Soluble galectin-3 is a strong, colonic epithelial-cell-derived, lamina propria fibroblast-stimulating factor

Lippert, E. and Falk, W. and Bataille, F. and Kaehne, T. and Naumann, M. and Goeke, M. and Herfarth, H. and Schoelmerich, J. and Rogler, Gerhard (2007) Soluble galectin-3 is a strong, colonic epithelial-cell-derived, lamina propria fibroblast-stimulating factor. GUT, 56 (1). pp. 43-51. ISSN 0017-5749,

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Abstract

Background: Colonic lamina propria fibroblasts (CLPFs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of fibrosis and strictures in Crohn's disease. Aim: To identify colonic epithelial cell (CEC)-derived factors that activate CLPFs. Methods: Primary human CECs and CLPFs were isolated from control mucosa and interleukin 8 (IL8) of CLPF cultures was quantified by ELISA. Activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) was shown, and translocation of NF-kappa B was inhibited by a dominant-negative I kappa B-expressing adenovirus. The major CLPF-activating and IL8 inducing protein was purified using fast-performance liquid chromatography (HiPrep 16/60 Sephacryl S-200 High Resolution Column) and sodium dodecyl sulphate gel electrophoresis. Results: A considerable increase in IL8 secretion by CLPFs cultured in CEC-conditioned media compared with that in unconditioned media (155.00 (10.00) pg/mu g v 1.434 (0.695) pg/mu g) was found. The effect of CEC-conditioned media on CLPF IL8 secretion was NF-kappa B dependent. A protein or DNA array confirmed the involvement of NF-kappa B and activator protein-1. Purification of a candidate band isolated with the use of sodium dodecyl sulphate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and subsequent sequencing showed soluble galectin-3 to be a strong CLPF-activating factor. Depletion of galectin-3 from conditioned media by immunoprecipitation abolished the CLPF stimulatory effect. Conclusions: Using a classical biochemical approach, soluble galectin-3 was identified as a strong activator of CLPFs produced by CEC. Galectin-3 induced NF-kappa B activation and IL8 secretion in these cells and may be a target for future therapeutic approaches to reduce or avoid stricture formation.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: NF-KAPPA-B; CROHNS-DISEASE; GROWTH-FACTOR; INFLAMMATORY RESPONSES; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; WOUND CONTRACTION; BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER-RNA; EXPRESSION; ACTIVATION;
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin I
Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Pathologie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2021 07:58
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2021 07:58
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/33419

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