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- Title
β-Arrestin2 encourages inflammation-induced epithelial apoptosis through ER stress/PUMA in colitis.
- Authors
Zeng, L X; Tao, J; Liu, H L; Tan, S W; Yang, Y D; Peng, X J; Liu, Z H; Jiang, J; Wu, B
- Abstract
β-Arrestins (β-arrs) are regulators and mediators of G protein-coupled receptor signaling, and accumulating evidence suggests that they are functionally involved in inflammation and autoimmune diseases. However, the effect of β-arrs is unclear in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and the role of β-arr2 is unknown in ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The aim of this study is to investigate whether β-arr2 encourages inflammation-induced epithelial apoptosis through endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress/p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA) in colitis. In the present study, the results showed that β-arr2 was increased in specimens from patients with UC or CD. Furthermore, a β-arr2 deficiency significantly repressed intestinal inflammation, ameliorated colitis, and alleviated mucosal apoptosis in mice. In addition, the targeted deletion of β-arr2 depressed ER stress, inhibited PUMA, and downregulated PUMA-mediated mitochondrial apoptotic signaling in colitis. β-Arr2, an important modulator of G protein-coupled receptor function, binds eIF2α to activate ER stress signaling. Furthermore, the knockdown of PUMA dramatically prevented β-arr2-induced apoptosis via alleviating ER stress in vitro. The results suggest that β-arr2 encourages inflammation-induced epithelial apoptosis through ER stress/PUMA in colitis and that β-arr2 is a potential therapeutic target for colitis.
- Subjects
ARRESTINS; COLITIS; COLON diseases; APOPTOSIS inducing factor; GASTROENTERITIS
- Publication
Mucosal Immunology (1933-0219), 2015, Vol 8, Issue 3, p683
- ISSN
1933-0219
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/mi.2014.104