Regulation of RELM/FIZZ isoform expression byCdx2in response to innate and adaptive immune stimulation in the intestine
- 1 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
- Vol. 288 (5), G1074-G1083
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00442.2004
Abstract
Host immune responses to commensal flora and enteric pathogens are known to influence gene expression in the intestinal epithelium. Although the Cdx family of caudal-related transcription factors represents critical regulators of gene expression in the intestinal epithelium, the effect of intestinal immune responses on Cdx expression and function has not been determined. We have shown that bacterial colonization and Th2 immune stimulation by intestinal nematode infection induce expression of the intestinal goblet cell-specific gene RELMβ. In this study, we investigated the transcriptional regulation of resistin-like molecule/found in inflammatory zone (RELM/FIZZ, RELMβ) and its isoforms RELMα and RELMγ to ascertain the role of Cdx in modifying intestinal gene expression associated with innate and adaptive immune responses. Analysis of the RELMβ promoter showed that Cdx2 plays a critical role in basal gene activation in vitro. This was confirmed in vivo using transgenic mice, where ectopic gastric and hepatic expression of Cdx2 induces expression of RELMβ, but not RELMα or RELMγ, exclusively in the stomach. Although there was no quantitative change in colonic Cdx2 mRNA expression, protein distribution, or phosphorylation of Cdx2, bacterial colonization induced expression of RELMβ, but not RELMα or RELMγ. In contrast, parasitic nematode infections activated colonic expression of all three RELM isoforms without alteration in Cdx2 expression. These results demonstrated that Cdx2 participates in directing intestine-specific expression of RELMβ in the presence of commensal bacteria and that adaptive Th2 immune responses to intestinal nematode infections can activate intestinal goblet cell-specific gene expression independent of Cdx2.Keywords
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