NKX6.3 protects against gastric mucosal atrophy by downregulating β-amyloid production

Autor: Jung Hwan Yoon, Yeon Soo Lee, Won Sang Park, Suk Woo Nam, Hassan Ashktorab, Duane T. Smoot, Olga Kim
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Gastritis
Atrophic

Apolipoprotein E
Carcinogenesis
Atrophic gastritis
Down-Regulation
Cell Line
Helicobacter Infections
Proinflammatory cytokine
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
NKX6.3
Bacterial Proteins
Western blot
Gastrectomy
Stomach Neoplasms
medicine
Gastric mucosa
Amyloid precursor protein
Humans
Viability assay
RNA
Small Interfering

Homeodomain Proteins
Antigens
Bacterial

Amyloid beta-Peptides
Helicobacter pylori
medicine.diagnostic_test
biology
Chemistry
Gastroenterology
Epithelial Cells
Amyloid β
General Medicine
Basic Study
medicine.disease
Gastrokine 1
Molecular biology
Real-time polymerase chain reaction
medicine.anatomical_structure
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
biology.protein
030211 gastroenterology & hepatology
Atrophy
Precancerous Conditions
Transcription Factors
Zdroj: World Journal of Gastroenterology
ISSN: 1007-9327
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i3.330
Popis: BACKGROUND Atrophic gastritis is characterized by loss of appropriate glands and reduction in gastric secretory function due to chronic inflammatory processes in gastric mucosa. Moreover, atrophic gastritis is considered as a precancerous condition of gastric cancer. However, little is known about the molecular mechanism underlying gastric mucosal atrophy and its contribution to gastric carcinogenesis. Thus, we hypothesized that transcription factor NKX6.3 might be involved in maintaining gastric epithelial homeostasis by regulating amyloid β (Aβ) production. AIM To determine whether NKX6.3 might protect against gastric mucosal atrophy by regulating Aβ production. METHODS We identified NKX6.3 depletion induced cell death by cell count and Western blot assay. Production and mechanism of Aβ oligomer were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Western blot, immunoprecipitation, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence analysis. We further validated the correlation between expression of NKX6.3, Helicobacter pylori CagA, Aβ oligomer, apolipoprotein E (ApoE), and β-secretase 1 (Bace1) in 55 gastric mucosae. RESULTS NKX6.3 depletion increased both adherent and floating cell populations in HFE-145 cells. Expression levels of cleaved caspase-3, -9, and poly ADP ribose polymerase were elevated in floating HFE-145shNKX6.3 cells. NKX6.3 depletion produced Aβ peptide oligomers, and increased expression of ApoE, amyloid precursor protein, Aβ, Bace1, low-density lipoprotein receptor, nicastrin, high mobility group box1, and receptor for advanced glycosylation end product proteins. In immunoprecipitation assay, γ-secretase complex was stably formed only in HFE-145shNKX6.3 cells. In gastric mucosae with atrophy, expression of Aβ peptide oligomer, ApoE, and Bace1 was detected and inversely correlated with NKX6.3 expression. Treatment with recombinant Aβ 1-42 produced Aβ oligomeric forms and decreased cell viability in HFE-145shNKX6.3 cells. Additionally, NKX6.3 depletion increased expression of inflammatory cytokines and cyclooxygenase-2. CONCLUSION NKX6.3 inhibits gastric mucosal atrophy by regulating Aβ accumulation and inflammatory reaction in gastric epithelial cells.
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