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Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation
Fang Yan, … , M. Kay Washington, D. Brent Polk
Fang Yan, … , M. Kay Washington, D. Brent Polk
Published November 1, 2004
Citation Information: J Clin Invest. 2004;114(9):1272-1280. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI21022.
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Kinase suppressor of Ras-1 protects intestinal epithelium from cytokine-mediated apoptosis during inflammation

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TNF plays a pathogenic role in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), which are characterized by altered cytokine production and increased intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis. In vitro studies suggest that kinase suppressor of Ras-1 (KSR1) is an essential regulatory kinase for TNF-stimulated survival pathways in intestinal epithelial cell lines. Here we use a KSR1-deficient mouse model to study the role of KSR1 in regulating intestinal cell fate during cytokine-mediated inflammation. We show that KSR1 and its target signaling pathways are activated in inflamed colon mucosa. Loss of KSR1 increases susceptibility to chronic colitis and TNF-induced apoptosis in the intestinal epithelial cell. Furthermore, disruption of KSR1 expression enhances TNF-induced apoptosis in mouse colon epithelial cells and is associated with a failure to activate antiapoptotic signals including Raf-1/MEK/ERK, NF-κB, and Akt/protein kinase B. These effects are reversed by WT, but not kinase-inactive, KSR1. We conclude that KSR1 has an essential protective role in the intestinal epithelial cell during inflammation through activation of cell survival pathways.

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Fang Yan, Sutha K. John, Guinn Wilson, David S. Jones, M. Kay Washington, D. Brent Polk

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KSR1 is activated in inflamed colon mucosa. (A) H&E staining of para...
KSR1 is activated in inflamed colon mucosa. (A) H&E staining of paraffin-embedded colon tissues prepared from IL-10+/+ (BALB/c) or IL-10–/– mice before developing overt signs of colitis (8-week-old mice) or with rectal prolapse (12-week-old mice) showing characteristic epithelial ulceration (magnification, ×20). (B) Colon mucosal lysates were prepared from the respective mice for Western blot analysis with indicated antibodies. KSR1 (C, E, and F) or Raf-1 (D) was immunoprecipitated from colon mucosal lysates using anti-KSR1 or anti–Raf-1 antibodies, respectively, and subjected to Western blot analysis to detect phosphorylation levels using anti–P-Thr or anti–P-Ser antibodies. Using a 2-stage in vitro kinase assay (E and F), immunoprecipitated KSR1 was incubated first with recombinant Raf-1, and then Raf-1 was incubated with KI MEK1 as substrate as detailed in Methods. Phosphorylation of Raf-1 or MEK1 was determined using anti–P-Thr or anti–P-MEK1/2 antibodies, respectively. Immunoprecipitated KSR1 was treated with calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase (PTase) prior to incubation with Raf-1 (F), as indicated. The results shown here are from 2 representatives of 5 mice. WBA, Western blot analysis.

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