Helicobacter pylori represses proton pump expression and inhibits acid secretion in human gastric mucosa

摘要

Background and aimsHelicobacter pylori infection of gastric mucosa causes gastritis and transient hypochlorhydria, which may provoke emergence of a mucosal precancer phenotype; H pylori strains containing a cag pathogenicity island (PAI) augment cancer risk. Acid secretion is mediated by the catalytic α subunit of parietal cell H,K-ATPase (HKα). In AGS gastric epithelial cells, H pylori induces nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) binding to and repression of transfected HKα promoter activity. This study sought to identify bacterial genes involved in HKα repression and to assess their impact on acid secretion.