Endocrine impact of Helicobacter pylori:Focus on ghrelin and ghrelin o-acyltransferase

作     者：Penny L Jeffery Michael A McGuckin Sara K Linden 

作者机构：Mucosal Diseases ProgramMater Medical Research InstituteMater Health Services Mucosal Immunobiology and Vaccine CenterSahlgrenska AcademyUniversity of Gothenburg 

出 版 物：《World Journal of Gastroenterology》 (世界胃肠病学杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第17卷第10期

页      面：1249-1260页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：Supported by The Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrdet: K2008-58X-20693-01-4) Novo Nordisk Foundation (SL), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Project No. 488811) and a Queensland Government Smart Futures Fellowship (PLJ) 

主　　题：Appetite Ghrelin Ghrelin o-acyltransferase Helicobacterpylori Infection Inflammation Obesity 

摘      要：Ghrelin is predominantly produced by the gastric enteroendocrine cell compartment and is octanoylated by the recently discovered ghrelin o-acyltransferase （GOAT） before secretion into the bloodstream. This octanoylation is essential for many of the biological properties of ghrelin including appetite stimulation and anti-inflammatory properties as only the acylated form of ghrelin binds to the ghrelin receptor, the growth hormone secretagogue receptor （GHS-R）. Given the gastric location of ghrelin production, it is perhaps not surprising that insult to the gastric mucosa affects circulating ghrelin levels in humans. Helicobacter pylori （H. pylon） infects more than fifty percent of the world＇s population and once established within the gastric mucosa, can persist for life. Infection is associated with chronic gastritis, gastric atrophy and ulceration, reduced appetite and a lower body mass index （BMI）. The large majority of studies investigating levels of circulating ghrelin and ghrelin expression in the stomach in patients with H. pylori infection indicate that the bacterium has a negative impact on ghrelin production and/or secretion. Eradication of infection restores ghrelin, improves appetite and increases BMI in some studies, however, a causative relationship between H. pylori-associated serum ghrelin decline and food intake and obesity has not been established. Most studies measure total ghrelin in the circulation although the measurement of the ratio of acyl/total ghrelin gives a clearer indication that the ghrelin acylation process is altered during infection and atrophy. GOAT is essential for the production of biologically-active, acyl ghrelin and the impact of H. pylori on GOAT expression and activity will be highly informative in the future.