Lactoperoxidase (LPO) is known to be present in secreted fluids, such as milk and saliva. Functionally, LPO teams up with dual oxidases (DUOXs) to generate bactericidal hypothiocyanite in the presence of thiocyanate. DUOX2 is expressed in intestinal epithelium, but there is little information on LPO expression in this tissue. To fill the gap of knowledge, we have analyzed Lpo gene expression and its regulation in mouse intestine. In wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 (B6) mouse intestine, an appreciable level of mouse Lpo gene expression was detected in the colon, but not the ileum. However, in the B6 mice deficient in glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-1 and -2, GPx1/2-double knockout (DKO), which had intestinal pathology, the colon Lpo mRNA levels increased 5-to 12-fold depending on mouse age. The Lpo mRNA levels in WT and DKO 129S1/SvlmJ (129) colon were even higher, 9-and 5-fold, than B6 DKO colon. Higher levels of Lpo protein and enzymatic activity were also detected in the 129 mouse colon than B6 colon. Lpo protein was expressed in the differentiated colon epithelial cells, away from crypt base, as shown by immunohistochemistry. Similar to human LPO mRNA, mouse Lpo mRNA had multiple spliced forms, although only the full-length variant 1 (V1) was translated. Higher methylation was found in 129 than B6 strain, DKO than control colon, and older than juvenile mice. However, methylation of Lpo intragenic CpG island was not directly induced by inflammation, since dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis did not increase DNA methylation in B6 DKO colon. Also, Lpo DNA methylation is not correlated with gene expression.