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- Title
The increased mucosal mRNA expressions of complement C3 and interleukin-17 in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Authors
Sugihara, T.; Kobori, A.; Imaeda, H.; Tsujikawa, T.; Amagase, K.; Takeuchi, K.; Fujiyama, Y.; Andoh, A.
- Abstract
Recent studies have demonstrated that the complement system participates in the regulation of T cell functions. To address the local biosynthesis of complement components in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mucosa, we investigated C3 and interleukin (IL)-17 mRNA expression in mucosal samples obtained from patients with IBD. The molecular mechanisms underlying C3 induction were investigated in human colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts (SEMFs). IL-17 and C3 mRNA expressions in the IBD mucosa were evaluated by real-time polymerase chain reaction. The C3 levels in the supernatant were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. IL-17 and C3 mRNA expressions were elevated significantly in the active lesions from ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) patients. There was a significant positive correlation between IL-17 and C3 mRNA expression in the IBD mucosa. IL-17 stimulated a dose- and time-dependent increase in C3 mRNA expression and C3 secretion in colonic SEMFs. The C3 molecules secreted by colonic SEMFs were a 115-kDa α-chain linked to a 70-kDa β-chain by disulphide bonds, which was identical to serum C3. The IL-17-induced C3 mRNA expression was blocked by p42/44 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitors (PD98059 and U0216) and a p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB203580). Furthermore, IL-17-induced C3 mRNA expression was inhibited by an adenovirus containing a stable mutant form of IκBα. C3 and IL-17 mRNA expressions are enhanced, with a strong correlation, in the inflamed mucosa of IBD patients. Part of these clinical findings was considered to be mediated by the colonic SEMF response to IL-17.
- Subjects
INFLAMMATORY bowel diseases; T cells; MESSENGER RNA; INTERLEUKINS; MYOFIBROBLASTS
- Publication
Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2010, Vol 160, Issue 3, p386
- ISSN
0009-9104
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04093.x