Journal
CELLS
Volume 8, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells8070709
Keywords
ulcerative colitis; Galectin-3; dendritic cells; T regulatory cells; Kynurenine; Toll-like receptor-4; immunomodulation; biomarker
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- European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation [ECCO]: 'The role of galectin 3 in acute colitis'
- Serbian Ministry of Science and Education [175069, 175103]
- Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Kragujevac [MP01/18]
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Galectin-3 regulates numerous biological processes in the gut. We investigated molecular mechanisms responsible for the Galectin-3-dependent regulation of colon inflammation and evaluated whether Galectin-3 may be used as biomarker for monitoring the progression of ulcerative colitis (UC). The differences in disease progression between dextran sodium sulphate-treated wild type and Galectin-3-deficient mice were investigated and confirmed in clinical settings, in 65 patients suffering from mild, moderate, and severe colitis. During the induction phase of colitis, Galectin-3 promoted interleukin-1 beta-induced polarization of colonic macrophages towards inflammatory phenotype. In the recovery phase of colitis, Galectin-3 was required for the immunosuppressive function of regulatory dendritic cells (DCs). Regulatory DCs in Galectin-3:Toll-like receptor-4:Kynurenine-dependent manner promoted the expansion of colon-infiltrated T regulatory cells (Tregs) and suppressed Th1 and Th17 cell-driven colon inflammation. Concentration of Galectin-3 in serum and stool samples of UC patients negatively correlated with clinical, endoscopic, and histological parameters of colitis. The cutoff serum values of Galectin-3 that allowed the discrimination of mild from moderate and moderate from severe colitis were 954 pg/mL and 580 pg/mL, respectively. Fecal levels of Galectin-3 higher than 553.44 pg/mL indicated attenuation of UC. In summing up, Galectin-3 regulates the cross-talk between colon-infiltrating DCs and Tregs and represents a new biomarker for monitoring the progression of UC.
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