Reportedly,proteins involved in lipid metabolism change significantly in the jejunal crypt cells of earlyweaned piglets,but the exact lipid profile change remains uncertain.In the present study,32 piglets weaned at 21...Reportedly,proteins involved in lipid metabolism change significantly in the jejunal crypt cells of earlyweaned piglets,but the exact lipid profile change remains uncertain.In the present study,32 piglets weaned at 21 d of age were randomly divided into 4 groups with 8 replicates.The jejunal crypt cells of a group of piglets on the post-weaning day(PWD)1,3,7,and 14 were isolated per time point.Crypt cell lipid profiles were analyzed using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.This study showed that piglets suffered the greatest weaning stress on PWD 3 in terms of the lowest relative weight of the small intestine,the highest relative weight of the spleen,and the highest levels of malondialdehyde,cholesterol,and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.The lipid profile of jejunal crypt cells including carnitine,sulfatide,sphingomyelin,hexosylceramide,and ceramide greatly changed after weaning,especially between PWD3 and 14(P<0.05).The differential lipid species between these 2 d were mainly involved in the glycerophospholipid metabolism pathway.In addition,potential lipid biomarkers for weaning stress in crypt cells such as phosphatidylcholine(PC)(9:0/26:1),PC(17:0/18:2),carnitine(24:0),carnitine(22:0),sphingomyelin(d14:1/22:0),PC(P-18:0/18:4),phosphatidylethanolamine(P-16:0/20:4),phosphatidylinositol(15:1/24:4),and dihexosylceramide(d14:1/26:1)were identified.The changes in lipid profile might be related to the inflammation caused by early weaning.These findings might provide new therapeutical targets for intestinal dysfunctions caused by weaning stress.展开更多
Intestinal cancers are developed from intestinal epithelial stem cells(ISCs)in intestinal crypts through a multi-step process involved in genetic mutations of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.ISCs play a key role ...Intestinal cancers are developed from intestinal epithelial stem cells(ISCs)in intestinal crypts through a multi-step process involved in genetic mutations of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.ISCs play a key role in maintaining the homeostasis of gut epithelium.In 2009,Sato et al established a three-dimensional culture system,which mimicked the niche microenvironment by employing the niche factors,and successfully grew crypt ISCs into organoids or Mini-guts in vitro.Since then,the intestinal organoid technology has been used to delineate cellular signaling in ISC biology.However,the cultured organoids consist of heterogeneous cell populations,and it was technically challenging to introduce genomic changes into three-dimensional organoids.Thus,there was a technical necessity to develop a twodimensional ISC culture system for effective genomic manipulations.In this study,we established a conditionally immortalized mouse intestinal crypt(ciMIC)cell line by using a piggyBac transposon-based SV40 T antigen expression system.We showed that the ciMICs maintained long-term proliferative activity under two-dimensional niche factor-containing culture condition,retained the biological characteristics of intestinal epithelial stem cells,and could form intestinal organoids in three-dimensional culture.While in vivo cell implantation tests indicated that the ciMICs were non-tumorigenic,the ciMICs overexpressing oncogenic b-catenin and/or KRAS exhibited high proliferative activity and developed intestinal adenoma-like pathological features in vivo.Collectively,these findings strongly suggested that the engineered ciMICs should be used as a valuable tool cell line to dissect the genetic and/or epigenetic underpinnings of intestinal tumorigenesis.展开更多
The intestinal epithelial lining plays a central role in the digestion and absorption of nutrients,but exists in a harsh luminal environment that necessitates continual renewal.This renewal process involves epithelial...The intestinal epithelial lining plays a central role in the digestion and absorption of nutrients,but exists in a harsh luminal environment that necessitates continual renewal.This renewal process involves epithelial cell proliferation in the crypt base and later cell migration from the crypt base to the luminal surface.This process is dependent on multi-potent progenitor cells,or stem cells,located in each crypt.There are about 4 to 6 stem cells per crypt,and these stem cells are believed to generate distinct end-differentiated epithelial cell types,including absorptive cells,goblet cells,enteroendocrine cells and Paneth cells,while also maintaining their own progenitor cell state.Earlier studies suggested that intestinal stem cells were located either in the crypt base interspersed between the Paneth cells [i.e.crypt base columnar(CBC) cell model] or at an average position of 4 cells from the crypt base [i.e.label-retaining cells(LRC +4) model].Recent studies have employed biomarkers in the in vivo mammalian state to more precisely evaluate the location of these progenitor cells in the intestinal crypt.Most notable of these novel markers are Lgr5,a gene that encodes a G-protein-coupled receptor with expression restricted to CBC cells,and Bmi 1,which encodes a chromatin remodeling protein expressed by LRC.These studies raise the possibility that there may be separate stem cell lines or different states of stem cell activation involved in the renewal of normal mammalian intestinal tract.展开更多
目的研究骆驼刺提取物(Alhagi pseudalhagi(M.B.)Desv.Extract,APE)对脂多糖诱导的大鼠小肠隐窝上皮细胞(Intestinal epithelial cell,IEC-6)损伤模型NLRP3炎症小体及相关细胞因子的影响。方法培养IEC-6细胞,将其分为空白组、模型组、AP...目的研究骆驼刺提取物(Alhagi pseudalhagi(M.B.)Desv.Extract,APE)对脂多糖诱导的大鼠小肠隐窝上皮细胞(Intestinal epithelial cell,IEC-6)损伤模型NLRP3炎症小体及相关细胞因子的影响。方法培养IEC-6细胞,将其分为空白组、模型组、APE低、中、高浓度组,用1.0μg/mL的脂多糖(Lipopolysaccharide,LPS)诱导建立细胞炎症损伤模型,APE(低、中、高浓度:15、25、35μg/mL)干预后采用CCK-8法检测细胞的存活率,通过ELISA试剂盒检测炎症因子IL-1β、IL-18、TNF-α的分泌水平。蛋白质印迹法(WB)检测核苷酸结合寡聚化结构域样受体蛋白3(Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3,NLRP3)炎症小体信号通路5个关键蛋白:NLRP3、半胱氨酸天冬氨酸蛋白酶1(Cystein-asparate protease-1,Caspase-l)、凋亡相关斑点样蛋白(Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD,ASC)及抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2(Anti-apoptosis Protein Bcl-2)和Bcl-xl(Anti-apoptosis Protein Bcl-xl)表达。结果与空白组比较,模型组IEC-6细胞的存活率降低,NLRP3、Caspase-1、ASC蛋白表达水平升高,抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bcl-xl的表达水平降低,促炎因子IL-1β、IL-18和TNF-α的分泌水平升高,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。与模型组比较,APE低、中、高浓度组细胞存活率升高,35μg/mL APE组IEC-6细胞的NLRP3、Caspase-1、ASC蛋白相对表达水平降低,抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bcl-xl的表达水平升高,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。中、高浓度的APE能够抑制炎症因子分泌,25μg/mL APE对IL-1β、IL-18、TNF-α炎症因子分泌水平抑制率分别为31.60%、31.19%和31.09%(P<0.05)。结论骆驼刺提取物通过提高抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bcl-xl的表达水平,下调NLRP3炎症小体组成成分以及促炎因子IL-1β、IL-18和TNF-α分泌,从而抑制NLRP3炎症小体组装和激活,实现缓解LPS对IEC-6细胞的损伤。展开更多
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(32130099)the Science and Technology Program of Changsha(kq2004078)。
文摘Reportedly,proteins involved in lipid metabolism change significantly in the jejunal crypt cells of earlyweaned piglets,but the exact lipid profile change remains uncertain.In the present study,32 piglets weaned at 21 d of age were randomly divided into 4 groups with 8 replicates.The jejunal crypt cells of a group of piglets on the post-weaning day(PWD)1,3,7,and 14 were isolated per time point.Crypt cell lipid profiles were analyzed using ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry.This study showed that piglets suffered the greatest weaning stress on PWD 3 in terms of the lowest relative weight of the small intestine,the highest relative weight of the spleen,and the highest levels of malondialdehyde,cholesterol,and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.The lipid profile of jejunal crypt cells including carnitine,sulfatide,sphingomyelin,hexosylceramide,and ceramide greatly changed after weaning,especially between PWD3 and 14(P<0.05).The differential lipid species between these 2 d were mainly involved in the glycerophospholipid metabolism pathway.In addition,potential lipid biomarkers for weaning stress in crypt cells such as phosphatidylcholine(PC)(9:0/26:1),PC(17:0/18:2),carnitine(24:0),carnitine(22:0),sphingomyelin(d14:1/22:0),PC(P-18:0/18:4),phosphatidylethanolamine(P-16:0/20:4),phosphatidylinositol(15:1/24:4),and dihexosylceramide(d14:1/26:1)were identified.The changes in lipid profile might be related to the inflammation caused by early weaning.These findings might provide new therapeutical targets for intestinal dysfunctions caused by weaning stress.
文摘Intestinal cancers are developed from intestinal epithelial stem cells(ISCs)in intestinal crypts through a multi-step process involved in genetic mutations of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.ISCs play a key role in maintaining the homeostasis of gut epithelium.In 2009,Sato et al established a three-dimensional culture system,which mimicked the niche microenvironment by employing the niche factors,and successfully grew crypt ISCs into organoids or Mini-guts in vitro.Since then,the intestinal organoid technology has been used to delineate cellular signaling in ISC biology.However,the cultured organoids consist of heterogeneous cell populations,and it was technically challenging to introduce genomic changes into three-dimensional organoids.Thus,there was a technical necessity to develop a twodimensional ISC culture system for effective genomic manipulations.In this study,we established a conditionally immortalized mouse intestinal crypt(ciMIC)cell line by using a piggyBac transposon-based SV40 T antigen expression system.We showed that the ciMICs maintained long-term proliferative activity under two-dimensional niche factor-containing culture condition,retained the biological characteristics of intestinal epithelial stem cells,and could form intestinal organoids in three-dimensional culture.While in vivo cell implantation tests indicated that the ciMICs were non-tumorigenic,the ciMICs overexpressing oncogenic b-catenin and/or KRAS exhibited high proliferative activity and developed intestinal adenoma-like pathological features in vivo.Collectively,these findings strongly suggested that the engineered ciMICs should be used as a valuable tool cell line to dissect the genetic and/or epigenetic underpinnings of intestinal tumorigenesis.
文摘The intestinal epithelial lining plays a central role in the digestion and absorption of nutrients,but exists in a harsh luminal environment that necessitates continual renewal.This renewal process involves epithelial cell proliferation in the crypt base and later cell migration from the crypt base to the luminal surface.This process is dependent on multi-potent progenitor cells,or stem cells,located in each crypt.There are about 4 to 6 stem cells per crypt,and these stem cells are believed to generate distinct end-differentiated epithelial cell types,including absorptive cells,goblet cells,enteroendocrine cells and Paneth cells,while also maintaining their own progenitor cell state.Earlier studies suggested that intestinal stem cells were located either in the crypt base interspersed between the Paneth cells [i.e.crypt base columnar(CBC) cell model] or at an average position of 4 cells from the crypt base [i.e.label-retaining cells(LRC +4) model].Recent studies have employed biomarkers in the in vivo mammalian state to more precisely evaluate the location of these progenitor cells in the intestinal crypt.Most notable of these novel markers are Lgr5,a gene that encodes a G-protein-coupled receptor with expression restricted to CBC cells,and Bmi 1,which encodes a chromatin remodeling protein expressed by LRC.These studies raise the possibility that there may be separate stem cell lines or different states of stem cell activation involved in the renewal of normal mammalian intestinal tract.
文摘目的研究骆驼刺提取物(Alhagi pseudalhagi(M.B.)Desv.Extract,APE)对脂多糖诱导的大鼠小肠隐窝上皮细胞(Intestinal epithelial cell,IEC-6)损伤模型NLRP3炎症小体及相关细胞因子的影响。方法培养IEC-6细胞,将其分为空白组、模型组、APE低、中、高浓度组,用1.0μg/mL的脂多糖(Lipopolysaccharide,LPS)诱导建立细胞炎症损伤模型,APE(低、中、高浓度:15、25、35μg/mL)干预后采用CCK-8法检测细胞的存活率,通过ELISA试剂盒检测炎症因子IL-1β、IL-18、TNF-α的分泌水平。蛋白质印迹法(WB)检测核苷酸结合寡聚化结构域样受体蛋白3(Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptor protein 3,NLRP3)炎症小体信号通路5个关键蛋白:NLRP3、半胱氨酸天冬氨酸蛋白酶1(Cystein-asparate protease-1,Caspase-l)、凋亡相关斑点样蛋白(Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD,ASC)及抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2(Anti-apoptosis Protein Bcl-2)和Bcl-xl(Anti-apoptosis Protein Bcl-xl)表达。结果与空白组比较,模型组IEC-6细胞的存活率降低,NLRP3、Caspase-1、ASC蛋白表达水平升高,抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bcl-xl的表达水平降低,促炎因子IL-1β、IL-18和TNF-α的分泌水平升高,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。与模型组比较,APE低、中、高浓度组细胞存活率升高,35μg/mL APE组IEC-6细胞的NLRP3、Caspase-1、ASC蛋白相对表达水平降低,抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bcl-xl的表达水平升高,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。中、高浓度的APE能够抑制炎症因子分泌,25μg/mL APE对IL-1β、IL-18、TNF-α炎症因子分泌水平抑制率分别为31.60%、31.19%和31.09%(P<0.05)。结论骆驼刺提取物通过提高抗凋亡蛋白Bcl-2、Bcl-xl的表达水平,下调NLRP3炎症小体组成成分以及促炎因子IL-1β、IL-18和TNF-α分泌,从而抑制NLRP3炎症小体组装和激活,实现缓解LPS对IEC-6细胞的损伤。