Abstract
Previously, it has been suggested that hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) 1 signaling may play determinative role in the maintenance of the barrier function of the intestinal epithelium in inflammatory bowel disease. Our aim was to depict the alteration of HIF-1α and related genes in celiac disease (CD) where the importance of the barrier function is well known. Duodenal biopsy specimens were collected from 16 children with untreated CD, 9 children with treated CD and 10 controls. HIF-1α, trefoil factor 1 (TFF1), ecto-5-prime nucleotidase (CD73), and multi drug resistance gene 1 (MDR1) mRNA and HIF-1α protein expression were determined by real-time PCR and Western blot, respectively. Localization of HIF-1α was determined by immunofluorescent staining. We found increased HIF-1α and TFF1 mRNA and HIF-1α protein expression in the duodenal mucosa of children with untreated CD compared with controls or children with treated CD (p < 0.05). In untreated CD children, HIF-1α staining was present in cytoplasmic and nuclear region of the villous enterocytes. In treated CD mRNA expression of CD73 and MDR1 were increased compared with controls (p < 0.01 and 0.05, respectively). Our results of increased mucosal HIF-1α expression in CD children suggest the contribution of this signaling pathway in the pathomechanism of CD.
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Celiac disease (CD) is due to immune-mediated gluten intolerance, which affects around 1% of the society (1–4). Small intestinal epithelial cells are anatomically positioned to provide a barrier function to luminal antigens. Our current understanding of CD is that this barrier function is damaged, which leads to the leakage of cereal proteins across the intestinal epithelium and initiates inflammation in the lamina propria (5,6).
Recently, it has been proposed that hypoxia-inducible factor-1α (HIF) may elicit a barrier protective function in hypoxia-induced inflammation of the intestine (7,8). HIF-1α is a regulator of cellular response to hypoxia (9). HIF-1 is a heterodimeric transcription factor, which contains an α- and a β-subunits. Under normoxic conditions, HIF-1α is hydroxylated by proline-hydroxylases (PHDs) leading to ubiquitylation by von-Hippel-Lindau and to subsequent degradation (10). However, under hypoxic conditions—when the PHDs are inhibited—HIF-1α stabilizes and translocates to the nucleus. The active HIF-1 heterodimer then may initiate the transcription of different genes (11). Some of these genes such as trefoil factor 1 (TFF1), ecto-5-prime nucleotidase (CD73), and multi drug resistance gene 1 (MDR1) may exert barrier protective function (12–14).
In intestinal epithelial cell targeted expression of either mutant HIF-1α (reduced expression of HIF-1α) or von Hippel-Lindau gene (overexpression of HIF-1α) correlated with the symptoms of colitis (15). Although lack of HIF-1α resulted in increased intestinal epithelial permeability, mortality, and loss of weight, overexpression of HIF-1α was protective in a mouse model of colitis.
Although induction of gene transcription by HIF-1 heterodimer is normally associated with hypoxia, it is now established that HIF-1 signaling can be triggered under inflammatory conditions (16). To investigate the possible role of HIF-1α in the pathomechanism of CD, here we examined its amount and localization and the expression of some HIF-1 regulated genes in treated and untreated CD as well as in control patients.
METHODS
Patients.
Duodenal biopsy samples from 16 children with untreated [boys: six, girls: 10; median age: 6.7 y (3.7–13.9)] and nine with treated [boys: four, girls: five; median age: 6.7 y (4.9–12.7)] CD were collected. Biopsy samples of seven children with untreated CD were taken at the time of diagnosis, before the introduction of a gluten-free diet. The nine other children from whom duodenal biopsies were obtained before (untreated CD)—and 1.5 y (range: 1.1–2.5) after exclusion of gluten from the diet (treated CD). The diagnosis of CD was based on European Society for Paediatic Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) criteria (17). All untreated CD children had anti-endomysium IgA positivity and subtotal villous atrophy of the intestinal mucosa. In case of treated CD children full clinical remission was observed on the diet and no serum anti-endomysium antibodies were detected.
The control group consisted of 10 children [boys: four, girls: six; age: 8 y (1.7–13)] who were investigated for either growth retardation or chronic diarrhea and an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy was part of their diagnostic procedure. The intestinal mucosa was normal in all of them and no significant age- or sex-related differences were observed among children with untreated CD, treated CD, and controls (p = NS).
Biopsy samples were immediately frozen and stored at −80°C until further analysis. Written informed consent was obtained from parents of each participant before the procedure, and the study was approved by Semmelweis University Regional and Institutional Committee of Science and Research Ethics (TUKEB: 73/2003).
RNA isolation and real time RT-PCR.
HIF-1α, TFF1, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) mRNA expression were determined by SYBR Green real-time RT-PCR on LightCycler480 system (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany). The sequences of the specific primer pairs for HIF-1α, TFF1, and GAPDH are presented in Table 1. To detect CD73 and MDR1 specific RealTime ready Catalog Assays were used (Catalog No.: 05532957001, Roche Diagnostics).
PCRs were performed in a final volume of 20 μL. The reaction mix contained 10 μL of the Brillant II Fast SYBR Green QPCR Master Mix (Stratagene, La Jolla, CA), 500 nmol/L of each PCR primers (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA), and 5 μL of cDNA. The conditions of PCRs for HIF-1α, TFF1, CD73, MDR1 were as follows: one cycle for 2 min at 95°C, 5 and then 20 s at 95°C (denaturing), 40 s at 60°C (annealing and extension) for several cycles. Conditions for GAPDH: one cycle for 8 min at 95°C, 50 cycles for 4 s at 95°C, for 8 s 55°C and for 22 s 72°C with a single fluorescence detection point at the end of the annealing segment.
Results were analyzed by LightCycler480 software (Roche Diagnostics). Quantification was performed with second derivative method by monitoring the cycle number at which the fluorescent sign could be distinguished from the background (crossing point). The mRNA expression of HIF-1α was determined by comparison with GAPDH as internal control from the same sample.
Protein isolation and quantification of HIF-1α levels.
Duodenal biopsy samples of each group were homogenized in a buffer containing 10 μg/mL leupeptin, 10 μg/mL aprotinin, 1% Triton X-100, 0.1 M Tris-HCl (pH = 8.0), 1 mM ethylene glycol-bis(2-aminoethylether), N,N,N′,N′-tetracic acid (EGTA), 5 mM NaF, 1 mM phenylmethane-sulfonyl fluoride, and 10 mM Na-orthovanadate (Na3VO4) (each substance was purchased from Sigma Chemical Co.-Aldrich Co., St. Louis, MO). The lysed samples were centrifuged (10,000 g, 10 min, 4°C) to pellet nuclei and large cellular fragments. Protein concentration of the supernatants was determined by Bradford assay (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Hercules, CA). Twenty micrograms of protein samples were separated by 12% SDS–PAGE (SDS–PAGE) at 120 V (∼40 mA) for 90 min (Penguin Dual-Gel Water Cooled Systems, Owl, NH). Pre-stained protein mixture (BenchMark, GIBCO/BRL, Eggenstein, Germany) was used as marker of molecular mass. Then the separated proteins were transferred to nitrocellulose membrane (Hybond ECL, AP Biotech, Buckinghamshire, UK) in transfer buffer containing Tris, glycine, and methanol at 70 V, (∼220 mA) for 90 min (MiniTank electroblotter, Owl, NH). Nonspecific binding sites were blocked for 1 h (23°C) in a blot solution containing 5% nonfat milk powder and PBS. Then blots were incubated for 60 min (23°C) with rabbit polyclonal antibody raised against the human HIF-1α (Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc., Santa Cruz, CA) diluted to 1:500. Blots were then washed and incubated with peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG secondary antibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc.) diluted to 1:1000 for 30 min. Equal protein loading to the gel was confirmed by staining with a goat polyclonal antibody raised against the carboxy terminus of the β actin [Actin (C-11) goat polyclonal IgG, Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc] diluted to 1:200. Immunoreactive bands were visualized using the enhanced chemiluminescence Western blotting detection protocol (AP Biotech, Buckinghamshire, UK). The negatives were analyzed by computerized densitometry (Gel-Pro Analyser 3.1 software, Media Cybernetics, Bethesda, MD).
Immunofluorescent staining.
Duodenal biopsy samples were snap-frozen and embedded in Shandon cryomatrix (ThermoElectron Co, Waltham, MA) and then cut to 5 μm slides. Slides were first incubated for 60 min at RT with anti HIF-1α rabbit polyclonal IgGantibody (Santa Cruz Biotechnology) diluted to 1:100. After repeated washing, slides were incubated with Alexa Fluor 488 F (ab')2 fragment of goat anti-rabbit IgG (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) and Alexa Fluor 568 F (ab')2 fragment of goat anti-rabbit IgG (A-11036, Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) diluted to 1:100 for 30 min at RT. DNA was stained with Hoechst 33342 (Sigma Chemical Co.-Aldrich Company Ltd, Gillingham, UK) for 10 min at RT diluted to 1:1000. Finally slides were rinsed in PBS and cover slipped with Vectashield fluorescent mounting medium (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA). Appropriate controls were performed omitting the primary antibodies to assure their specificity and to avoid autofluorescence.
To visualize the stained tissues on the sections, Zeiss LSM 510 Meta confocal laser scanning microscope (Carl Zeiss, Jena, Germany) was used equipped with an inverted Axiovert 200 M microscope, 20× Plan Apochromat (NA = 0, 80) and 63× Plan Apochromat oil immersion DIC objectives (NA = 1, 4).
Statistical analysis.
Data were analyzed using Statistica 7.0 software (StatSoft Inc., Tulsa, OK). After testing the normality with Shapiro-Wilk's test, Mann–Whitney test was used to determine the differences among all groups for HIF-1α mRNA and protein expression levels in duodenal mucosa. Data were considered to be significantly different if p was less than 0.05. Values for all measurements were expressed as mean ± SEM.
RESULTS
mRNA expression of HIF-1α, TFF1, CD73, and MDR1 mRNA in the duodenal mucosa.
Figure 1 shows the mRNA expression of HIF-1α, and Figure 2, the mRNA expression of TFF1, CD73, and MDR1 as detected in the duodenal mucosa of samples from children with untreated CD, children with treated CD and controls. HIF-1α mRNA expression was increased in the duodenal mucosa of children with untreated CD as well as children with treated CD compared with controls (p < 0.01 and p < 0.01, respectively). In the duodenal mucosa of children with treated CD, HIF-1α mRNA level was decreased in comparison to children with untreated CD (p < 0.05). The mRNA expression of TFF1 was significantly higher in the duodenal mucosa of children with untreated CD compared with treated CD and controls (p < 0.05). The mRNA expression of CD73 and MDR1 was increased in children with treated CD compared with untreated and controls (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively).
Protein levels of HIF-1α in the duodenal mucosa.
Western blot analysis of duodenal biopsy specimens from children with untreated CD, children with treated CD and controls using anti-HIF-1α rabbit polyclonal antibodies revealed one distinct band at about 130 kD (HIF-1α). HIF-1α protein levels in the duodenal mucosa of children with untreated and treated CD were higher than in controls (p < 0.01). In the duodenal mucosa of children with treated CD, HIF-1α protein levels were, however, lower than in untreated CD (p < 0.01) (Fig. 3).
Localization of HIF-1α in the duodenal mucosa.
Figure 4A–C show representative pictures about the cellular distribution of HIF-1α in the duodenal villi of children with untreated (Fig. 4A) and treated CD (Fig. 4B) and controls (Fig. 4C). As shown in Fig. 4A was the intense staining of HIF-1α present in the whole width of villous enterocytes of the children with untreated CD in their basal membrane, intracellular space, and in their apical part of their cytoplasm as well. Translocation of HIF-1α to the nucleus of the villous enterocytes indicates its activation. No fluorescent signal was detected in the goblet cells, in the cells of the Lieberkühn crypts, and in the immune cells of the lamina propria. In children with treated CD (Fig. 4B), the distribution of HIF-1α was restricted to the basal membrane and it was not present in the nucleus of the enterocytes. In the biopsy specimen of the control children (Fig. 4C), HIF-1α was barely detectable and only in the enterocytes.
DISCUSSION
Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the small intestine induced in genetically susceptible people by gluten and possibly other environmental factors (18,19). Impairment of the intestinal barrier is a key event in CD, which leads to gluten entry across the epithelium and activation of the adaptive and innate immune system (5,6,20,21).
The normal barrier function of the intestinal epithelium is tightly regulated to maintain the normal homeostasis (22). Recent data suggest the importance of the HIF-1 regulated genes in the maintenance of the intestinal epithelial barrier function (15). Although activation of HIF-1 is mainly regulated by hypoxia (23), it is now established that HIF-1 signaling can also be triggered under inflammatory conditions (16,24,25). HIF-1 is a heterodimer transcriptional factor made up of an inducible HIF-1α subunit and a constitutively expressed HIF-1β subunit (26). So far more than 70 target genes are known to be directly regulated by HIF-1 (11,27). It has been shown that a number of these genes, such as TFF1, CD73, and MDR1, has intestinal epithelial barrier protective function (15).
In our study, we have investigated the alteration of the amount and localization of HIF-1α in duodenal biopsy samples taken from children with untreated CD, as well as from children with treated CD and controls. Here, we have demonstrated elevated amount of HIF-1α in the duodenal enterocytes of children suffering from CD. Moreover, we observed the translocation of HIF-1α into the nucleus of the villous enterocytes in untreated CD children, indicated its active role in the pathomechanism of CD (Fig. 4).
To the best of our knowledge, we suggest first the role of HIF-1α in the pathomechanism of CD and only there are few previous data about HIF-1 in other inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) (28). In the absence of experimental model of CD, it is difficult to decide the exact role of increased HIF-1α level in the pathomechanism of CD. However, previous studies on IBD may give some suggestion. Karhausen et al.(15) investigated the role of HIF-1 in a murine model of colitis. They have generated mouse lines with intestinal epithelial cell targeted expression of either mutant von Hippel Lindau gene (constitutively active HIF-1α) or mutant HIF-1α (unability of the formation of active HIF-1α). In animals, which constitutively expressed active HIF-1α, did not develop a spontaneous IBD, indeed using 2,4,6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) it was difficult to provoke IBD. These data suggest that increased HIF-1α level may rather be a consequence then a cause of CD.
Even though, the incompleteness of our knowledge, the previous studies on IBD almost uniformly suggest that increased level of HIF-1 may provide an overall protective effect both in in vitro (29) and in vivo experimental model of colitis (15,30,31). Case reports propose that hyperbaric oxygen treatment of the patients has beneficial effects on the clinical symptoms of IBD (32,33). In line with the human studies Karhausen et al.(15) demonstrated that in animals, which expressed mutant HIF-1α, the clinical symptoms of the TNBS-induced colitis were more severe then in animals, which constitutively expressed HIF-1 suggesting the protective role of increased HIF-1 signaling. More recently, in accordance with Karhausen et al., Shah et al.(30) suggested the possible protective role of increased HIF-1α signaling during the early phase of IBD. They found that the increased activity of HIF-1 resulted in better preserved barrier function of the animals with experimental colitis.
However, the pathomechanism of CD differs from that of IBD (34), we hypothesized that the biologic function of activated HIF-1 signaling may be similar in the both case. So we have investigated the mRNA expression of TFF1, CD73, and MDR1. Previously, these HIF-1 regulated genes were demonstrated to have barrier protective role in IBD (15).
In accordance with findings in IBD (15) we have found increased mRNA expression of TFF1 in the duodenal biopsy specimen of untreated CD children compared with control samples. TFFs are the main secretory product of the injured intestinal epithelia (35,36), which affect the integrity of the epithelia in many ways: TFFs enhance the rapid repair and the differentiation of the injured epithelium and stabilize the epithelial barrier (37).
Interestingly, the mRNA expression of CD73 and MDR1 were increased not in the duodenal biopsy specimen of the untreated however in that of treated CD children compared with controls. CD73 has been demonstrated to metabolize the AMP to adenosine, which by binding to A2 receptors may protect integrity of the cellular barrier (38,39) thus alter the epithelial and endothelial permeability. MDR-1 gene has similar function. In the intestine P-glycoprotein (P-gp), the product of the MDR-1 gene (40) constitutes a barrier, it transport the toxins into the intestinal lumen thereby preventing the integrity of the intestinal epithelial cells (41). These data suggest that while TFF1 may have a role in the acute regeneration of the epithelial barrier function, CD73 and MDR1 rather have a role in the chronic maintenance of the vulnerable epithelial barrier of the children with treated CD.
In summary, our results of increased mucosal HIF-1α expression in untreated CD children suggest the contribution of this signaling pathway in the pathomechanism of CD. In children with CD, HIF-1α may participate in the maintenance of the barrier function of the intestinal epithelial cells partially through the altered expression of TFF1, MDR1, and CD73. Moreover, decreased mucosal expression HIF-1α in treated CD may confirm the efficiency of the gluten free diet, besides the normal histologic findings.
Abbreviations
- CD:
-
coeliac disease
- CD73:
-
ecto-5-prime nucleotidase
- HIF:
-
hypoxia inducible factor
- IBD:
-
inflammatory bowel disease
- MDR1:
-
multi drug resistance gene 1
- TFF1:
-
trefoil factor 1
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Vannay, Á., Sziksz, E., Prókai, Á. et al. Increased Expression of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1α in Coeliac Disease. Pediatr Res 68, 118–122 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181e5bc96
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