Jak1/Stat3 Is an Upstream Signaling of NF-kappaB Activation in Helicobacter pylori-Induced IL-8 Production in Gastric Epithelial AGS Cells
Yonsei Medical Journal
;
: 862-866, 2015.
Article
in English
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ABSTRACT
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) induces the activation of nuclear factor-kB (NF-kappaB) and cytokine expression in gastric epithelial cells. The Janus kinase/signal transducers and activators of transcription (Jak/Stat) cascade is the inflammatory signaling in various cells. The purpose of the present study is to determine whether H. pylori-induced activation of NF-kappaB and the expression of interleukin-8 (IL-8) are mediated by the activation of Jak1/Stat3 in gastric epithelial (AGS) cells. Thus, gastric epithelial AGS cells were infected with H. pylori in Korean isolates (HP99) at bacterium/cell ratio of 3001, and the level of IL-8 in the medium was determined by enzyme-linked immonosorbent assay. Phospho-specific and total forms of Jak1/Stat3 and IkappaBalpha were assessed by Western blot analysis, and NF-kappaB activation was determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The results showed that H. pylori induced the activation of Jak1/Stat3 and IL-8 production, which was inhibited by a Jak/Stat3 specific inhibitor AG490 in AGS cells in a dose-dependent manner. H. pylori-induced activation of NF-kappaB, determined by phosphorylation of IkappaBalpha and NF-kappaB-DNA binding activity, were inhibited by AG490. In conclusion, Jak1/Stat3 activation may mediate the activation of NF-kappaB and the expression of IL-8 in H. pylori-infected AGS cells. Inhibition of Jak1/Stat3 may be beneficial for the treatment of H. pylori-induced gastric inflammation, since the activation of NF-kappaB is inhibited and inflammatory cytokine expression is suppressed.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Phosphorylation
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DNA, Bacterial
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RNA, Messenger
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Signal Transduction
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Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Blotting, Western
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Interleukin-8
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NF-kappa B
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Helicobacter pylori
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Yonsei Medical Journal
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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