Butyrate acts as energy source for intestinal epithelial cells and as key mediator of several immune processes, modulating gene expression mainly through histone deacetylation inhibition. Thanks to these effects, butyrate has been proposed for the treatment of many intestinal diseases. Aim of this study was to investigate the effect of butyrate on the expression of a large series of target genes encoding proteins involved in pro-inflammatory pathways. We performed quantitative real-time-PCR analysis of the expression of 86 genes encoding proteins bearing to pro-inflammatory pathways, before and after butyrate exposure, in primary epithelial cells derived from human small intestine and colon. Butyrate significantly down-regulated the expression of genes involved in inflammatory response, among which nuclear factor kappa beta, interferon-gamma, Toll like 2 receptor and tumour necrosis factor-alpha. Further confirmations of these data, including studies at protein level, would support the use of butyrate as effective therapeutic strategy in intestinal inflammatory disorders.

Butyrate modulating effects on pro-inflammatory pathways in human intestinal epithelial cells / Elce, A.; Amato, Felice; Zarrilli, F.; Calignano, Antonio; Troncone, Riccardo; Castaldo, Giuseppe; BERNI CANANI, Roberto. - In: BENEFICIAL MICROBES. - ISSN 1876-2883. - 8:5(2017), pp. 841-847. [10.3920/BM2016.0197]

Butyrate modulating effects on pro-inflammatory pathways in human intestinal epithelial cells

AMATO, FELICE;Zarrilli, F.;CALIGNANO, ANTONIO;TRONCONE, RICCARDO;CASTALDO, GIUSEPPE;BERNI CANANI, ROBERTO
2017

Abstract

Butyrate acts as energy source for intestinal epithelial cells and as key mediator of several immune processes, modulating gene expression mainly through histone deacetylation inhibition. Thanks to these effects, butyrate has been proposed for the treatment of many intestinal diseases. Aim of this study was to investigate the effect of butyrate on the expression of a large series of target genes encoding proteins involved in pro-inflammatory pathways. We performed quantitative real-time-PCR analysis of the expression of 86 genes encoding proteins bearing to pro-inflammatory pathways, before and after butyrate exposure, in primary epithelial cells derived from human small intestine and colon. Butyrate significantly down-regulated the expression of genes involved in inflammatory response, among which nuclear factor kappa beta, interferon-gamma, Toll like 2 receptor and tumour necrosis factor-alpha. Further confirmations of these data, including studies at protein level, would support the use of butyrate as effective therapeutic strategy in intestinal inflammatory disorders.
2017
Butyrate modulating effects on pro-inflammatory pathways in human intestinal epithelial cells / Elce, A.; Amato, Felice; Zarrilli, F.; Calignano, Antonio; Troncone, Riccardo; Castaldo, Giuseppe; BERNI CANANI, Roberto. - In: BENEFICIAL MICROBES. - ISSN 1876-2883. - 8:5(2017), pp. 841-847. [10.3920/BM2016.0197]
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