Helicobacter pyloriand mitogen-activated protein kinases mediate activator protein-1 (AP-1) subcomponent protein expression and DNA-binding activity in gastric epithelial cells
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- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology
- Vol. 53 (3), 385-394
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-695x.2008.00439.x
Abstract
Emerging evidence has suggested a critical role for activator protein-1 (AP)-1 in regulating various cellular functions. The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of Helicobacter pylori and mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPK) on AP-1 subcomponents expression and AP-1 DNA-binding activity in gastric epithelial cells. We found that H. pylori infection resulted in a time- and dose-dependent increase in the expression of the proteins c-Jun, JunB, JunD, Fra-1, and c-Fos, which make up the major AP-1 DNA-binding proteins in AGS and MKN45 cells, while the expression levels of Fra-2 and FosB remained unchanged. Helicobacter pylori infection and MAPK inhibition altered AP-1 subcomponent protein expression and AP-1 DNA-binding activity, but did not change the overall subcomponent composition. Different clinical isolates of H. pylori showed various abilities to induce AP-1 DNA binding. Mutation of cagA, cagPAI, or vacA, and the nonphosphorylateable CagA mutant (cagAEPISA) resulted in less H. pylori-induced AP-1 DNA-binding activity, while mutation of the H. pylori flagella had no effect. extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK), p38, and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) each selectively regulated AP-1 subcomponent expression and DNA-binding activity. These results provide more insight into how H. pylori and MAPK modulate AP-1 subcomponents in gastric epithelial cells to alter the expression of downstream target genes and affect cellular functions.Keywords
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