PloS one, 2015-09, Vol.10 (9), p.e0135858-e0135858
2015
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Metformin Ameliorates Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Suppression of the STAT3 Signaling Pathway and Regulation of the between Th17/Treg Balance
- Ist Teil von
- PloS one, 2015-09, Vol.10 (9), p.e0135858-e0135858
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Public Library of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2015
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- Electronic Journals Library
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- Metformin is used to treat type 2 diabetes. We sought to determine whether metformin reduces inflammation, by regulating p-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) expression and T-helper 17 (Th17) cell proliferation, in a mouse model of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD mice were administered metformin for 16 days and their tissues were analyzed. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK), the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), p-STAT3 and p-STAT5 in the spleen and lymph nodes were detected using immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy. Gene expression was determined using quantitative PCR assays, and protein expression levels were measured using western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Human HT-29 cell proliferation was evaluated using MTT assays. Metformin reduced disease activity index scores and inhibited weight loss. Metformin also decreased the colonic histological score and inflammatory mediators and increased colon lengths increased. Treatment with metformin inhibited the expression of interleukin (IL)-17, p-STAT3, and p-mTOR. In contrast, metformin treatment increased expression levels of p-AMPK and Foxp3. In addition, expression of inflammatory cytokines decreased in a dose-dependent manner in inflamed human HT-29 cells cultured with metformin at various concentrations. Metformin attenuates IBD severity and reduces inflammation through the inhibition of p-STAT3 and IL-17 expression. Our results have increased our understanding of this chronic inflammatory disease, and support the strategy of using p-STAT3 inhibitors to treat IBD.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1932-6203eISSN: 1932-6203DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135858Titel-ID: cdi_plos_journals_1719278760
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- –
- Schlagworte
- AMP, AMP-activated protein kinase, Animal tissues, Animals, Antidiabetics, Assaying, Autoimmune diseases, Cancer, Cell Differentiation - drug effects, Cell Differentiation - immunology, Cell growth, Cell Line, Cell proliferation, Cellular signal transduction, Colon, Confocal microscopy, Crohns disease, Cytokines, Cytokines - genetics, Cytokines - metabolism, Diabetes mellitus, Disease Models, Animal, Dosage and administration, Drug therapy, Foxp3 protein, Gene Expression, Health aspects, Helper cells, Humans, Immunoassays, Immunohistochemistry, Inflammation, Inflammation Mediators - metabolism, Inflammatory bowel disease, Inflammatory bowel diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - immunology, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases - metabolism, Inhibition, Interleukin, Interleukin 17, Intestine, Kinases, Laboratories, Lymph nodes, Lymphocytes, Lymphocytes T, Metformin, Metformin - pharmacology, Mice, Microscopy, Pathogenesis, Patient outcomes, Phosphorylation, Rapamycin, Regulation, Rheumatism, RNA, Messenger - genetics, Science, Signal transduction, Signal Transduction - drug effects, Signaling, Spleen, STAT3, Stat3 protein, STAT3 Transcription Factor - metabolism, Stat5 protein, Studies, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory - cytology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory - drug effects, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory - immunology, T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory - metabolism, Th17 Cells - cytology, Th17 Cells - drug effects, Th17 Cells - immunology, Th17 Cells - metabolism, TOR protein, TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases - metabolism, Transcription, Tumor necrosis factor-TNF, Weight reduction, Western blotting