Helicobacter pylori environmental interactions: effect of acidic conditions on H. pylori-induced gastric mucosal interleukin-8 production
To explore the interactions between the host, environment and bacterium responsible for the different manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection, we examined the effect of acidic conditions on H. pylori-induced interleukin (IL)-8 expression. AGS gastric epithelial cells were exposed to acidic p...
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Published in | Cellular microbiology Vol. 9; no. 10; pp. 2457 - 2469 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Oxford, UK
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
01.10.2007
Blackwell Publishing Ltd Hindawi Limited |
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Summary: | To explore the interactions between the host, environment and bacterium responsible for the different manifestations of Helicobacter pylori infection, we examined the effect of acidic conditions on H. pylori-induced interleukin (IL)-8 expression. AGS gastric epithelial cells were exposed to acidic pH and infected with H. pylori[wild-type strain, its isogenic cag pathogenicity island (PAI) mutant or its oipA mutant]. Exposure of AGS cells to acidic pH alone did not enhance IL-8 production. However, following exposure to acidic conditions, H. pylori infection resulted in marked enhancement of IL-8 production which was independent of the presence of the cag PAI and OipA, indicating that H. pylori and acidic conditions act synergistically to induce gastric mucosal IL-8 production. In neutral pH environments H. pylori-induced IL-8 induction involved the NF-κB pathways, the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)[rightward arrow]c-Fos/c-Jun[rightward arrow]activating protein (AP-1) pathways, JNK[rightward arrow]c-Jun[rightward arrow]AP-1 pathways and the p38 pathways. At acidic pH H. pylori-induced augmentation of IL-8 production involved markedly upregulated the NF-κB pathways and the ERK[rightward arrow]c-Fos[rightward arrow]AP-1 pathways. In contrast, activation of the JNK[rightward arrow]c-Jun[rightward arrow]AP-1 pathways and p38 pathways were pH independent. These results might explain the clinical studies in which patients with duodenal ulcers had higher levels of IL-8 in the antral gastric mucosa than patients with simple H. pylori gastritis. |
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Bibliography: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00973.x Present addresses: Research Institute and Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi, Korea Department of Internal Medicine, Okayama Rousai Hospital, Okayama, Japan Department of Laboratory Medicine, Shinshu University Hospital, Nagano, Japan. ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1462-5814 1462-5822 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2007.00973.x |