Temporal Transcript Profiling Identifies a Role for Unfolded Protein Stress in Human Gut Ischemia-Reperfusion InjurySummary

Anna M. Kip; Joep Grootjans; Marco Manca; M’hamed Hadfoune; Bas Boonen; Joep P.M. Derikx; Erik A.L. Biessen; Steven W.M. Olde Damink; Cornelis H.C. Dejong; Wim A. Buurman; Kaatje Lenaerts

Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2022)

Temporal Transcript Profiling Identifies a Role for Unfolded Protein Stress in Human Gut Ischemia-Reperfusion InjurySummary

Anna M. Kip,
Joep Grootjans,
Marco Manca,
M’hamed Hadfoune,
Bas Boonen,
Joep P.M. Derikx,
Erik A.L. Biessen,
Steven W.M. Olde Damink,
Cornelis H.C. Dejong,
Wim A. Buurman,
Kaatje Lenaerts

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Anna M. Kip: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Joep Grootjans: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Marco Manca: Department of Pathology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands
M’hamed Hadfoune: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Bas Boonen: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Joep P.M. Derikx: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Surgery, Emma Children’s Hospital, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Erik A.L. Biessen: Department of Pathology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
Steven W.M. Olde Damink: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
Cornelis H.C. Dejong: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Department of General, Visceral, and Transplantation Surgery, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Aachen, Germany
Wim A. Buurman: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
Kaatje Lenaerts: Department of Surgery, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands; Correspondence Address correspondence to: Kaatje Lenaerts, PhD, Department of Surgery, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, the Netherlands. fax: (31) 3884154.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 3
pp. 681 – 694

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Background & Aims: Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury is a serious and life-threatening condition. A better understanding of molecular mechanisms related to intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in human beings is imperative to find therapeutic targets and improve patient outcome. Methods: First, the in vivo dynamic modulation of mucosal gene expression of the ischemia-reperfusion–injured human small intestine was studied. Based on functional enrichment analysis of the changing transcriptome, one of the predominantly regulated pathways was selected for further investigation in an in vitro human intestinal organoid model. Results: Ischemia-reperfusion massively changed the transcriptional landscape of the human small intestine. Functional enrichment analysis based on gene ontology and pathways pointed to the response to unfolded protein as a predominantly regulated process. In addition, regulatory network analysis identified hypoxia-inducing factor 1A as one of the key mediators of ischemia-reperfusion–induced changes, including the unfolded protein response (UPR). Differential expression of genes involved in the UPR was confirmed using quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis. Electron microscopy showed signs of endoplasmic reticulum stress. Collectively, these findings point to a critical role for unfolded protein stress in intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury in human beings. In a human intestinal organoid model exposed to hypoxia-reoxygenation, attenuation of UPR activation with integrated stress response inhibitor strongly reduced pro-apoptotic activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4)-CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein homologous protein (CHOP) signaling. Conclusions: Transcriptome analysis showed a crucial role for unfolded protein stress in the response to ischemia-reperfusion in human small intestine. UPR inhibition during hypoxia-reoxygenation in an intestinal organoid model suggests that downstream protein kinase R-like ER kinase (PERK) signaling may be a promising target to reduce intestinal ischemia-reperfusion injury. Microarray data are available in GEO (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gds, accession number GSE37013).

Published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology

ISSN: 2352-345X (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/cellular-and-molecular-gastroenterology-and-hepatology/

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