeks. Blot analyses of Bmpr2 mouse lung protein showed significant reductions in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ and CD36 in those mice exposed to 16αOHE and protein derived from HPAH lungs compared with controls. Bmpr2 mice treated with anti-miR-29 (20-mg/kg injections for 6 weeks) had improvements in hemodynamic profile, histology, and markers of dysregulated energy metabolism compared with controls. Pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells derived from Bmpr2 murine lungs demonstrated mitochondrial abnormalities, which improved with anti-miR-29 transfection in vitro; endothelial-like cells derived from HPAH patient induced pluripotent stem cell lines were similar and improved with anti-miR-29 treatment. CONCLUSIONS 16αOHE promotes the development of HPAH via upregulation of miR-29, which alters molecular and functional indexes of energy metabolism. Antagonism of miR-29 improves in vivo and in vitro features of HPAH and reveals a possible novel therapeutic target.
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- Xinping Chen
- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.)
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- From Departments of Medicine (X.C., M.T., J.P.F., A.R.H., S.G., J.F., S.S., L.A.W., J.E.L., S.J.M., J.W.), Pharmacology (J.P.F.), Pediatrics (J.A.P., R.H., J..C., L.K.H.), and Pathology (E.G.M.), Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN; Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (A.T.); and Bioventures, Inc, Murfreesboro, TN (E.P.D., K.E.W.).
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