Epithelial CD47 is critical for mucosal repair in the murine intestine in vivo

Michelle Reed, Anny-Claude Luissint, Veronica Azcutia, Shuling Fan, Monique N. O’Leary, Miguel Quiros, Jennifer Brazil, Asma Nusrat and Charles A. Parkos ()
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Michelle Reed: University of Michigan
Anny-Claude Luissint: University of Michigan
Veronica Azcutia: University of Michigan
Shuling Fan: University of Michigan
Monique N. O’Leary: University of Michigan
Miguel Quiros: University of Michigan
Jennifer Brazil: University of Michigan
Asma Nusrat: University of Michigan
Charles A. Parkos: University of Michigan

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: Abstract CD47 is a ubiquitously expressed transmembrane glycoprotein that regulates inflammatory responses and tissue repair. Here, we show that normal mice treated with anti-CD47 antibodies, and Cd47-null mice have impaired intestinal mucosal wound healing. Furthermore, intestinal epithelial cell (IEC)-specific loss of CD47 does not induce spontaneous immune-mediated intestinal barrier disruption but results in defective mucosal repair after biopsy-induced colonic wounding or Dextran Sulfate Sodium (DSS)-induced mucosal damage. In vitro analyses using primary cultures of CD47-deficient murine colonic IEC or human colonoid-derived IEC treated with CD47-blocking antibodies demonstrate impaired epithelial cell migration in wound healing assays. Defective wound repair after CD47 loss is linked to decreased epithelial β1 integrin and focal adhesion signaling, as well as reduced thrombospondin-1 and TGF-β1. These results demonstrate a critical role for IEC-expressed CD47 in regulating mucosal repair and raise important considerations for possible alterations in wound healing secondary to therapeutic targeting of CD47.

Date: 2019
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