1. Gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase of Helicobacter pylori induces mitochondria-mediated apoptosis in AGS cells.
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Kim KM, Lee SG, Park MG, Song JY, Kang HL, Lee WK, Cho MJ, Rhee KH, Youn HS, and Baik SC
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- Base Sequence, DNA Primers, Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, Humans, Microscopy, Confocal, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Recombinant Proteins isolation & purification, Tumor Cells, Cultured, gamma-Glutamyltransferase isolation & purification, Adenocarcinoma pathology, Apoptosis physiology, Helicobacter pylori enzymology, Mitochondria physiology, Stomach Neoplasms pathology, gamma-Glutamyltransferase metabolism
- Abstract
Gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) is a novel protein involved in the induction of Helicobacter pylori-mediated apoptosis; however, the signal pathway involved in GGT-induced apoptosis remains unclear. Using DNA recombination techniques, ggt was cloned into pET117b and transformed into Escherichia coli. Recombinant GGT was purified using nickel-affinity resin and was digested by thrombin. Recombinant GGT induced apoptosis in AGS cells in a time-dependent manner, which was confirmed by TUNEL staining, the MTT assay and immunoblot analysis for caspases-9, -3, Bax, Bcl-2, Bcl-xL and cytochrome c release. Activation of caspase-3 and -9 following exposure to GGT increased in a time-dependent manner and upregulation of proapoptotic Bax and a downregulation of antiapoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-xL was detected. Apoptotic signals also trigger changes in mitochondria, which lead to a release of cytochrome c into the cytosolic space. The GGT-deficient mutant was not as able to induce apoptosis as the wild-type strain. These results indicate that GGT of H. pylori induces apoptosis via a mitochondria-mediated pathway.
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- 2007
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