RESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship between long-term high-salt hot diet and chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG). The expression of apoptosis cells, proliferation cells, bcl-2 and Fas proteins were detected in the gastric mucosa of CAG rates induced by high-salt hot water. METHODS: TUNEL technique and immunohistochemical method were used in the experiment. Flow cytometry method was used to detect the DNA content of apoptosis cells. RESULTS: (1) The detection of apoptosis with TUNEL showed that the apoptosis cells in CAG rates induced by high-salt hot water were high. These cells could be seen in all layers of gastric mucosa, apoptosis index of model rates was higher than that of normal rates (P < 0.05). (2) The result of detecting apoptosis gene and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) by immunohistochemical method showed that the expression of bcl-2, Fas and PCNA in the CAG rates induced by high-salt hot water was much higher than that of normal gastric mucosa (P < 0.05). The expression rates of bcl-2, Fas proteins were higher with time going on. After being given high-salt hot water intragastrically for 4, 8, 12 weeks, the bcl-2 protein expression rates were 12.5%, 16.7%, 76.5%, the Fas protein expression rates were 18.7%, 22.2% and 64.7%. (3) Flow cytometry technique showed that there was a second G(0)/G(1) peek, which was apoptosis cells peak, but was not seen in the normal gastric mucosa. CONCLUSIONS: Abnormality of proliferation and apoptosis in gastric mucosa could be induced by high-salt hot water. bcl-2, Fas gene played an important role in this course.
