title: Intestinal trefoil factor induces inactivation of extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase in intestinal epithelial cells.
abstract: Intestinal trefoil factor (ITF), a small, compact protease-resistant peptide, is abundantly expressed in goblet cells of large and small intestine. Although several biological activities of ITF have been identified, including promotion of wound healing, stimulation of epithelial cell migration, and protection of intestinal epithelial barrier, little is known about signaling events through which ITF mediates its physiological function. In this study, the effects of exogenous ITF on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascades were examined in IEC-6 cells, a nontransformed intestinal epithelial cell line that does not express endogenous trefoil peptides. Stimulation with ITF resulted in rapid decrease in extracellular signal-related protein kinase (ERK) activity and concomitant reduced ERK tyrosine phosphorylation. ITF also decreased activation of ERK activity induced by either transforming growth factor-alpha, which links extracellular stimuli to the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK pathway via the epidermal growth factor receptor, or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, which activates Raf through protein kinase C. ITF-induced inhibition of ERK activity was blocked by an inhibitor of tyrosine and dual-specific phosphatases, sodium orthovanadate. In summary, ITF leads to inhibition of ERK and the MAPK pathway through activation of tyrosine or dual-specific phosphatase.
authors.affiliation: Gastrointestinal Unit and Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanai
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Podolsky
mesh_terms: D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D009077:Mucins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D019319:Okadaic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism*; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000071164:Trefoil Factor-2; D000071165:Trefoil Factor-3; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D006133:Growth Substances; D009077:Mucins; D009124:Muscle Proteins; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010455:Peptides; C099037:TFF3 protein, rat; D000071164:Trefoil Factor-2; D000071165:Trefoil Factor-3; D019319:Okadaic Acid; D014638:Vanadates; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate