J. Piotrowski et al., HELICOBACTER-PYLORI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE INHIBITION OF GASTRIC-MUCOSAL LAMININ RECEPTOR - EFFECT OF SULGLYCOTIDE, General pharmacology, 24(6), 1993, pp. 1467-1472
1. The effect of cell-wall lipopolysaccharide from Helicobacter pylori
, a bacterium implicated in the etiology of gastric disease, on the ga
stric mucosal laminin-receptor was investigated. 2. The receptor, isol
ated from gastric epithelial cell membrane by affinity chromatography
on laminin-coupled Sepharose, was radioiodinated and incorporated into
liposomes which exhibited specific affinity towards laminin-coated su
rface. 3. The binding of liposomal receptor to laminin-coated surface
was inhibited by H. pylori lipopolysaccharide, which at 50 mug/ml caus
ed a nearly complete (97%) inhibition in binding. 4. The inhibitory ef
fect of the lipopolysaccharide was prevented by a cytoprotective agent
, sulglycotide, that evoked a 92% restoration in binding at 40 mug/ml.
5. The results demonstrate that through its lipopolysaccharide H. pyl
ori is capable of disrupting the gastric mucosal integrity and that th
is detrimental effect could be successfully countered by sulglycotide.