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From the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology,* Hepatology and Nutrition, the Graduate Program in Molecular and Developmental Biology, and the Division of Pediatric Pathology, Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
Heat-stable enterotoxin (STa), elaborated by enterotoxigenic Echerichia coli, is a worldwide cause of secretory diarrhea in infants and travelers. Both STa and guanylin, a peptide structurally similar to STa, increase intracellular cGMP levels after binding to the same intestinal receptor, guanylate cyclase C (GC-C). Distinct from its role as an intestinal secretagogue, guanylin may also have a role in intestinal proliferation, as guanylin expression is lost in intestinal adenomas. To determine the function of guanylin in intestinal epithelia, guanylin null mice were generated using a Cre/loxP-based targeting vector. Guanylin null mice grew normally, were fertile and showed no signs of malabsorption. However, the levels of cGMP in colonic mucosa of guanylin null mice were significantly reduced. The colonic epithelial cell migration rate was increased and increased numbers of colonocytes expressing proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were present in crypts of guanylin null mice as well. The apoptotic index was similar in guanylin null mice and littermate controls. We conclude from these studies that loss of guanylin results in increased proliferation of colonic epithelia. We speculate that the increase in colonocyte number is related to decreased levels of cGMP and that this increase in proliferation plays a role in susceptibility to intestinal adenoma formation and/or progression.
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