Accumulation of versican and lack of versikine ameliorate acute colitis.

Versican is a large chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate proteoglycan that plays a key role in the formation of the provisional matrix. Here, we generated dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in knockin-mice, R/R, expressing ADAMTS-resistant versican, and investigated the impact of accumulating versican and its turnover in the inflammatory colon mucosa. Histologically, R/R colon showed decreased levels of tissue destruction and an increased number of myofibroblasts and macrophages. Characterization of inflammatory cells revealed an increase in F4/80+ macrophages in R/R colon, compared with wildtype, without a clear shift between M1 and M2 populations. Intestinal stroma exhibited a higher number of myofibroblasts in R/R, suggesting increased levels of tissue regeneration. Coculture of macrophages and stromal fibroblasts obtained from inflammatory colon showed that wild-type macrophages inhibited myofibroblastic differentiation of R/R fibroblasts but not wild-type. This inhibitory effect was due to an increased level of versikine, a cleaved fragment of versican by ADAMTS proteinases. Taken together, our results demonstrate versikine as the direct regulator that inhibits repair of inflamed tissue. Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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Shamima Islam, Nushrat Jahan, Arbee Shahida, Sivasundaram Karnan, Hideto Watanabe. Accumulation of versican and lack of versikine ameliorate acute colitis. Matrix biology : journal of the International Society for Matrix Biology. 2022 Mar;107:59-76

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