With the aim of investigating whether cholesterol oxidation products could contribute to the pathogenesis of the intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction that occurs in human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), differentiated versus undifferentiated CaCo-2 cells, an accepted model for human intestinal epithelial cells, were challenged with a dietary-representative mixture of oxysterols. Only differentiated colonic cells were susceptible to the proapoptotic action of the oxysterol mixture, checked both by enzymatic and by morphological methods, mainly because of a very low AKT phosphorylation pathway compared to the undifferentiated counterparts. Enhanced production of reactive oxygen species by a colonic NADPH oxidase hyperactivation seemed to represent the key event in oxysterol-induced up-regulation of the mitochondrial pathway of programmed death of differentiated CaCo-2 cells. These in vitro findings point to the pro-oxidant and cytotoxic potential of cholesterol oxidation products, of both dietary and endogenous origin, as an important mechanism of induction and/or worsening of the functional impairment of enteric mucosa that characterizes IBD.

Pro-oxidant and pro-apoptotic effects of cholesterol oxidation products on human colonic epithelial cells: a potential mechanism of inflammatory bowel disease progression

BIASI, Fiorella;CHIARPOTTO, Elena Maria;NANO, Mario;VIZIO, Barbara;LEONARDUZZI, Gabriella Marisa;POLI, Giuseppe
2009-01-01

Abstract

With the aim of investigating whether cholesterol oxidation products could contribute to the pathogenesis of the intestinal epithelial barrier dysfunction that occurs in human inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), differentiated versus undifferentiated CaCo-2 cells, an accepted model for human intestinal epithelial cells, were challenged with a dietary-representative mixture of oxysterols. Only differentiated colonic cells were susceptible to the proapoptotic action of the oxysterol mixture, checked both by enzymatic and by morphological methods, mainly because of a very low AKT phosphorylation pathway compared to the undifferentiated counterparts. Enhanced production of reactive oxygen species by a colonic NADPH oxidase hyperactivation seemed to represent the key event in oxysterol-induced up-regulation of the mitochondrial pathway of programmed death of differentiated CaCo-2 cells. These in vitro findings point to the pro-oxidant and cytotoxic potential of cholesterol oxidation products, of both dietary and endogenous origin, as an important mechanism of induction and/or worsening of the functional impairment of enteric mucosa that characterizes IBD.
2009
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Oxysterols; Colonic mucosa; NADPH oxidase; Reactive oxygen species; Apoptosis; Inflammatory bowel disease; Free radicals
Biasi F; Mascia C; Astegiano M; Chiarpotto E; Nano M; Vizio B; Leonarduzzi G; Poli G
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