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Leptin antagonist ameliorates chronic colitis in IL-10 mice
Authors:Udai P. Singh  Narendra P. Singh  Hongbing Guan  Brandon Busbee  Robert L. Price  Dennis D. Taub  Manoj K. Mishra  Raja Fayad  Mitzi Nagarkatti  Prakash S. Nagarkatti
Affiliation:1. Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;2. Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA;3. Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, NIA-IRP, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA;4. Department of Math and Sciences, Alabama State University, 1627 Hall Street, Montgomery, AL 36104, USA;5. Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
Abstract:

Background

Although the etiology of two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are unknown and evidence suggests that chronic intestinal inflammation is caused by an excessive immune response to mucosal antigens. Previous studies support the role for TGF-β1 through 3 in the initiation and maintenance of tolerance via the induction of regulatory T cells (Tregs) to control intestinal inflammation. Leptin, a satiety hormone produced primarily by adipose tissue, has been shown to increase during colitis progression and is believed to contribute to disease genesis and/or progression.

Aim

We investigated the ability of a pegylated leptin antagonist (PG-MLA) to ameliorate the development of chronic experimental colitis.

Results

Compared to vehicle control animals, PG-MLA treatment of mice resulted in an (1) attenuated clinical score; (2) reversed colitis-associated pathogenesis including a decrease in body weight; (3) reduced systemic and mucosal inflammatory cytokine expression; (4) increased insulin levels and (5) enhanced systemic and mucosal Tregs and CD39+ Tregs in mice with chronic colitis. The percentage of systemic and mucosal TGF-β1, -β2 and -β3 expressing CD4+ T cells were augmented after PG-MLA treatment. The activation of STAT1 and STAT3 and the expression of Smad7 were also reduced after PG-MLA treatment in the colitic mice. These findings clearly suggest that PG-MLA treatment reduces intestinal Smad7 expression, restores TGF-β1-3 signaling and reduces STAT1/STAT3 activation that may increase the number of Tregs to ameliorate chronic colitis.

Conclusion

This study clearly links inflammation with the metabolic hormone leptin suggesting that nutritional status influences immune tolerance through the induction of functional Tregs. Inhibiting leptin activity through PG-MLA might provide a new and novel therapeutic strategy for the treatment of IBD.
Keywords:Inflammation   Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)   Leptin   Antagonist   Pegylated   Ulcerative colitis (UC)   Crohn's disease (CD)
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