Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are an essential component of the intestine, play an important role to maintain intestine structure, and produce peristaltic and segmentation movements. The silent information regulator 1 (SIRT1) has a dual role along with possible mechanisms in the different experimental models of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, very little is known about other putative roles that overexpression of SIRT1 in SMCs may have. Here, we explored the role of SMC SIRT1 in colonic mucosa regeneration and recovery after DSS-induced colitis. We showed that smooth-muscle-specific SIRT1 transgene (Sirt1-Tg) mice have abnormal baseline intestinal architecture. The overexpression of SIRT1 impaired the recovery after DSS-induced injury. Furthermore, we showed that smooth-muscle SIRT1 affected the intestinal epithelial regeneration after damage by releasing cZFP609, which inhibited the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α nuclear translocation. Together, we identify an important signaling axis cZFP609-HIF-1α linking SMCs and intestinal epithelium, which is involved in colitis development.
DOI: 10.3390/ijms26051807
Authors: Xiaoqin Liu, Yu Song, Mengmeng Shen, Xinlong Liu, Wendi Zhang, Haibin Jiang, Mei Han
Institution: Hebei Medical University
Language: English
Topic: Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Subfield: Genetics
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $3,499
OpenAlex ID: W4407782230