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- Title
Regulation of sonic hedgehog expression by integrin β1 and epidermal growth factor receptor in intestinal epithelium.
- Authors
Xu, Changxin; Li, Xiufen; Topham, Matthew K.; Kuwada, Scott K.
- Abstract
We previously found that conditional deletion of integrin β1 in intestinal epithelium of mice caused early postnatal lethality and intestinal phenotypic changes including excessive proliferation and defective differentiation of intestinal epithelium due to loss of Hedgehog expression. Here, we link these defects to the Hedgehog (Hh) signaling pathway and show that loss of integrin β1 leads to excessive phosphorylation of MEK-1 and increased expression of ErbB receptors, including the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR). We show that increased EGFR signaling attenuates Hh abundance and that an EGFR inhibitor rescues conditional β1 integrin null pups from postnatal lethality. These studies link the loss of Hh expression in the intestinal epithelium of integrin β1-deficient mice to excessive EGFR/MAPK signaling, and identify a unique mechanism for crosstalk between stromal and epithelial signaling pathways that is critical for intestinal epithelial differentiation and function. © 2014 IUBMB Life, 66(10):694-703, 2014
- Subjects
HEDGEHOG genetics; EPIDERMAL growth factor receptors regulation; INTESTINAL physiology; EPITHELIAL cells; INTEGRINS; CELLULAR signal transduction; GENE expression in mammals; MAMMALS
- Publication
IUBMB Life, 2014, Vol 66, Issue 10, p694
- ISSN
1521-6543
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/iub.1319