Mucosal interleukin-1β production and acid secretion in enlarged fold gastritis

Background : We have previously shown that eradication of Helicobacter pylori increases acid secretion in H. pylori -associated enlarged fold gastritis.
Aim : To investigate whether locally produced interleukin-1β is possibly involved in the inhibition of acid secretion in H. pylori gastritis.
Methods : IL-1β release from the gastric body mucosa was determined by short-term culture of biopsy specimens in 13 patients with enlarged fold gastritis (all H. pylori -positive), five H. pylori -positive and 10 H. pylori -negative patients without enlarged folds. The acid-inhibitory effect of locally produced IL-1β was examined by [¹⁴C]-aminopyrine uptake assay using isolated rabbit gastric glands.
Results : IL-1β release was significantly greater in patients with enlarged fold gastritis, significantly correlated with both basal and tetragastrin-stimulated acid outputs in the H. pylori -positive patients ( r  = −0.591 and r  = −0.641, respectively; P  < 0.01), and significantly decreased with concomitant increases in acid secretions after eradication of H. pylori . [¹⁴C]-aminopyrine uptake was inhibited by IL-1β in a dose-dependent manner.
Conclusions : Increased production of IL-1β caused by H. pylori infection is possibly involved in the inhibition of acid secretion in enlarged fold gastritis.