Glutamine Promotes Porcine Intestinal Epithelial Cell Proliferation through the Wnt/β-Catenin Pathway

Glutamine (Gln) is a critical nutrient required by neonatal mammals for intestinal growth, especially for newborn piglets. However, the mechanisms underlying the role of Gln in porcine intestinal epithelium development are not fully understood. The objective of the current study was to explore the possible signaling pathway involved in the promotion of porcine intestinal epithelial cell (IPEC-J2) proliferation by Gln. The results showed that 1 mM Gln promoted IPEC-J2 cell proliferation, and tandem mass tag proteomics revealed 973 differentially expressed proteins in Gln-treated IPEC-J2 cells, 824 of which were upregulated and 149 of which were downregulated. Moreover, gene set enrichment analysis indicated that the Wnt signaling pathway is activated by Gln treatment. Western blotting analysis further confirmed that Gln activated the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway. In addition, Gln increased not only cytosolic β-catenin but also nuclear β-catenin protein expression. LF3 (a β-catenin/TCF4 interaction inhibitor) assay and β-catenin knockdown demonstrated that Gln-mediated promotion of Wnt/β-catenin signaling and cell proliferation were blocked. Furthermore, the inhibition of TCF4 expression suppressed Gln-induced cell proliferation. These findings further confirmed that Wnt/β-catenin signaling is involved in the promotion of IPEC-J2 cell proliferation by Gln. Collectively, these findings demonstrated that Gln positively regulated IPEC-J2 cell proliferation through the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. These data greatly enhance the current understanding of the mechanism by which Gln regulates intestinal development.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:72

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Journal of agricultural and food chemistry - 72(2024), 13 vom: 03. Apr., Seite 7155-7166

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fang, Yong-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Lu, En-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Yu-Jie [VerfasserIn]
Xu, E [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Min [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

0RH81L854J
Beta Catenin
Cell proliferation
Glutamine
Journal Article
Porcine intestinal epithelial cells
TMT proteomics
Wnt/β-catenin

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Date Completed 04.04.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.jafc.3c08701

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370165276