Abstract
To investigate whether NADPH oxidase induces MCP-1 expression and the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in H. pylori-infected gastric epithelial cells. H. pylori in Korean isolates, human gastric epithelial AGS cells AGS cells pretreated with or without an NADPH oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium (DPI) are cultured in the presence of H. pylori at a bacterium/cell ratio of 300:1. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and MCP-1 were determined by confocal microscopy and enzyme-linked immonosorbent assay. NADPH oxidase activity was measured by lucigenin assay. mRNA expression of MCP-1 was analyzed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Levels of MAPKs were assessed by Western blot analysis. H. pylori induced increase in ROS, NADPH oxidase activity, MCP-1 expression, and the activation of MAPKs including extracellular signal-regulated kinases, p38, and jun N-terminal kinases in AGS cells, which was inhibited by DPI. Inhibiting NADPH oxidase by DPI suppresses H. pylori-induced activation of MAPKs and MCP-1 expression in AGS cells.
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