Over-expression of 70-kDa heat shock protein confers protection against monochloramine-induced gastric mucosal cell injury.
The major heat shock protein, HSP70, is known to be involved in cytoprotection against environmental stresses mediated by their function as a "molecular chaperone". Monochloramine (NH(2)Cl) is a potent cytotoxic oxidant generated by neutrophil-derived hypochlorous acid and Helicobacter pylori urease-induced ammonia. In this study, to evaluate the cytoprotective effect of HSP70 against NH(2)Cl-induced gastric mucosal cell injury, rat gastric mucosal cells (RGM-1) were stably transfected with pBK-CMV containing the human HSP70 gene (7018-RGM-1) or pBK-CMV alone (pBK-CMV-12) as control cells. These cells were treated with various concentrations of NH(2)Cl. Cell Viability was determined by MTT assay and the direct plasma membrane damage was analyzed by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay. Apoptosis was determined by DNA fragmentation analysis. NH(2)Cl caused injury to pBK-CMV-12 cells in a concentration-dependent manner. NH(2)Cl-induced gastric cell injury was significantly diminished in HSP70 over-expressing cell line (7018-RGM-1) both necrosis and apoptosis compared to the control cell line (pBK-CMV-12) transfected with CMV vector alone. These result suggest that overexpression of HSP70 plays an important role in protecting gastric cells against NH(2)Cl-induced injury.
Oyake
Jinko
J
Department of Internal Medicine-1, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita 010-8543, Japan.
Otaka
Michiro
M
Matsuhashi
Tamotsu
T
Jin
Mario
M
Odashima
Masaru
M
Komatsu
Koga
K
Wada
Isao
I
Horikawa
Youhei
Y
Ohba
Reina
R
Hatakeyama
Natsumi
N
Itoh
Hideaki
H
Watanabe
Sumio
S
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002700:Chloramines / Q000633:toxicity*; D019610:Cytoprotection / Q000235:genetics; D005753:Gastric Mucosa / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D051381:Rats; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
D002700:Chloramines; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; C030816:chloramine