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GASTROENTEROLOGY
Volume 122, Issue 3, Pages 689-696Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2002.31902
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES [R03DK056082, P30DK050306, K08DK002375, R01DK053839] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIDDK NIH HHS [R03-DK56082, P30-DK50306, K08-DK02375, R01-DK53839, R01-DK69539] Funding Source: Medline
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Background & Aims: Intestinal-type gastric cancer is often preceded by intestinal metaplasia in humans. The genetic events responsible for the transdifferentiation that occurs in intestinal metaplasia are not well understood. Cdx2, a transcription factor whose expression is normally limited to the Intestine, has been detected in gastric intestinal metaplasia. Cdx2 induces differentiation of intestinal epithelial cells in vitro; therefore, we sought to establish whether a causal relationship exists between Cdx2 activation and intestinal metaplasia. Methods: Cdx2 expression was directed to the gastric mucosa In transgenic mice using cis-regulatory elements of Foxa3 (Hnf3gamma). Transgenic mice were analyzed for histologic and gene expression changes. Results. Histologic examination of the gastric mucosa of the Foxa3/Cdx2 mice revealed the presence of alcian blue-positive intestinal-type goblet cells, a hallmark of intestinal metaplasia. In addition, Cdx2 induced the expression of intestine-specific genes. Conclusions: Gastric expression of Cdx2 alone was sufficient to induce intestinal metaplasia in mice. These mice represent a powerful tool to investigate the molecular mechanisms that promote intestinal metaplasia. Moreover, as gastric cancer in humans is often preceded by intestinal metaplasia, the phenotype described here strongly suggests involvement of CdX2 in the initiation of the process leading to intestinal neoplasia of the gastric mucosa.
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