PMID- 25867766 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150825 LR - 20230216 IS - 1530-0307 (Electronic) IS - 0023-6837 (Linking) VI - 95 IP - 6 DP - 2015 Jun TI - Osteopontin depletion decreases inflammation and gastric epithelial proliferation during Helicobacter pylori infection in mice. PG - 660-71 LID - 10.1038/labinvest.2015.47 [doi] AB - Osteopontin (OPN) is a multifunctional protein that plays a role in many physiological and pathological processes, including inflammation and tumorigenesis. Here, we investigated the involvement of OPN in Helicobacter pylori (HP)-induced gastritis using OPN knockout (KO) mice and OPN knockdown (KD) cell lines. HP-infected OPN KO mice showed significantly reduced gastritis compared with wild-type (WT) mice with decreased infiltration of macrophages and a reduction in HP-induced upregulation of IL-1beta, TNF-alpha, and IFN-gamma. HP-exposed OPN KD gastric cancer cells and macrophage-like cells showed an attenuated induction of these cytokines. We also demonstrated a reduction in the migration of monocytic and macrophage-like cells toward conditioned media harvested from HP-exposed OPN KD gastric cancer cells as well as reduced migration ability of OPN KD cells itself. In addition, HP-infected OPN KO mice showed decreased epithelial cell proliferation compared with HP-infected WT mice, in association with a reduction in MAPK pathway activation. OPN KD gastric cancer cell lines also showed lower proliferative activity and reduced MAPK activation than shRNA control cells after HP co-culture or after IL-1beta and TNF-alpha treatment. Taken together, these results indicate that OPN exerts a considerable influence on HP-induced gastritis by modulating the production of cytokines and contributing to macrophage infiltration. Moreover, OPN-mediated activation of the MAPK pathway in gastric epithelial cells might contribute to epithelial changes following HP infection. FAU - Park, Jun Won AU - Park JW AD - 1] Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea [2] National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Korea. FAU - Lee, Su Hyung AU - Lee SH AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Go, Du Min AU - Go du M AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. FAU - Kim, Hark Kyun AU - Kim HK AD - National Cancer Center, Goyang, Gyeonggi, Korea. FAU - Kwon, Hyo-Jung AU - Kwon HJ AD - College of Veterinary Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. FAU - Kim, Dae-Yong AU - Kim DY AD - Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150413 PL - United States TA - Lab Invest JT - Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology JID - 0376617 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Spp1 protein, mouse) RN - 106441-73-0 (Osteopontin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/*physiology MH - Cytokines MH - Female MH - Gastric Mucosa/*metabolism MH - Gene Knockout Techniques MH - Helicobacter Infections/*metabolism MH - Helicobacter pylori MH - Humans MH - Inflammation/*metabolism MH - Macrophages MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Osteopontin/genetics/*metabolism MH - Up-Regulation EDAT- 2015/04/14 06:00 MHDA- 2015/08/26 06:00 CRDT- 2015/04/14 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/01/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/01/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/04/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/04/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/08/26 06:00 [medline] AID - S0023-6837(22)02333-9 [pii] AID - 10.1038/labinvest.2015.47 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Lab Invest. 2015 Jun;95(6):660-71. doi: 10.1038/labinvest.2015.47. Epub 2015 Apr 13.