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Leukotrienes induce cell-survival signaling in intestinal epithelial cells

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Summary, in English

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Inflammatory bowel conditions, particularly ulcerative colitis, are associated with an increased incidence of neoplastic transformation. High levels of proinflammatory leukotrienes (LTs) and up-regulated expression of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 are characteristic of inflammation. Moreover, COX-2 has been implicated in cell survival and early colon carcinogenesis. Other aspects of interest for intestinal cell viability are the levels of beta-catenin and the antiapoptotic protein Bcl-2. We investigated the possibility that LTs participate in the regulation of these survival factors. METHODS: We used the human intestinal epithelial cell line Int 407 and the rat intestinal epithelial cell line IEC-6. Immunoblotting was applied to ascertain protein expression and distribution, and enzyme immunoassay methodology was used to measure prostaglandin E(2) (PGE(2)) production. Apoptotic ability was assessed by trypan blue exclusion, Hoechst staining, DNA fragmentation, and a caspase-3 activity assay. RESULTS: LTD(4) and LTB(4), but not LTC(4), caused a time- and dose-dependent increase in expression and/or membrane accumulation of COX-2, beta-catenin, and Bcl-2, as well as PGE(2) production. Apoptosis assays showed that the effects of LTs on these transformation-associated proteins correlated well with the ability of these LTs to reduce programmed cell death. CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that inflammatory conditions are associated with the expression and distribution of proteins that are characteristic of transformed cells; such conditions may involve a signaling mechanism comprising an altered rate of apoptosis.

Publishing year

2000

Language

English

Pages

1007-1018

Publication/Series

Gastroenterology

Volume

119

Issue

4

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Status

Published

Research group

  • Cell Pathology, Malmö

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1528-0012