title: Vacuolating toxin from Helicobacter pylori activates cellular signaling and pepsinogen secretion in human gastric adenocarcinoma cells.
abstract: We investigated cellular signaling and pepsinogen secretion in the human gastric adenocarcinoma cell line AGS which was pretreated with the purified vacuolating cytotoxin from Helicobacter pylori. Results indicated that vacuolating toxin increased the levels of inositol phosphates, cytosolic free calcium concentration, adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate, and phosphorylation of 31 kDa and 22 kDa proteins in the host cells. Moreover, pepsinogen secretion from AGS cells was stimulated with increasing concentrations of cytotoxin. We conclude that besides the H. pylori cytotoxin-induced cellular vacuoles, cytotoxin-stimulated signaling mediators and pepsinogen release are important factors involved in the etiology of chronic active gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.
authors.affiliation: Medical Biotechnology Laboratory, School of Medical Technology, Chang Gung College of Medicine and Technology, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: K T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010435:Pepsinogens; D010743:Phospholipids; C074689:VacA protein, Helicobacter pylori