PMID- 24237301 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141118 LR - 20220330 IS - 1557-7465 (Electronic) IS - 1079-9907 (Linking) VI - 34 IP - 3 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Interferon-gamma-induced intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction by NF-kappaB/HIF-1alpha pathway. PG - 195-203 LID - 10.1089/jir.2013.0044 [doi] AB - Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) plays an important role in intestinal barrier dysfunction. However, the mechanisms are not fully understood. As hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) is a critical determinant response to hypoxia and inflammation, which has been shown to be deleterious to intestinal barrier function, we hypothesized that IFN-gamma induces loss of barrier function through the regulation of HIF-1alpha activation and function. In this study, we detected the expressions of HIF-1alpha and tight junction proteins in IFN-gamma-treated T84 intestinal epithelial cell line. IFN-gamma led to an increase of HIF-1alpha expression in time- and dose-dependent manners but did not change the expression of HIF-1beta. The IFN-gamma-induced increase in HIF-1alpha was associated with an activation of NF-kappaB. Treatment with the NF-kappaB inhibitor, pyrolidinedithiocarbamate (PDTC), significantly suppressed the activation of NF-kappaB and the expression of HIF-1alpha. In addition, IFN-gamma also increased intestinal epithelial permeability and depletion of tight junction proteins; inhibition of NF-kappaB or HIF-1alpha prevented the increase in intestinal permeability and alteration in tight junction protein expressions. Interestingly, we demonstrated that a significant portion of IFN-gamma activation NF-kB and modulation tight junction expression is mediated through HIF-1alpha. Taken together, this study suggested that IFN-gamma induced the loss of epithelial barrier function and disruption of tight junction proteins, by upregulation of HIF-1alpha expression through NF-kappaB pathway. FAU - Yang, Songwei AU - Yang S AD - 1 Department of General Surgery, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University , Chongqing, China . FAU - Yu, Min AU - Yu M FAU - Sun, Lihua AU - Sun L FAU - Xiao, Weidong AU - Xiao W FAU - Yang, Xuechao AU - Yang X FAU - Sun, Ligang AU - Sun L FAU - Zhang, Chaojun AU - Zhang C FAU - Ma, Yuanhang AU - Ma Y FAU - Yang, Hanwenbo AU - Yang H FAU - Liu, Yong AU - Liu Y FAU - Lu, Dingsong AU - Lu D FAU - Teitelbaum, Daniel H AU - Teitelbaum DH FAU - Yang, Hua AU - Yang H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131115 PL - United States TA - J Interferon Cytokine Res JT - Journal of interferon & cytokine research : the official journal of the International Society for Interferon and Cytokine Research JID - 9507088 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (HIF1A protein, human) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Thiocarbamates) RN - 0 (Tight Junction Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factor RelA) RN - 135467-92-4 (prolinedithiocarbamate) RN - 138391-32-9 (Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - 9DLQ4CIU6V (Proline) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (I-kappa B Kinase) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator/biosynthesis MH - Cell Line MH - Electric Impedance MH - Enzyme Activation/immunology MH - Epithelial Cells/immunology MH - Humans MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit/antagonists & inhibitors/biosynthesis/*immunology MH - I-kappa B Kinase/immunology MH - Inflammation/immunology MH - Interferon-gamma/*pharmacology MH - Intestinal Mucosa/*pathology MH - Proline/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Signal Transduction MH - Thiocarbamates/pharmacology MH - Tight Junction Proteins/immunology MH - Tight Junctions/*pathology MH - Transcription Factor RelA/antagonists & inhibitors/*immunology EDAT- 2013/11/19 06:00 MHDA- 2014/11/19 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/19 06:00 PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/11/19 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/jir.2013.0044 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2014 Mar;34(3):195-203. doi: 10.1089/jir.2013.0044. Epub 2013 Nov 15.