The regulation of intestinal mucin MUC2 expression by short-chain fatty acids: implications for epithelial protection

Autor: Ingrid B. Renes, Johannes B. van Goudoever, Audrey Vincent, Maria van der Sluis, Nanda Burger-van Paassen, Günther Boehm, Patrycja J. Puiman, Janneke Bouma, Isabelle Van Seuningen
Přispěvatelé: General Paediatrics, Laboratory of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Erasmus Medical Centre-Sophia children's hospital, Pediatrics
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun
Blotting
Western

Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay
Butyrate
Biology
Response Elements
Biochemistry
digestive system
Histones
03 medical and health sciences
Histone H3
0302 clinical medicine
Cell Line
Tumor

Histone methylation
Gene expression
Humans
RNA
Messenger

Promoter Regions
Genetic

Molecular Biology
030304 developmental biology
Cell Proliferation
chemistry.chemical_classification
0303 health sciences
Messenger RNA
Mucin-2
Binding Sites
Base Sequence
Dose-Response Relationship
Drug

Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Short-chain fatty acid
Life Sciences
Acetylation
Epithelial Cells
Cell Biology
respiratory system
Molecular biology
Immunohistochemistry
digestive system diseases
Transcription Factor AP-1
Butyrates
chemistry
Gene Expression Regulation
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Mutation
Propionate
Chromatin immunoprecipitation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos
Protein Binding
Zdroj: Biochemical journal, 420(2), 211-219. Portland Press Ltd.
Biochemical Journal
Biochemical Journal, Portland Press, 2009, 420 (2), pp.211-219. ⟨10.1042/BJ20082222⟩
ResearcherID
Biochemical Journal, 420, 211-219. Portland Press, Ltd.
ISSN: 0264-6021
1470-8728
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20082222⟩
Popis: SCFAs (short-chain fatty acids), fermentation products of bacteria, influence epithelial-specific gene expression. We hypothesize that SCFAs affect goblet-cell-specific mucin MUC2 expression and thereby alter epithelial protection. In the present study, our aim was to investigate the mechanisms that regulate butyrate-mediated effects on MUC2 synthesis. Human goblet cell-like LS174T cells were treated with SCFAs, after which MUC2 mRNA levels and stability, and MUC2 protein expression were analysed. SCFA-responsive regions and cis-elements within the MUC2 promoter were identified by transfection and gel-shift assays. The effects of butyrate on histone H3/H4 status at the MUC2 promoter were established by chromatin immunoprecipitation. Butyrate (at 1 mM), as well as propionate, induced an increase in MUC2 mRNA levels. MUC2 mRNA levels returned to basal levels after incubation with 5–15 mM butyrate. Interestingly, this decrease was not due to loss of RNA stability. In contrast, at concentrations of 5–15 mM propionate, MUC2 mRNA levels remained increased. Promoter-regulation studies revealed an active butyrate-responsive region at −947/−371 within the MUC2 promoter. In this region we identified an active AP1 (c-Fos/c-Jun) cis-element at −818/−808 that mediates butyrate-induced activation of the promoter. Finally, MUC2 regulation by butyrate at 10–15 mM was associated with increased acetylation of histone H3 and H4 and methylation of H3 at the MUC2 promoter. In conclusion, 1 mM butyrate and 1–15 mM propionate increase MUC2 expression. The effects of butyrate on MUC2 mRNA are mediated via AP-1 and acetylation/methylation of histones at the MUC2 promoter.
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