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Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation
Fang Yan, … , M. Kay Washington, D. Brent Polk
Fang Yan, … , M. Kay Washington, D. Brent Polk
Published November 1, 2004
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2004;114(9):1272-1280. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI21022.
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Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation

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Abstract

TNF plays a pathogenic role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which are characterized by altered cytokine production and increased intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis. In vitro studies suggest that kinase suppressor of Ras-1 (KSR1) is an essential regulatory kinase for TNF-stimulated survival pathways in intestinal epithelial cell lines. Here we use a KSR1-deficient mouse model to study the role of KSR1 in regulating intestinal cell fate during cytokine-mediated inflammation. We show that KSR1 and its target signaling pathways are activated in inflamed colon mucosa. Loss of KSR1 increases susceptibility to chronic colitis and TNF-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelial cell. Furthermore, disruption of KSR1 expression enhances TNF-induced apoptosis in mouse colon epithelial cells and is associated with a failure to activate antiapoptotic signals including Raf-1/MEK/ERK, NF-κB, and Akt/protein kinase B. These effects are reversed by WT, but not kinase-inactive, KSR1. We conclude that KSR1 has an essential protective role in the intestinal epithelial cell during inflammation through activation of cell survival pathways.

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Fang Yan, Sutha K. John, Guinn Wilson, David S. Jones, M. Kay Washington, D. Brent Polk

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TNF induces apoptosis in KSR1–/– mouse colon epithelium in vivo. Mice we...
TNF induces apoptosis in KSR1–/– mouse colon epithelium in vivo. Mice were injected with TNF or PBS for the indicated times. Paraffin-embedded colon tissues were studied for apoptosis using ISOL staining. (A) Apoptotic nuclei labeled with peroxidase were visualized using DIC microscopy. Arrowheads indicate ISOL-labeled apoptotic nuclei. (B) The number of apoptotic nuclei found per 100 colonic glands. (C) Caspase-3 activity was determined by immunohistochemistry using anti–active caspase-3 antibody. Arrowheads indicate examples of caspase-3–positive cells detected by peroxidase. KSR1 expression in the gastrointestinal tract was determined by Western blot analysis of mucosal lysates (D) and immunohistochemistry (E). The arrow in E points to the transitional section of KSR1 expression in IL-10+/–KSR1+/– mouse colon. d, distal; p, proximal; SI, small intestine; Cec, cecum; C, colon. The data shown here are representative of 5 different experiments. Magnification, ×40.
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