Krüppel-like Factor 4 is a Radioprotective Factor for the Intestine Following γ-radiation-induced Gut Injury in Mice

Overview

Journal Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol

Publisher American Physiological Society

Specialties Gastroenterology
Physiology

Date 2014 Nov 22

PMID 25414097

Citations 20

Authors

Daniel Talmasov

Zhang Xinjun

Bing Yu

Mandayam O Nandan

Agnieszka B Bialkowska

Enas Elkarim

Jes Kuruvilla

Vincent W Yang

Amr M Ghaleb

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Abstract

Gut radiation-induced injury is a concern during treatment of patients with cancer. Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) is expressed in differentiated villous epithelial cells of the small intestine. We previously showed that KLF4 protects cells from apoptosis following γ-irradiation in vitro. We sought to determine whether KLF4 mediates the small intestinal response to γ-irradiation in vivo. Mice with intestinal epithelium-specific deletion of Klf4 (Klf4(ΔIS)) and control (Klf4(fl/fl)) mice were irradiated with total-body γ-radiation. Following irradiation, the Klf4(ΔIS) mice had significantly increased mortality compared with irradiated Klf4(fl/fl) mice. Immunohistochemistry and immunofluorescence staining were used to assess the morphological changes, levels of proliferation, and apoptosis in the intestinal epithelium. At 96 h following irradiation, there was a regenerative response manifested by an expansion of the proliferative zone in both mouse groups, with the control mice having a higher proliferative activity than the Klf4(ΔIS) group. In addition, there was a significant increase in the number of Klf4/Ki67-copositive cells in the irradiated control mice compared with unirradiated mice. Also, the irradiated Klf4(ΔIS) mice had a significantly higher number of crypt cells positive for apoptosis, p53, and p21 compared with irradiated Klf4(fl/fl) mice. Taken together, our data suggest that Klf4 may function as a radioprotective factor against gastrointestinal syndrome in mice following γ-irradiation by inhibiting apoptosis in the acute response to irradiation and contributing to crypt regeneration.

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