Abstract

Hypoxia regulates autophagy and nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain receptor, pyrin domain containing (NLRP)3, two innate immune mechanisms linked by mutual regulation and associated to IBD. Here we show that hypoxia ameliorates inflammation during the development of colitis by modulating autophagy and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/NLRP3 pathway. Hypoxia significantly reduces tumor necrosis factor α, interleukin (IL)-6 and NLRP3 expression, and increases the turnover of the autophagy protein p62 in colon biopsies of Crohn’s disease patients, and in samples from dextran sulfate sodium-treated mice and Il-10−/− mice. In vitro, NF-κB signaling and NLRP3 expression are reduced through hypoxia-induced autophagy. We also identify NLRP3 as a novel binding partner of mTOR. Dimethyloxalylglycine-mediated hydroxylase inhibition ameliorates colitis in mice, downregulates NLRP3 and promotes autophagy. We suggest that hypoxia counteracts inflammation through the downregulation of the binding of mTOR and NLRP3 and activation of autophagy.

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Title
Hypoxia ameliorates intestinal inflammation through NLRP3/mTOR downregulation and autophagy activation
Author
Cosin-Roger, Jesus 1 ; Simmen, Simona 1 ; Melhem, Hassan 1 ; Atrott, Kirstin 1 ; Frey-Wagner, Isabelle 1 ; Hausmann, Martin 1 ; de Vallière, Cheryl 1 ; Spalinger, Marianne R 1 ; Spielmann, Patrick 2 ; Wenger, Roland H 2 ; Zeitz, Jonas 1 ; Vavricka, Stephan R 1 ; Rogler, Gerhard 3 ; Ruiz, Pedro A 1 

 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 
 Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 
 Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology (ZIHP), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 
Pages
1-13
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Jul 2017
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1924546630
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.