Sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine contrarily affect the induction of apoptosis in intestinal epithelial cells

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LEUCHT Katharina FISCHBECK Anne CAJ Michaela LIEBISCH Gerhard HARTLIEB Eva BENEŠ Petr FRIED Michael HUMPF Hans Ulrich ROGLER Gerhard HAUSMANN Martin

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Web http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mnfr.201300369/abstract
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.201300369
Field Physiology
Keywords Apoptosis; BID; Cathepsin D; Phosphatidylcholine; Sphingomyelin
Description The major alimentary sources for the plasma membrane lipid sphingomyelin (SM) are dairy products, eggs, and meat.We recently reported that the SM metabolite ceramide induces cathepsin D mediated apoptosis in murine intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and increases inflammation in acute colitis. We investigated the impact of SM and phosphatidylcholine on apoptosis in human IECs and point out BH3-interacting death agonist (BID) as link between cathepsin D and apoptosis. HT–29 and isolated human IECs were stimulated with SM or phosphatidylcholine. SM treatment resulted in increased apoptosis. Phosphatidylcholine showed contrary effects. Western revealed higher amounts of cathepsin D and BID activation upon lipid stimulation. Western blotting revealed BID activation through SM in both an induced and a spontaneous mouse model of colitis. Dietary phospholipids may induce or abolish apoptosis in IECs and seem to play a role in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. This nutritional factor might be considered when evaluating the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases. Effects of SMase- and SM treatment on inflammation in dextran sulfate sodium induced animal models of colitis and in vitro experiments are discussed as controversial. Variable sources of SM, feeding techniques, and mouse strains might play a role.
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