251. Ethanolamine enhances the proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells via the mTOR signaling pathway and mitochondrial function
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Xia Xiong, Yulong Yin, Tiejun Li, and Huansheng Yang
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0301 basic medicine ,Swine ,Cell ,Cell Cycle Proteins ,Biology ,Mitochondrion ,Cell Line ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Intestinal mucosa ,medicine ,Animals ,Ethanolamine ,Intestinal Mucosa ,PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway ,Cell Proliferation ,Cell growth ,TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases ,Cell Biology ,General Medicine ,Mitochondria ,Cell biology ,030104 developmental biology ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Cell culture ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Signal transduction ,Stem cell ,Signal Transduction ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Ethanolamine (Etn), which is the base constituent of phosphatidylethanolamine, a major phospholipid in animal cell membranes, is required for the proliferation of many types of mammalian epithelial cells. However, it is not clear whether the proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells requires Etn. The present study was conducted to examine the effects of Etn on the proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms. The addition of Etn at 100 or 200 μM was found to enhance the proliferation of IPEC-1 cells. The expression of cell cycle-related proteins CDK4, RB3, cyclin A, and PCNA was also enhanced by Etn. Moreover, the expression or phosphorylation levels of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway protein and the expression of proteins related to mitochondrial function were also affected by Etn in IPEC-1 cells. These results indicate that Etn promotes the proliferation of intestinal epithelial cells by exerting effects on mTOR signaling pathway and mitochondrial function.
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- 2016