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Ailloud F, Gottschall W, Suerbaum S. Methylome evolution suggests lineage-dependent selection in the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Commun Biol 2023; 6:839. [PMID: 37573385 PMCID: PMC10423294 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05218-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/14/2023] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori, the leading cause of gastric cancer, is genetically highly diverse and harbours a large and variable portfolio of restriction-modification systems. Our understanding of the evolution and function of DNA methylation in bacteria is limited. Here, we performed a comprehensive analysis of the methylome diversity in H. pylori, using a dataset of 541 genomes that included all known phylogeographic populations. The frequency of 96 methyltransferases and the abundance of their cognate recognition sequences were strongly influenced by phylogeographic structure and were inter-correlated, positively or negatively, for 20% of type II methyltransferases. Low density motifs were more likely to be affected by natural selection, as reflected by higher genomic instability and compositional bias. Importantly, direct correlation implied that methylation patterns can be actively enriched by positive selection and suggests that specific sites have important functions in methylation-dependent phenotypes. Finally, we identified lineage-specific selective pressures modulating the contraction and expansion of the motif ACGT, revealing that the genetic load of methylation could be dependent on local ecological factors. Taken together, natural selection may shape both the abundance and distribution of methyltransferases and their specific recognition sequences, likely permitting a fine-tuning of genome-encoded functions not achievable by genetic variation alone.
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- Florent Ailloud
- Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Max von Pettenkofer Institute, Faculty of Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany.
- German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany.
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Structural analysis of the virulence gene protein IceA2 from Helicobacter pylori. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2022; 612:162-168. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.04.090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Isaeva G, Valieva R. Biological characteristics and virulence of Helicobacter pylori. CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY 2018. [DOI: 10.36488/cmac.2018.1.14-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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This review summarizes the most recent data on the biological characteristics of Helicobacter pylori (morphological, cultural, biochemical). H. pylori pathogenicity factors promoting colonization, adhesion, biofilm formation, aggression, and cytotoxicity, their contribution to the pathogenesis of diseases as well as the possible relationships with various clinical outcomes are described in detail. The genetic heterogeneity of H. pylori strains which can determine different clinical manifestations and have significance for conducting epidemiological studies is also considered.
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- G.Sh. Isaeva
- Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology; Kazan State Medical University (Kazan, Russia)
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- Kazan Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology; KazanState Medical University (Kazan, Russia)
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Saeidi Y, Pournajaf A, Gholami M, Hasannejad-Bibalan M, Yaghoubi S, Khodabandeh M, Emadi B, Ferdosi-Shahandashti E, Rajabnia R. Determination of Helicobacter pylori virulence-associated genes in duodenal ulcer and gastric biopsies. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2017; 31:95. [PMID: 29951396 PMCID: PMC6014795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori or Hp) has been strongly associated with the peptic ulcer diseases, chronic gastritis, ulcers, and gastric cancer. Genes associated with pathogenicity have been designated for H. pylori, and some of them appear to be related to more severe clinical consequences of the infection. The present study was conducted to determine cagA, vacA, cagE, iceA1, oipA, and iceA2 genes in H. pylori strains isolated from gastroduodenal patients, who referred to Shariati hospital in Tehran, Iran. Methods: Gastric biopsy specimens were collected during endoscopy from patients, who referred to the Shariati hospital in Tehran, Iran during January and November 2015. After isolation of H. pylori from the biopsy culture, genomic DNA was extracted and subsequently used to identify H. pylori and virulence genes using specific primers. Results: The isolation rate of H. pylori strains was 65.7% (169/257). The frequency of cagA, vacA, cagE, iceA1, oipA, and iceA2 was 143 (% 84.6), 169 (100%), 131 (77.5%), 97 (57.3%), 89 (52.6%), and 72 (42.6%), respectively. Conclusion: In this study, a significant difference was observed between investigated genes and strains isolated from PUD and GC patients (p<0.05).
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- Yasaman Saeidi
- 1 Department of Microbiology, Tonekabon Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon, Iran
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- 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- 2 Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- 3 Division of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- 4 Department of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- 5 Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, International campus, Tehran, Iran.
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- 6 Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
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- 7 Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
,Corresponding author: Dr Ramazan Rajabnia,
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Sharma RP, Miftahussurur M, Shrestha PK, Subsomwong P, Uchida T, Yamaoka Y. Nepalese Helicobacter pylori Genotypes Reflects a Geographical Diversity than a True Virulence Factor. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2017; 18:2637-2641. [PMID: 29072057 PMCID: PMC5747382 DOI: 10.22034/apjcp.2017.18.10.2637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Background: The data about the association between Helicobacter pylori putative virulence factors; iceA and jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT with clinical outcomes are still controversial. We identified and analyzed two putative H. pylori virulence factors in Nepalese strains. Methods: The iceA and jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT allelic types were determined by polymerase chain reaction amplification. Histological analysis were classified according to the updated Sydney system and the Operative Link on Gastritis Assessment (OLGA) system. Results: Among 49 strains, iceA1 negative/iceA2 positive (iceA2-positive) was predominant type (57.1%, 28/49) and 20 (40.8%) were iceA1 positive/iceA2 negative. The remaining one (2.0%) was positive for both iceA1 and iceA2 (iceA1/iceA2-mixed). Patients infected with iceA1-positive strains tended to be higher OLGA score than iceA2-positive strains [1.45 [1] vs. 0.07 [0.5], P = 0.09, respectively). The jhp0562 negative/β-(1,3)galT positive was predominant type (25/51, 49.0%), followed by double positive for jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT (15/51, 29.4%) and jhp0562 positive/β-(1,3)galT negative (11/51, 21.6%). Activity in the corpus was significantly higher in jhp0562 negative/β-(1,3)galT positive than double positive of jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT positive [mean (median); 1.24 (1) vs. 0.73 (1), P = 0.03]. There was association between iceA and subtype of vacA signal region (e.g., s1a, s1b or s1c) and combination subtypes of signal and middle regions (e.g., s1a-m1c) (P = 0.02, r = 0.29; and P = 0.002, r = 0.42, respectively). In addition, jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT genotypes associated with cagA pre-EPIYA type (e.g., 6 bp-, 18 bp-, or no deletion-type) (P = 0.047, r = 0.15). Conclusion: The inconsistency results of the association between iceA, jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT and histological scores suggesting that these genes may associate with genetic heterogeneity rather than as a true virulence factor.
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Divergence between the Highly Virulent Zoonotic Pathogen Helicobacter heilmannii and Its Closest Relative, the Low-Virulence "Helicobacter ailurogastricus" sp. nov. Infect Immun 2015; 84:293-306. [PMID: 26527212 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01300-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Helicobacter heilmannii naturally colonizes the stomachs of dogs and cats and has been associated with gastric disorders in humans. Nine feline Helicobacter strains, classified as H. heilmannii based on ureAB and 16S rRNA gene sequences, were divided into a highly virulent and a low-virulence group. The genomes of these strains were sequenced to investigate their phylogenetic relationships, to define their gene content and diversity, and to determine if the differences in pathogenicity were associated with the presence or absence of potential virulence genes. The capacities of these helicobacters to bind to the gastric mucosa were investigated as well. Our analyses revealed that the low-virulence strains do not belong to the species H. heilmannii but to a novel, closely related species for which we propose the name Helicobacter ailurogastricus. Several homologs of H. pylori virulence factors, such as IceA1, HrgA, and jhp0562-like glycosyltransferase, are present in H. heilmannii but absent in H. ailurogastricus. Both species contain a VacA-like autotransporter, for which the passenger domain is remarkably larger in H. ailurogastricus than in H. heilmannii. In addition, H. ailurogastricus shows clear differences in binding to the gastric mucosa compared to H. heilmannii. These findings highlight the low-virulence character of this novel Helicobacter species.
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Miftahussurur M, Syam AF, Makmun D, Nusi IA, Zein LH, Zulkhairi, Akil F, Uswan WB, Simanjuntak D, Uchida T, Adi P, Utari AP, Rezkitha YAA, Subsomwong P, Nasronudin, Yamaoka Y. Helicobacter pylori virulence genes in the five largest islands of Indonesia. Gut Pathog 2015; 7:26. [PMID: 26442711 PMCID: PMC4594740 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-015-0072-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/07/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background It remains unclear whether the low incidence of gastric cancer in Indonesia is due to low infection rates only or is also related to low Helicobacter pylori pathogenicity. We collected H. pylori strains from the five largest islands in Indonesia and evaluated genetic virulence factors. Methods The genotypes of H. pylori virulence factors were determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based sequencing. Histological severity of the gastric mucosa was classified into 4 grades, according to the updated Sydney system. Results A total of 44 strains were analyzed. Forty-three (97.7 %) were cagA-positive: 26 (60.5 %) were East-Asian-type-cagA, 9 (20.9 %) were Western-type-cagA, and 8 (18.6 %) were novel ABB-type, most of which were obtained from Papuan. EPIYT sequences were more prevalent than EPIYA sequences (P = 0.01) in the EPIYA-B motif of all types of cagA. The majority of cagA-positive strains (48.8 %, 21/43) had a 6-bp deletion in the first pre-EPIYA region. Subjects infected with East-Asian-type-cagA strains with a 6-bp deletion had significantly lower inflammation and atrophy scores in the corpus than those infected with Western-type-cagA strains (both P = 0.02). In total, 70.4 % of strains possessed the vacA s1m1 genotype and 29.5 % were m2. All strains from peptic ulcer patients were of the iceA1 genotype, which occurred at a significantly higher proportion in peptic ulcer patients than that in gastritis patients (55.3 %, P = 0.04). The double positive genotype of jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT was predominant (28/44, 63.6 %), and subjects infected with this type had significantly higher inflammation scores in the corpus than those with the jhp0562 negative/β-(1,3)galT positive genotype (mean [median]; 1.43 [1] vs. 0.83 [1], P = 0.04). There were significant differences in cagA and pre-EPIYA cagA type, oipA status, and jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT type among different ethnic groups (P < 0.05). Conclusions In addition to a low H. pylori infection rate, the low incidence of gastric cancer in Indonesia might be attributed to less virulent genotypes in predominant strains, which are characterized by the East-Asian-type-cagA with a 6-bp deletion and EPIYT motif, a high proportion of m2, dupA negative or short type dupA, and the jhp0562/β-(1,3)galT double positive genotype.
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- Muhammad Miftahussurur
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, 879-5593 Japan ; Gastroentero-Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Airlangga University Faculty of Medicine, Surabaya, 60131 Indonesia ; Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115 Indonesia
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430 Indonesia
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430 Indonesia
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- Gastroentero-Hepatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Airlangga University Faculty of Medicine, Surabaya, 60131 Indonesia
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- Division of Gastroentero-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, 20136 Indonesia
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- Division of Gastroentero-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sumatera Utara, Medan, 20136 Indonesia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Center of Gastroentero-Hepatology, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, 90245 Indonesia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Santo Antonius Hospital, Pontianak, 78115 Indonesia
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yowari Hospital, Jayapura, 99352 Indonesia
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- Department of Molecular Pathology, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, 879-5593 Japan
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- Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115 Indonesia
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, 10430 Indonesia
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, 879-5593 Japan
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- Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University, Surabaya, 60115 Indonesia
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, 879-5593 Japan ; Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030 USA
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Yamaoka Y, Miftahussurur M. Helicobacter pylori virulence genes and host genetic polymorphisms as risk factors for peptic ulcer disease. Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 9:1535-47. [PMID: 26470920 PMCID: PMC5332543 DOI: 10.1586/17474124.2015.1095089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori infection plays an important role in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease (PUD). Several factors have been proposed as possible H. pylori virulence determinants; for example, bacterial adhesins and gastric inflammation factors are associated with an increased risk of PUD. However, differences in bacterial virulence factors alone cannot explain the opposite ends of the PUD disease spectrum, that is duodenal and gastric ulcers; presumably, both bacterial and host factors contribute to the differential response. Carriers of the high-producer alleles of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1B, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, and TNF-α who also carry low-producer allele of anti-inflammatory cytokines have severe gastric mucosal inflammation, whereas carriers of the alternative alleles have mild inflammation. Recent reports have suggested that the PSCA and CYP2C19 ultra-rapid metabolizer genotypes are also associated with PUD.
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- Yoshio Yamaoka
- Oita University, Baylor College of Medicine Houston United States
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Transcriptome-wide identification of the genes responding to replanting disease in Rehmannia glutinosa L. roots. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 42:881-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3825-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2014] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Tenguria S, Ansari SA, Khan N, Ranjan A, Devi S, Tegtmeyer N, Lind J, Backert S, Ahmed N. Helicobacter pylori cell translocating kinase (CtkA/JHP0940) is pro-apoptotic in mouse macrophages and acts as auto-phosphorylating tyrosine kinase. Int J Med Microbiol 2014; 304:1066-76. [PMID: 25172221 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2014] [Revised: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The Helicobacter pylori gene JHP0940 has been shown to encode a serine/threonine kinase which can induce cytokines in gastric epithelial cells relevant to chronic gastric inflammation. Here we demonstrate that JHP0940 can be secreted by the bacteria, triggers apoptosis in cultured mouse macrophages and acts as an auto-phosphorylating tyrosine kinase. Recombinant JHP0940 protein was found to decrease the viability of RAW264.7 cells (a mouse macrophage cell line) up to 55% within 24h of co-incubation. The decreased cellular viability was due to apoptosis, which was confirmed by TUNEL assay and Fas expression analysis by flow-cytometry. Further, we found that caspase-1 and IL-1beta were activated upon treatment with JHP0940. These results point towards possible action through the host inflammasome. Our in vitro studies using tyrosine kinase assays further demonstrated that JHP0940 acts as auto-phosphorylating tyrosine kinase and induces pro-inflammatory cytokines in RAW264.7 cells. Upon exposure with JHP0940, these cells secreted IL-1beta, TNF-alpha and IL-6, in a dose- and time-dependent manner, as detected by ELISA and transcript profiling by q-RT-PCR. The pro-inflammatory, pro-apoptotic and other regulatory responses triggered by JHP0940 lead to the assumption of its possible role in inducing chronic inflammation for enhanced bacterial persistence and escape from host innate immune responses by apoptosis of macrophages.
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- Shivendra Tenguria
- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Nuremberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Nuremberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Microbiology, Department of Biology, Friedrich Alexander University Nuremberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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Roesler BM, Rabelo-Gonçalves EMA, Zeitune JMR. Virulence Factors of Helicobacter pylori: A Review. CLINICAL MEDICINE INSIGHTS. GASTROENTEROLOGY 2014; 7:9-17. [PMID: 24833944 PMCID: PMC4019226 DOI: 10.4137/cgast.s13760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Revised: 02/16/2014] [Accepted: 02/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is a spiral-shaped Gram-negative bacterium that colonizes the human stomach and can establish a long-term infection of the gastric mucosa, a condition that affects the relative risk of developing various clinical disorders of the upper gastrointestinal tract, such as chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, and gastric adenocarcinoma. H. pylori presents a high-level of genetic diversity, which can be an important factor in its adaptation to the host stomach and also for the clinical outcome of infection. There are important H. pylori virulence factors that, along with host characteristics and the external environment, have been associated with the different occurrences of diseases. This review is aimed to analyzing and summarizing the main of them and possible associations with the clinical outcome.
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- Bruna M Roesler
- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. ; Center of Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. ; Center of Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. ; Center of Diagnosis of Digestive Diseases, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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Devi S, Ansari SA, Vadivelu J, Mégraud F, Tenguria S, Ahmed N. Helicobacter pylori antigen HP0986 (TieA) interacts with cultured gastric epithelial cells and induces IL8 secretion via NF-κB mediated pathway. Helicobacter 2014; 19:26-36. [PMID: 24205801 DOI: 10.1111/hel.12100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND The envisaged roles and partly understood functional properties of Helicobacter pylori protein HP0986 are significant in the context of proinflammatory and or proapoptotic activities, the two important facilitators of pathogen survival and persistence. In addition, sequence analysis of this gene predicts a restriction endonuclease function which remained unknown thus far. To evaluate the role of HP0986 in gastric inflammation, we studied its expression profile using a large number of clinical isolates but a limited number of biopsies and patient sera. Also, we studied antigenic role of HP0986 in altering cytokine responses of human gastric epithelial (AGS) cells including its interaction with and localization within the AGS cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS For in vitro expression study of HP0986, 110 H. pylori clinical isolates were cultured from patients with functional dyspepsia. For expression analysis by qRT PCR of HP0986, 10 gastric biopsy specimens were studied. HP0986 was also used to detect antibodies in patient sera. AGS cells were incubated with recombinant HP0986 to determine cytokine response and NF-κB activation. Transient transfection with HP0986 cloned in pEGFPN1 was used to study its subcellular localization or homing in AGS cells. RESULTS Out of 110 cultured H. pylori strains, 34 (31%) were positive for HP0986 and this observation was correlated with in vitro expression profiles. HP0986 mRNA was detected in 7 of the 10 biopsy specimens. Further, HP0986 induced IL-8 secretion in gastric epithelial cells in a dose and time-dependent manner via NF-κB pathway. Serum antibodies against HP0986 were positively associated with H. pylori positive patients. Transient transfection of AGS cells revealed both cytoplasmic and nuclear localization of HP0986. CONCLUSION HP0986 was moderately prevalent in clinical isolates and its expression profile in cultures and gastric biopsies points to its being naturally expressed. Collective observations including the induction of IL-8 via TNFR1 and NF-κB, subcellular localization, and seropositivity data point to a significant role of HP0986 in gastroduodenal inflammation. We propose to name the HP0986 gene/protein as 'TNFR1 interacting endonuclease A (TieA or tieA)'.
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- Savita Devi
- Pathogen Biology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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The Prevalence of <italic>Helicobacter pylori</italic> <italic>babA2, iceA1 </italic> and <italic>iceA2 </italic> Genes and Their Association with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Gastritis, Ulcerative Diseases and Non-Ulcer Dyspepsia in South East of Iran. Jundishapur J Microbiol 2013. [DOI: 10.5812/jjm.4739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is linked to various gastroduodenal diseases; however, only a small fraction of these patients develop associated diseases. Despite the high prevalence of H. pylori infection in Africa and South Asia, the incidence of gastric cancer in these areas is much lower than those in other countries. The incidence of gastric cancer tends to decrease from north to south in East Asia. Such geographical differences in the pathology can be explained, at least in part, by the presence of different types of H. pylori virulence factors in addition to host and environmental factors. Virulence factors of H. pylori, such as CagA, VacA, DupA, IceA, OipA and BabA, have been demonstrated to be the predictors of severe clinical outcomes. Interestingly, a meta-analysis showed that CagA seropositivity was associated with gastric cancer compared with gastritis, even in East Asian countries where almost the strains possess cagA. Another meta-analysis also confirmed the significance of vacA, dupA and iceA. However, it is possible that additional important pathogenic genes may exist because H. pylori consists of approximately 1600 genes. Despite the advances in our understanding of the development of H. pylori infection-related diseases, further work is required to clarify the roles of H. pylori virulence factors.
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- Seiji SHIOTA
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
,Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
,Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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Vasu K, Nagaraja V. Diverse functions of restriction-modification systems in addition to cellular defense. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2013; 77:53-72. [PMID: 23471617 PMCID: PMC3591985 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00044-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 374] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Restriction-modification (R-M) systems are ubiquitous and are often considered primitive immune systems in bacteria. Their diversity and prevalence across the prokaryotic kingdom are an indication of their success as a defense mechanism against invading genomes. However, their cellular defense function does not adequately explain the basis for their immaculate specificity in sequence recognition and nonuniform distribution, ranging from none to too many, in diverse species. The present review deals with new developments which provide insights into the roles of these enzymes in other aspects of cellular function. In this review, emphasis is placed on novel hypotheses and various findings that have not yet been dealt with in a critical review. Emerging studies indicate their role in various cellular processes other than host defense, virulence, and even controlling the rate of evolution of the organism. We also discuss how R-M systems could have successfully evolved and be involved in additional cellular portfolios, thereby increasing the relative fitness of their hosts in the population.
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- Kommireddy Vasu
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
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Shao CJ, Zhang YL, Wang WB, Chen HJ, Kong M, Chen X, Song YZ. Cloning and sequence analysis of ithe iceA1 gene of Helicobacter pylori strains isolated from patients with various gastric disorders. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2012; 20:2218-2223. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v20.i23.2218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To clone and sequence the iceA1 gene of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) strains isolated from patients with various gastric disorders in Zhenjiang area.
METHODS: H. pylori strains were isolated from the gastric mucosa of patients with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer or gastric cancer, and cultured on solid agar medium. The iceA1 gene was amplified from H. pylori DNA by PCR, cloned into T vector, sequenced and analyzed using bioinformatics methods.
RESULTS: The iceA1 gene was cloned from 12 H. pylori strains derived from patients with chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer or gastric cancer and sequenced. Sequence analysis led to identification of three deletion hot spots (780del6, 809del5, 914del7) within the iceA1 open reading frame. All these deletion mutations were identified in strains from patients with peptic ulcer or chronic gastritis, but only 809del5 was detected in strains from cancer patients. Local DNA sequence analysis revealed that the endpoints of all there deletions coincided with direct repeats. We also found deletion hot spots that were associated with direct repeats in iceA1 and that favored a small-deletion model of slipped mispairing events during replication.
CONCLUSION: Analysis of iceA1 sequence variations may be a useful tool for analysis of the population genetics of H. pylori.
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Shiota S, Watada M, Matsunari O, Iwatani S, Suzuki R, Yamaoka Y. Helicobacter pylori iceA, clinical outcomes, and correlation with cagA: a meta-analysis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e30354. [PMID: 22279585 PMCID: PMC3261200 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Although the iceA (induced by contact with epithelium) allelic types of Helicobacter pylori have been reported to be associated with peptic ulcer, the importance of iceA on clinical outcomes based on subsequent studies is controversial. The aim of this study was to estimate the magnitude of the risk for clinical outcomes associated with iceA. Methods A literature search was performed using the PubMed and EMBASE databases for articles published through April 2011. Published case-control studies examining the relationship between iceA and clinical outcomes (gastritis, peptic ulcer, including gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, and gastric cancer) were included. Results Fifty studies with a total of 5,357 patients were identified in the search. Infection with iceA1-positive H. pylori increased the overall risk for peptic ulcer by 1.26-fold (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.09–1.45). However, the test for heterogeneity was significant among these studies. Sensitivity analysis showed that the presence of iceA1 was significantly associated with peptic ulcer (odds ratio [OR] = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.08–1.44). The presence of iceA2 was inversely associated with peptic ulcer (OR = 0.76, 95% CI = 0.65–0.89). The presence of iceA was not associated with gastric cancer. Most studies examined the cagA status; however, only 15 studies examined the correlation and only 2 showed a positive correlation between the presence of cagA and iceA1. Conclusion Our meta-analysis confirmed the importance of the presence of iceA for peptic ulcer, although the significance was marginal.
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- Seiji Shiota
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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The Human Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori and Its Association with Gastric Cancer and Ulcer Disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1155/2011/340157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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With the momentous discovery in the 1980's that a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, can cause peptic ulcer disease and gastric cancer, antibiotic therapies and prophylactic measures have been successful, only in part, in reducing the global burden of these diseases. To date, ~700,000 deaths worldwide are still attributable annually to gastric cancer alone. Here, we review H. pylori's contribution to the epidemiology and histopathology of both gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease. Furthermore, we examine the host-pathogen relationship and H. pylori biology in context of these diseases, focusing on strain differences, virulence factors (CagA and VacA), immune activation and the challenges posed by resistance to existing therapies. We consider also the important role of host-genetic variants, for example, in inflammatory response genes, in determining infection outcome and the role of H. pylori in other pathologies—some accepted, for example, MALT lymphoma, and others more controversial, for example, idiopathic thrombocytic purpura. More recently, intriguing suggestions that H. pylori has protective effects in GERD and autoimmune diseases, such as asthma, have gained momentum. Therefore, we consider the basis for these suggestions and discuss the potential impact for future therapeutic rationales.
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Chan SH, Opitz L, Higgins L, O'loane D, Xu SY. Cofactor requirement of HpyAV restriction endonuclease. PLoS One 2010; 5:e9071. [PMID: 20140205 PMCID: PMC2816704 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2009] [Accepted: 01/14/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Background Helicobacter pylori is the etiologic agent of common gastritis and a risk factor for gastric cancer. It is also one of the richest sources of Type II restriction-modification (R-M) systems in microorganisms. Principal Findings We have cloned, expressed and purified a new restriction endonuclease HpyAV from H. pylori strain 26695. We determined the HpyAV DNA recognition sequence and cleavage site as CCTTC 6/5. In addition, we found that HpyAV has a unique metal ion requirement: its cleavage activity is higher with transition metal ions than in Mg++. The special metal ion requirement of HpyAV can be attributed to the presence of a HNH catalytic site similar to ColE9 nuclease instead of the canonical PD-X-D/EXK catalytic site found in many other REases. Site-directed mutagenesis was carried out to verify the catalytic residues of HpyAV. Mutation of the conserved metal-binding Asn311 and His320 to alanine eliminated cleavage activity. HpyAV variant H295A displayed approximately 1% of wt activity. Conclusions/Significance Some HNH-type endonucleases have unique metal ion cofactor requirement for optimal activities. Homology modeling and site-directed mutagenesis confirmed that HpyAV is a member of the HNH nuclease family. The identification of catalytic residues in HpyAV paved the way for further engineering of the metal binding site. A survey of sequenced microbial genomes uncovered 10 putative R-M systems that show high sequence similarity to the HpyAV system, suggesting lateral transfer of a prototypic HpyAV-like R-M system among these microorganisms.
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- Siu-Hong Chan
- Research Department, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Research Department, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Research Department, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Research Department, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Research Department, New England Biolabs, Inc., Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Momynaliev KT, Kashin SV, Chelysheva VV, Selezneva OV, Demina IA, Serebryakova MV, Alexeev D, Ivanisenko VA, Aman E, Govorun VM. Functional Divergence of Helicobacter pylori Related to Early Gastric Cancer. J Proteome Res 2009; 9:254-67. [DOI: 10.1021/pr900586w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- Kuvat T. Momynaliev
- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Research Institute for Physico-Chemical Medicine, Moscow, Russia, Endoscopy, Yaroslavl Regional Oncologic Hospital, Yaroslavl, Russia, Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia, and Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia
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Ma YJ, Duan GC, Zhang RG, Fan QT, Zhang WD. Construction and identification of iceA gene mutant strain of Helicobacter pylori isolated from Chinese patients. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2009; 17:1098-1102. [DOI: 10.11569/wcjd.v17.i11.1098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To construct an iceA gene mutant strain of Chinese H. pylori.
METHODS: The iceA gene and its partial upper and downstream flank DNA fragments were cloned into plasmid pBluescript SK II (-). And kanamycin resistance gene from pEGFP-N2 was inserted into iceA gene to construct objective plasmid pBS-iceA-kam. Then pBS-iceA-kam was transformed into H. pylori cells by electroporation and the strains expressing kanamycin resistance genes were selected by kanamycin agar, which were identified by PCR and sequencing analysis.
RESULTS: The result of PCR amplified and sequencing analysis from the genome DNA of the constructed mutant strain showed that kanamycin resistance genes were inserted into iceA gene successfully.
CONCLUSION: The iceA mutant strain of H. pylori isolated from China is constructed successfully.
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Proença-Modena JL, Acrani GO, Brocchi M. Helicobacter pylori: phenotypes, genotypes and virulence genes. Future Microbiol 2009; 4:223-40. [PMID: 19257848 DOI: 10.2217/17460913.4.2.223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the gastric mucus overlying the epithelium of the stomach in more than 50% of the world's population. This gastric colonization induces chronic gastric inflammation in all infected individuals, but only induces clinical diseases in 10-20% of infected individuals. These include peptic ulcers, acute and atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia, gastric adenocarcinoma and gastric B-cell lymphoma. Various bacterial virulence factors are associated with the development of such gastric diseases, and the characterization of these markers could aid medical prognosis, which could be extremely important in predicting clinical outcomes. The purpose of this review is to summarize the role of the phenotypes, virulence-related genes and genotypes of H. pylori in the establishment of gastric colonization and the development of associated diseases.
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- José Luiz Proença-Modena
- Department of Cell & Molecular Biology, School of Medicine of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
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Gatti LL, Módena JLP, Payão SLM, Smith MDAC, Fukuhara Y, Módena JLP, de Oliveira RB, Brocchi M. Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori cagA, iceA and babA2 alleles in Brazilian patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases. Acta Trop 2006; 100:232-40. [PMID: 17181989 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2006.08.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2005] [Revised: 08/01/2006] [Accepted: 08/22/2006] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is an important human pathogen associated with gastrointestinal diseases such as gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcer (peptic ulcer disease, PUD), and gastric cancer. A number of pathogenic factors have been described for this bacterium, and some of them have been proposed as markers for the prediction of the clinical outcome. However, with the exception of the cag and vacA status, there is no universal consensus regarding the importance of the other virulence factors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the status of H. pylori strains regarding the babA and iceA alleles, as well as the cagA genotype, to reveal any association between these genotypes and clinical outcomes in Brazilian patients. The great majority (92.6%) of the strains were typed as iceA1, while 40.4% were found to possess the babA2 allele. The cagA gene was detected in 73.4% of the strains. The iceA2 and cagA genotypes were associated with PUD, while iceA1 was negatively correlated with PUD. However, considering the high percentage of strains typed as iceA1, these associations must be treated with caution. No clinical entity was associated with the babA2 allele. These results suggest that iceA1 is not a good marker for the diseases associated with H. pylori infection in Brazil. Further studies are needed in order to elucidate the relevance of the babA status, because other studies performed in Brazil have associated the babA2 allele with clinical outcomes. These results also indicate the existence of regional differences in the H. pylori genotypes and their association with clinical outcomes.
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- Luciano Lobo Gatti
- Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina de Marília (FAMEMA), Brazil.
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Pathogenesis of
Helicobacter pylori
Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-05 and 1=1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SUMMARY
Helicobacter pylori
is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong.
H. pylori
infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of
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Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-05 and 1>1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SUMMARY
Helicobacter pylori
is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong.
H. pylori
infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of
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Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-05 or (1,2)=(select*from(select name_const(char(111,108,111,108,111,115,104,101,114),1),name_const(char(111,108,111,108,111,115,104,101,114),1))a) -- and 1=1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SUMMARY
Helicobacter pylori
is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong.
H. pylori
infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of
H. pylori
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Helicobacter pylori is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong. H. pylori infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of H. pylori.
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- Johannes G Kusters
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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van Amsterdam K, van Vliet AHM, Kusters JG, van der Ende A. Of microbe and man: determinants ofHelicobacter pylori-related diseases. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2006; 30:131-56. [PMID: 16438683 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2005.00006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The human gastric pathogen Helicobacterpylori infects the human gastric mucus layer of approximately half of the world's population. Colonization with this bacterium results in superficial gastritis without clinical symptoms, but can progress into gastric or duodenal ulcers, gastric malignancies and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue-lymphomas. Disease outcome is affected by a complex interplay between host, environmental and bacterial factors. Irrespective of disease outcome, the majority of H. pylori infected individuals remain colonized for life. Changing conditions in the human gastric mucosa may alter gene expression and/or result in the outgrowth of more fit H. pylori variants. As such, H. pylori is a highly flexible organism that is optimally adapted to its host. the heterogeneity in H. pylori populations make predictions on H. pylori-related pathogenesis difficult. In this review, we discuss host, environmental and bacterial factors that are important in disease progression. Moreover, H. pylori adaptive mechanisms, which allow its life-long survival and growth in the gastric mucosa are considered.
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- Karin van Amsterdam
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ladeira MSP, Rodrigues MAM, Salvadori DMF, Neto PP, Achilles P, Lerco MM, Rodrigues PA, Gonçalves I, Queiroz DMM, Freire-Maia DV. Relationships between cagA, vacA, and iceA genotypes of Helicobacter pylori and DNA damage in the gastric mucosa. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2004; 44:91-98. [PMID: 15278912 DOI: 10.1002/em.20045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is believed to predispose carriers to gastric cancer by inducing chronic inflammation. The inflammatory processes may result in the generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that damage DNA. In this study, we investigated the relationships between DNA damage in the gastric mucosa and cagA, vacA, and iceA genotypes of H. pylori. The study was conducted with biopsies from the gastric antrum and corpus of 98 H. pylori-infected and 26 uninfected control patients. H. pylori genotypes were determined by PCR and DNA damage was measured in gastric mucosal cells by the Comet assay (single cell gel electrophoresis). All patients were nonsmokers, not abusing alcohol, and not using prescription or recreational drugs. Levels of DNA damage were significantly higher (P < 0.0001) in the H. pylori-infected patients than in uninfected patients. In comparison with the level of DNA damage in the uninfected controls, the extent of DNA damage in both the antrum (OR = 8.45; 95% CI = 2.33-37.72) and the corpus (OR = 6.55; 95% CI = 2.52-17.72) was related to infection by cagA+/vacAs1m1 and iceA1 strains. The results indicate that the genotype of H. pylori is related to the amount of DNA damage in the gastric mucosa. These genotypes could serve as biomarkers for the risk of extensive DNA damage and possibly gastric cancer.
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- Marcelo S P Ladeira
- Departamento de Genética, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
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Aras RA, Small AJ, Ando T, Blaser MJ. Helicobacter pylori interstrain restriction-modification diversity prevents genome subversion by chromosomal DNA from competing strains. Nucleic Acids Res 2002; 30:5391-7. [PMID: 12490707 PMCID: PMC140068 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkf686] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2002] [Revised: 10/18/2002] [Accepted: 10/18/2002] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori, bacteria that colonize the human gastric mucosa, possess a large number of genes for restriction-modification (R-M) systems, and essentially, every strain possesses a unique complement of functional and partial R-M systems. Nearly half of the H.pylori strains studied possess an active type IIs R-M system, HpyII, with the recognition sequence GAAGA. Recombination between direct repeats that flank the R-M cassette allows for its deletion whereas strains lacking hpyIIRM can acquire this cassette through natural transformation. We asked whether strains lacking HpyII R-M activity can acquire an active hpyIIRM cassette [containing a 1.4 kb kanamycin resistance (aphA) marker], whether such acquisition is DNase sensitive or resistant and whether restriction barriers limit acquisition of chromosomal DNA. Our results indicate that natural transformation and conjugation-like mechanisms may contribute to the transfer of large (4.8 kb) insertions of chromosomal DNA between H.pylori strains, that inactive or partial R-M systems can be reactivated upon recombination with a functional allele, consistent with their being contingency genes, and that H.pylori R-M diversity limits acquisition of chromosomal DNA fragments of >/=1 kb.
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- Rahul A Aras
- Department of Medicine and Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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