HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INDUCED INTERLEUKIN-8 EXPRESSION IN GASTRIC EPITHELIAL-CELLS IS ASSOCIATED WITH CAGA POSITIVE PHENOTYPE
HELICOBACTER-PYLORI INDUCED INTERLEUKIN-8 EXPRESSION IN GASTRIC EPITHELIAL-CELLS IS ASSOCIATED WITH CAGA POSITIVE PHENOTYPE
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DOI:
10.1136/jcp.48.1.41
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发表时间:
1995-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
RAPPUOLI, R
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作者:
CRABTREE, JE;COVACCI, A;RAPPUOLI, R
Aims - To use a range of natural phenotypically variant strains of Helicobacter pylori with disparate CagA and VacA (vacuolating cytotoxin) expression to determine which bacterial factors are more closely associated with epithelial interleukin-8 (IL-8) induction.Methods - Gastric epithelial cells (AGS and KATO-3) were co-cultured with five H pylori strains which were variously shown to express the cagA gene/CagA protein, VacA and/or to exhibit biological cytotoxicity. Secreted IL-8 was assayed by enzyme leaked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and IL-8 messenger RNA (mRNA) was assayed using a reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction based technique (RT-PCR).Results - Strains expressing CagA, including a variant strain (D931) which is non-cytotoxic and does not express the VacA protein, were found to upregulate epithelial IL-8 secretion and gene expression. In contrast, strains with no CagA expression, even in the presence of VacA and/or biological cytotoxicity, (G104, BA142), failed to induce IL-8 protein or mRNA above control values.Conclusions - These results strongly support a role for H pylori CagA or coexpressed factors other than the cytotoxin in upregulation of gastric epithelial IL-8. Increased epithelial IL-8 secretion and concomitant neutrophil chemotaxis and activation in addition to direct cytotoxicity may be an important factor in tissue damage and ulceration.