Project description:Gli1 is necessary for the progression from chronic gastric inflammation to metaplasia in the stomach. We therefore compared the expression patterns between 6-month H. felis infected WT and Gli1-/- stomachs.
Project description:Gli1 is necessary for the progression from chronic gastric inflammation to metaplasia in the stomach. We therefore compared the expression patterns between 6-month H. felis infected WT and Gli1-/- stomachs. Pooled tissue from the gastric fundi of 3 mice per group. Groups are WT, WT + H. felis (6 months), Gli1-/-, and Gli1-/- +H. felis (6 months). All the infected and control mice were obtained from the same experiment.
Project description:We are now trying to elucidate the mechanism of Helicobacter-induced gastritis and gastric cancer. To identify genes involved in these Helicobacter-associated diseases, we infected Helicobacter felis to INS-GAS (insulin-gastrin transgenic) mice (C57BL/6 background) which shows accelerated development of gastritis and gastric cancer. Three infected mice and three uninfected control mice (6 in total) were sacrificed periodically (2, 4, 6, 8 months after the infection), and total RNA was isolated from each stomach. These samples are subjected to gene microarray analysis. Samples were obtained from mouse stomachs at 2, 4, 6, and 8/9 month post infection intervals. Control time points were taken at 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8 months. All samples, 22 in total, were hybridized to the GLYCOv2 array.
Project description:We have previously reported human gastrin overexpressing transgenic mice (=INS-GAS mice) and Helicobacter felis (=H.felis) infection synergistically accelerated gastric cancer in mice stomachs. (Wang et al 2000) Using this mouse model, we employed microarray analysis of gene expression profiling to identify gastric cancer-specific genes. Keywords: disease state analysis
Project description:We have previously reported human gastrin overexpressing transgenic mice (=INS-GAS mice) and Helicobacter felis (=H.felis) infection synergistically accelerated gastric cancer in mice stomachs. (Wang et al 2000) Using this mouse model, we employed microarray analysis of gene expression profiling to identify gastric cancer-specific genes. Experiment Overall Design: 30 male INS-GAS mice (FVB/N background) were divided into groups: 15 mice were infected with H.felis at the age of 2-3 months and another 15 mice were not infected. 30 male non-transgenic FVB/N mice were also divided into 2 groups: 15 mice were infected with H.felis at the age of 2-3 months and another 15 mice were not infected. All mice were sacrificed after 6 months of H.felis infection, and total RNAs were extracted from whole stomachs. Experiment Overall Design: Histological analysis confirmed all of the stomachs in H.felis infected INS-GAS mice (=INSGAS+Hf) had intra-epithelial gastric cancer, and some of them also had invasion into submucosa, but none of them had distant metastatic lesions. Other 3 control groups had following histology in stomachs. (1) non-transgenic mice with H.felis infection (=FVB+Hf): severe intestinal metaplasia and/or mild dysplasia. (2) INS-GAS mice without infection (=INSGAS wt): severe atrophic gastritis and/or mild intestinal metaplasia (3) non-transgenic mice without infection (=FVB wt): normal stomach. Total RNAs extracted from each mouse in 4 different groups were used for microarray analysis of Affymetrix GeneChip. Experiment Overall Design: Up- or down-regulated genes in INSGAS+Hf group compared with all 3 control groups (FVB+HF, INSGAS wt and FVB wt) may represent gastric cancer-specific genes.
Project description:We are now trying to elucidate the mechanism of Helicobacter-induced gastritis and gastric cancer. To identify genes involved in these Helicobacter-associated diseases, we infected Helicobacter felis to INS-GAS (insulin-gastrin transgenic) mice (C57BL/6 background) which shows accelerated development of gastritis and gastric cancer.
Project description:Background: Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a known cause of many digestive diseases, including gastritis, peptic ulcers, and gastric cancer. However, the underlying mechanism(s)by which H. pylori infection triggers these disorders are still not clearly understood. Methods: We have developed an accelerated disease progression mouse model, which leverages mice deficient in the myeloid differentiation primary response 88 gene (Myd88-/-) infected with Helicobacter felis (H. felis) Findings: In this study, we found that H. felis-induced inflammation in Myd88-/- mice progressed to high-grade dysplasia, driven by activation of the type I interferon (IFN-I) signaling pathway and upregulation of its downstream targets, IFN-stimulated genes (ISGs). We also observed enrichment of IFN stimulated-response element (ISRE) motifs in the promoters of upregulated genes, further supporting the involvement of this pathway. In contrast, mice deficient in Toll/interleukin-1 receptor (TIR)-domain-containing adaptor inducing interferon-β (TRIF, TrifLps2) did not progress to severe gastric pathology after H. felis infection, implicating the TRIF signaling pathway in disease pathogenesis and progression. Additionally, analysis of gastric biopsy samples from human gastric cancer patients illustrated that low expression of Myd88 and high expression of Trif were both significantly correlated with poor survival. Interpretation: Our study using an accelerated animal model for gastric cancer and gastric biopsy samples from patients demonstrated that activation of the TRIF-IFN-I signaling pathway promotes Helicobacter-induced disease progression toward severe gastric pathology and gastric cancer development. This represents a potential target for therapeutic intervention, and further exploration may lead to the identification of novel treatment strategies.
Project description:Chronic infection with the bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori is a risk factor for the development of gastric cancer, yet remains asymptomatic in a majority of individuals. We report here that the C57Bl6 mouse model of experimental infection with the closely related H. felis recapitulates this wide range in host susceptibility. A majority of infected mice develop premalignant lesions such as gastric atrophy, compensatory epithelial hyperplasia and intestinal metaplasia, whereas a minority is completely protected from preneoplasia. Protection is associated with the failure to mount an IFN-gamma response to the infection and an associated high Helicobacter burden. We demonstrate that IFN-gamma is essential for clearance of Helicobacter, but also mediates the formation of preneoplastic lesions. We further provide evidence that IFN-gamma triggers a specific transcriptional program in murine gastric epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo, and induces their preferential transformation to the hyperplastic phenotype. In summary, our data suggest a dual role for IFN-gamma in Helicobacter pathogenesis that could provide an explanation for the differential susceptibility to H. pylori-induced gastric pathology in the human population. Keywords: response to in vitro stimulus / comparison of histopathological states
Project description:Chronic infection with the bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori is a risk factor for the development of gastric cancer, yet remains asymptomatic in a majority of individuals. We report here that the C57Bl6 mouse model of experimental infection with the closely related H. felis recapitulates this wide range in host susceptibility. A majority of infected mice develop premalignant lesions such as gastric atrophy, compensatory epithelial hyperplasia and intestinal metaplasia, whereas a minority is completely protected from preneoplasia. Protection is associated with the failure to mount an IFN-gamma response to the infection and an associated high Helicobacter burden. We demonstrate that IFN-gamma is essential for clearance of Helicobacter, but also mediates the formation of preneoplastic lesions. We further provide evidence that IFN-gamma triggers a specific transcriptional program in murine gastric epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo, and induces their preferential transformation to the hyperplastic phenotype. In summary, our data suggest a dual role for IFN-gamma in Helicobacter pathogenesis that could provide an explanation for the differential susceptibility to H. pylori-induced gastric pathology in the human population. Keywords: response to in vitro stimulus / comparison of histopathological states We chose mice for gene expression profiling that following Helicobacter infection had (a) symptoms of gastritis, but no epithelial changes, (b) atrophic gastritis accompanied by corpus gland hyperplasia or (c) atrophic gastritis accompanied by intestinal metaplasia. An uninfected control group was also included in the analysis, as were two groups of mice that lacked mature T- and B-cells due to a deletion mutation in the rag1 gene (Rag-1-/-) and that were either experimentally infected or served as Rag-1-/- uninfected controls. To see the effects of IFNg on murine gastric epithelial cells we analysed an immortalized murine primary gastric epithelial cell line treated with three different concentrations of IFNg in comparison to an untreated control.