Osteopontin depletion decreases inflammation and gastric epithelial proliferation during Helicobacter pylori infection in mice
Osteopontin depletion decreases inflammation and gastric epithelial proliferation during Helicobacter pylori infection in mice
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DOI：
10.1038/labinvest.2015.47
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
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5
通讯作者：
Kim, Dae-Yong
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作者：
Park, Jun Won;Lee, Su Hyung;Kim, Dae-Yong
Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein that plays a role in many physiological and pathological processes, including inflammation and tumorigenesis. Here, we investigated the involvement of OPN in Helicobacter pylori (HP)-induced gastritis using OPN knockout (KO) mice and OPN knockdown (KD) cell lines. HP-infected OPN KO mice showed significantly reduced gastritis compared with wild-type (WT) mice with decreased infiltration of macrophages and a reduction in HP-induced upregulation of IL-1 beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma. HP-exposed OPN KD gastric cancer cells and macrophage-like cells showed an attenuated induction of these cytokines. We also demonstrated a reduction in the migration of monocytic and macrophage-like cells toward conditioned media harvested from HP-exposed OPN KD gastric cancer cells as well as reduced migration ability of OPN KD cells itself. In addition, HP-infected OPN KO mice showed decreased epithelial cell proliferation compared with HP-infected WT mice, in association with a reduction in MAPK pathway activation. OPN KD gastric cancer cell lines also showed lower proliferative activity and reduced MAPK activation than shRNA control cells after HP co-culture or after IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha treatment. Taken together, these results indicate that OPN exerts a considerable influence on HP-induced gastritis by modulating the production of cytokines and contributing to macrophage infiltration. Moreover, OPN-mediated activation of the MAPK pathway in gastric epithelial cells might contribute to epithelial changes following HP infection.
