Abstract
As we have previously reported, pig gastric biopsy specimens cultured in vitro are a highly useful model for studies of Helicobacter pylori growth and adhesion. The aim of this study was to further refine the model in terms of mucosal specificity, culture time, bacterial adhesion, and drug delivery. H. pylori-inoculated antral and corporeal pig gastric specimens were cultured for up to 96 h. Biopsy viability, bacterial growth, and adhesion were determined every 24 h. Bismuth subcitrate and omeprazole were added to the top of the specimens via a bio-adhesive gel. Corporeal and antral specimens could be cultured for 72 h and 96 h, respectively, without affecting the viability. In parallel experiments from the same pig the percentage adhesion and total number of adhering H. pylori was higher in corporeal than in antral specimens at 72 h (28% and 4 x 10(5) versus 15% and 4 x 10(4), respectively). Removal of loosely attached H. pylori by rinsing at 24 h doubled the percentage H. pylori adhered during the subsequent 48 h. Bismuth subcitrate had a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on H. pylori; when added to the mucosal side, omeprazole had no effect. The pig in vitro biopsy model can be used for detailed H. pylori adhesion studies and for the screening of drugs added to the mucosal or serosal side.
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