Dissertation/ Thesis
Investigation Of The Inflammatory Pathways In Spontaneously Differentiating Caco-2 Cells
| العنوان: | Investigation Of The Inflammatory Pathways In Spontaneously Differentiating Caco-2 Cells |
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| المؤلفون: | Astarci, Erhan |
| Thesis Advisors: | Banerjee, Sreeparna |
| بيانات النشر: | METU, 2011. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| المجموعة: | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | QH Genetics 426-470, Spontaneous Differentiation, NF-&kappa, B, C/EBP&beta, colon cancer, cell adhesion |
| الوصف: | Intestinal epithelial differentiation entails the formation of highly specialized cells with specific absorptive, secretory, digestive and immune functions. Cell-cell and cell-microenvironment interactions appear to be crucial in determining the outcome of the differentiation process. Using the Caco-2 cell line that can undergo spontaneous differentiation when grown past confluency, we observed a loss of VCAM1 (vascular cell adhesion molecule-1) expression while ICAM1 (intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1) expression was seen to be stable in the course of differentiation. Protein kinase C theta (PKC&theta acted downstream of PKC to inactivate Inhibitor of kappa B (IB) and activate NF-&kappa B in the undifferentiated cells and this axis was inhibited in the differentiated cells. The increase in ICAM1 expression in the differentiated cells was due to a transcriptional upregulation by C/EBP. The protein expressions of both ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, however, were found to decrease in the course of differentiation, with both proteins getting post-translationally degraded in the lysosome. Functionally, a decrease in adhesion to HUVEC cells was observed in the differentiated Caco-2 cells. Thus, the regulation of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1, although both NF-B target genes, appear to be different in the course of epithelial differentiation. microRNAs are known to regulate many cellular pathways. miR-146a, which is known to target NF-&kappa B, was shown to be highly upregulated in differentiated Caco-2 cells. As a predicted target of miR-146a, mRNA and protein expression of MMP16 was inversely correlated with miR-146a during differentiation of Caco-2 cells. miR-146a could bind to the 3&rsquo UTR of MMP16 and ectopic expression of miR-146a resulted in a decreased mRNA and protein expression of MMP16 in the undifferentiated Caco-2 and HT-29 cells. Functionally, decreased gelatinase activity determined by gelatin zymography and reduced invasion and migration through Transwells was observed. In the final part of the thesis, the inhibition of NF-&kappa B via PPAR&gamma in 15-Lipoxygenase-1 (15LOX1) expressing cells was investigated. The expression of 15LOX1, a member of the inflammatory arachidonate cascade, could lower phosphorylation of I&kappa B&alpha and NF-&kappa B DNA binding activity which was reversed with a 15LOX1 inhibitor. This inhibition was mediated by phospho-PPAR&gamma which in turn was phosphorylated by ERK1/2. |
| Original Identifier: | oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613507/index.pdf |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Ph.D. Thesis |
| وصف الملف: | text/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| الاتاحة: | http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12613507/index.pdf |
| Rights: | To liberate the content for public access |
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