Objectives: Enterochromaffin (EC) cells have been associated with functional gastrointestinal disorders such as IBS. Recently, we found that glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)-rearranged during transfection (RET) localized in EC cells in human colonic epithelia. Here, we examine the role of GDNF-RET in the pathophysiology of diarrhoea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D).
Materials And Methods: GDNF was assessed by ELISA and immunohistochemistry in biopsies from IBS-D patients and healthy controls. Stress was induced by using a wrap-restraint stress (WRS) procedure to serve as an acute stress-induced IBS model. The function of GDNF-RET axis to intestinal stem cell (ISC) homeostasis, and EC cell numbers were assessed in vivo and in vitro.
Results: GDNF-RET was expressed in EC cells in human colon. GDNF was significantly increased in IBS-D patients. WRS mice showed increased GDNF-RET levels in colon. WRS induced visceral hypersensitivity by expanding of ISC and differentiation of EC cell via GDNF-RET. Furthermore, GDNF-treated mice recapitulated the phenotype of WRS mice. In vitro, GDNF treatment amplified Wnt signal and increased serotonin levels in colonic organoids in a dose-dependent manner.
Conclusions: We identified GDNF-RET was presented in colonic epithelium of patients with IBS-D. GDNF-RET played important roles in regulating ISC and EC cell differentiation. Our findings, thus, provide RET inhibitor as new therapeutic targets for treatment of patients with IBS-D.
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