Effect of NaCl and Helicobacter Pylori Vacuolating Cytotoxin on Cytokine Expression and Viability

Overview

Journal World J Gastroenterol

Publisher Baishideng Publishing Group

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2006 Apr 13

PMID 16610017

Citations 8

Authors

Juan Sun

Kazuo Aoki

Jin-Xu Zheng

Bing-Zhong Su

Xiao-hui Ouyang

Junichi Misumi

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Abstract

Aim: To determine whether Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) vacuolating cytotoxin (VacA) regulates release of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-8, TNF-alpha, and IL-6) or alters gastric epithelial cell viability and to determine whether NaCl affects these VacA-induced changes.

Methods: Vacuolating activity was determined by measuring the uptake of neutral red into vacuoles of VacA-treated human gastric epithelial (AGS) cells. AGS cell viability was assessed by direct cell counting. Specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR) were performed to examine the effects of H pylori VacA and NaCl on cell pro-inflammatory cytokine production in AGS cells. Immunohistochemical staining of gastric tissue from Mongolian gerbils was used to confirm VacA-induced pro-inflammatory cytokine production and the effects of NaCl on this VacA-induced response.

Results: Addition of VacA alone reduced AGS cell viability (P < 0.05), and this reduction was enhanced by high doses of NaCl (P < 0.05). VacA alone induced expression of TNF-alpha, IL-8 and IL-1beta, while NaCl alone induced expression of TNF-alpha and IL-1beta. Changes in mRNA levels in the presence of both VacA and NaCl were more complicated. For the case of TNF-alpha, expression was dose-dependent on NaCl. IL-6 mRNA was not detected. However, low levels of IL-6 were detected by ELISA. Positive immunohistochemical staining of IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-alpha was found in gastric tissue of H pylori-infected gerbils fed with either a normal diet or a high salt diet. However, the staining of these three cytokines was stronger in H pylori-infected animals fed with a 5 g/kg NaCl diet.

Conclusion: VacA decreases the viability of AGS cells, and this effect can be enhanced by NaCl. NaCl also affects the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines induced by VacA, suggesting that NaCl plays an important role in H pylori-induced gastric epithelial cell cytotoxicity.

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