Helicobacter pylori is a major pathogen causing various gastric
diseases including gastric cancer. Infection of H. pylori
induces pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-8 expression in gastric
epithelial cells in the initial inflammatory process. It has been
known that H. pylori can modulate Ras-Raf-Mek-Erk signal
pathway for IL-8 induction. Recently, it has been shown that
another signal molecule, cancer Osaka thyroid oncogene/tumor
progression locus 2 (Cot/Tpl2) kinase, activates Mek and
Erk and plays a role in the Erk pathway, similar to MAP3K
signal molecule Raf kinase. Therefore, the objective of this
study was to determine whether Cot kinase might be involved
in IL-8 induction caused by H. pylori infection. AGS gastric
epithelial cells were infected by H. pylori strain G27 or its isogenic
mutants lacking cagA or type IV secretion system followed
by treatment with Cot kinase inhibitor (KI) or siRNA
specific for Cot kinase. Activation of Erk was assessed by
Western blot analysis and expression of IL-8 was measured
by ELISA. Treatment with Cot KI reduced both transient and
sustained Erk activation. It also reduced early and late IL-8
secretion in the gastric epithelial cell line. Furthermore, siRNA
knockdown of Cot inhibited early and late IL-8 secretion
induced by H. pylori infection. Taken together, these results
suggest that Cot kinase might play a critical role in H. pylori
type IV secretion apparatus-dependent early IL-8 secretion
and CagA-dependent late IL-8 secretion as an alternative
signaling molecule in the Erk pathway.
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