Activation pattern of signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) factors in inflammatory bowel diseases
The American journal of gastroenterology : a journal of clinical gastroenterology ; official publication of the American College of Gastroenterology. Bd. 100. H. 1. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell 2005 S. 64 - 72
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
ISBN/ISSN: 0002-9270 ; 1572-0241
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Sprache: Englisch
Doi/URN: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40615.x
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OBJECTIVES: Cytokine signaling pathways involving transcription factors of the signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) family play a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). STAT proteins are latent cytoplasmic transcription factors that induce transcription upon phosphorylation, dimerization, and nuclear translocation. However, their activation pattern in IBD is poorly understood. The aim of our study was to characterize STAT-expression in IBD. MET...OBJECTIVES: Cytokine signaling pathways involving transcription factors of the signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) family play a key role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). STAT proteins are latent cytoplasmic transcription factors that induce transcription upon phosphorylation, dimerization, and nuclear translocation. However, their activation pattern in IBD is poorly understood. The aim of our study was to characterize STAT-expression in IBD. METHODS: Mononuclear cells were isolated from 36 colonic specimens of Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, or from control patients. Cells were stimulated overnight with antibodies against human CD2 and CD28 and mononuclear cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Alternatively, CD4( ) T cells were immunomagnetically separated and then assessed by flow cytometry. Intracellular stainings of the following transcription factors were performed: STAT-1, STAT-2, STAT-3, STAT-4, and STAT-6. In addition, immunofluorescence staining on cryosections for phosphorylated STAT-1 and STAT-3 was performed. RESULTS: Average expression of the IFN-gamma inducible transcription factor STAT-1 was increased in Crohn's disease as compared to patients with ulcerative colitis and control patients. However, levels of phospho-STAT-1 were surprisingly not markedly upregulated in IBD as compared to controls. In contrast, STAT-3 and phospho-STAT-3 levels were significantly increased in IBD patients as compared to controls (p » weiterlesen» einklappen
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