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Zoobiquity experiments show the importance of the local MMP9-plasminogen axis in inflammatory bowel diseases in both dogs and patients.
International Immunology 2023 March 19
Using a zoobiquity concept, we directly connect animal phenotypes to a human disease mechanism: the reduction of local plasminogen levels caused by matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP9) activity is associated with the development of inflammation in the intestines of dogs and patients with inflammatory bowel disease. We first investigated inflammatory colorectal polyps (ICRPs), which are a canine gastrointestinal disease characterized by the presence of idiopathic chronic inflammation, in Miniature Dachshund (MD), and found 31 missense disease-associated SNPs by whole-exome sequencing. We sequenced them in 10 other dog breeds and found five, PLG, TCOF1, TG, COL9A2, and COL4A4, only in MD. We then investigated two rare and breed-specific missense SNPs (T/T SNPs), PLG: c.477G>T and c.478A>T, and found that ICRPs with the T/T SNP risk-alleles showed less intact plasminogen and plasmin activity in the lesions compared to ICRPs without the risk-alleles but no differences in serum. Moreover, we show that MMP9, which is a NF-κB target, caused the plasminogen reduction and that intestinal epithelial cells expressing plasminogen molecules were colocalized with epithelial cells expressing MMP9 in normal colons with the risk-alleles. Importantly, MMP9 expression in patients with ulcerous colitis or Crohn's disease also colocalized with epithelial cells showing enhanced NF-κB activation and less plasminogen expression. Overall, our zoobiquity experiments showed that MMP9 induces the plasminogen reduction in intestine, contributing to the development of local inflammation and suggesting the local MMP9-plasminogen axis is a therapeutic target in both dogs and patients. Therefore, zoobiquity-type experiments could bring new perspectives for biomarkers and therapeutic targets.
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