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Stenvall CGA, Tayyab M, Grönroos TJ, Ilomäki MA, Viiri K, Ridge KM, Polari L, Toivola DM. Targeted deletion of keratin 8 in intestinal epithelial cells disrupts tissue integrity and predisposes to tumorigenesis in the colon. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 79:10. [PMID: 34951664 PMCID: PMC8709826 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-04081-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2021] [Revised: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Keratin 8 (K8) is the main intestinal epithelial intermediate filament protein with proposed roles for colonic epithelial cell integrity. Here, we used mice lacking K8 in intestinal epithelial cells (floxed K8 and Villin-Cre1000 and Villin-CreERt2) to investigate the cell-specific roles of intestinal epithelial K8 for colonocyte function and pathologies. Intestinal epithelial K8 deletion decreased K8 partner proteins, K18-K20, 75-95%, and the remaining keratin filaments were located at the colonocyte apical regions with type II K7, which decreased 30%. 2-Deoxy-2-[18F]-fluoroglucose positron emission tomography in vivo imaging identified a metabolic phenotype in the lower gut of the conditional K8 knockouts. These mice developed intestinal barrier leakiness, mild diarrhea, and epithelial damage, especially in the proximal colon. Mice exhibited shifted differentiation from enterocytes to goblet cells, displayed longer crypts and an increased number of Ki67 + transit-amplifying cells in the colon. Significant proproliferative and regenerative signaling occurred in the IL-22, STAT3, and pRb pathways, with minor effects on inflammatory parameters, which, however, increased in aging mice. Importantly, colonocyte K8 deletion induced a dramatically increased sensitivity to azoxymethane-induced tumorigenesis. In conclusion, intestinal epithelial K8 plays a significant role in colonocyte epithelial integrity maintenance, proliferation regulation and tumor suppression.
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- Carl-Gustaf A Stenvall
- Cell Biology, Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6A, N20520, Turku, Finland
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- Cell Biology, Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6A, N20520, Turku, Finland
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- Turku PET Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- Medicity Research Laboratories, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Cell Biology, Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6A, N20520, Turku, Finland
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- Celiac Disease Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Cell Biology, Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6A, N20520, Turku, Finland
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- Cell Biology, Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, BioCity, Tykistökatu 6A, N20520, Turku, Finland.
- Turku Center for Disease Modeling, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
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Evans CA, Corfe BM. Colorectal keratins: Integrating nutrition, metabolism and colorectal health. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2021; 128:103-111. [PMID: 34481710 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2021.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 08/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The colon mucosa is lined with crypts of circa 300 cells, forming a continuous barrier whose roles include absorption of water, recovery of metabolic energy sources (notably short chain fatty acids), secretion of a protective mucus barrier, and physiological signalling. There is high turnover and replenishment of cells in the mucosa, disruption of this may lead to bowel pathologies including cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. Keratins have been implicated in the processes of cell death, epithelial integrity, response to inflammation and as a result are often described as guardians of the colonic epithelium. Keratin proteins carry extensive post-translational modifications, the cofactors for kinases, acetyl transferases and other modification-regulating enzymes are themselves products of metabolism. A cluster of studies has begun to reveal a bidirectional relationship between keratin form and function and metabolism. In this paper we hypothesise a mechanistic interaction between keratins and metabolism is governed through regulation of post-translational modifications and may contribute significantly to the normal functioning of the colon, placing keratins at the centre of a nutrition-metabolism-health triangle.
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- Caroline A Evans
- ChELSI Institute, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield, Mappin St, S1 3JD Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Population Health Sciences Institute, Human Nutrition Research Centre, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle NE2 4HH, United Kingdom.
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Keratin intermediate filaments in the colon: guardians of epithelial homeostasis. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2020; 129:105878. [PMID: 33152513 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2020.105878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Keratin intermediate filament proteins are major cytoskeletal components of the mammalian simple layered columnar epithelium in the gastrointestinal tract. Human colon crypt epithelial cells express keratins 18, 19 and 20 as the major type I keratins, and keratin 8 as the type II keratin. Keratin expression patterns vary between species, and mouse colonocytes express keratin 7 as a second type II keratin. Colonic keratin patterns change during cell differentiation, such that K20 increases in the more differentiated crypt cells closer to the central lumen. Keratins provide a structural and mechanical scaffold to support cellular stability, integrity and stress protection in this rapidly regenerating tissue. They participate in central colonocyte processes including barrier function, ion transport, differentiation, proliferation and inflammatory signaling. The cell-specific keratin compositions in different epithelial tissues has allowed for the utilization of keratin-based diagnostic methods. Since the keratin expression pattern in tumors often resembles that in the primary tissue, it can be used to recognize metastases of colonic origin. This review focuses on recent findings on the biological functions of mammalian colon epithelial keratins obtained from pivotal in vivo models. We also discuss the diagnostic value of keratins in chronic colonic disease and known keratin alterations in colon pathologies. This review describes the biochemical properties of keratins and their molecular actions in colonic epithelial cells and highlights diagnostic data in colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease patients, which may facilitate the recognition of disease subtypes and the establishment of personal therapies in the future.
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Al-Maleki AR, Loke MF, Lui SY, Ramli NSK, Khosravi Y, Ng CG, Venkatraman G, Goh KL, Ho B, Vadivelu J. Helicobacter pylori outer inflammatory protein A (OipA) suppresses apoptosis of AGS gastric cells in vitro. Cell Microbiol 2017; 19. [PMID: 28776327 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2016] [Revised: 07/02/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Outer inflammatory protein A (OipA) is an important virulence factor associated with gastric cancer and ulcer development; however, the results have not been well established and turned out to be controversial. This study aims to elucidate the role of OipA in Helicobacter pylori infection using clinical strains harbouring oipA "on" and "off" motifs. Proteomics analysis was performed on AGS cell pre-infection and postinfection with H. pylori oipA "on" and "off" strains, using liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. AGS apoptosis and cell cycle assays were performed. Moreover, expression of vacuolating cytotoxin A (VacA) was screened using Western blotting. AGS proteins that have been suggested previously to play a role or associated with gastric disease were down-regulated postinfection with oipA "off" strains comparing to oipA "on" strains. Furthermore, oipA "off" and ΔoipA cause higher level of AGS cells apoptosis and G0/G1 cell-cycle arrest than oipA "on" strains. Interestingly, deletion of oipA increased bacterial VacA production. The capability of H. pylori to induce apoptosis and suppress expression of proteins having roles in human disease in the absence of oipA suggests that strains not expressing OipA may be less virulent or may even be protective against carcinogenesis compared those expressing OipA. This potentially explains the higher incidence of gastric cancer in East Asia where oipA "on" strains predominates.
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- Anis Rageh Al-Maleki
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.,Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Singapore Precision Medicine Centre Pte Ltd, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The Value of Caspase-3 after the Application of Annona muricata Leaf Extract in COLO-205 Colorectal Cancer Cell Line. Gastroenterol Res Pract 2017; 2017:4357165. [PMID: 28487731 PMCID: PMC5401745 DOI: 10.1155/2017/4357165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Revised: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Annona muricata, commonly known as soursop, contains annonacin, acetogenin, and polyphenol which are known to have chemopreventive effects on cancer. In this study, we tend to evaluate the apoptosis-inducing effect of soursop (Annona muricata) leaf extract on the colorectal cancer cell line COLO-205 through the activities of caspase-3 which is a marker of cell apoptosis. Cell cultures were incubated with soursop leaf with a concentration of 10 μg/ml and then compared with those of the incubated positive control leucovorin 10 μg/ml and placebo as a negative control. The apoptotic activity of caspase-3 was measured with ELISA. After the administration of each treatment in the colorectal cancer cell line COLO-205, the expression of caspase-3 activity was 1422 ng/ml after incubation with the extract of Annona muricata leaves, 1373 ng/ml after the administration of leucovorin, and 1297 ng/ml in the one with placebo. Annona muricata leaf extract elevated caspase-3 by 1.09 times compared to that of the pure cell line. Annona muricata leaf extract had a higher value of caspase-3 activity than leucovorin and placebo in the COLO-205 colorectal cancer cell line. These results may suggest that Annona muricata leaf extract had anticancer properties by enhancing caspase-3 activity which is a proapoptotic marker.
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Pérez-Sánchez J, Terova G, Simó-Mirabet P, Rimoldi S, Folkedal O, Calduch-Giner JA, Olsen RE, Sitjà-Bobadilla A. Skin Mucus of Gilthead Sea Bream ( Sparus aurata L.). Protein Mapping and Regulation in Chronically Stressed Fish. Front Physiol 2017; 8:34. [PMID: 28210224 PMCID: PMC5288811 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2017.00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The skin mucus of gilthead sea bream was mapped by one-dimensional gel electrophoresis followed by liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution mass spectrometry using a quadrupole time-of-flight mass analyzer. More than 2,000 proteins were identified with a protein score filter of 30. The identified proteins were represented in 418 canonical pathways of the Ingenuity Pathway software. After filtering by canonical pathway overlapping, the retained proteins were clustered in three groups. The mitochondrial cluster contained 59 proteins related to oxidative phosphorylation and mitochondrial dysfunction. The second cluster contained 79 proteins related to antigen presentation and protein ubiquitination pathways. The third cluster contained 257 proteins where proteins related to protein synthesis, cellular assembly, and epithelial integrity were over-represented. The latter group also included acute phase response signaling. In parallel, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis methodology identified six proteins spots of different protein abundance when comparing unstressed fish with chronically stressed fish in an experimental model that mimicked daily farming activities. The major changes were associated with a higher abundance of cytokeratin 8 in the skin mucus proteome of stressed fish, which was confirmed by immunoblotting. Thus, the increased abundance of markers of skin epithelial turnover results in a promising indicator of chronic stress in fish.
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- Jaume Pérez-Sánchez
- Nutrigenomics and Fish Growth Endocrinology Group, Biology, Culture and Pathology of Marine Species, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) Castellón, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of InsubriaVarese, Italy; Inter-University Centre for Research in Protein Biotechnologies "The Protein Factory" Polytechnic University of Milan and University of InsubriaVarese, Italy
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- Nutrigenomics and Fish Growth Endocrinology Group, Biology, Culture and Pathology of Marine Species, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) Castellón, Spain
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria Varese, Italy
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- Institute of Marine Research Matre Matredal, Norway
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- Nutrigenomics and Fish Growth Endocrinology Group, Biology, Culture and Pathology of Marine Species, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) Castellón, Spain
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- Institute of Marine Research MatreMatredal, Norway; Department of Biology, Norwegian University for Science and TechnologyTrondheim, Norway
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- Fish Pathology Group Group, Biology, Culture and Pathology of Marine Species, Institute of Aquaculture Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC) Castellón, Spain
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Indrawati L, Ascobat P, Bela B, Abdullah M, Surono IS, Pramono S. Antiproliferative activity and caspase enhancement properties of <em>Annona muricata</em> leaves extract against colorectal cancer cells. MEDICAL JOURNAL OF INDONESIA 2016. [DOI: 10.13181/mji.v25i3.1449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Background: The prevalence of colorectal cancer is rising in Asia including Indonesia. Annona muricata tea leaves, that is traditionally used for maintaining health, and lately being used by cancer patients. The objectives of this study is to investigate its effects in human colorectal cancer cell in vitro and ex vivo.Methods: Thirty patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) were enrolled in a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. They were equally divided into two groups: those treated with 300 mg A. muricata leaf extract and placebo daily for 8 weeks. Serum from supplemented CRC patients of both groups was compared for caspase 9 and caspase 8 enhancement activity. Antiproliferative effect of water extract of A. muricata leaves and its fractions were evaluated against colorectal cancer cell line (DLD-1 and COLO 205) compared with 5-fluorouracil and placebo, the dose range was 62.5-2,000 µg/mL. Method used was 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. Data were analyzed by Mann-Whitney U test. The p value was set at 0.05.Results: Ethanol-soluble fraction of A. muricata leaves extract water extract (ESFAM) leaves extract had cytotoxicity effects on DLD-1 as well as COLO 205 cell line, as shown by the lower IC50 compared to 5-fluorouracil and placebo, 20.59 μg/mL and 654.9μg/mL, respectively. Serum of subjects supplemented with extract significantly induced caspase 9 (p=0.001) activity of DLD-1 colorectal cancer cell line, but not for caspase 8 activity (p=0.372).Conclusion: The study's results suggest the cytotoxicity potential of A. muricata leaves extract in in vitro and ex vivo studies.
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Corfe BM, Majumdar D, Assadsangabi A, Marsh AMR, Cross SS, Connolly JB, Evans CA, Lobo AJ. Inflammation decreases keratin level in ulcerative colitis; inadequate restoration associates with increased risk of colitis-associated cancer. BMJ Open Gastroenterol 2015; 2:e000024. [PMID: 26462276 PMCID: PMC4599170 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgast-2014-000024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 12/21/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background Keratins are intermediate filament (IF) proteins, which form part of the epithelial cytoskeleton and which have been implicated pathology of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Methods In this study biopsies were obtained from IBD patients grouped by disease duration and subtype into eight categories based on cancer risk and inflammatory status: quiescent recent onset (<5 years) UC (ROUC); UC with primary sclerosing cholangitis; quiescent long-standing pancolitis (20–40 years) (LSPC); active colitis and non-inflamed proximal colonic mucosa; pancolitis with dysplasia-both dysplastic lesions (DT) and distal rectal mucosa (DR); control group without pathology. Alterations in IF protein composition across the groups were determined by quantitative proteomics. Key protein changes were validated by western immunoblotting and immunohistochemical analysis. Result Acute inflammation resulted in reduced K8, K18, K19 and VIM (all p<0.05) compared to controls and non inflamed mucosa; reduced levels of if– associated proteins were also seen in DT and DR. Increased levels of keratins in LSPC was noted relative to controls or ROUC (K8, K18, K19 and VIM, p<0.05). Multiple K8 forms were noted on immunoblotting, with K8 phosphorylation reduced in progressive disease along with an increase in VIM:K8 ratio. K8 levels and phosphorylation are reduced in acute inflammation but appear restored or elevated in subjects with clinical and endoscopic remission (LSPC) but not apparent in subjects with elevated risk of cancer. Conclusions These data suggest that keratin regulation in remission may influence subsequent cancer risk.
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- Bernard M Corfe
- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Insigneo Institute for in silico Medicine, University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Gastroenterology Unit , Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Gastroenterology Unit , Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Gastroenterology Unit , Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield , UK
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- Academic Unit of Pathology, Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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- Biological and Systems Engineering Group, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Gastroenterology Unit , Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield , UK
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Helenius TO, Misiorek JO, Nyström JH, Fortelius LE, Habtezion A, Liao J, Asghar MN, Zhang H, Azhar S, Omary MB, Toivola DM. Keratin 8 absence down-regulates colonocyte HMGCS2 and modulates colonic ketogenesis and energy metabolism. Mol Biol Cell 2015; 26:2298-310. [PMID: 25904331 PMCID: PMC4462946 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e14-02-0736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Absence of colonic keratin 8 causes intestinal inflammation and decreased levels of the ketogenic enzyme HMGCS2. Upstream, the butyrate transporter MCT1 is decreased, leading to increased luminal butyrate. Ketogenic conditions fail to induce HMGCS2 in the keratin 8–knockout colon, suggesting a role for keratins in colonocyte energy homeostasis. Simple-type epithelial keratins are intermediate filament proteins important for mechanical stability and stress protection. Keratin mutations predispose to human liver disorders, whereas their roles in intestinal diseases are unclear. Absence of keratin 8 (K8) in mice leads to colitis, decreased Na/Cl uptake, protein mistargeting, and longer crypts, suggesting that keratins contribute to intestinal homeostasis. We describe the rate-limiting enzyme of the ketogenic energy metabolism pathway, mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase 2 (HMGCS2), as a major down-regulated protein in the K8-knockout (K8−/−) colon. K8 absence leads to decreased quantity and activity of HMGCS2, and the down-regulation is not dependent on the inflammatory state, since HMGCS2 is not decreased in dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis. Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor α, a transcriptional activator of HMGCS2, is similarly down-regulated. Ketogenic conditions—starvation or ketogenic diet—increase K8+/+ HMGCS2, whereas this response is blunted in the K8−/− colon. Microbiota-produced short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), substrates in the colonic ketone body pathway, are increased in stool, which correlates with decreased levels of their main transporter, monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1). Microbial populations, including the main SCFA-butyrate producers in the colon, were not altered in the K8−/−. In summary, the regulation of the SCFA-MCT1-HMGCS2 axis is disrupted in K8−/− colonocytes, suggesting a role for keratins in colonocyte energy metabolism and homeostasis.
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- Terhi O Helenius
- Cell Biology/Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Cell Biology/Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Cell Biology/Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Cell Biology/Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305
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- Cell Biology/Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, and Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, and Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94304
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- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
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- Cell Biology/Biosciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20520, Finland
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Evans CA, Rosser R, Waby JS, Noirel J, Lai D, Wright PC, Williams EA, Riley SA, Bury JP, Corfe BM. Reduced keratin expression in colorectal neoplasia and associated fields is reversible by diet and resection. BMJ Open Gastroenterol 2015; 2:e000022. [PMID: 26462274 PMCID: PMC4599164 DOI: 10.1136/bmjgast-2014-000022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2014] [Revised: 12/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with adenomatous colonic polyps are at increased risk of developing further polyps suggesting field-wide alterations in cancer predisposition. The current study aimed to identify molecular alterations in the normal mucosa in the proximity of adenomatous polyps and to assess the modulating effect of butyrate, a chemopreventive compound produced by fermentation of dietary residues. METHODS A cross-sectional study was undertaken in patients with adenomatous polyps: biopsy samples were taken from the adenoma, and from macroscopically normal mucosa on the contralateral wall to the adenoma and from the mid-sigmoid colon. In normal subjects biopsies were taken from the mid-sigmoid colon. Biopsies were frozen for proteomic analysis or formalin-fixed for immunohistochemistry. Proteomic analysis was undertaken using iTRAQ workflows followed by bioinformatics analyses. A second dietary fibre intervention study arm used the same endpoints and sampling strategy at the beginning and end of a high-fibre intervention. RESULTS Key findings were that keratins 8, 18 and 19 were reduced in expression level with progressive proximity to the lesion. Lesional tissue exhibited multiple K8 immunoreactive bands and overall reduced levels of keratin. Biopsies from normal subjects with low faecal butyrate also showed depressed keratin expression. Resection of the lesion and elevation of dietary fibre intake both appeared to restore keratin expression level. CONCLUSION Changes in keratin expression associate with progression towards neoplasia, but remain modifiable risk factors. Dietary strategies may improve secondary chemoprevention. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER ISRCTN90852168.
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- Caroline A Evans
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Department of Biological Sciences , The University of Hull , Hull , UK
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK ; Conservatoire National des Arts et Mmétiers , Paris , France
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Department of Geography , University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering , ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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- Human Nutrition Unit, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK
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- Department of Gastroenterology , Northern General Hospital , Sheffield , UK
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- Department of Pathology , Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield , UK
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- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Department of Oncology , University of Sheffield, The Medical School , Sheffield , UK ; Insigneo Institute for in Silico Medicine, The University of Sheffield , Sheffield , UK
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Deb M, Kar S, Sengupta D, Shilpi A, Parbin S, Rath SK, Londhe VA, Patra SK. Chromatin dynamics: H3K4 methylation and H3 variant replacement during development and in cancer. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:3439-63. [PMID: 24676717 PMCID: PMC11113154 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1605-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2013] [Revised: 02/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The dynamic nature of chromatin and its myriad modifications play a crucial role in gene regulation (expression and repression) during development, cellular survival, homeostasis, ageing, and apoptosis/death. Histone 3 lysine 4 methylation (H3K4 methylation) catalyzed by H3K4 specific histone methyltransferases is one of the more critical chromatin modifications that is generally associated with gene activation. Additionally, the deposition of H3 variant(s) in conjunction with H3K4 methylation generates an intricately reliable epigenetic regulatory circuit that guides transcriptional activity in normal development and homeostasis. Consequently, alterations in this epigenetic circuit may trigger disease development. The mechanistic relationship between H3 variant deposition and H3K4 methylation during normal development has remained foggy. However, recent investigations in the field of chromatin dynamics in various model organisms, tumors, cancer tissues, and cell lines cultured without and with therapeutic agents, as well as from model reconstituted chromatins reveal that there may be different subsets of chromatin assemblage with specific patterns of histone replacement executing similar functions. In this light, we attempt to explain the intricate control system that maintains chromatin structure and dynamics during normal development as well as during tumor development and cancer progression in this review. Our focus is to highlight the contribution of H3K4 methylation-histone variant crosstalk in regulating chromatin architecture and subsequently its function.
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- Moonmoon Deb
- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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- Division of Neonatology and Developmental Biology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1752 USA
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- Epigenetics and Cancer Research Laboratory, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Group, Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha 769008 India
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Nitkiewicz A, Smolinska N, Maleszka A, Chojnowska K, Kaminski T. Expression of orexins and their precursor in the porcine ovary and the influence of orexins on ovarian steroidogenesis in pigs. Anim Reprod Sci 2014; 148:53-62. [PMID: 24916957 DOI: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2014.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2013] [Revised: 03/16/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Orexins A and B are hypothalamic neuropeptides associated with homeostasis and the reproductive system. The aim of the study was to compare the expression of the prepro-orexin gene and the intensity of orexins immunoreactivity in the porcine ovary (corpora lutea, granulosa and theca interna cells) during four different stages of the oestrous cycle (days: 2-3, 10-12, 14-16 and 17-19) and to examine the in vitro effect of orexins on the secretion of steroid hormones by porcine luteal, granulosa and theca interna cells. The highest expression of prepro-orexin mRNA was observed in theca interna cells on days 17-19 of the oestrous cycle. The highest content of immunoreactive orexin A was noted in corpora lutea on days 10-12 and the highest level of immunoreactive orexin B on days 14-16 of the cycle. Immunoreactive orexin A concentrations were higher in theca interna cells than in granulosa cells, whereas similar levels of immunoreactive orexin B were observed in both cell types. Under in vitro conditions, at the concentration of 10 nM, orexins A and B inhibited FSH-induced oestradiol secretion by granulosa cells. The obtained results suggest that the pattern of orexin peptide expression in the porcine ovary is related to the animals' hormonal status. Our findings imply that orexins can affect porcine reproductive functions through modulation of ovarian steroidogenesis.
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- Anna Nitkiewicz
- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 1A, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland.
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Majumdar D, Tiernan JP, Lobo AJ, Evans CA, Corfe BM. Keratins in colorectal epithelial function and disease. Int J Exp Pathol 2012; 93:305-18. [PMID: 22974212 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2012.00830.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Keratins are the largest subgroup of intermediate filament proteins, which are an important constituent of the cellular cytoskeleton. The principally expressed keratins (K) of the intestinal epithelium are K8, K18 and K19. The specific keratin profile of a particular epithelium provides it with strength and integrity. In the colon, keratins have been shown to regulate electrolyte transport, likely by targeting ion transporters to their correct location in the colonocytes. Keratins are highly dynamic and are subject to post-translational modifications including phosphorylation, acetylation and glycosylation. These affect the filament dynamics and hence solubility of keratins and may contribute to protection against degradation. Keratin null mice (K8(-/-) ) develop colitis, and abnormal keratin mutations have been shown to be associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Abnormal expression of K7 and K20 has been noted in colitis-associated dysplasia and cancers. In sporadic colorectal cancers (CRCs) may be useful in predicting tumour prognosis; a low K20 expression is noted in CRCs with high microsatellite instability; and keratins have been noted as dysregulated in peri-adenomatous fields. Caspase-cleaved fragment of K18 (M30) in the serum of patients with CRC has been used as a marker of cancer load and to assess response to therapy. These data suggest an emerging importance of keratins in maintaining normal function of the gastrointestinal epithelium as well as being a marker of various colorectal diseases. This review will primarily focus on the biology of these proteins, physiological functions and alterations in IBD and CRCs.
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- Debabrata Majumdar
- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Majumdar D, Rosser R, Havard S, Lobo AJ, Wright PC, Evans CA, Corfe BM. An integrated workflow for extraction and solubilization of intermediate filaments from colorectal biopsies for proteomic analysis. Electrophoresis 2012; 33:1967-74. [PMID: 22806461 DOI: 10.1002/elps.201100662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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We report a technique for isolation and solubilization of intermediate filament (IF) proteins from colonic biopsies compatible with both gel electrophoresis and liquid chromatography "shotgun" proteomics using mass spectrometry (MS). This is important because changes in the IF proteome, particularly in keratin expression and modification, are noted in colonic mucosa of patients with colorectal cancer. Though keratins have traditionally been dissolved in high concentration of urea, the latter solvent precludes efficient proteolytic digestion by trypsin prior to gel-free LC-MS/MS approaches. The extraction of cytoskeletal proteins was initially evaluated using MCF-7 cancer cell lines using a published, differential detergent solubilization protocol. IF proteins were extracted from colonic biopsies using a combination of homogenization and sonication. Since comparable efficiency of solubilization was noted on the extracted IF from cell lines between urea and guanidine hydrochloride (GuHCl) in triethylammonium bicarbonate buffer, isolated proteins from endoscopic biopsies were solubilized in GuHCl. Using immunoblotting techniques, we successfully demonstrated isolation of keratins and preservation of posttranslational modifications (phosphorylation, acetylation). Dissolved proteins were tryptically digested and peptides analyzed by MS, showing the functionality of the workflow in shotgun proteomic applications, specifically compatibility of the workflow for isobaric tagging relative and absolute quantification based quantitation approaches.
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- Debabrata Majumdar
- Molecular Gastroenterology Research Group, Academic Unit of Surgical Oncology, Department of Oncology, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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Nitkiewicz A, Smolinska N, Maleszka A, Kiezun M, Kaminski T. Localization of orexin A and orexin B in the porcine uterus. Reprod Biol 2012; 12:135-55. [PMID: 22850467 DOI: 10.1016/s1642-431x(12)60082-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The presence of orexins and their receptors in gonads indicate that these hormones participate in the control of reproductive functions. The aim of the study was to compare the expression of the prepro-orexin (PPO) gene in porcine endometrium and myometrium and the intensity of OXA- and OXB-immunoreactivity in the following uterine structures: endometrial glandular and luminal epithelium and stroma as well as the myometrial longitudinal and circular muscles during the four stages (days 2-3, 10-12, 14-16, 17-19) of the estrous cycle. The highest expression of PPO mRNA was observed in the endometrium and the myometrium on days 14-16 of the cycle. The expression of the PPO gene on days 2-3 was more pronounced in the myometrium than in the endometrium, whereas on days 17-19 the gene expression was markedly higher in the endometrium. The OXA signal intensity was highest on days 2-3 in the luminal epithelium and on days 2-3 and 10-12 in the stroma. In circular muscles of the myometrium, the highest immunoreactivity was found on days 2-3 and 10-12, while in longitudinal muscles on days 2-3. OXB-immunoreactivity was highest on days 10-12 in longitudinal muscles, on days 17-19 in glandular epithelium and stroma, and on days 10-12 and 14-16 in luminal epithelium. Our results suggest that orexin A and B are produced in the porcine uterus and that their release is dependent on the hormonal status of animals.
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- Anna Nitkiewicz
- Department of Animal Physiology, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland
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