A plant-made cholera toxin B subunit enhances mucosal wound healing and protects against ulcerative colitis and colon cancer.

ulcerative colitis;cholera toxin B subunit;inflammatory bowel disease;inflammation

Keegan J Baldauf

University:University of Louisville

Department:Pharmacology and Toxicology

关键词: ulcerative colitis;    cholera toxin B subunit;    inflammatory bowel disease;    inflammation;   

Others  :  https://ir.library.louisville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3287&context=etd

美国|英语

来源: The Universite of Louisville's Institutional Repository

【 摘 要 】

This dissertation describes the previously unidentified effects of a plant-produced recombinant cholera toxin B subunit (CTBp) on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and its ability to protect against inflammation in a mouse model of colonic injury and ulcerative colitis (UC). To comprehensively analyze CTBp’s impacts on the GI tract, we employed global analysis methodologies based on multi-color flow cytometry to analyze immune cell populations in GI and systemic lymphatic compartments, gene expression microarray to decipher transcript-level changes in the colon and small intestine, and 16S rRNA sequencing to characterize fecal microbiota. Based on a drastic shift observed in the immune cell profile and gene expression pattern in the distal colon, we built a new working hypothesis that CTBp may enhance mucosal protection in the colon. To address this hypothesis, we used the Caco-2 human colonic cell line and the mouse dextran sulfate sodium (DSS) colitis model. After demonstrating the potential of CTBp as a mucosal healing and anti-colitic agent, the dissertation will be summarized and future directions discussed.