title: Induction of caspase-3 and nitric oxide synthase-2 during gastric mucosal inflammatory reaction to Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide.
abstract: Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide is recognized as a primary virulence factor evoking acute mucosal inflammatory reaction associated with H. pylori infection. We investigated the activity of a key apoptotic protease, caspase-3, and the expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS-2) during H. pylori lipopolysaccharide-induced acute gastritis. The assays conducted 4 days following intragastric dose of the lipopolysaccharide revealed a pattern of acute mucosal responses characterized by an 11.2-fold increase in epithelial cells apoptosis, inflammatory infiltration of the lamina propria, hyperemia, and epithelial hemorrhage. This was accompanied by a 5.4-fold increase in caspase-3 activity, while the mucosal expression of NOS-2 showed a 6.5-fold induction. The results implicate H. pylori lipopolysaccharide in the induction of NOS-2 expression, and point to its effect on activation of the signaling cascade involving caspase-3 in the process gastric epithelial cells apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Research Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103-2400, USA.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Slomiany
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piotrowski
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Slomiany
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005756:Gastritis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000382:microbiology; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism*; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; C496318:Nos2 protein, rat; C505410:Casp3 protein, rat; D053148:Caspase 3; D020169:Caspases