Salmonella-driven intestinal edema in mice is characterized by tensed fibronectin fibers.

Autor: Rappold R; Institute of Translational Medicine, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.; Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Switzerland., Kalogeropoulos K; Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark., Auf dem Keller U; Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark., Vogel V; Institute of Translational Medicine, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.; Botnar Research Center for Child Health, Basel, Switzerland., Slack E; Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.; Botnar Research Center for Child Health, Basel, Switzerland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The FEBS journal [FEBS J] 2024 Jul; Vol. 291 (14), pp. 3104-3127. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 15.
DOI: 10.1111/febs.17120
Abstrakt: Intestinal edema is a common manifestation of numerous gastrointestinal diseases and is characterized by the accumulation of fluid in the interstitial space of the intestinal wall. Technical advances in laser capture microdissection and low-biomass proteomics now allow us to specifically characterize the intestinal edema proteome. Using advanced proteomics, we identify peptides derived from antimicrobial factors with high signal intensity, but also highlight major contributions from the blood clotting system, extracellular matrix (ECM) and protease-protease inhibitor networks. The ECM is a complex fibrillar network of macromolecules that provides structural and mechanical support to the intestinal tissue. One abundant component of the ECM observed in Salmonella-driven intestinal edema is the glycoprotein fibronectin, recognized for its structure-function interplay regulated by mechanical forces. Using mechanosensitive staining of fibronectin fibers reveals that they are tensed in the edema, despite the high abundance of proteases able to cleave fibronectin. In contrast, fibronectin fibers increasingly relax in other cecal tissue areas as the infection progresses. Co-staining for fibrin(ogen) indicates the formation of a provisional matrix in the edema, similar to what is observed in response to skin injury, while collagen staining reveals a sparse and disrupted collagen fiber network. These observations plus the absence of low tensional fibronectin fibers and the additional finding of a high number of protease inhibitors in the edema proteome could indicate a critical role of stretched fibronectin fibers in maintaining tissue integrity in the severely inflamed cecum. Understanding these processes may also provide valuable functional diagnostic markers of intestinal disease progression in the future.
(© 2024 The Authors. The FEBS Journal published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Federation of European Biochemical Societies.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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