Mucosal macrophage inflammatory protein-1α activity in Helicobacter pylori infection
Mucosal macrophage inflammatory protein-1α activity in Helicobacter pylori infection
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1440-1746.1999.01810.x
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发表时间:
1999-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Kaneko, H
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作者:
Kusugami, K;Ando, T;Kaneko, H
Mucosal chemokines are considered to be important in the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis. The aims of this study are to examine the levels of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1 alpha) in organ cultures, the expression of MIP-1 alpha mRNA and the cellular source of MIP-1 alpha, using the antral mucosal specimens obtained from H. pylori-positive and -negative patients. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used to measure the levels of MIP-1 alpha in organ cultures of mucosal tissues and cell cultures of fractionated mucosal cells. The expression of MIP-1 alpha mRNA and protein was analysed in fresh biopsy tissues with reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and double immunofluorescence microscopy, respectively. The mucosal specimens obtained from H. pylori-positive patients exhibited significantly higher values of MIP-1 alpha activity in organ cultures with increased numbers of CD68(+) macrophages, myeloperoxidase(+) neutrophils and mononuclear cells in the lamina propria compared with those from H. pylori-negative patients. The RT-PCR analysis detected MIP-1 alpha mRNA in more than 50% of the specimens with H. pylori infection, but not in those without infection. In cell cultures, the macrophage fraction contained substantially higher amounts of MIP-1 alpha on a per cell basis than the lymphocyte fraction and MIP-1 alpha activity was not detected in cultures of gastric epithelial cells. This observation was also confirmed by a double immunofluorescence microscopic study in which most (>90%) MIP-1 alpha-positive infiltrating cells were CD68(+) macrophages. This study indicates that synthesis and secretion of MIP-1 alpha are increased in H, pylori-infected antral mucosa and that mucosal macrophages are the main cell type responsible for this phenomenon.