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Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway
The main dietary flavonoid quercetin, is known to preserve the integrity of gastrointestinal barrier and to have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-fibrotic, and other beneficial properties. Many of the biological effects of quercetin appear to be associated to the modulation of cell signaling pat...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5897515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29681865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00357 |
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author | Damiano, Simona Sasso, Anna De Felice, Bruna Di Gregorio, Ilaria La Rosa, Giuliana Lupoli, Gelsi A. Belfiore, Anna Mondola, Paolo Santillo, Mariarosaria |
author_facet | Damiano, Simona Sasso, Anna De Felice, Bruna Di Gregorio, Ilaria La Rosa, Giuliana Lupoli, Gelsi A. Belfiore, Anna Mondola, Paolo Santillo, Mariarosaria |
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description | The main dietary flavonoid quercetin, is known to preserve the integrity of gastrointestinal barrier and to have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-fibrotic, and other beneficial properties. Many of the biological effects of quercetin appear to be associated to the modulation of cell signaling pathways, rather than to its antioxidant activity. In spite of the large number of data available on the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which quercetin exerts its biological effects, including protection of intestinal barrier function, there is a lack of data about the role of this substance on the expression and/or the secretion of mucins released by intestinal goblet cells. Here we investigated the effects of quercetin on the secretion and the gene expression of the main intestinal gel-forming mucins, MUC2 and MUC5AC, and the signaling mechanisms underlined, in human intestinal goblet cell-like LS174T. We found that quercetin increases intracellular Ca(2+) levels and induces MUC2 and MUC5AC secretion in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. Quercetin also induces mRNA levels of both secretory mucins. Quercetin stimulation of LS174T cells increases phosphorylation levels of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK)1-2 and protein kinase C (PKC) α and the induction of MUC2 and MUC5AC secretion and mRNA relies on phospholipase C (PLC), PKC, and ERK1-2 signaling pathways since the PLC inhibitor U73122, the PKC inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide (BIM) and the ERK1-2 pathway inhibitor PD98059, all revert the stimulatory effects of quercetin. We also demonstrated that the induction of mucin gene expression by quercetin is not limited to goblet cells. Indeed, quercetin induces mRNA levels of MUC2 and MUC5AC via PKCα/ERK1-2 pathway also in the human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells. These data highlight a novel mechanism thereby quercetin, regulating the secretory function of intestinal goblet cells and mucin levels in enterocytes may exert its protective effects on intestinal mucosal barrier. |
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spelling | pubmed-58975152018-04-20 Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway Damiano, Simona Sasso, Anna De Felice, Bruna Di Gregorio, Ilaria La Rosa, Giuliana Lupoli, Gelsi A. Belfiore, Anna Mondola, Paolo Santillo, Mariarosaria Front Physiol Physiology The main dietary flavonoid quercetin, is known to preserve the integrity of gastrointestinal barrier and to have anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-fibrotic, and other beneficial properties. Many of the biological effects of quercetin appear to be associated to the modulation of cell signaling pathways, rather than to its antioxidant activity. In spite of the large number of data available on the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which quercetin exerts its biological effects, including protection of intestinal barrier function, there is a lack of data about the role of this substance on the expression and/or the secretion of mucins released by intestinal goblet cells. Here we investigated the effects of quercetin on the secretion and the gene expression of the main intestinal gel-forming mucins, MUC2 and MUC5AC, and the signaling mechanisms underlined, in human intestinal goblet cell-like LS174T. We found that quercetin increases intracellular Ca(2+) levels and induces MUC2 and MUC5AC secretion in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner. Quercetin also induces mRNA levels of both secretory mucins. Quercetin stimulation of LS174T cells increases phosphorylation levels of extracellular signal regulated kinase (ERK)1-2 and protein kinase C (PKC) α and the induction of MUC2 and MUC5AC secretion and mRNA relies on phospholipase C (PLC), PKC, and ERK1-2 signaling pathways since the PLC inhibitor U73122, the PKC inhibitor bisindolylmaleimide (BIM) and the ERK1-2 pathway inhibitor PD98059, all revert the stimulatory effects of quercetin. We also demonstrated that the induction of mucin gene expression by quercetin is not limited to goblet cells. Indeed, quercetin induces mRNA levels of MUC2 and MUC5AC via PKCα/ERK1-2 pathway also in the human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cells. These data highlight a novel mechanism thereby quercetin, regulating the secretory function of intestinal goblet cells and mucin levels in enterocytes may exert its protective effects on intestinal mucosal barrier. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-04-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5897515/ /pubmed/29681865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00357 Text en Copyright © 2018 Damiano, Sasso, De Felice, Di Gregorio, La Rosa, Lupoli, Belfiore, Mondola and Santillo. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Damiano, Simona Sasso, Anna De Felice, Bruna Di Gregorio, Ilaria La Rosa, Giuliana Lupoli, Gelsi A. Belfiore, Anna Mondola, Paolo Santillo, Mariarosaria Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway |
title | Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway |
title_full | Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway |
title_fullStr | Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway |
title_full_unstemmed | Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway |
title_short | Quercetin Increases MUC2 and MUC5AC Gene Expression and Secretion in Intestinal Goblet Cell-Like LS174T via PLC/PKCα/ERK1-2 Pathway |
title_sort | quercetin increases muc2 and muc5ac gene expression and secretion in intestinal goblet cell-like ls174t via plc/pkcα/erk1-2 pathway |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5897515/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29681865 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.00357 |
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