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BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
Volume 473, Issue -, Pages 3805-3818Publisher
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BCJ20160390
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- American Gastroenterological Association
- Miguel Aleman Valdez Foundation
- Mexico's Ministry of Health [HIM/2016/056/SSA/1280]
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The gastrointestinal tract is the largest hormone-producing organ in the body due to a specialized cell population called enteroendocrine cells (EECs). The number of EECs increases in the mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease patients; however, the mechanisms responsible for these changes remain unknown. Here, we show that the pro-inflammatory cytokines interferon gamma (IFN gamma) and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) or dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis increase the number of EECs producing chromogranin A (CgA) in the colonic mucosa of C57BL/6J mice. CgA-positive cells were non-proliferating cells enriched with inactive phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN) and autophagy markers. Moreover, inhibition of Akt and autophagy prevented the increase in CgA-positive cells after IFN gamma/TNF alpha treatment. Similarly, we observed that CgA-positive cells in the colonic mucosa of patients with colitis expressed Akt and autophagy markers. These findings suggest that Akt signaling and autophagy control differentiation of the intestinal EEC lineage during inflammation.
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