Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Sprouty2 limits intestinal tuft and goblet cell numbers through GSK3β-mediated restriction of epithelial IL-33

  • Michael A. Schumacher,
  • Jonathan J. Hsieh,
  • Cambrian Y. Liu,
  • Keren L. Appel,
  • Amanda Waddell,
  • Dana Almohazey,
  • Kay Katada,
  • Jessica K. Bernard,
  • Edie B. Bucar,
  • Safina Gadeock,
  • Kathryn M. Maselli,
  • M. Kay Washington,
  • Tracy C. Grikscheit,
  • David Warburton,
  • Michael J. Rosen,
  • Mark R. Frey

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21113-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Dynamic regulation of colonic secretory cell numbers is a critical component of the response to intestinal injury and inflammation. Here, the authors show that loss of the intracellular signalling regulator Sprouty2 in the intestinal epithelial cells is a protective response to injury that leads to increased secretory cell numbers, thus limiting colitis severity.