Intestinal Epithelial Deletion of Sphk1 Prevents Colitis-Associated Cancer Development by Inhibition of Epithelial STAT3 Activation

Autor: Seung Bin Park, Yoon Seok Noh, Yoon A. Jeong, Hyo Jung Kim, Byung Il Choi, Jong Jae Park, Moon Kyung Joo, Hyunjoo Lee, Beom Jae Lee, Nam Joo Kim, Jae Seon Kim
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Digestive diseases and sciences. 65(8)
ISSN: 1573-2568
Popis: Colitis-associated cancer (CAC) is one of the most serious complications in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Sphingosine kinase 1 (Sphk1) is a key enzyme in the sphingolipid pathway and has oncogene potential for inducing both initiation and progression of tumors. The aim of this work is to characterize the role of epithelial Sphk1 in mouse colitis and CAC models. We investigated the roles of Sphk1 in CAC by conditional deletion of Sphk1 in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs). CAC was induced in both Sphk1ΔIEC/ApcMin/+ and Sphk1IEC/ApcMin/+ mice by administration of 2% dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) for 7 days. Genetic deletion of Sphk1 significantly reduced the number and size of tumors in ApcMin/+ mice. Histologic grade was more severe in Sphk1ΔIEC/ApcMin/+ mice compared with Sphk1IEC/ApcMin/+ mice (invasive carcinoma, 71% versus 13%, p
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