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. 2013 Dec;19(13):2848-56.
doi: 10.1097/01.MIB.0000435444.14860.ea.

G protein-coupled receptor 43 moderates gut inflammation through cytokine regulation from mononuclear cells

Ryuta Masui  1 , Makoto Sasaki, Yasushi Funaki, Naotaka Ogasawara, Mari Mizuno, Akihito Iida, Shinya Izawa, Yoshihiro Kondo, Yoshitsugi Ito, Yasuhiro Tamura, Kenichiro Yanamoto, Hisatsugu Noda, Atsushi Tanabe, Noriko Okaniwa, Yoshiharu Yamaguchi, Takashi Iwamoto, Kunio Kasugai
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G protein-coupled receptor 43 moderates gut inflammation through cytokine regulation from mononuclear cells

Ryuta Masui et al. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are produced by the fermentation of dietary fiber by intestinal microbiota, may positively influence immune responses and protect against gut inflammation. SCFAs bind to G protein-coupled receptor 43 (GPR43). Here, we show that SCFA-GPR43 interactions profoundly affect the gut inflammatory response.

Methods: Colitis was induced by adding dextran sulfate sodium to the drinking water of GPR43 knockout (-/-) and wild-type mice.

Results: Dextran sulfate sodium-treated GPR43 mice exhibited weight loss, increased disease activity index (a combined measure of weight loss, rectal bleeding, and stool consistency), decreased hematocrit, and colon shortening, resulting in significantly worse colonic inflammation than in wild-type mice. Tumor necrosis factor alpha and interleukin 17 protein levels in the colonic mucosa of GPR43 mice were significantly higher than in wild-type mice. Treatment of wild-type mice with 150 mM acetate in their drinking water markedly improved these disease indices, with an increase in colon length and decrease in the disease activity index; however, it had no effect on GPR43 mice. Mononuclear cell production of tumor necrosis factor alpha after lipopolysaccharide stimulation was suppressed by acetate. This effect was inhibited by anti-GPR43 antibody.

Conclusions: SCFA-GPR43 interactions modulate colitis by regulating inflammatory cytokine production in mononuclear cells.

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