UNC5B receptor deletion exacerbates DSS-induced colitis in mice by increasing epithelial cell apoptosis.

ABSTRACT: The netrin-1 administration or overexpression is known to protect colon from acute colitis. However, the receptor that mediates netrin-1 protective activities in the colon during colitis remains unknown. We tested the hypothesis that UNC5B receptor is a critical mediator of protective function of netrin-1 in dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced colitis using mice with partial deletion of UNC5B receptor. DSS colitis was performed in mice with partial genetic UNC5B deficiency (UNC5B(+/-) mice) or wild-type mice to examine the role of endogenous UNC5B. These studies were supported by in vitro models of DSS-induced apoptosis in human colon epithelial cells. WT mice developed colitis in response to DSS feeding as indicated by reduction in bw, reduction in colon length and increase in colon weig

SUBMITTER: Ranganathan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4117732 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature