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NF-kappaB is a critical regulator of genes involved in inflammation. Gastri
c epithelial cells and macrophages are considered the main sources of pro-i
nflammatory cytokines. We investigated NF-kappaB activation by Helicobacter
pylori in MKN45 gastric epithelial cells and THP-1 monocytic cells. Althou
gh, cag pathogenicity island (PAI)-positive H. pylori (wild type) activated
NF-kappaB in both cells, isogenic mutant of cagE (Delta cagE) activated it
only in THP-1 cells. Supernatant from the wild type culture could activate
NF-kappaB in THP-1 cells but not in MKN45 cells. High density cDNA array a
nalysis revealed that mRNA expression of NF-kappaB-regulated genes such as
interleukin (IL)-8, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha), and IL-1 beta
was significantly up-regulated by the wild type in both cells, whereas it w
as up-regulated by Delta cagE only in THP-1 cells. Experiments using CD14-n
eutralizing antibody and IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) assay showe
d that both wild type and Delta cagE H. pylori activated NF-kappaB through
CD14 and IRAK in THP-1 cells but not in MKN45 cells. Macrophages from C3H/H
eJ mice carrying point mutation in the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) gene sho
wed decreased NF-kappaB activation and TNFa secretion compared with C3H/HeN
mouse macrophage when treated with H. pylori. In conclusion, H. pylori-ind
uced NF-kappaB activation in epithelial cells is dependent on cag PAI and c
ontact but does not involve CD14 and IRAK, whereas in macrophage/monocytic
cells it is independent of cag PAI or contact but involves CD14 and TLR4.