Ammonia as an Accelerator of Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha-Induced Apoptosis of Gastric Epithelial Cells in Helicobacter pylori Infection
AUTOR(ES)
Igarashi, Muneki
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori induces apoptosis remains unclear. In a previous study using biopsy samples, we found a significant correlation between the urease activity of an H. pylori strain and the apoptosis level induced by this strain. Therefore, in this study, we investigated whether urease and/or the ammonia generated by urease can induce apoptosis. Human gastric epithelial cell lines were cocultured with H. pylori, and the levels of apoptosis and ammonia production were measured. The medium was supplemented (or not supplemented) with urea and cytokines. While a large amount of ammonia (>30 mM) accumulated in the coculture containing urease-positive H. pylori and urea, no significant degree of apoptosis occurred. In the presence of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), however, a marked acceleration of apoptosis was found in this coculture. Such enhancement of apoptosis was also induced by the addition of 4 to 8 mM ammonia to the cell culture without either H. pylori or urea but containing TNF-α. These results suggested that ammonia accelerates cytokine-induced apoptosis in gastric epithelial cells, while ammonia or urease molecules alone are unable to induce a significant degree of apoptosis.
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