title: Activation of the transcription factor NF-kappaB by Campylobacter jejuni.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is a food-borne pathogen responsible for infectious enterocolitis. The early-response transcription factor NF-kappa B triggers the expression of genes associated with cellular immune and inflammatory responses. Co-incubation of HeLa cells with viable C. jejuni leads to the activation of the transcription factor NF-kappa B as determined by specific induction of a cellular luciferase-based reporter. Boiled cell-free extracts of C. jejuni are also potent dose-dependent stimulators of NF-kappa B-dependent transcription, the levels of which can reach up to 1000-fold as compared with independent controls. Using both cultured HeLa cells and human colonic epithelial (HCA-7) cells, the activation of NF-kappa B by C. jejuni boiled extract has been monitored through the degradation of IKB alpha and DNA binding of the nuclear translocated p50/p65 heterodimer of NF-kappa B. These events are co-ordinated with elaboration of the pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-8. Fractionation of the boiled C. jejuni extract suggests that the majority of the bioactive component has a molecular mass of 3 kDa or less, which is insensitive to proteinase K treatment.
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Kenneth H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Mellits
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mullen
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wand
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Gisèle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Armbruster
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Phillippa L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Connerton
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK2.
authors.forename: Maeve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skelly
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough LE12 5RD, UK1.
authors.forename: Ian F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Connerton
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D004760:Enterocolitis / Q000382:microbiology; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D016209:Interleukin-8; D016328:NF-kappa B