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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 286, Issue 15, Pages 13357-13369Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M110.214965
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- National Institutes of Health [R01AI073553-01]
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- American Heart Foundation Midwest Affiliate and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network
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Interleukin-13 (IL-13) has been linked to the pathogenesis of inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. It is postulated that IL-13 drives inflammatory lesions through the modulation of both hematopoietic and nonhematopoietic cell function in the intestine. To delineate the relevant contribution of elevated levels of intestinal IL-13 to intestinal structure and function, we generated an intestinal IL-13 transgenic mouse (iIL-13Tg). We show that constitutive overexpression of IL-13 in the small bowel induces modification of intestinal epithelial architecture (villus blunting, goblet cell hyperplasia, and increased epithelial proliferation) and epithelial function (altered basolateral -> apical Cl- ion conductance). Pharmacological analyses in vitro and in vivo determined that elevated Cl- conductance is mediated by altered cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator expression and activity. Generation of iIL-13Tg/Il13r alpha 1(-/-), iIL-13Tg/Il13r alpha 2(-/-), and iIL-13Tg/Stat6(-/-) mice revealed that IL-13-mediated dysregulation of epithelial architecture and Cl- conductance is dependent on IL-13R alpha 1 and STAT-6. These observations demonstrate a central role for the IL-13/IL-13R alpha 1 pathway in the regulation of intestinal epithelial cell Cl- secretion via up-regulation of cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, suggesting an important role for this pathway in secretory diarrhea.
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