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- Title
Increased levels of deleted in malignant brain tumours 1 (DMBT1) in active bacteria-related appendicitis.
- Authors
Kaemmerer, Elke; Schneider, Ursula; Klaus, Christina; Plum, Patrick; Reinartz, Andrea; Adolf, Maximilian; Renner, Marcus; Wolfs, Tim G A M; Kramer, Boris W; Wagner, Norbert; Mollenhauer, Jan; Gassler, Nikolaus
- Abstract
Kaemmerer E, Schneider U, Klaus C, Plum P, Reinartz A, Adolf M, Renner M, Wolfs T G A M, Kramer B W, Wagner N, Mollenhauer J & Gassler N (2012) Histopathology 60, 561-569 Increased levels of deleted in malignant brain tumours 1 (DMBT1) in active bacteria-related appendicitis Aims: Deleted in malignant brain tumours 1 (DMBT1; gp340) is a secreted glycoprotein which is found in the surface lining epithelia of human small and large intestine. DMBT1 is suggested to play a role in enterocyte differentiation and surface protection from intestinal bacteria. The aim of this study was to elucidate DMBT1 expression in bacteria-related active intestinal inflammation such as appendicitis. Methods and results: mRNA and protein levels of DMBT1 were analysed in surgical resections of 50 appendices (active inflammation: n = 25). In non-actively inflamed appendices, inter-individual differences in basal DMBT1 levels of enterocytes and some non-epithelial cells were found. In active appendicitis, enterocytic DMBT1 mRNA expression was increased approximately fivefold, which was paralleled by a corresponding increase of cytoplasmic and secreted DMBT1 protein levels. Increased DMBT1 expression was predominant in enterocytes adjacent to erosive lesions or ulcers. Conclusions: Our data demonstrate that bacteria-related active inflammation results in a sharp increase of DMBT1 levels in enterocytes. These findings substantiate the view that DMBT1 is of functional relevance for host defence and modulation of the course of intestinal bacteria-related inflammatory responses.
- Subjects
APPENDICITIS; BRAIN tumors; ENTEROCYTES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; BACTERIA; MESSENGER RNA
- Publication
Histopathology, 2012, Vol 60, Issue 4, p561
- ISSN
0309-0167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04159.x