Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Pancreatic glycoprotein 2 is a first line of defense for mucosal protection in intestinal inflammation

  • Yosuke Kurashima,
  • Takaaki Kigoshi,
  • Sayuri Murasaki,
  • Fujimi Arai,
  • Kaoru Shimada,
  • Natsumi Seki,
  • Yun-Gi Kim,
  • Koji Hase,
  • Hiroshi Ohno,
  • Kazuya Kawano,
  • Hiroshi Ashida,
  • Toshihiko Suzuki,
  • Masako Morimoto,
  • Yukari Saito,
  • Ai Sasou,
  • Yuki Goda,
  • Yoshikazu Yuki,
  • Yutaka Inagaki,
  • Hideki Iijima,
  • Wataru Suda,
  • Masahira Hattori,
  • Hiroshi Kiyono

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21277-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Glycoprotein-2 (GP-2) can protect the intestinal epithelial barrier from bacteria and is associated with protection against Crohn’s disease. Here, the authors show pancreatic GP-2 is the source of the intestine’s luminal GP-2 that binds bacteria and prevents them from attaching to the epithelium, also limiting pathology in a DSS colitis mouse model.