Imada Shinya, Murata Yoji, Kotani Takenori, Hatano Masaki, Sun Chunxiao, Konno Tasuku, Park Jung-Ha, Kitamura Yasuaki, Saito Yasuyuki, Ohdan Hideki, Matozaki Takashi
Division of Molecular and Cellular Signaling, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Department of Gastroenterological and Transplant Surgery, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
Mol Cell Biol. 2016 Oct 28;36(22):2811-2823. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00311-16. Print 2016 Nov 15.
Proper regulation of epithelial cell turnover is important for the structural integrity and homeostasis of various tissues, including the intestine. Here we show that ablation of Csk, a negative regulator of Src family kinases (SFKs), specifically in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) resulted in the development of hyperplasia throughout the intestinal epithelium of mice. Such conditional ablation of Csk also increased the proliferative activity and turnover of IECs, disturbed the differentiation of Paneth and goblet cells, reduced the number of intestinal stem cells, and attenuated the expression of Wnt target genes in the intestine. Moreover, the tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and the activities of both Rac and Yes-associated protein (YAP) were increased in intestinal crypts or organoids of the mutant mice, whereas inhibition of Rac or YAP activity rescued the mutant phenotypes. Our results thus suggest that SFKs promote the proliferation of IECs in intestinal crypts through activation of Rac or YAP and that they thereby contribute to the proper regulation of IEC turnover and intestinal homeostasis.
上皮细胞更新的适当调节对于包括肠道在内的各种组织的结构完整性和内环境稳定至关重要。在此,我们表明,Src家族激酶(SFKs)的负调节因子Csk特异性地在肠道上皮细胞(IECs)中被敲除,导致小鼠整个肠道上皮出现增生。Csk的这种条件性敲除还增加了IECs的增殖活性和更新,扰乱了潘氏细胞和杯状细胞的分化,减少了肠道干细胞的数量,并减弱了肠道中Wnt靶基因的表达。此外,在突变小鼠的肠隐窝或类器官中,粘着斑激酶(FAK)的酪氨酸磷酸化以及Rac和Yes相关蛋白(YAP)的活性均增加,而抑制Rac或YAP活性可挽救突变表型。因此,我们的结果表明,SFKs通过激活Rac或YAP促进肠隐窝中IECs的增殖,从而有助于IEC更新和肠道内环境稳定的适当调节。