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Liang X, Du W, Huang L, Xiang L, Pan W, Yang F, Zheng F, Xie Y, Geng L, Gong S, Xu W. Helicobacter pylori promotes gastric intestinal metaplasia through activation of IRF3-mediated kynurenine pathway. Cell Commun Signal 2023; 21:141. [PMID: 37328804 PMCID: PMC10273570 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01162-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Metabolic reprogramming is a critical event for cell fate and function, making it an attractive target for clinical therapy. The function of metabolic reprogramming in Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-infected gastric intestinal metaplasia remained to be identified. METHODS Xanthurenic acid (XA) was measured in gastric cancer cells treated with H. pylori or H. pylori virulence factor, respectively, and qPCR and WB were performed to detect CDX2 and key metabolic enzymes expression. A subcellular fractionation approach, luciferase and ChIP combined with immunofluorescence were applied to reveal the mechanism underlying H. pylori mediated kynurenine pathway in intestinal metaplasia in vivo and in vitro. RESULTS Herein, we, for the first time, demonstrated that H. pylori contributed to gastric intestinal metaplasia characterized by enhanced Caudal-related homeobox transcription factor-2 (CDX2) and mucin2 (MUC2) expression, which was attributed to activation of kynurenine pathway. H. pylori promoted kynurenine aminotransferase II (KAT2)-mediated kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism, leading to XA production, which further induced CDX2 expression in gastric epithelial cells. Mechanically, H. pylori activated cyclic guanylate adenylate synthase (cGAS)-interferon regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) pathway in gastric epithelial cells, leading to enhance IRF3 nuclear translocation and the binding of IRF3 to KAT2 promoter. Inhibition of KAT2 could significantly reverse the effect of H. pylori on CDX2 expression. Also, the rescue phenomenon was observed in gastric epithelial cells treated with H. pylori after IRF3 inhibition in vitro and in vivo. Most importantly, phospho-IRF3 was confirmed to be a clinical positive relationship with CDX2. CONCLUSION These finding suggested H. pylori contributed to gastric intestinal metaplasia through KAT2-mediated kynurenine pathway of tryptophan metabolism via cGAS-IRF3 signaling, targeting the kynurenine pathway could be a promising strategy to prevent gastric intestinal metaplasia caused by H. pylori infection. Video Abstract.
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- Xinhua Liang
- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, The Affiliated Hospital of Putian University, Putian, 351100, China
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- Department of Hematology, Zhuhai Center for Maternal and Child Health Care, Zhuhai, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
- Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangdong Provincial Clinical Research Center for Child Health, Guangzhou Institute of Pediatrics, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510623, China.
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ABSTRACT Gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM) is a precancerous lesion of gastric cancer (GC) and is considered an irreversible point of progression for GC. Helicobacter pylori infection can cause GIM, but its eradication still does not reverse the process. Bile reflux is also a pathogenic factor in GIM and can continuously irritate the gastric mucosa, and bile acids in refluxed fluid have been widely reported to be associated with GIM. This paper reviews in detail the relationship between bile reflux and GIM and the mechanisms by which bile acids induce GIM.
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He Q, Liu L, Wei J, Jiang J, Rong Z, Chen X, Zhao J, Jiang K. Roles and action mechanisms of bile acid-induced gastric intestinal metaplasia: a review. Cell Death Dis 2022; 8:158. [PMID: 35379788 PMCID: PMC8979943 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-022-00962-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 03/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a precancerous lesion that increases the risk of subsequent gastric cancer (GC) development. Therefore, the mechanism of IM has been the focus of basic and clinical research. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection has been recognized as the main pathogenesis of gastric IM. However, more and more studies have shown that chronic inflammation of gastric mucosa caused by bile reflux is the key pathogenic factor of gastric IM. Bile reflux activates the expression of IM biomarkers via the bile acid receptor. In addition, microRNAs, exosomes, and epigenetics are also involved in the occurrence and development of bile acid-induced gastric IM. Currently, the relevant research is still very few. The molecular mechanism of the phenotypic transformation of gastrointestinal epithelial cells induced by bile acids has not been fully understood. This article mainly reviews the physiology and pathology of bile acid, mechanism of gastric IM induced by bile acid, bile acid receptors, and so on, in order to provide reference for further research.
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- Qijin He
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases, No. 154 Anshan Road, Tianjin, 300052, China.
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Inoue T, Funatsu Y, Ohnishi M, Isogawa M, Kawashima K, Tanaka M, Moriya K, Kawaratani H, Momoda R, Iio E, Nakagawa H, Suzuki Y, Matsuura K, Fujiwara K, Nakajima A, Yoshiji H, Nakayama J, Tanaka Y. Bile acid dysmetabolism in the gut-microbiota-liver axis under hepatitis C virus infection. Liver Int 2022; 42:124-134. [PMID: 34411400 DOI: 10.1111/liv.15041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2021] [Revised: 07/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS We recently analysed and reported the features of the micro biome under hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, but the effect of HCV infection on bile acid (BA) metabolism in the gut-liver axis remains poorly understood. The aim of this study was to clarify the characteristics of the gut-liver axis in HCV-infected patients. METHODS The faecal BAs composition and gut microbiota from 100 chronic hepatitis C (CHC) patients were compared with those from 23 healthy individuals. For transcriptional analysis of the liver, 22 mild CHC (fibrosis stages [F] 0-2) and 42 advanced CHC (F3-4) cases were compared with 12 healthy individuals. The findings were confirmed using chimeric mice with human hepatocytes infected with HCV HCR6. RESULTS Chronic hepatitis C patients, even at earlier disease stages, showed BA profiles distinct from healthy individuals, in which faecal deoxycholic acid (DCA) was significantly reduced and lithocholic acid or ursodeoxycholic acid became dominant. The decrease in faecal DCA was correlated with reduction in commensal Clostridiales and increase in oral Lactobacillales. Impaired biosynthesis of cholic acid (CA) was observed as a reduction in the transcription level of cytochrome P450 8B1 (CYP8B1), a key enzyme in CA biosynthesis. The reductions in faecal DCA and liver CYP8B1 were also observed in HCV-infected chimeric mice. CONCLUSIONS Chronic hepatitis C alters the intestinal BA profile, in association with the imbalance of BA biosynthesis, which differs from the pattern in NAFLD. These imbalances appear to drive disease progression through the gut-microbiome-liver axis.
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- Takako Inoue
- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.,Department of Virology and Liver Unit, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Liver Unit, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Virology and Liver Unit, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory for Cancer Genomics, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
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- Third Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan
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- Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Division of Systems Bioengineering, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Graduate School, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.,Department of Virology and Liver Unit, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan.,Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan
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Wang N, Wu S, Zhao J, Chen M, Zeng J, Lu G, Wang J, Zhang J, Liu J, Shi Y. Bile acids increase intestinal marker expression via the FXR/SNAI2/miR-1 axis in the stomach. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2021; 44:1119-1131. [PMID: 34510400 PMCID: PMC8516775 DOI: 10.1007/s13402-021-00622-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Purpose Intestinal metaplasia (IM) is a precancerous lesion that increases the risk of subsequent gastric cancer (GC) development. Previously, miR-1 has been shown to play an essential role in the initiation of bile acid (BA)-induced IM. The objective of the present study was to investigate the mechanism underlying miR-1 inhibition by BA in gastric cells. Methods Ingenuity pathway analysis (IPA) was used to identify molecules acting upstream of miR-1. The effects of deoxycholic acid (DCA), FXR and SNAI2 on the expression of intestinal markers were assessed using quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) and Western blotting. The expression level of major molecules was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) in tissue microarrays. The transcriptional regulation of miR-1 was verified using luciferase reporter and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. Results We found that BA treatment caused aberrant expression of FXR and intestinal markers in gastric cells. Augmented FXR led to transcriptional activation of SNAI2, which in turn suppressed the miR-1 promoter. Moreover, we found that compared with normal tissues, the expression levels of both FXR and SNAI2 were increased and positively correlated with each other in IM tissues. Additionally, their expression showed an inverse correlation with that of miR-1 in IM tissues. Conclusions Our findings indicate that FXR may be responsible for a series of molecular changes in gastric cells after BA treatment, and that the FXR/SNAI2/miR-1 axis exhibits a crucial role in BA-induced progression of IM. Blocking the FXR-oriented axis may provide a promising approach for IM or even GC treatment. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13402-021-00622-z.
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- Na Wang
- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Shannxi University of Chinese Medicine, Xi'an, China
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- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Radiation Protective Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China.
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- Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Fourth Military Medical University, No. 15 West Changle Road, Xi'an, 710032, Shaanxi, China.
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System analysis of cross-talk between nuclear receptors reveals an opposite regulation of the cell cycle by LXR and FXR in human HepaRG liver cells. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0220894. [PMID: 31437187 PMCID: PMC6705839 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Transcriptional regulations exert a critical control of metabolic homeostasis. In particular, the nuclear receptors (NRs) are involved in regulating numerous pathways of the intermediate metabolism. The purpose of the present study was to explore in liver cells the interconnectedness between three of them, LXR, FXR, and PPARα, all three known to act on lipid and glucose metabolism, and also on inflammation. The human cell line HepaRG was selected for its best proximity to human primary hepatocytes. Global gene expression of differentiated HepaRG cells was assessed after 4 hours and 24 hours of exposure to GW3965 (LXR agonist), GW7647 (PPARα agonist), and GW4064 and CDCA (FXR synthetic and natural agonist, respectively). Our work revealed that, contrary to our expectations, NR specificity is largely present at the level of target genes, with a smaller than expected overlap of the set of genes targeted by the different NRs. It also highlighted the much broader activity of the synthetic FXR ligand compared to CDCA. More importantly, our results revealed that activation of FXR has a pro-proliferative effect and decreases the number of tetraploid (or binucleated) hepatocytes, while LXR inhibits the cell cycle progression, inducing hepatocyte differentiation and an increase in tetraploidism. Conclusion: these results highlight the importance of analyzing the different NR activities in a context allowing a direct confrontation of each receptor outcome, and reveals the opposite role of FXR and LXR in hepatocyte cells division and maturation.
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Scott F, Elahi S, Adebibe M, Parampalli U, Mannur K, Góralczyk A, Sanger GJ. Farnesoid X receptor - a molecular predictor of weight loss after vertical sleeve gastrectomy? Obes Sci Pract 2019; 5:273-280. [PMID: 31275601 PMCID: PMC6587316 DOI: 10.1002/osp4.337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To determine the expression of the bile acid receptor, farnesoid X (FXR), in human gastric mucosa and investigate correlations between expression and body-mass index (BMI) and in patients with obesity, with changes in weight and BMI following vertical sleeve gastrectomy (VSG). METHODS Human gastric mucosa was obtained from normal/overweight individuals (macroscopically-normal tissue following surgery for malignancy) or from patients with obesity (VSG). The expression of FXR and its isoforms (FXRα, FXRβ) were examined by quantitative PCR and compared with the G protein-coupled bile acid receptor, GPBA. In patients with obesity, changes in BMI and weight loss were determined following VSG. RESULTS FXRα was the predominant isoform in normal/overweight individuals. FXR expression was higher in patients with obesity but GPBA receptor expression was unchanged. For those with obesity (n = 19), no correlation was found between FXR expression and change in Body-Mass Index (BMI)/month or weight loss/month, taken 3 ± 1 months after surgery, or in BMI or weight at surgery. CONCLUSIONS Obesity is associated with increased FXR expression in the gastric mucosa. The findings are preliminary but suggest that this increase in FXR expression is a consequence of obesity, rather than its cause.
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- F. Scott
- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryQueen Mary University of London
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryQueen Mary University of London
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- Bariatric Surgery DepartmentHomerton University HospitalLondon
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- Bariatric Surgery DepartmentHomerton University HospitalLondon
- Royal Sussex County HospitalBrighton
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- Bariatric Surgery DepartmentHomerton University HospitalLondon
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- Bariatric Surgery DepartmentHomerton University HospitalLondon
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and DentistryQueen Mary University of London
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Yu JH, Zheng JB, Qi J, Yang K, Wu YH, Wang K, Wang CB, Sun XJ. Bile acids promote gastric intestinal metaplasia by upregulating CDX2 and MUC2 expression via the FXR/NF-κB signalling pathway. Int J Oncol 2019; 54:879-892. [PMID: 30747230 PMCID: PMC6365039 DOI: 10.3892/ijo.2019.4692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Bile acids serve a critical role in the induction of gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) and gastric carcinogenesis. The present study investigated the effects of bile acids on the induction of gastric IM formation. The results demonstrated that the expression levels of caudal-related homeobox transcription factor 2 (CDX2), mucin 2 (MUC2) and farnesoid X receptor (FXR) were increased in vitro and in vivo following treatment with bile acids, and CDX2 transcriptionally activated MUC2 expression. Furthermore, knockdown of FXR attenuated bile acid-enhanced CDX2 promoter activity and protein expression. Conversely, the FXR agonist GW4064 synergistically enhanced bile acid-induced CDX2 promoter activity. Bile acid treatment led to an increase in nuclear factor (NF)-κB activity and protein expression. Treatment with GW4064 or the FXR antagonist Z-guggulsterone enhanced or attenuated bile acid-induced NF-κB activity, respectively. In addition, quantitative chromatin immunoprecipitation confirmed that bile acids led to enhanced binding of p50 to the CDX2 promoter, whereas this effect was not observed for p65. Treatment with GW4064 or Z-guggulsterone enhanced and attenuated the binding activity of p50 to the CDX2 promoter, respectively. These results indicated that bile acids may activate the FXR/NF-κB signalling pathway, thereby upregulating CDX2 and MUC2 expression in normal gastric epithelial cells.
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- Jun-Hui Yu
- Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Second Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710068, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of Pathology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710061, P.R. China
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Danese E, Ruzzenente A, Montagnana M, Lievens PMJ. Current and future roles of mucins in cholangiocarcinoma-recent evidences for a possible interplay with bile acids. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2018; 6:333. [PMID: 30306072 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2018.07.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is rare but highly malignant tumour. The diagnosis is difficult due to its silent clinical character and the inefficiency of currently available diagnostic markers. An enhanced understanding of the molecular pathways involved in CCA carcinogenesis would herald targeted, individualized therapies, as well as new early diagnostic tool with improvement of patient survival. Recently, two mucin proteins, MUC4 and MUC5 have gained interest for their involvement in tumour growth and progression and possible use as diagnostic and prognostic cancer biomarkers. Moreover, a number of studies have demonstrated an association between biliary or serum bile acids (BAs) and some forms of cancers including CCA. More importantly, BAs have been shown to participate in tumour progression by inducing alterations in the expression of oncogenic mucins. This review summarizes the most important findings regarding the possible use of mucin glycoproteins and BAs in the diagnosis and prognostication of CCA and discuss evidences suggesting a role of BAs in regulating the expression of transmembrane and secreted mucins.
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- Elisa Danese
- Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of General and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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Liu MJ, Jiang K, Zhang J, Zhou L, Zhao JW, Wang BM. RIP3 mediates IL-33 production in gastric epithelial cells with intestinal metaplasia. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2018; 26:964-971. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v26.i16.964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To explore the relationship between receptor-interacting protein kinase 3 (RIP3) signaling pathway and gastric intestinal metaplasia (GIM), and the regulatory effect of this signaling pathway on inflammatory cytokines.
METHODS Gastric tissues from healthy controls, patients with chronic non-atrophic gastritis, patients with GIM, and patients with dysplasia were collected to detect the expression of RIP3 in GIM by immunohistochemistry and RT-PCR. Human gastric epithelial cell line GES-1 was stimulated with sodium deoxycholate (DCA) to observe the relationship between CDX2, a key gene involved in intestinal metaplasia, and RIP3 signaling pathway. The regulation of inflammatory cytokines by RIP3 was also assessed.
RESULTS Compared with the control and chronic non-atrophic gastritis groups, the expression of RIP3 mRNA in the gastric mucosa of GIM patients and dysplasia patients was up-regulated, and the expression of RIP3 protein in the gastric epithelium of GIM patients and dysplasia patients was also up-regulated. In GES-1 cells stimulated with DCA, the expression of CDX2 protein and the RIP3 signaling pathway-associated proteins was increased in a concentration-dependent manner, accompanied by up-regulation of IL-33 expression. Necrostatin-1 (Nec-1), a specific inhibitor of the RIP3 signaling pathway, had no effect on CDX2 expression, but significantly down-regulated the expression of RIP3 and IL-33.
CONCLUSION RIP3 has no effect on the occurrence of GIM, but it may affect GIM progression by regulating the expression of IL-33 in gastric epithelial cells with intestinal metaplasia, suggesting that it may be a potential therapeutic target for preventing GIM progression.
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- Meng-Jing Liu
- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300052, China
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Zhou H, Ni Z, Li T, Su L, Zhang L, Liu N, Shi Y. Activation of FXR promotes intestinal metaplasia of gastric cells via SHP-dependent upregulation of the expression of CDX2. Oncol Lett 2018; 15:7617-7624. [PMID: 29849798 PMCID: PMC5962842 DOI: 10.3892/ol.2018.8342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Gastric intestinal metaplasia (IM) induced by bile acid is a precancerous lesion of gastric adenocarcinoma and is associated with the expression of caudal-related homeobox 2 (CDX2). In the present study, the role of farnesoid X receptor (FXR) on the regulation of CDX2 in gastric cells was investigated and the underlying molecular mechanisms were examined. Human gastric cell lines were treated with chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA) or FXR agonist GW4064. Cells were treated with CDCA in the presence or absence of the FXR antagonist or FXR siRNA transfection. Next, cells were treated with CDCA in the presence or absence of SHP siRNA transfection and FXR, CDX2 and SHP mRNA and protein levels were determined by reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot analysis. A chromatin immunoprecipitation assay was performed to examine the relationship between FXR and SHP and the expressions of FXR and CDX2 in gastritis and IM tissues were detected using immunohistochemistry. The results revealed that CDCA was able to induce CDX2 expression, which could be blocked by inhibition or knockdown of FXR. Mechanistically, FXR directly induced the expression of small heterodimer partner (SHP). SHP knockdown significantly decreased CDCA-induced CDX2 expression. ChIP results indicated that FXR could directly bind SHP promoter and promote SHP expression. Finally, immunohistochemistry results demonstrated that the expression levels of CDX2 and FXR in human IM lesions were significantly higher, compared with those in gastritis lesions, and were positively correlated. Collectively, these results revealed that the activation of FXR and sequential direct transcriptional induction of SHP were involved in the expression of CDX2 induced by bile acid in gastric IM lesions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Haining Zhou
- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China.,Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450052, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Institute of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710032, P.R. China
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Chen BJ, Zeng S, Xie R, Hu CJ, Wang SM, Wu YY, Xiao YF, Yang SM. hTERT promotes gastric intestinal metaplasia by upregulating CDX2 via NF-κB signaling pathway. Oncotarget 2018; 8:26969-26978. [PMID: 28460480 PMCID: PMC5432311 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Background hTERT has been reported involved in the proliferation and metastasis of gastric cancer, but the role of hTERT in gastric intestinal metaplasia, a premalignant lesion of the gastric mucosa was unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of hTERT in GIM and the effect of hTERT on CDX2 expression in gastric cells. Results Experiments showed that expression of hTERT was significantly higher in GIM than in normal gastric mucosa. Moreover, hTERT increased the KLF4 level via NF-κB during GIM. Furthermore, KLF4 is involved in the up-regulation of CDX2 induced by hTERT, and hTERT can interact with p50, thereby increasing the level of CDX2. Materials and Methods Immunohistochemistry was used to detect the expression of hTERT in gastric intestinal metaplasia tissue. Then, effect of hTERT on the expression of CDX2 was detected by qRT-PCR, WB and dual luciferase experiment. The role of p65 and p50 in the regulation of CDX2 were further detected by WB, CO-IP and ChIP. Conclusions We may conclude that hTERT promotes GIM by up-regulating CDX2 via NF-κB signaling pathway.
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- Bai-Jun Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China.,Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, PR China
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