Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin, VacA, stimulates apoptosis via a mitochondria-dependent pathway. VacA induces apoptosis via activation of the pro-apoptotic B-cell lymphoma (Bcl)-2 family proteins, Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax) and Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer (Bak), while the implication of such pro-survival Bcl-2 family members as Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL in the VacA-induced apoptosis remains unknown. Signal transduction and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) is a pivotal transcription factor that upregulates Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL. AIMS:This study was conducted to elicit the implication of STAT3 and pro-survival Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL in the intrinsic apoptosis. METHODS:Immunoblot and reverse transcriptase real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were employed to assess the cellular expression of STAT3, Bcl-2, and Bcl-XL in response to purified VacA in gastric adenocarcinoma cell lines. VacA-induced apoptosis was quantitated morphologically following knockdown by each specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) or in the presence of pharmacological inhibitors. RESULTS:VacA reduced STAT3, Bcl-2, and Bcl-XL expression in a dose-dependent manner. Knockdown of STAT3, Bcl-2, and Bcl-XL by siRNA induced apoptosis to a similar extent in the case of sufficient VacA inoculation. The VacA-mediated reduction of STAT3 expression was independent of cellular vacuolization, since a vacuolar-type ATPase inhibitor, bafilomycin A1, did not inhibit VacA-induced reduction of STAT3, Bcl-2, and Bcl-XL expression. Instead, a c-JUN NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor, SP600125, restored the VacA-induced reduction of STAT3 expression to the basal level. CONCLUSIONS:VacA-induced apoptosis may be, in part, implicated in the reduction of STAT3 linking to the downregulation of Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL, in association with JNK activity.
journal_name
Dig Dis Scijournal_title
Digestive diseases and sciencesauthors
Matsumoto A,Isomoto H,Nakayama M,Hisatsune J,Nishi Y,Nakashima Y,Matsushima K,Kurazono H,Nakao K,Hirayama T,Kohno Sdoi
10.1007/s10620-010-1420-1subject
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2011-04-01 00:00:00pages
999-1006issue
4eissn
0163-2116issn
1573-2568journal_volume
56pub_type
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