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Nicze M, Borówka M, Dec A, Niemiec A, Bułdak Ł, Okopień B. The Current and Promising Oral Delivery Methods for Protein- and Peptide-Based Drugs. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:815. [PMID: 38255888 PMCID: PMC10815890 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25020815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 01/07/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Drugs based on peptides and proteins (PPs) have been widely used in medicine, beginning with insulin therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus over a century ago. Although the oral route of drug administration is the preferred one by the vast majority of patients and improves compliance, medications of this kind due to their specific chemical structure are typically delivered parenterally, which ensures optimal bioavailability. In order to overcome issues connected with oral absorption of PPs such as their instability depending on digestive enzymes and pH changes in the gastrointestinal (GI) system on the one hand, but also their limited permeability across physiological barriers (mucus and epithelium) on the other hand, scientists have been strenuously searching for novel delivery methods enabling peptide and protein drugs (PPDs) to be administered enterally. These include utilization of different nanoparticles, transport channels, substances enhancing permeation, chemical modifications, hydrogels, microneedles, microemulsion, proteolytic enzyme inhibitors, and cell-penetrating peptides, all of which are extensively discussed in this review. Furthermore, this article highlights oral PP therapeutics both previously used in therapy and currently available on the medical market.
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- Michał Nicze
- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland (B.O.)
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Medyków 18, 40-752 Katowice, Poland (B.O.)
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Stein L, Vollstaedt ML, Amasheh S. Cannabidiol Strengthening of Gastric Tight Junction Complexes Analyzed in an Improved Xenopus Oocyte Assay. MEMBRANES 2024; 14:18. [PMID: 38248708 PMCID: PMC10819461 DOI: 10.3390/membranes14010018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Cannabidiol (CBD), the non-psychoactive compound derived from the cannabis plant, has gained attention in recent years as a remedy against gastrointestinal disorders ranging from nausea and inflammation to abdominal pain. Recent advances demonstrated an effect on inflammatory pathways and barrier proteins. However, information on possible direct effects is scarce and needs to be addressed, as applications are currently increasing in popularity. To accomplish this, we have employed Xenopus laevis oocytes as a heterologous expression system for analysis of the direct effects on stomach-specific claudins and further developed tight junction (TJ) protein interaction assays. Human claudin-4, claudin-5, and claudin-18.2 were expressed in Xenopus oocytes, clustered in pairs to form contact areas, and analyzed in a two-cell model approach, including measurement of the contact area and contact strength. CLDN4/5/18 + CLDN4/5/18 oocyte pairs were incubated with 20 µM CBD or with 40 µM CBD and were compared to cells without CBD treatment (ctrl). For interaction analysis, the contact area was measured after 24 h and 48 h. Whereas CBD did not affect the size of the protein interaction area, Double Orbital Challenge experiments revealed an increased contact strength after 24 h incubation with CBD. In addition, the Xenopus oocyte experiments were accompanied by an analysis of claudin-4, -5, and -18 expression in gastric epithelium by immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry. Claudin-4, -5, and -18 were strongly expressed, indicating a major role for gastric epithelial barrier function. In summary, our study shows direct effects of 40 µM CBD on Xenopus oocytes heterologously expressing a stomach-specific claudin combination, indicating a supportive and beneficial effect of CBD on gastric TJ proteins.
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- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, 14163 Berlin, Germany; (L.S.); (M.-L.V.)
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Przykaza K, Jurak M, Wiącek AE. Effect of naproxen on the model lipid membrane formed on the water-chitosan subphase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2023; 1865:184099. [PMID: 36493856 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2022.184099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2022] [Revised: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are those of the most common over the counter (OTC) medications widely used by millions of people every day. Unfortunately, despite their popularity those drugs can cause serious side effects in the digestive system (ulcers, bleeding, and pain). These inconveniences are caused by the changes in the structures of the outer phospholipid layers of gastric mucus and mucosa. As a result the H+ ions from the stomach acid can pass easily through these natural protective barriers and damage the epithelial cells which causes ulcers and bleeding. Chitosan as a polysaccharide known for its unique biocompatibility, drug delivery possibilities and wound healing effect has been chosen to examine if it can induce the reduction of undesirable effects of naproxen. This paper focuses on the interactions of the naproxen with a model biological membrane with and without the presence of chitosan. Applying the Langmuir technique coupled with the surface potential measurements and the Brewster angle microscope imaging allowed to characterize successfully examined systems in terms of the monolayer compressibility, thickness, stability, electric properties and morphology. The results proved that the presence of naproxen alters the mechanical and electrical properties of the model membrane depending on its surface pressure. Moreover, the addition of chitosan to the lipid-drug system causes significant changes in the properties of the layer, i.e. a reduction of its compressibility, thickness and morphology modification. Nevertheless, chitosan suppresses some changes induced by naproxen such as alteration of the apparent dipole moment and film stability.
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- Kacper Przykaza
- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20031 Lublin, Poland; Department of Bioanalytics, Faculty of Biomedicine, Medical University of Lublin, Kazimierza Jaczewskiego St. 8b, 20-090 Lublin, Poland.
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- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20031 Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Sq. 3, 20031 Lublin, Poland
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Nakamura M, Murasato F, Øverby A, Kodama Y, Michimae H, Sasaki K, Flahou B, Haesebrouck F, Murayama SY, Takahashi S, Uchida M, Suzuki H, Matsui H. Effect of Acid Suppressants on Non–Helicobacter pylori Helicobacters Within Parietal Cells. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:692437. [PMID: 35935877 PMCID: PMC9355715 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.692437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We investigated the effect of increased pH induced by acid suppressants on the viability of non–Helicobacter pylori helicobacters (NHPHs) within parietal cell intracellular canaliculi and fundic glandular lumina by immunohistochemistry, electron microscopy, quantitative PCR, urea breath tests, and using a bilayer culture system. Three months before the experiment, mice were infected with the NHPH H. suis and then treated with famotidine (2 mg/kg body weight [BW], once daily), lansoprazole (30 mg/kg BW, once daily), or vonoprazan (20 mg/kg BW, once daily) for 3 days. Immunohistochemical studies using the TUNEL method, quantitative PCR analysis, and urea breath tests were performed. PCR analysis showed a decrease in the NHPH quantity after vonoprazan treatment. Urea breath tests revealed a significant decrease in the NHPH urease activity after vonoprazan, lansoprazole, and famotidine treatments for 3 days; however, 4 days after the treatment, urease activity reversed to the pretreatment level for each treatment group. Electron microscopy revealed an increase in the damaged NHPH after vonoprazan treatment. The TUNEL method revealed apoptotic NHPH within parietal cells after vonoprazan treatment. The bilayer culture results demonstrated that NHPH moved more quickly at a pH of 4.0 than at a pH of 3.0, 5.0, and 6.5, and electron microscopy revealed a change from the spiral form to the coccoid form under near-neutral pH conditions. We thus proposed that acid suppressants, especially vonoprazan, induce NHPH damage by altering pH.
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- Masahiko Nakamura
- Ohmura Satoshi Memorial Institute, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
- *Correspondence: Masahiko Nakamura,
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- School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center of Education in Kongsvinger, Kongsvinger, Norway
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- School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Medicine (Biostatistics), School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Fungal Infection, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Research and Development, Meiji Dairies Corporation, Food Science Institute, Odawara, Japan
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Ohmura Satoshi Memorial Institute, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
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Peng X, Xia X, Xu X, Yang X, Yang B, Zhao P, Yuan W, Chiu PWY, Bian L. Ultrafast self-gelling powder mediates robust wet adhesion to promote healing of gastrointestinal perforations. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:7/23/eabe8739. [PMID: 34078598 PMCID: PMC8172133 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe8739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Achieving strong adhesion of bioadhesives on wet tissues remains a challenge and an acute clinical demand because of the interfering interfacial water and limited adhesive-tissue interactions. Here we report a self-gelling and adhesive polyethyleneimine and polyacrylic acid (PEI/PAA) powder, which can absorb interfacial water to form a physically cross-linked hydrogel in situ within 2 seconds due to strong physical interactions between the polymers. Furthermore, the physically cross-linked polymers can diffuse into the substrate polymeric network to enhance wet adhesion. Superficial deposition of PEI/PAA powder can effectively seal damaged porcine stomach and intestine despite excessive mechanical challenges and tissue surface irregularities. We further demonstrate PEI/PAA powder as an effective sealant to enhance the treatment outcomes of gastric perforation in a rat model. The strong wet adhesion, excellent cytocompatibility, adaptability to fit complex sites, and easy synthesis of PEI/PAA powder make it a promising bioadhesive for numerous biomedical applications.
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- Xin Peng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou 510060, China
- Chow Yuk Ho Technology Center for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Chow Yuk Ho Technology Center for Innovative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
- Department of Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Institute of Digestive Disease, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
- Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518172, China
- China Orthopaedic Regenerative Medicine Group (CORMed), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310058, China
- Centre for Novel Biomaterials, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China
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van der Sman RGM, Houlder S, Cornet S, Janssen A. Physical chemistry of gastric digestion of proteins gels. Curr Res Food Sci 2020; 2:45-60. [PMID: 32914111 PMCID: PMC7473360 DOI: 10.1016/j.crfs.2019.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In this paper, we present the rich physics and chemistry of the gastric digestion of protein gels. Knowledge of this matter is important for the development of sustainable protein foods that are based on novel proteins sources like plant proteins or insects. Their digestibility is an important question in the design of these new protein foods. As polyelectrolyte gels, they can undergo volume changes upon shifts in pH or ionic strengths, as protein gels experience when entering the gastric environment. We show that these volume changes can be modelled using the Flory-Rehner theory, combined with Gibbs-Donnan theory accounting for the distribution of electrolytes over gel and bath. In-vitro experiments of soy protein gels in simulated gastric fluid indeed show intricate swelling behaviour, at first the gels show swelling but at longer times they shrink again. Simulations performed with the Flory-Rehner/Gibbs-Donnan theory reproduce qualitatively similar behaviour. In the final part of the paper, we discuss how the model must be extended to model realistic conditions existing in the in-vivo gastric environment.
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- R G M van der Sman
- Wageningen Food Biobased Research, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
- Food Process Engineering, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
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- Food Process Engineering, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
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- Wageningen Food Biobased Research, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
- Food Process Engineering, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
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- Food Process Engineering, Wageningen University & Research, the Netherlands
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Hussain A, Tabrez E, Peela J, Honnavar P, Tabrez SSM. Vitamin C: A Preventative, Therapeutic Agent Against Helicobacter pylori. Cureus 2018; 10:e3062. [PMID: 30280058 PMCID: PMC6166909 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.3062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) induced infections using antibiotic therapies is clinically well accepted; however, using a noninvasive approach with the implementation of therapeutic agents such as vitamin C is not well investigated. Vitamin C has certain characteristics, which allow for it to be considered as a potential treatment option for patients with H. pylori infections. Vitamin C's hostility and mechanism of action towards H. pylori infection in peptic ulcer disease can be classified into two categories: as a preventative agent and alternatively as a therapeutic agent. Preventatively vitamin C acts as a biological antioxidant as well as an immune boosting agent, while therapeutically it acts as an inhibitor of urease, a potential collagen synthesizing agent, and a stimulant in prostaglandin synthesis. As a result, the dosage of vitamin C should be highly regulated. Furthermore, numerous studies have shown that vitamin C supplementation if taken with antibiotics can increase the efficiency of the treatment leading to an increased possibility of eradication of H. pylori in infected individuals. This paper will investigate the recent studies that show different mechanisms through which vitamin C can be used as a preventative or a therapeutic agent for the treatment of H. pylori related infections.
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- Azhar Hussain
- Medicine, Xavier University School of Medicine, Oranjestad, ABW
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- Medicine, St. Matthew's University School of Medicine, George Town, CYM
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- Faculty of Medicine/Professor of Medical Genetics and Biochemistry, St. Matthew's University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman, CYM
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- Microbiology and Immunology/Faculty of Medicine, Xavier University School of Medicine, Oranjestad, ABW
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- Board Certified Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, USA
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Lewis OL, Keener JP, Fogelson AL. A physics-based model for maintenance of the pH gradient in the gastric mucus layer. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2017; 313:G599-G612. [PMID: 28882824 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00221.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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It is generally accepted that the gastric mucus layer provides a protective barrier between the lumen and the mucosa, shielding the mucosa from acid and digestive enzymes and preventing autodigestion of the stomach epithelium. However, the precise mechanisms that contribute to this protective function are still up for debate. In particular, it is not clear what physical processes are responsible for transporting hydrogen protons, secreted within the gastric pits, across the mucus layer to the lumen without acidifying the environment adjacent to the epithelium. One hypothesis is that hydrogen may be bound to the mucin polymers themselves as they are convected away from the mucosal surface and eventually degraded in the stomach lumen. It is also not clear what mechanisms prevent hydrogen from diffusing back toward the mucosal surface, thereby lowering the local pH. In this work we investigate a physics-based model of ion transport within the mucosal layer based on a Nernst-Planck-like equation. Analysis of this model shows that the mechanism of transporting protons bound to the mucus gel is capable of reproducing the trans-mucus pH gradients reported in the literature. Furthermore, when coupled with ion exchange at the epithelial surface, our analysis shows that bicarbonate secretion alone is capable of neutralizing the epithelial pH, even in the face of enormous diffusive gradients of hydrogen. Maintenance of the pH gradient is found to be robust to a wide array of perturbations in both physiological and phenomenological model parameters, suggesting a robust physiological control mechanism.NEW & NOTEWORTHY This work combines modeling techniques based on physical principles, as well as novel numerical simulations to test the plausibility of one hypothesized mechanism for proton transport across the gastric mucus layer. Results show that this mechanism is able to maintain the extreme pH gradient seen in in vivo experiments and suggests a highly robust regulation mechanism to maintain this gradient in the face of dynamic lumen composition.
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- Owen L Lewis
- Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Mathematics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; and.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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The change in oceanic carbonate chemistry due to increased atmospheric PCO2 has caused pH to decline in marine surface waters, a phenomenon known as ocean acidification (OA). The effects of OA on organisms have been shown to be widespread among diverse taxa from a wide range of habitats. The majority of studies of organismal response to OA are in short-term exposures to future levels of PCO2. From such studies, much information has been gathered on plastic responses organisms may make in the future that are beneficial or harmful to fitness. Relatively few studies have examined whether organisms can adapt to negative-fitness consequences of plastic responses to OA. We outline major approaches that have been used to study the adaptive potential for organisms to OA, which include comparative studies and experimental evolution. Organisms that inhabit a range of pH environments (e.g. pH gradients at volcanic CO2 seeps or in upwelling zones) have great potential for studies that identify adaptive shifts that have occurred through evolution. Comparative studies have advanced our understanding of adaptation to OA by linking whole-organism responses with cellular mechanisms. Such optimization of function provides a link between genetic variation and adaptive evolution in tuning optimal function of rate-limiting cellular processes in different pH conditions. For example, in experimental evolution studies of organisms with short generation times (e.g. phytoplankton), hundreds of generations of growth under future conditions has resulted in fixed differences in gene expression related to acid–base regulation. However, biochemical mechanisms for adaptive responses to OA have yet to be fully characterized, and are likely to be more complex than simply changes in gene expression or protein modification. Finally, we present a hypothesis regarding an unexplored area for biochemical adaptation to ocean acidification. In this hypothesis, proteins and membranes exposed to the external environment, such as epithelial tissues, may be susceptible to changes in external pH. Such biochemical systems could be adapted to a reduced pH environment by adjustment of weak bonds in an analogous fashion to biochemical adaptation to temperature. Whether such biochemical adaptation to OA exists remains to be discovered.
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- Jonathon H. Stillman
- Romberg Tiburon Center, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 94920, USA
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94709, USA
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- Romberg Tiburon Center, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, Tiburon, CA 94920, USA
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Miyazawa M, Aikawa M, Watanabe Y, Takase KI, Okamoto K, Shrestha S, Okada K, Koyama I, Ikada Y. Extensive regeneration of the stomach using bioabsorbable polymer sheets. Surgery 2015; 158:1283-90. [PMID: 25964027 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2014] [Revised: 03/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/05/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND The growing prevalence of endoscopic surgery in recent years has led to the minimization of postoperative scarring. However, this procedure does not allow for the regeneration of the resected digestive tract, which compromises the postoperative maintenance of digestive function. In this preliminary study, we developed an artificial gastric wall (AGW) using bioabsorbable polymer (BAP), and evaluated the ability of this BAP patch to repair and regenerate a widely defective gastric wall in an animal model. METHODS Pigs were laparotomized under general anesthesia. An 8 × 8-cm, round portion of the anterior gastric wall was excised and replaced by an AGW. The AGW was composed of a copolymer comprising 50% lactic acid and 50% caprolactone. The animals were relaparotomized 4, 8, or 12 weeks after implantation, after which they underwent resection of the entire stomach for gross and histologic evaluation of the graft sites. RESULTS All recipient pigs survived until killing. By 4-8 weeks, the graft site revealed progressively fewer mucosal defect after each day. Moreover, the grafted area was indistinguishable from the native stomach 12 weeks after AGW implantation. The structures of the regenerated mucous membrane and muscle layers were identical to those of the native stomach. Furthermore, proton pumps were found in the regenerated tissue. CONCLUSION The BAP sheets helped to restore extensive gastric defects without causing any deformation. The use of BAP sheets may become a new therapeutic method that prevents alterations of gastric volume after extensive gastrectomy for stomach cancer and other diseases.
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- Mitsuo Miyazawa
- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan.
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Gastrointestinal Center, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Saitama, Japan
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- Division of Life Science, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan
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Environmental determinants of transformation efficiency in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2013; 196:337-44. [PMID: 24187089 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00633-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori uses natural competence and homologous recombination to adapt to the dynamic environment of the stomach mucosa and maintain chronic colonization. Although H. pylori competence is constitutive, its rate of transformation is variable, and little is known about factors that influence it. To examine this, we first determined the transformation efficiency of H. pylori strains under low O2 (5% O2, 7.6% CO2, 7.6% H2) and high O2 (15% O2, 2.9% CO2, 2.9% H2) conditions using DNA containing an antibiotic resistance marker. H. pylori transformation efficiency was 6- to 32-fold greater under high O2 tension, which was robust across different H. pylori strains, genetic loci, and bacterial growth phases. Since changing the O2 concentration for these initial experiments also changed the concentrations of CO2 and H2, transformations were repeated under conditions where O2, CO2, and H2 were each varied individually. The results showed that the increase in transformation efficiency under high O2 was largely due to a decrease in CO2. An increase in pH similar to that caused by low CO2 was also sufficient to increase transformation efficiency. These results have implications for the physiology of H. pylori in the gastric environment, and they provide optimized conditions for the laboratory construction of H. pylori mutants using natural transformation.
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Pal J, Sanal MG, Gopal GJ. Vitamin-C as anti-Helicobacter pylori agent: More prophylactic than curative- Critical review. Indian J Pharmacol 2012; 43:624-7. [PMID: 22144762 PMCID: PMC3229773 DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.89814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2010] [Revised: 04/20/2011] [Accepted: 08/31/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Potential of nonantibiotic therapies for treatment of Helicobacter pylori-related acid peptic disease remains underexplored. Several clinical studies have shown that higher prevalence of H. pylori infection is associated with low Vitamin C (Vit C) level in serum and gastric juice. However, there is no consensus regarding the usefulness of Vit C supplementation in the management of H. pylori infection. Surveying the existing literature we conclude that high concentration of Vit C in gastric juice might inactivate H. pylori urease, the key enzyme for the pathogen's survival and colonization into acidic stomach. Once infection established, urease is not very important for its survival. The role of Vit-C as anti-H. pylori agent in peptic ulcer diseases appears to be preventive rather than curative. Rather than supplementing high dose of Vit C along with conventional triple therapy, it is preferable to complete the conventional therapy and thereafter start Vit C supplementation for extended period which would prevent reinfection in susceptible individuals, provided the patients are not achlorhydric. Further studies are required to prove the role of Vit C in susceptible population.
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- Jagannath Pal
- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, USA
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Perez-Zoghbi JF, Mayora A, Ruiz MC, Michelangeli F. Heterogeneity of acid secretion induced by carbachol and histamine along the gastric gland axis and its relationship to [Ca2+]i. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2008; 295:G671-81. [PMID: 18669625 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.90224.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The gastric glands of the mammalian fundic mucosa are constituted by different cell types. Gastric fluid is a mixture of acid, alkali, ions, enzymes, and mucins secreted by parietal, chief, and mucous cells. We studied activation of acid secretion using LysoSensor Yellow/Blue in conjunction with fluo 3 to measure changes in pH and Ca(2+) in isolated rabbit gastric glands. We evidenced a spatial heterogeneity in the amplitude of acid response along the gland axis under histamine and cholinergic stimulation. Carbachol induced a transitory pH increase before acidification. This relative alkalinization may be related to granule release from other cell types. Omeprazole inhibited the acid component but not the rise in pH. Histamine stimulated acid secretion without increase of lumen pH. We studied the relationship between Ca(2+) release and/or entry and H(+) secretion in glands stimulated by carbachol. Ca(2+) release was associated with a fast and transient components of H(+) secretion. We found a linear relationship between Ca(2+) release and H(+) secretion. Ca(2+) entry was associated with a second slow and larger component of acid secretion. The fast component may be the result of activation of Cl(-) and K(+) channels and hence H(+)/K(+) pumps already present in the membrane, whereas the slow component might be associated with translocation of H(+)/K(+) pumps to the canaliculi. In conclusion, with cholinergic stimulation, gastric glands secrete a mixture of acid and other product(s) with a pH above 4.2, both triggered by Ca(2+) release. Maintenance of acid secretion depends on Ca(2+) entry and perhaps membrane fusion.
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Schreiber S, Garten D, Nguyen TH, Konradt M, Bücker R, Scheid P. In situ measurement of pH in the secreting canaliculus of the gastric parietal cell and adjacent structures. Cell Tissue Res 2007; 329:313-20. [PMID: 17505843 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-007-0427-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2007] [Accepted: 04/13/2007] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The gastric H(+)/K(+)-ATPase is located within an infolding (secretory canaliculus) of the apical plasma membrane of gastric parietal cells. Our aim was to measure the pH values in the cytosol and canaliculus of the acid-secreting parietal cell and the adjacent gland lumen in situ. We used ultrafine double-barreled tip-sealed microelectrodes at high acceleration rates for intracellular and canalicular measurements. Immunohistochemical staining of the parietal cells was used to identify the track of the electrode and to estimate the position of the electrode tip at the time of the last intracellular measurement. En route to the deepest regions of the mucosa, where the average gland lumen pH was approximately 3, and on advancing in steps of 2 mum, the electrode entered the cytosol of the parietal cells, where the pH value was 7.4. Advancing the electrode further resulted, in several instances, in a sharp decrease in pH to an average value of 1.7 +/- 0.2, which we interpreted as the measurement within the canaliculus. When the electrode was advanced even further, the pH reading returned to the cytosolic value. From the difference in pH between the secreting canaliculus and the adjacent gland lumen, we concluded that the released acid was immediately buffered. Thus, the only cellular structure directly exposed to the highly acidic canalicular content is the apical membrane forming the canaliculus in the parietal cell.
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- Sören Schreiber
- Institut für Physiologie (MA 2/149), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
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Stingl K, Brandt S, Uhlemann EM, Schmid R, Altendorf K, Zeilinger C, Ecobichon C, Labigne A, Bakker EP, de Reuse H. Channel-mediated potassium uptake in Helicobacter pylori is essential for gastric colonization. EMBO J 2006; 26:232-41. [PMID: 17159901 PMCID: PMC1782367 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Accepted: 11/03/2006] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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To date, the biological role of prokaryotic K(+) channels remains unknown. Helicobacter pylori contains a gene encoding a putative K(+) channel (HpKchA) of the two-transmembrane RCK (regulation of K(+) conductance) domain family, but lacks known bacterial K(+) uptake systems. A H. pylori DeltahpKchA mutant presented a strong growth defect at low K(+) concentration, which was compensated by KCl addition. The role of the separate RCK domain was investigated in H. pylori by mutagenesis of its internal start codon, which led to a K(+)-dependent intermediate growth phenotype, consistent with RCK activating channel function. Tagging HpKchA C-terminally, we detected a 1:1 stoichiometry of the full-length HpKchA and the separate RCK domain. We constructed single amino-acid exchanges within the unusual selectivity filter of HpKchA (ATGFGA) in H. pylori and observed complete loss (G74A), a slight defect (G76A or F75G) or wild-type (A77D) channel function. HpKchA was essential for colonization of the murine stomach. These data show, for the first time, a biological function for a prokaryotic K(+) channel, as a K(+) uptake system, essential for the persistence of H. pylori in the gastric environment.
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- Kerstin Stingl
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie bactérienne des muqueuses, Paris, France.
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Schreiber S, Bücker R, Groll C, Azevedo-Vethacke M, Scheid P, Gatermann S, Josenhans C, Suerbaum S. Gastric antibacterial efficiency is different for pepsin A and C. Arch Microbiol 2005; 184:335-40. [PMID: 16333616 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-005-0053-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2005] [Revised: 10/24/2005] [Accepted: 11/03/2005] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The gastric lumen represents a bactericidal barrier, whose major components are an acidic pH and a family of isoenzymes of the gastric aspartate protease, pepsin. To evaluate whether specific pepsins are specialized in antibacterial protection, we tested their effects on the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. In a recent study we found pepsin to affect the motility of the bacteria, one of its most important virulence factors. We were able to show that the antibacterial effect of pepsin occurs in two phases: rapid loss of motility and subsequent destruction. In the present study we used the rapid pepsin-induced bacterial immobilization as a marker of antibacterial efficiency. The proteolytic activity of different pepsins was normalized to values between 2 and 200 U/ml in the hemoglobin degradation test of Anson, performed at pH 2 and 5. We found that pepsin C completely inactivates H. pylori at proteolytic activities of 2 (pH 5) and 20 (pH 2) U/ml. In contrast, the activities of pepsin A and chymosin required to affect Helicobacter motility were ten times higher.
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- Sören Schreiber
- Institut für Physiologie, MA 2/149, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, 44801, Bochum, Germany.
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Scillitani G, Zizza S, Liquori GE, Ferri D. Histochemical and immunohistochemical evidence for a gradient in gastric juice production in the greater horseshoe bat, Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774). ACTA CHIROPTEROLOGICA 2005. [DOI: 10.3161/1733-5329(2005)7[301:haiefa]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Allen A, Flemström G. Gastroduodenal mucus bicarbonate barrier: protection against acid and pepsin. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2005; 288:C1-19. [PMID: 15591243 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00102.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 378] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Secretion of bicarbonate into the adherent layer of mucus gel creates a pH gradient with a near-neutral pH at the epithelial surfaces in stomach and duodenum, providing the first line of mucosal protection against luminal acid. The continuous adherent mucus layer is also a barrier to luminal pepsin, thereby protecting the underlying mucosa from proteolytic digestion. In this article we review the present state of the gastroduodenal mucus bicarbonate barrier two decades after the first supporting experimental evidence appeared. The primary function of the adherent mucus gel layer is a structural one to create a stable, unstirred layer to support surface neutralization of acid and act as a protective physical barrier against luminal pepsin. Therefore, the emphasis on mucus in this review is on the form and role of the adherent mucus gel layer. The primary function of the mucosal bicarbonate secretion is to neutralize acid diffusing into the mucus gel layer and to be quantitatively sufficient to maintain a near-neutral pH at the mucus-mucosal surface interface. The emphasis on mucosal bicarbonate in this review is on the mechanisms and control of its secretion and the establishment of a surface pH gradient. Evidence suggests that under normal physiological conditions, the mucus bicarbonate barrier is sufficient for protection of the gastric mucosa against acid and pepsin and is even more so for the duodenum.
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- Adrian Allen
- Physiological Sciences, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Bury-Moné S, Thiberge JM, Contreras M, Maitournam A, Labigne A, De Reuse H. Responsiveness to acidity via metal ion regulators mediates virulence in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Mol Microbiol 2005; 53:623-38. [PMID: 15228539 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04137.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The virulence of pathogenic bacteria is dependent on their adaptation to and survival in the stressful conditions encountered in their hosts. Helicobacter pylori exclusively colonizes the acid stomach of primates, making it an ideal study model. Little is known about how H. pylori responds to the moderately acidic conditions encountered at its colonization site, the gastric mucus layer. Thus, we compared gene expression profiles of H. pylori 26695 grown at neutral and acidic pH, and validated the data for a selection of genes by real-time polymerase chain reaction, dot-blots or enzymatic assays. During growth in acidic conditions, 56 genes were upregulated and 45 genes downregulated. We found that acidity is a signal modulating the expression of several virulence factors. Regulation of genes related to metal ion homeostasis suggests protective mechanisms involving diminished transport and enhanced storage. Genes encoding subunits of the F0F1 ATPase and of a newly identified Na+/H+ antiporter (NhaC-HP0946) were downregulated, revealing that this bacterium uses original mechanisms to control proton entry. Five of the upregulated genes encoded proteins controlling intracellular ammonia synthesis, including urease, amidase and formamidase, underlining the major role of this buffering compound in the protection against acidity in H. pylori. Regulatory networks and transcriptome analysis as well as enzymatic assays implicated two metal-responsive transcriptional regulators (NikR and Fur) and an essential two-component response regulator (HP0166, OmpR-like) as effectors of the H. pylori acid response. Finally, a nikR-fur mutant is attenuated in the mouse model, emphasizing the link between response to acidity, metal metabolism and virulence in this gastric pathogen.
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- Stéphanie Bury-Moné
- Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Bactérienne des Muqueuses, 28 rue du Dr Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
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Joseph IM, Kirschner D. A model for the study of Helicobacter pylori interaction with human gastric acid secretion. J Theor Biol 2004; 228:55-80. [PMID: 15064083 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2003] [Revised: 12/05/2003] [Accepted: 12/08/2003] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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We present a comprehensive mathematical model describing Helicobacter pylori interaction with the human gastric acid secretion system. We use the model to explore host and bacterial conditions that allow persistent infection to develop and be maintained. Our results show that upon colonization, there is a transient period (day 1-20 post-infection) prior to the establishment of persistence. During this period, changes to host gastric physiology occur including elevations in positive effectors of acid secretion (such as gastrin and histamine). This is promoted by reduced somatostatin levels, an inhibitor of acid release. We suggest that these changes comprise compensatory mechanisms aimed at restoring acid to pre-infection levels. We also show that ammonia produced by bacteria sufficiently buffers acid promoting bacteria survival and growth.
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- Ian M Joseph
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Michigan Medical School, 6730 Medical Science Building II, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0620, USA
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Schreiber S, Konradt M, Groll C, Scheid P, Hanauer G, Werling HO, Josenhans C, Suerbaum S. The spatial orientation of Helicobacter pylori in the gastric mucus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:5024-9. [PMID: 15044704 PMCID: PMC387367 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0308386101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 223] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The highly motile human pathogen Helicobacter pylori lives deep in the gastric mucus layer. To identify which chemical gradient guides the bacteria within the mucus layer, combinations of luminal perfusion, dialysis, and ventilation were used to modify or invert transmucus gradients in anaesthetized Helicobacter-infected mice and Mongolian gerbils. Neither changes in lumen or arterial pH nor inversion of bicarbonate/CO2 or urea/ammonium gradients disturbed Helicobacter orientation. However, elimination of the mucus pH gradient by simultaneous reduction of arterial pH and bicarbonate concentration perturbed orientation, causing the bacteria to spread over the entire mucus layer. H. pylori thus uses the gastric mucus pH gradient for chemotactic orientation.
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- Sören Schreiber
- Institut für Physiologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany.
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Baumgartner HK, Kirbiyik U, Coskun T, Chu S, Montrose MH. Endogenous cyclo-oxygenase activity regulates mouse gastric surface pH. J Physiol 2002; 544:871-82. [PMID: 12411530 PMCID: PMC2290623 DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2002.024620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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In the stomach, production of prostaglandins by cyclo-oxygenase (COX) is believed to be important in mucosal defence. We tested the hypothesis that endogenous COX activity is required for protective gastric surface pH control. Intact stomachs of anaesthetized mice were perfused with a weakly buffered solution (150 mM NaCl + 4 mM Homopipes) at pH values from 2.5 to 7.0. Gastric effluents were collected to measure pH and estimate amounts of acid or alkali secretion in nanomoles secreted per minute. A switch from net acid to net alkali secretion was seen in response to acidifying luminal pH with an apparent 'set point' between pH 4 and 5. At luminal pH 3, the net alkali secretion (12.7 +/- 2.8 nmol OH(-) equivalents min(-1)) was abolished (2.2 +/- 1.7 nmol OH(-) min(-1)) by the non-specific COX inhibitor indomethacin (5 mg kg(-1) I.P.). Similar inhibition was observed using a COX-1 inhibitor (SC-560; 10 mg kg(-1) I.P.), but not a COX-2 inhibitor (NS-398; 10 mg kg(-1) I.P.). Subsequent treatment with 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E(2) (dm-PGE(2); 1 mg kg(-1) I.P.) rescued the alkali secretion (21.8 +/- 2.7 nmol OH(-) min(-1)). In either the absence or presence of the H(+),K(+)-ATPase inhibitor omeprazole (60 mg kg(-1) I.P.), indomethacin blocked similar amounts of net alkali secretion (10.5 +/- 2.7 and 16.4 +/- 3.4 nmol OH(-) min(-1), respectively). We also used in vivo confocal microscopy to examine pH near the mucosal surface. The gastric mucosal surface of anaesthetized mice was exposed and mucosal surface pH was imaged using the fluorescence intensity ratio of Cl-NERF as a pH indicator. Results showed a switch from a continuous net acid to net alkali secretion by the stomach in response to changing superfusate pH from 5 to 3. At luminal pH 3, the relatively alkaline surface pH (4.3 +/- 0.1) was acidified (3.6 +/- 0.2) by indomethacin, and subsequent dm-PGE(2) restored surface pH (4.2 +/- 0.2). We conclude that the pre-epithelial alkaline layer is regulated by endogenous COX activity.
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- Heidi K Baumgartner
- Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indianapolis 46202, USA
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Kurbel S, Kurbel B, Dmitrović B, Vcev A. A model of the gastric gland ejection cycle: low ejection fractions require reduction of the glandular dead space. J Theor Biol 2001; 210:337-43. [PMID: 11397134 DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.2001.2313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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This paper was inspired by the reported results of authors from Uppsala and Lund that gastric glands in rats rhythmically contract 3-7 cycles per minute and develop luminal pressures more than 10 mmHg. To ensure that pepsinogen is not retained in the acid-rich section of the gland, ejection fractions would need to be more than 50% of the gland volume. We have tried to calculate the ejection fraction of such contractions. Dimensions of human gastric glands were measured on the fresh frozen samples of macroscopically and histologically normal gastric mucosa. In total, 18 specimens (from nine persons) were measured under the microscope. The density of glands was 135 +/- 11 (mean +/- S.D.) glands per mm( 2) of gastric mucosa. A typical gastric gland is a tubular structure 1.2 +/- 0.22 mm long and 0.03-0.05 mm wide. We have used 1 mm for length and 0.03 mm for the gland diameter to calculate that each gland approximates a volume of 707 pl, suggesting that the total glandular volume for 15 million glands reaches 10.6 ml. Further calculations based on one to five contractions per minute on an average and on the total volume of gastric glands of 10 ml showed that only ejection fractions less than 10% deliver daily volumes less than 3 l. The presented model of the gastric gland activity is based on the idea that the low ejection fractions require a reduction of the glandular dead space. The reduced luminal pressure during the gland relaxation might cause backflux of hydrophobic viscoelastic mucus through the gland aperture. Repeated glandular contractions and relaxations would move the mucus all the way to the gland bottom, filling the gland cavity below the neck with an axial semisolid mucous cylinder. This filling would reduce the gland dead space. During contractions, the gland would eject mainly the peripheral, the more liquid part of its content. The decreasing luminal pressure in the relaxing gland would pull the outlet mucus inside, protecting gland apertures from the gastric juice.
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- S Kurbel
- Osijek Medical Faculty, University JJ Strossmayer, Osijek, Croatia.
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