PMID- 23600829 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130624 LR - 20211021 IS - 1365-2249 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9104 (Print) IS - 0009-9104 (Linking) VI - 172 IP - 3 DP - 2013 Jun TI - Epithelial expression of interleukin-37b in inflammatory bowel disease. PG - 410-6 LID - 10.1111/cei.12061 [doi] AB - Interleukin (IL)-37 is a member of the IL-1 cytokine family. We investigated IL-37b expression in the inflamed mucosa of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients. Furthermore, we analysed IL-37b expression in human colonic epithelial cells. The human colonic epithelial cell line T84 and human colonic subepithelial myofibroblasts (SEMFs) were used. IL-37b expression in the IBD mucosa was evaluated by immunohistochemistry. IL-37b mRNA and protein expression were determined by real time-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Western blotting, respectively. IL-37b was not detected in the normal colonic mucosa. In the inflamed mucosa of IBD patients, epithelial IL-37b expression was increased markedly. In ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) patients, IL-37b expression was enhanced in the affected mucosa. In the intestinal epithelial cell line T84, the expression of IL-37b mRNA and protein was enhanced by tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha. This IL-37b induction by TNF-alpha was mediated by nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB and activator protein (AP)-1 activation. Furthermore, IL-37b inhibited TNF-alpha-induced interferon-gamma-inducible protein (IP)-10 expression significantly in human colonic SEMFs. Epithelial IL-37b expression was increased in IBD patients, especially UC patients. IL-37b may be involved in the pathophysiology of IBD as an anti-inflammatory cytokine and an inhibitor of both innate and acquired immune responses. CI - (c) 2013 British Society for Immunology. FAU - Imaeda, H AU - Imaeda H AD - Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan. FAU - Takahashi, K AU - Takahashi K FAU - Fujimoto, T AU - Fujimoto T FAU - Kasumi, E AU - Kasumi E FAU - Ban, H AU - Ban H FAU - Bamba, S AU - Bamba S FAU - Sonoda, H AU - Sonoda H FAU - Shimizu, T AU - Shimizu T FAU - Fujiyama, Y AU - Fujiyama Y FAU - Andoh, A AU - Andoh A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Clin Exp Immunol JT - Clinical and experimental immunology JID - 0057202 RN - 0 (CXCL10 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chemokine CXCL10) RN - 0 (IL37 protein, human) RN - 0 (Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor AP-1) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) SB - IM MH - Adaptive Immunity MH - Caco-2 Cells MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CXCL10/genetics/metabolism MH - Colitis, Ulcerative/genetics/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Crohn Disease/genetics/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Gene Expression/drug effects MH - Humans MH - Immunity, Innate MH - Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/genetics/*immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - Interleukin-1/genetics/*metabolism MH - Intestinal Mucosa/drug effects/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Myofibroblasts/drug effects/immunology/metabolism/pathology MH - NF-kappa B/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology PMC - PMC3646440 EDAT- 2013/04/23 06:00 MHDA- 2013/06/26 06:00 PMCR- 2014/06/01 CRDT- 2013/04/23 06:00 PHST- 2012/12/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/04/23 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/04/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/06/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1111/cei.12061 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Exp Immunol. 2013 Jun;172(3):410-6. doi: 10.1111/cei.12061.