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Helicobacter pylori stimulates DNA synthesis in a small intestinal cell line in vitro
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- Brannstrom, J (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Zachrisson, K (author)
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Hulten, K (author)
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- Engstrand, L (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Uribe, A (author)
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- 1998-01-08
- 1998
- English.
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In: Digestion. - : S. Karger AG. - 0012-2823 .- 1421-9867. ; 59:1, s. 33-39
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- <b>Background:</b> <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>, which causes gastritis and peptic ulcer, seems to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer and MALT lymphoma. Thus our aim was to examine whether <i>H. pylori</i> influences DNA synthesis in epithelial cells in vitro. <b>Methods:</b> Sonicated and water extracts of <i>H. pylori</i> (cytotoxic strains NCTC 11637, 88-23 and A5, and a noncytotoxic isogenic mutant of A5, A5 vac A) were diluted to a final concentration of 1/1,000, 1/100, 1/50 and 1/10. Water extracts of <i>Escherichia coli</i> were used as reference. IEC-6 cells were incubated during 24 h with fragments of <i>H. pylori</i> or extracts of the concentrations described above. The cells were labeled with <sup>3</sup>H-methylthymidine for 4 h and processed for autoradiography. DNA synthesis was evaluated by the labeling index (LI). <b>Results:</b> The LI% of controls was 15.6 ± 5.1%. All the water extracts and sonicated strains of <i>H. pylori</i> increased the LI% in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.001). The highest concentrations of the sonicated strains tended to reduce the LI%, although these values were still higher than those of the control group. The water extracts of <i>E. coli</i> increased the LI% in a dose-dependent manner (p < 0.0001). <b>Conclusion:</b> <i>H. pylori</i> stimulates DNA synthesis in epithelial cells in vitro, but no association was found with the presence of cytotoxin production. Our results suggest that hitherto unknown components of <i>H. pylori</i> may contribute to the increase in cell proliferation observed in gastritis and to the development of MALT lymphoma and gastric cancer.
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