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    The Role of RNase-L in Intestinal Homeostasis and Disease

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    Long, Tiha M.
    Advisor
    Hassel, Bret A.
    Date
    2014
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    dissertation
    
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    The Type I interferons are critical mediators of antimicrobial function and cell turnover. Increasingly, IFN has been demonstrated to have a vital role in the maintenance of intestinal homeostasis and protection from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). RNase-L is a downstream mediator of IFN function that also induces a positive feedback mechanism through innate immune receptors to amplify IFN levels. RNase-L is widely accepted as an antiviral protein and its antibacterial functions have recently been elucidated. The goal of this work was to investigate the role of RNase-L in gastrointestinal (GI) diseases to discover new therapeutic targets with translational potential. First, the role of RNase-L in experimental colitis and colitis-associated cancer was investigated. Next, the role of IFN expression and RNase-L activity following infection with a diarrheal agent that causes mortality in infants, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC), was determined. Vital roles for IFN and RNase-L in intestinal inflammatory disease and infection were identified. Results demonstrated that RNase-L is protective against injury-induced colitis through regulation of the immune response including increased IFN expression, and that RNase-L inhibits tumor growth in experimental colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Antibacterial function against EPEC by IFN and RNase-L were also demonstrated. IFN signaling was found to have a critical role in intestinal epithelial cell (IEC) homeostasis and protection against EPEC infection. Furthermore, RNase-L was necessary to prevent translocation of EPEC across the IEC barrier. Supporting a protective role for IFN and RNase-L, secreted EPEC effectors inhibited IFN expression and RNase-L activity. Results indicate that IFN and RNase-L are important mediators of intestinal homeostasis with protective roles against infection and inflammatory disease
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    University of Maryland, Baltimore. Molecular Medicine. Ph.D. 2014
    Keyword
    colorectal cancer
    RNase-L
    Colon (Anatomy)--Cancer
    Rectum--Cancer
    Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli
    Gastroenterology
    Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
    Interferon Type 1
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