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1 Department of Medicine,
The pathology of Crohn's disease and ulcerative
colitis is characterized by chronic inflammation and destruction of the
gastrointestinal epithelium. Although suppression of inflammatory
mediators remains the principle component of current disease
therapeutics, strategies for enhancing repair and regeneration of the
compromised intestinal epithelium have not been widely explored. The
demonstration that a peptide hormone secreted by the intestinal
epithelium, glucagon-like peptide-2 (GLP-2), is a potent endogenous
stimulator of intestinal epithelial proliferation in the small bowel
prompted studies of the therapeutic efficacy of GLP-2 in CD1 and BALB/c
mice with dextran sulfate (DS)-induced colitis. We report here that a
human GLP-2 analog
(h[Gly2]GLP-2)
significantly reverses weight loss, reduces interleukin-1 expression,
and increases colon length, crypt depth, and both mucosal area and
integrity in the colon of mice with acute DS colitis. The effects of
h[Gly2]GLP-2 in the
colon are mediated in part via enhanced stimulation of mucosal
epithelial cell proliferation. These observations suggest that
exploitation of the normal mechanisms used to regulate intestinal proliferation may be a useful adjunct for healing mucosal epithelium in
the presence of active intestinal inflammation.
intestine; inflammatory bowel disease; epithelium; growth factor; inflammation
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