Journal
BIOMEDICINES
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10040765
Keywords
Crohn's disease; serotonin; dendritic cells; myofibroblast; goblet cells
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Crohn's disease is a chronic intestinal inflammation that is associated with inflammatory bowel disease. Intestinal 5-HT signaling is linked to patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Our study reveals the correlation between different types of intestinal cells in maintaining the inflammatory state in Crohn's disease.
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic intestinal inflammation considered to be a major entity of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), affecting different segments of the whole gastrointestinal tract. Peripheral serotonin (5-HT), a bioactive amine predominantly produced by gut enterochromaffin cells (ECs), is crucial in gastrointestinal functions, including motility, sensitivity, secretion, and the inflammatory response. These actions are mediated by a large family of serotonin receptors and specialized serotonin transporter (SERT) located on a variety of cell types in the gut. Several studies indicate that intestinal 5-HT signaling is altered in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. Paraformaldehyde-fixed intestinal tissues, obtained from fifteen patients with Crohn's disease were analyzed by immunostaining for serotonin, Langerin/CD207, and alpha-Smooth Muscle Actin (alpha-SMA). As controls, unaffected (normal) intestinal specimens of seven individuals were investigated. This study aimed to show the expression of serotonin in dendritic cells (DCs) and myofibroblast which have been characterized with Langerin/CD207 and alpha-SMA, respectively; furthermore, for the first time, we have found the presence of serotonin in goblet cells. Our results show the correlation between different types of intestinal cells in the maintenance of the inflammatory state in CD linked to the recall of myofibroblasts.
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