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Knorr J, Backert S, Tegtmeyer N. SHP2-Independent Tyrosine Dephosphorylation of Cortactin and Vinculin during Infection with Helicobacter pylori. Eur J Microbiol Immunol (Bp) 2020; 10:20-27. [PMID: 32363035 PMCID: PMC7182119 DOI: 10.1556/1886.2020.00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori colonizes approximately half of the human world population. The bacterium injects the effector protein cytotoxin associated gene A (CagA) via a type-IV secretion system into host epithelial cells, where the protein becomes phosphorylated at specific EPIYA-motifs by cellular kinases. Inside the host cell, CagA can interact with over 25 different proteins in both phosphorylation-dependent and phosphorylation-independent manners, resulting in manipulation of host-cell signaling pathways. During the course of an H. pylori infection, certain host-cell proteins undergo tyrosine dephosphorylation in a CagA-dependent manner, including the actin-binding proteins cortactin and vinculin. A predominant response of intracellular CagA is the binding and activation of tyrosine phosphatase, the human Src-homology-region-2-domain-containing-phosphatase-2 (SHP2). Here, we considered the possibility that activated SHP2 might be responsible for the dephosphorylation of cortactin and vinculin. To investigate this, phosphatase inhibitor studies were performed. Additionally, a complete knockout mutant of SHP2 in AGS cells was created by CRISPR/Cas9 technology, and these cells were infected with H. pylori. However, neither the presence of an inhibitor nor the inactivation of SHP2 prevented the dephosphorylation of cortactin and vinculin upon CagA delivery. Tyrosine dephosphorylation of these proteins is therefore independent of SHP2 and instead must be caused by another, as yet unidentified, protein tyrosine phosphatase.
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Paydarnia N, Mansoori B, Esmaeili D, Kazemi T, Aghapour M, Hajiasgharzadeh K, Alizadeh N, Baradaran B. Helicobacter pylori Recombinant CagA Regulates Th1/Th2 Balance in a BALB/c Murine Model. Adv Pharm Bull 2020; 10:264-270. [PMID: 32373495 PMCID: PMC7191242 DOI: 10.34172/apb.2020.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2018] [Revised: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Purpose:Helicobacter pylori is recognized as one of the prevalent causes of human gastricinfection. In the present study, the role of mixed immunization with H. pylori lipopolysaccharide(LPS) and recombinant cytotoxin-associated gene A (rCagA) as a stimulator of host immuneresponses was determined. Methods: BALB/c mice were immunized with different formulations by the systemic administrationat 14-day intervals. The effects of the formulations plus CpG adjuvants were assessed before andpost-immunization in separated studies. Moreover, the expression of Th1/Th2 cytokines wasquantified in sera of immunized mice using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR)test and the protein levels confirmed with enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).Finally, the specific antibody levels in sera were studied by ELISA and the tendency of cellularresponse was examined by IgG1/IgG2a ratio. Results: Data of Western blotting verified the presence of constructed protein. Analysisof lymphocyte proliferation showed that CpG-conjugated rCagA increases lymphocytesproliferation compared to the control group. Also, it was shown that formulations containing LPSand rCagA promote a Th1 response indicated by interferon-gamma expression and induced Th1/Th2 balance. Additionally, the specific IgG1, total IgG and IgG2a levels elevated in response toall treatments. Ultimately, the IgG2a/IgG1 ratio in the mice immunized with rCagA-containingformulations increased. Conclusion: These results indicated that rCagA protein carried with CpG adjuvant not onlymaintained its antigenicity throughout the experiment but also induced robust Th1-biasedimmune responses. Therefore, it holds promise for the production of an efficient vaccine against H. pylori infection.
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- Nafiseh Paydarnia
- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, International Branch (Aras), Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.,Student Research Committee, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Wiese-Szadkowska M, Helmin-Basa A, Eljaszewicz A, Gackowska L, Januszewska M, Motyl I, Andryszczyk M, Wieczynska J, Michalkiewicz J. Selected commensal bacteria change profiles of Helicobacter pylori-induced T cells via dendritic cell modulation. Helicobacter 2019; 24:e12614. [PMID: 31328382 DOI: 10.1111/hel.12614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Revised: 05/07/2019] [Accepted: 05/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The mechanisms of downregulation of protective immunity against Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infection strongly depend on dendritic cell (DC)-induced T-lymphocyte differentiation pattern. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains can modulate Hp-induced immunoresponse by changes in DC activation profiles. Here, we want to find out if the LAB-pulsed DCs will change Hp-induced T-cell responsiveness patterns. MATERIALS AND METHODS The naive peripheral CD4+ T cells were co-cultured with Hp CagA + pulsed monocyte-derived DCs (DC/CD4+ T cell) in the presence/absence of the feces-derived probiotics: antagonistic or non-antagonistic to Hp (Lactobacillus rhamnosus 900, Lr, Lactobacillus paracasei 915, Lp, respectively), as assessed by the agar slab method. The regulatory T-cell (Treg) population was assessed by flow cytometry, and IFN-γ, IL-12p70, IL-10, and IL-17A levels were evaluated by ELISA method. RESULTS The Hp-pulsed DC/CD4+ T-cell co-cultures were characterized by high IL-10, decreased IL-12p70 and IFN-γ levels, and elevated Treg population. In contrast, Lr-pulsed DC/CD4+ T-cell co-cultures expressed low IL-10, high IL-12p70 and IFN-γ levels and declined Treg population; this responsiveness pattern was not changed by Hp. The responsiveness pattern of the Lp/Hp-pulsed DC/CD4+ T-cell co-cultures did not differ from those pulsed with Hp alone. CONCLUSION In contrast to Lp, Lr probiotic strain overcomes Hp-mediated immune profile in the DC/T-cell co-cultures toward Th1 pattern and limited generation of Tregs in vitro. Lr may therefore be used as a component of anti-Hp treatment.
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- Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Regenerative Medicine and Immune Regulation, Medical University of Bialystok, Bialystok, Poland
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- Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, The Institute of Technology Fermentation and Microbiology, Technical University of Lodz, Łodz, Poland
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- Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Technology and Sciences in Bydgoszcz, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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- Collegium Medicum, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.,Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Warsaw, Poland
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Maixner F, Thorell K, Granehäll L, Linz B, Moodley Y, Rattei T, Engstrand L, Zink A. Helicobacter pylori in ancient human remains. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25:6289-6298. [PMID: 31754290 PMCID: PMC6861846 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i42.6289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infects the stomachs of approximately 50% of all humans. With its universal occurrence, high infectivity and virulence properties it is considered as one of the most severe global burdens of modern humankind. It has accompanied humans for many thousands of years, and due to its high genetic variability and vertical transmission, its population genetics reflects the history of human migrations. However, especially complex demographic events such as the colonisation of Europe cannot be resolved with population genetic analysis of modern H. pylori strains alone. This is best exemplified with the reconstruction of the 5300-year-old H. pylori genome of the Iceman, a European Copper Age mummy. Our analysis provided precious insights into the ancestry and evolution of the pathogen and underlined the high complexity of ancient European population history. In this review we will provide an overview on the molecular analysis of H. pylori in mummified human remains that were done so far and we will outline methodological advancements in the field of ancient DNA research that support the reconstruction and authentication of ancient H. pylori genome sequences.
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- Frank Maixner
- Institute for Mummy Studies, EURAC Research, Bolzano 39100, Italy
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg SE405 30, Sweden
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- Institute for Mummy Studies, EURAC Research, Bolzano 39100, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, United States
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- Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou 0950, South Africa
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- Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm 141 83, Sweden
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- Institute for Mummy Studies, EURAC Research, Bolzano 39100, Italy
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Vergara D, Simeone P, Damato M, Maffia M, Lanuti P, Trerotola M. The Cancer Microbiota: EMT and Inflammation as Shared Molecular Mechanisms Associated with Plasticity and Progression. JOURNAL OF ONCOLOGY 2019; 2019:1253727. [PMID: 31772577 PMCID: PMC6854237 DOI: 10.1155/2019/1253727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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With the advent of novel molecular platforms for high-throughput/next-generation sequencing, the communities of commensal and pathogenic microorganisms that inhabit the human body have been defined in depth. In the last decade, the role of microbiota-host interactions in driving human cancer plasticity and malignant progression has been well documented. Germ-free preclinical models provided an invaluable tool to demonstrate that the human microbiota can confer susceptibility to various types of cancer and can also modulate the host response to therapeutic treatments. Of interest, besides the detrimental effects of dysbiosis on cancer etiopathogenesis, specific microorganisms have been shown to exert protective activities against cancer growth. This has strong clinical implications, as restoration of the physiologic microbiota is being rapidly implemented as a novel anticancer therapeutic strategy. Here, we reviewed past and recent literature depicting the role of microbiota-host interactions in modulating key molecular mechanisms that drive human cancer plasticity and lead to malignant progression. We analyzed microbiota-host interactions occurring in the gut as well as in other anatomic sites, such as oral and nasal cavities, lungs, breast, esophagus, stomach, reproductive tract, and skin. We revealed a common ground of biological alterations and pathways modulated by a dysbiotic microbiota and potentially involved in the control of cancer progression. The molecular mechanisms most frequently affected by the pathogenic microorganisms to induce malignant progression involve epithelial-mesenchymal transition- (EMT-) dependent barrier alterations and tumor-promoting inflammation. This evidence may pave the way to better stratify high-risk cancer patients based on unique microenvironmental/microbial signatures and to develop novel, personalized, biological therapies.
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- Daniele Vergara
- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Laboratory of Clinical Proteomic, “Giovanni Paolo II” Hospital, ASL-Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, “G.d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Laboratory of Cytomorphology, Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G.d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Laboratory of Clinical Proteomic, “Giovanni Paolo II” Hospital, ASL-Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy
- Laboratory of Clinical Proteomic, “Giovanni Paolo II” Hospital, ASL-Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, “G.d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Laboratory of Cytomorphology, Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G.d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Laboratory of Cancer Pathology, Center for Advanced Studies and Technology (CAST), “G.d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, “G.d'Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Šterbenc A, Jarc E, Poljak M, Homan M. Helicobacter pylori virulence genes. World J Gastroenterol 2019; 25:4870-4884. [PMID: 31543679 PMCID: PMC6737321 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i33.4870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Revised: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 08/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is one of the most important human pathogens, infecting approximately half of the global population. Despite its high prevalence, only a subset of H. pylori infected individuals develop serious gastroduodenal pathology. The pathogenesis of H. pylori infection and disease outcome is thus thought to be mediated by an intricate interplay between host, environmental and bacterial virulence factors. H. pylori has adapted to the harsh milieu of the human stomach through possession of various virulence genes that enable survival of the bacteria in the acidic environment, movement towards the gastric epithelium, and attachment to gastric epithelial cells. These virulence factors enable successful colonization of the gastric mucosa and sustain persistent H. pylori infection, causing chronic inflammation and tissue damage, which may eventually lead to the development of peptic ulcers and gastric cancer. Numerous studies have focused on the prevalence and role of putative H. pylori virulence genes in disease pathogenesis. While several virulence factors with various functions have been identified, disease associations appear to be less evident, especially among different study populations. This review presents key findings on the most important H. pylori virulence genes, including several bacterial adhesins and toxins, in children and adults, and focuses on their prevalence, clinical significance and potential relationships.
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- Anja Šterbenc
- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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- Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University Children’s Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia
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Tiwari SK, Shaik AS, Shaik AP, Alyousef AA, Bardia A, Habeeb MA, Khan AA. Gene expression patterns of COX-1, COX-2 and iNOS in H. Pylori infected histopathological conditions. Microb Pathog 2019; 135:103634. [PMID: 31325568 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2019.103634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 07/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Research indicates that Helicobacter pylori can inflict severe histological damage through the modulation of host-related genes. The current study investigated the effect of H. pylori genotypes in the outcome of disease, and the expression of anti-apoptotic related genes, COX-1, COX-2, and iNOS genes in benign, pre-malignant, and malignant lesions of gastric carcinogenesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tissue samples from H. pylori positive patients were graded based on the genotype of the infected H. pylori strain. Expression of COX-1, COX-2 and iNOS was assessed using a combination of real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry. RESULTS Gene expression studies confirmed that COX-2 and iNOS expression was highly and selectively induced in epithelium with premalignant changes such as atrophic conditions, metaplasia and dysplasia, suggesting an important role of these genes in the sequence to gastric carcinoma of the intestinal type. Furthermore, the expression of COX-2 and iNOS was also dependent on the genotype of H. pylori and subjects with genotype-1 exhibited significantly higher expressions of COX-2 and iNOS compared to other genotypes. Comparison of the expression levels among infected and uninfected individuals demonstrated significant difference in the expression pattern of COX-2 gene whereas iNOS expression was found only in subjects infected H. pylori (p < 0.001). Immunohistochemical staining showed 1.5619 folds higher propensity of COX-2 and 3.2941 folds higher intensity of iNOS expression in subjects infected with H. pylori genotype 1. CONCLUSION The up-regulation of COX-2 and iNOS was associated with the genotype of the H. pylori strain and the presence of certain genotype may greatly affect early events during carcinogenesis.
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- Santosh K Tiwari
- Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinical Laboratory Sciences Department, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Centre for Liver Research and Diagnostics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
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Zink A, Samadelli M, Gostner P, Piombino-Mascali D. Possible evidence for care and treatment in the Tyrolean Iceman. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PALEOPATHOLOGY 2019; 25:110-117. [PMID: 30098946 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpp.2018.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2018] [Revised: 07/16/2018] [Accepted: 07/25/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Tyrolean Iceman is the world's oldest glacier mummy. He was found in September 1991 in the Italian part of the Ötztal Alps. Since his discovery a variety of morphological, radiological and molecular analyses have been performed that revealed detailed insights into his state of health. Despite the various pathological conditions found in the Iceman, little is known about possible forms of care and treatment during the Copper Age in Northern Italy. A possible approach to this topic is the presence of tattoos on the mummified body. In previous work, it was already believed that the tattoos were administered as a kind of treatment for his lower back pain and degenerative joint disease of his knees, hip and wrist. In other studies, the tattoos of the Iceman have been related to an early form of acupuncture. We carefully re-evaluated the various health issues of the Iceman, including joint diseases, gastrointestinal problems and arterial calcifications and compared them to the location and number of tattoos. Together with the finding of medically effective fungi and plants, such as the birch polypore or fern in his equipment and intestines, we suggest that care and treatment was already common during the Iceman's time.
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- Albert Zink
- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, European Academy, Bolzano, Italy.
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- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, European Academy, Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Radiodiagnostics, Central Hospital, Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Anatomy, Histology and Anthropology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Aguilar C, Mano M, Eulalio A. Multifaceted Roles of microRNAs in Host-Bacterial Pathogen Interaction. Microbiol Spectr 2019; 7:10.1128/microbiolspec.bai-0002-2019. [PMID: 31152522 PMCID: PMC11026079 DOI: 10.1128/microbiolspec.bai-0002-2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a well-characterized class of small noncoding RNAs that act as major posttranscriptional regulators of gene expression. Accordingly, miRNAs have been associated with a wide range of fundamental biological processes and implicated in human diseases. During the past decade, miRNAs have also been recognized for their role in the complex interplay between the host and bacterial pathogens, either as part of the host response to counteract infection or as a molecular strategy employed by bacteria to subvert host pathways for their own benefit. Importantly, the characterization of downstream miRNA targets and their underlying mechanisms of action has uncovered novel molecular factors and pathways relevant to infection. In this article, we review the current knowledge of the miRNA response to bacterial infection, focusing on different bacterial pathogens, including Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Mycobacterium spp., and Helicobacter pylori, among others.
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- Carmen Aguilar
- Host RNA Metabolism Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Functional Genomics and RNA-Based Therapeutics Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Host RNA Metabolism Group, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology (IMIB), University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- RNA & Infection Group, Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology (CNC), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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Sousa DAD, Silva KVGCD, Cascon CM, Silva FBF, Mello MFVD, Leite JDS, Fonseca ABM, El-Jaick KB, Ferreira AMR. Epidermal growth factor receptor 2 immunoexpression in gastric cells of domestic cats with H. heilmannii infection. Acta Histochem 2019; 121:413-418. [PMID: 30890258 DOI: 10.1016/j.acthis.2019.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunoexpression of HER-2 in gastric cells of cats infected with Non H. pylori Helicobacter (NHPH) and to investigate an association with the presence of inflammatory infiltrate. Forty-eight paraffin-embedded gastric samples were retrieved from the archives of the Veterinary Anatomic Pathology Laboratory that had previously been shown to be positive for NHPH with the rapid urease test and cytology. Infection by NHPH was confirmed by histopathology using the Warthin-Starry staining. Hematoxylin-eosin stained sections were reviewed to evaluate inflammatory cell infiltrates. Immunohistochemical analysis was done using anti- H. pylori antibody and anti-HER-2 antibody. Molecular analysis was performed by PCR to confirm the presence of Helicobacter. Statistical analysis was performed to determine whether there was an association between the presence of H. Heilmannii and HER-2 expression in gastric samples. All samples were positive for NHPH, by immunohistochemistry, and confirmed by PCR as H. Heilmannii. On histopathologic analysis, 56,3% of the samples had lymphocytes and plasma cells infiltrates, 52,1% of which were mild and 4,2% moderate. The intensity of the inflammatory infiltrate in the gastric mucosa was significantly greater in the complete plasma membrane of parietal cells of gastric glands that had greater HER-2 immunoexpression (p = 0.0001). A statistically significant association (p = 0.007) between the H. Heilmannii infection score and the expression of HER-2 in the lateral membrane of gastric surface cells was observed. HER-2 expression may be increased in feline gastric cells infected by H. Heilmannii and in parietal cells of gastric glands with an increased inflammatory infiltrate.
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Slomiany BL, Slomiany A. Syk: a new target for attenuation of Helicobacter pylori-induced gastric mucosal inflammatory responses. Inflammopharmacology 2019; 27:203-211. [PMID: 30820719 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-019-00577-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The magnitude of gastric mucosal inflammatory response to H. pylori relies primarily on the extent of its key endotoxin, LPS, engagement of Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) and the initiation of signal transduction events converging on mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and IκB complex (IKK) cascades. These cascades, in turn, exert their control over the assembly of transcription factors, NFκB and AP1, implicated in the induction of the expression of iNOS and COX-2 proinflammatory genes. The LPS-induced TLR4 activation and the ensuing phosphorylation of its intracellular tyrosine domain by Src-family kinases not only leads to recruitment to the cytoplasmic domain of TLR4 of adaptor molecules directly involved in propagation of the signaling cascades converging on MAPK and IKK, but also provides a propitious docking site for a non-receptor tyrosine kinase, spleen tyrosine kinase (Syk), the activation of which apparently leads to upregulation in the expression of proinflammatory genes. Here, we review the pathways engaged by H. pylori in the recruitment and interaction of Syk with TLR4 in gastric mucosa, and discuss the cascades involved in Syk-mediated amplification in proinflammatory signaling. We focus, moreover, on the potential role of drugs targeting Syk and TLR4 in the treatment of H. pylori-related gastric disease.
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- Bronislaw L Slomiany
- Research Center, C855, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 110 Bergen Street, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ, 07103-2400, USA.
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- Research Center, C855, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 110 Bergen Street, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ, 07103-2400, USA
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Endoplasmic reticulum proteostasis control and gastric cancer. Cancer Lett 2019; 449:263-271. [PMID: 30776479 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2019.01.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2018] [Revised: 01/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/26/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the primary organelle responsible for the synthesis, modification, folding and secretion of proteins, especially in specialized secretory cells. It also contributes to the maintenance of cellular functions, such as Ca2+ storage, lipogenesis, gluconeogenesis, and organelle biogenesis. Cellular stress conditions, such as glucose deprivation, hypoxia and disturbance of Ca2+ homeostasis, may increase the risk of protein misfolding and perturb proteostasis. This activates ER stress and triggers the unfolded protein response (UPR), leading to either the restoration of homeostasis or cell death. ER stress and UPR have been shown to play crucial roles in the pathogenesis, progression and treatment response of various cancers. In gastric cancer (GC), one of the most aggressive cancer types, critical functions of ER stress signaling have also started to emerge. Herein, we summarize the current knowledge linking ER stress and UPR to GC; we also discuss the possible nodes of therapeutic intervention and propose directions of future research.
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Guven-Maiorov E, Tsai CJ, Ma B, Nussinov R. Interface-Based Structural Prediction of Novel Host-Pathogen Interactions. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1851:317-335. [PMID: 30298406 PMCID: PMC8192064 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8736-8_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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About 20% of the cancer incidences worldwide have been estimated to be associated with infections. However, the molecular mechanisms of exactly how they contribute to host tumorigenesis are still unknown. To evade host defense, pathogens hijack host proteins at different levels: sequence, structure, motif, and binding surface, i.e., interface. Interface similarity allows pathogen proteins to compete with host counterparts to bind to a target protein, rewire physiological signaling, and result in persistent infections, as well as cancer. Identification of host-pathogen interactions (HPIs)-along with their structural details at atomic resolution-may provide mechanistic insight into pathogen-driven cancers and innovate therapeutic intervention. HPI data including structural details is scarce and large-scale experimental detection is challenging. Therefore, there is an urgent and mounting need for efficient and robust computational approaches to predict HPIs and their complex (bound) structures. In this chapter, we review the first and currently only interface-based computational approach to identify novel HPIs. The concept of interface mimicry promises to identify more HPIs than complete sequence or structural similarity. We illustrate this concept with a case study on Kaposi's sarcoma herpesvirus (KSHV) to elucidate how it subverts host immunity and helps contribute to malignant transformation of the host cells.
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- Emine Guven-Maiorov
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA.
- Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler Inst. of Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Whitmire JM, Merrell DS. Helicobacter pylori Genetic Polymorphisms in Gastric Disease Development. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1149:173-194. [DOI: 10.1007/5584_2019_365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nolen LD, Bruden D, Miernyk K, McMahon BJ, Sacco F, Varner W, Mezzetti T, Hurlburt D, Tiesinga J, Bruce MG. H. pylori-associated pathologic findings among Alaska native patients. Int J Circumpolar Health 2018; 77:1510715. [PMID: 30157723 PMCID: PMC6116699 DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2018.1510715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection is common among Alaska native (AN) people, however scant gastric histopathologic data is available for this population. This study aimed to characterise gastric histopathology and H. pylori infection among AN people. We enrolled AN adults undergoing upper endoscopy. Gastric biopsy samples were evaluated for pathologic changes, the presence of H. pylori, and the presence of cag pathogenicity island-positive bacteria. Of 432 persons; two persons were diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma, two with MALT lymphoma, 40 (10%) with ulcers, and 51 (12%) with intestinal metaplasia. Fifty-five per cent of H. pylori-positive persons had cag pathogenicity island positive bacteria. The gastric antrum had the highest prevalence of acute and chronic moderate-severe gastritis. H. pylori-positive persons were 16 and four times more likely to have moderate-severe acute gastritis and chronic gastritis (p < 0.01), respectively. An intact cag pathogenicity island positive was correlated with moderate-severe acute antral gastritis (53% vs. 31%, p = 0.0003). H. pylori-positive persons were more likely to have moderate-severe acute and chronic gastritis compared to H. pylori-negative persons. Gastritis and intestinal metaplasia were most frequently found in the gastric antrum. Intact cag pathogenicity island positive was correlated with acute antral gastritis and intestinal metaplasia.
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- Leisha Diane Nolen
- Arctic Investigations Program, DPEI/NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Arctic Investigations Program, DPEI/NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Arctic Investigations Program, DPEI/NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Arctic Investigations Program, DPEI/NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
- Liver Disease and Hepatitis Program, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Department of Surgery, The Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, The Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, The Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Arctic Investigations Program, DPEI/NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, The Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, AK, USA
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- Arctic Investigations Program, DPEI/NCEZID, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Anchorage, AK, USA
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Mojtahedi A, Fakhrieh Asl S, Aminian K, Pourvahedi M, Saadat F, Fallah Karkan M. The association between iceA and vacA allelic gene variations of Helicobacter pylori strains and gastric disorders. GENE REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.genrep.2018.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Mannion A, Shen Z, Fox JG. Comparative genomics analysis to differentiate metabolic and virulence gene potential in gastric versus enterohepatic Helicobacter species. BMC Genomics 2018; 19:830. [PMID: 30458713 PMCID: PMC6247508 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-018-5171-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Background The genus Helicobacter are gram-negative, microaerobic, flagellated, mucus-inhabiting bacteria associated with gastrointestinal inflammation and classified as gastric or enterohepatic Helicobacter species (EHS) according to host species and colonization niche. While there are over 30 official species, little is known about the physiology and pathogenic mechanisms of EHS, which account for most in the genus, as well as what genetic factors differentiate gastric versus EHS, given they inhabit different hosts and colonization niches. The objective of this study was to perform a whole-genus comparative analysis of over 100 gastric versus EHS genomes in order to identify genetic determinants that distinguish these Helicobacter species and provide insights about their evolution/adaptation to different hosts, colonization niches, and mechanisms of virulence. Results Whole-genome phylogeny organized Helicobacter species according to their presumed gastric or EHS classification. Analysis of orthologs revealed substantial heterogeneity in physiological and virulence-related genes between gastric and EHS genomes. Metabolic reconstruction predicted that unlike gastric species, EHS appear asaccharolytic and dependent on amino/organic acids to fuel metabolism. Additionally, gastric species lack de novo biosynthetic pathways for several amino acids and purines found in EHS and instead rely on environmental uptake/salvage pathways. Comparison of virulence factor genes between gastric and EHS genomes identified overlapping yet distinct profiles and included canonical cytotoxins, outer membrane proteins, secretion systems, and survival factors. Conclusions The major differences in predicted metabolic function suggest gastric species and EHS may have evolved for survival in the nutrient-rich stomach versus the nutrient-devoid environments, respectively. Contrasting virulence factor gene profiles indicate gastric species and EHS may utilize different pathogenic mechanisms to chronically infect hosts and cause inflammation and tissue damage. The findings from this study provide new insights into the genetic differences underlying gastric versus EHS and support the need for future experimental studies to characterize these pathogens. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12864-018-5171-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Anthony Mannion
- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Chmiela M, Walczak N, Rudnicka K. Helicobacter pylori outer membrane vesicles involvement in the infection development and Helicobacter pylori-related diseases. J Biomed Sci 2018; 25:78. [PMID: 30409143 PMCID: PMC6225681 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-018-0480-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 10/24/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori - (H. pylori) play a role in the pathogenesis of gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers as well as gastric cancer. A possible involvement of outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) produced by H. pylori in the distribution of bacterial antigens through the gastric epithelial barrier and their role in the development of local and systemic host inflammatory and immune responses has been suggested. OMVs contain various biologically active compounds, which internalize into host cells affecting signaling pathways and promoting apoptosis of gastric epithelial and immunocompetent cells. OMVs-associated H. pylori virulence factors may strengthen or downregulate the immune responses leading to disease development. This review describes the biological importance of H. pylori OMVs and their role in the course of H. pylori infections, as well as H. pylori related local and systemic effects.
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- Magdalena Chmiela
- Laboratory of Gastroimmunology, Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- Laboratory of Gastroimmunology, Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland
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- Laboratory of Gastroimmunology, Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Banacha 12/16, 90-237, Łódź, Poland.
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Insights Into the Relationship Between Gut Microbiota and Colorectal Cancer. CURRENT COLORECTAL CANCER REPORTS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s11888-018-0419-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Li FY, Weng IC, Lin CH, Kao MC, Wu MS, Chen HY, Liu FT. Helicobacter pylori induces intracellular galectin-8 aggregation around damaged lysosomes within gastric epithelial cells in a host O-glycan-dependent manner. Glycobiology 2018; 29:151-162. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwy095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/05/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Galectin-8, a beta-galactoside-binding lectin, is upregulated in the gastric tissues of rhesus macaques infected with Helicobacter pylori. In this study, we found that H. pylori infection triggers intracellular galectin-8 aggregation in human-derived AGS gastric epithelial cells, and that these aggregates colocalize with lysosomes. Notably, this aggregation is markedly reduced following the attenuation of host O-glycan processing. This indicates that H. pylori infection induces lysosomal damage, which in turn results in the accumulation of cytosolic galectin-8 around damaged lysosomes through the recognition of exposed vacuolar host O-glycans. H. pylori-induced galectin-8 aggregates also colocalize with autophagosomes, and galectin-8 ablation reduces the activation of autophagy by H. pylori. This suggests that galectin-8 aggregates may enhance autophagy activity in infected cells. We also observed that both autophagy and NDP52, an autophagy adapter, contribute to the augmentation of galectin-8 aggregation by H. pylori. Additionally, vacuolating cytotoxin A, a secreted H. pylori cytotoxin, may contribute to the increased galectin-8 aggregation and elevated autophagy response in infected cells. Collectively, these results suggest that H. pylori promotes intracellular galectin-8 aggregation, and that galectin-8 aggregation and autophagy may reciprocally regulate each other during infection.
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- Fang-Yen Li
- Graduate Institute of Immunology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of California-Davis, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Servetas SL, Doster RS, Kim A, Windham IH, Cha JH, Gaddy JA, Merrell DS. ArsRS-Dependent Regulation of homB Contributes to Helicobacter pylori Biofilm Formation. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:1497. [PMID: 30116222 PMCID: PMC6083042 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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One elusive area in the Helicobacter pylori field is an understanding of why some infections result in gastric cancer, yet others persist asymptomatically for the life-span of the individual. Even before the genomic era, the high level of intraspecies diversity of H. pylori was well recognized and became an intriguing area of investigation with respect to disease progression. Of interest in this regard is the unique repertoire of over 60 outer membrane proteins (OMPs), several of which have been associated with disease outcome. Of these OMPs, the association between HomB and disease outcome varies based on the population being studied. While the molecular roles for some of the disease-associated OMPs have been evaluated, little is known about the role that HomB plays in the H. pylori lifecycle. Thus, herein we investigated homB expression, regulation, and contribution to biofilm formation. We found that in H. pylori strain G27, homB was expressed at a relatively low level until stationary phase. Furthermore, homB expression was suppressed at low pH in an ArsRS-dependent manner; mutation of arsRS resulted in increased homB transcript at all tested time-points. ArsRS regulation of homB appeared to be direct as purified ArsR was able to specifically bind to the homB promoter. This regulation, combined with our previous finding that ArsRS mutations lead to enhanced biofilm formation, led us to test the hypothesis that homB contributes to biofilm formation by H. pylori. Indeed, subsequent biofilm analysis using a crystal-violet quantification assay and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) revealed that loss of homB from hyper-biofilm forming strains resulted in reversion to a biofilm phenotype that mimicked wild-type. Furthermore, expression of homB in trans from a promoter that negated ArsRS regulation led to enhanced biofilm formation even in strains in which the chromosomal copy of homB had been deleted. Thus, homB is necessary for hyper-biofilm formation of ArsRS mutant strains and aberrant regulation of this gene is sufficient to induce a hyper-biofilm phenotype. In summary, these data suggest that the ArsRS-dependent regulation of OMPs such as HomB may be one mechanism by which ArsRS dictates biofilm development in a pH responsive manner.
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- Stephanie L Servetas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States
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- BK21 Plus Project, Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- BK21 Plus Project, Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, South Korea.,Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea.,Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States.,Tennessee Valley Healthcare Systems, Department of Veterans Affairs, Nashville, TN, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Vaziri F, Tarashi S, Fateh A, Siadat SD. New insights of Helicobacter pylori host-pathogen interactions: The triangle of virulence factors, epigenetic modifications and non-coding RNAs. World J Clin Cases 2018; 6:64-73. [PMID: 29774218 PMCID: PMC5955730 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v6.i5.64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2018] [Revised: 02/09/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a model organism for understanding host-pathogen interactions and infection-mediated carcinogenesis. Gastric cancer and H. pylori colonization indicates the strong correlation. The progression and exacerbation of H. pylori infection are influenced by some factors of pathogen and host. Several virulence factors involved in the proper adherence and attenuation of immune defense to contribute the risk of emerging gastric cancer, therefore analysis of them is very important. H. pylori also modulates inflammatory and autophagy process to intensify its pathogenicity. From the host regard, different genetic factors particularly affect the development of gastric cancer. Indeed, epigenetic modifications, MicroRNA and long non-coding RNA received more attention. Generally, various factors related to pathogen and host that modulate gastric cancer development in response to H. pylori need more attention due to develop an efficacious therapeutic intervention. Therefore, this paper will present a brief overview of host-pathogen interaction especially emphases on bacterial virulence factors, interruption of host cellular signaling, the role of epigenetic modifications and non-coding RNAs.
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- Farzam Vaziri
- Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
- Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
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- Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
- Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
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- Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
- Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
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- Microbiology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
- Department of Mycobacteriology and Pulmonary Research, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran 1316943551, Iran
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Nomura R, Ogaya Y, Matayoshi S, Morita Y, Nakano K. Molecular and clinical analyses of Helicobacter pylori colonization in inflamed dental pulp. BMC Oral Health 2018; 18:64. [PMID: 29661188 PMCID: PMC5902987 DOI: 10.1186/s12903-018-0526-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 04/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Recently, dental pulp has been considered a possible source of infection of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in children. We previously developed a novel PCR system for H. pylori detection with high specificity and sensitivity using primer sets constructed based on the complete genome information for 48 H. pylori strains. This PCR system showed high sensitivity with a detection limit of 1–10 cells when serial dilutions of H. pylori genomic DNA were used as templates. However, the detection limit was lower (102–103 cells) when H. pylori bacterial DNA was detected from inflamed pulp specimens. Thus, we further refined the system using a nested PCR method, which was much more sensitive than the previous single PCR method. In addition, we examined the distribution and virulence of H. pylori in inflamed pulp tissue. Methods Nested PCR system was constructed using primer sets designed from the complete genome information of 48 H. pylori strains. The detection limit of the nested PCR system was 1–10 cells using both H. pylori genomic DNA and bacterial DNA isolated from inflamed pulp specimens. Next, distribution of H. pylori was examined using 131 inflamed pulp specimens with the nested PCR system. In addition, association between the detection of H. pylori and clinical information regarding endodontic-infected teeth were investigated. Furthermore, adhesion property of H. pylori strains to human dental fibroblast cells was examined. Results H. pylori was present in 38.9% of inflamed pulp specimens using the nested PCR system. H. pylori was shown to be predominantly detected in primary teeth rather than permanent teeth. In addition, samplings of the inflamed pulp were performed twice from the same teeth at 1- or 2-week intervals, which revealed that H. pylori was detected in most specimens in both samplings. Furthermore, H. pylori strains showed adhesion property to human dental fibroblast cells. Conclusion Our results suggest that H. pylori colonizes inflamed pulp in approximately 40% of all cases through adhesion to human dental fibroblast cells.
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- Ryota Nomura
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Division of Oral Infection and Disease Control, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Polakovicova I, Jerez S, Wichmann IA, Sandoval-Bórquez A, Carrasco-Véliz N, Corvalán AH. Role of microRNAs and Exosomes in Helicobacter pylori and Epstein-Barr Virus Associated Gastric Cancers. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:636. [PMID: 29675003 PMCID: PMC5895734 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 03/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Emerging evidence suggests that chronic inflammation caused by pathogen infection is connected to the development of various types of cancer. It is estimated that up to 20% of all cancer deaths is linked to infections and inflammation. In gastric cancer, such triggers can be infection of the gastric epithelium by either Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a bacterium present in half of the world population; or by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a double-stranded DNA virus which has recently been associated with gastric cancer. Both agents can establish lifelong inflammation by evolving to escape immune surveillance and, under certain conditions, contribute to the development of gastric cancer. Non-coding RNAs, mainly microRNAs (miRNAs), influence the host innate and adaptive immune responses, though long non-coding RNAs and viral miRNAs also alter these processes. Reports suggest that chronic infection results in altered expression of host miRNAs. In turn, dysregulated miRNAs modulate the host inflammatory immune response, favoring bacterial survival and persistence within the gastric mucosa. Given the established roles of miRNAs in tumorigenesis and innate immunity, they may serve as an important link between H. pylori- and EBV-associated inflammation and carcinogenesis. Example of this is up-regulation of miR-155 in H. pylori and EBV infection. The tumor environment contains a variety of cells that need to communicate with each other. Extracellular vesicles, especially exosomes, allow these cells to deliver certain type of information to other cells promoting cancer growth and metastasis. Exosomes have been shown to deliver not only various types of genetic information, mainly miRNAs, but also cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA), a major H. pylori virulence factor. In addition, a growing body of evidence demonstrates that exosomes contain genetic material of viruses and viral miRNAs and proteins such as EBV latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) which are delivered into recipient cells. In this review, we focus on the dysregulated H. pylori- and EBV-associated miRNAs while trying to unveil possible causal mechanisms. Moreover, we discuss the role of exosomes as vehicles for miRNA delivery in H. pylori- and EBV-related carcinogenesis.
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- Iva Polakovicova
- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,UC Center for Investigational Oncology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,UC Center for Investigational Oncology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Advanced Center for Chronic Diseases, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,UC Center for Investigational Oncology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,Department of Hematology-Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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Servetas SL, Kim A, Su H, Cha JH, Merrell DS. Comparative analysis of the Hom family of outer membrane proteins in isolates from two geographically distinct regions: The United States and South Korea. Helicobacter 2018; 23:e12461. [PMID: 29315985 DOI: 10.1111/hel.12461] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori encodes numerous outer membrane proteins (OMPs), but only a few have been characterized in depth. Deletion, duplication, and allelic variation of many of the H. pylori OMPs have been reported, which suggests that these proteins may play key roles in host adaptation. Herein, we characterize the variation observed within the Hom family of OMPs in H. pylori obtained from two geographically distinct populations. MATERIALS AND METHODS PCR genotyping of the hom genes was carried out using clinical isolates from South Korea and the United States. A combination of statistical, phylogenetic, and protein modeling analyses was conducted to further characterize the hom variants. RESULTS Variations in the closely related hom genes, homA and homB, occur in regions that are predicted to encode environmentally exposed loops. A similar phenomenon is true for homCS as compared to homCL . Conversely, little variation was observed in homD. Certain variants of the Hom family of proteins were more prominent in isolates from the Korean population as compared to isolates from the United States. CONCLUSION En masse, our data show that the homA, homB, and homC profiles vary based upon the geographic origin of the strain; however, the fourth member of the hom family, homD, is more highly conserved. Additionally, protein topology modeling showed that many of the less well-conserved regions between homA and homB and between homCS and homCL corresponded to predicted environmentally exposed loops, suggesting that the divergence of the Hom family may be due to host adaptation/pressure.
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- Stephanie L Servetas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, BK21 Plus Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, BK21 Plus Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.,Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, BK21 Plus Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, Korea.,Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.,Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Updating the genomic taxonomy and epidemiology of Campylobacter hyointestinalis. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2393. [PMID: 29403020 PMCID: PMC5799301 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20889-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Campylobacter hyointestinalis is a member of an emerging group of zoonotic Campylobacter spp. that are increasingly identified in both gastric and non-gastric disease in humans. Here, we discovered C. hyointestinalis in three separate classes of New Zealand ruminant livestock; cattle, sheep and deer. To investigate the relevance of these findings we performed a systematic literature review on global C. hyointestinalis epidemiology and used comparative genomics to better understand and classify members of the species. We found that C. hyointestinalis subspecies hyointestinalis has an open pangenome, with accessory gene contents involved in many essential processes such as metabolism, virulence and defence. We observed that horizontal gene transfer is likely to have played an overwhelming role in species diversification, favouring a public-goods-like mechanism of gene ‘acquisition and resampling’ over a tree-of-life-like vertical inheritance model of evolution. As a result, simplistic gene-based inferences of taxonomy by similarity are likely to be misleading. Such genomic plasticity will also mean that local evolutionary histories likely influence key species characteristics, such as host-association and virulence. This may help explain geographical differences in reported C. hyointestinalis epidemiology and limits what characteristics may be generalised, requiring further genomic studies of C. hyointestinalis in areas where it causes disease.
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Nguyen PM, Putoczki TL. Could the inhibition of IL-17 or IL-18 be a potential therapeutic opportunity for gastric cancer? Cytokine 2018; 118:8-18. [PMID: 29396054 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2018.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 01/08/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chronic inflammation is recognized as a key tumor-promoting factor in a number of epithelial cancers, including gastric cancer (GC). The production of pro-inflammatory cytokines in the tumor microenvironment by both the innate and the adaptive immune response can activate signaling pathways that are associated with increased cell survival and proliferation of cancer cells. Among the cytokines that have most commonly been linked to inflammation-associated cancers, are the Th17 cell-associated cytokines IL-17A, IL-23, IL-22, and the IL-1 family members IL-1β and IL-18. However, whether their contribution to inflammation-associated cancers is universal, or specific to individual types of cancers, remains to be elucidated. This review will explore our current understanding of the known roles of these cytokines in gastritis and discuss how their therapeutic inhibition may be useful for GC.
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- Paul M Nguyen
- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria 3052, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia
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- Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Victoria 3052, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3052, Australia.
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Guven-Maiorov E, Tsai CJ, Ma B, Nussinov R. Prediction of Host-Pathogen Interactions for Helicobacter pylori by Interface Mimicry and Implications to Gastric Cancer. J Mol Biol 2017; 429:3925-3941. [PMID: 29106933 PMCID: PMC7906438 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2017.10.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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There is a strong correlation between some pathogens and certain cancer types. One example is Helicobacter pylori and gastric cancer. Exactly how they contribute to host tumorigenesis is, however, a mystery. Pathogens often interact with the host through proteins. To subvert defense, they may mimic host proteins at the sequence, structure, motif, or interface levels. Interface similarity permits pathogen proteins to compete with those of the host for a target protein and thereby alter the host signaling. Detection of host-pathogen interactions (HPIs) and mapping the re-wired superorganism HPI network-with structural details-can provide unprecedented clues to the underlying mechanisms and help therapeutics. Here, we describe the first computational approach exploiting solely interface mimicry to model potential HPIs. Interface mimicry can identify more HPIs than sequence or complete structural similarity since it appears more common than the other mimicry types. We illustrate the usefulness of this concept by modeling HPIs of H. pylori to understand how they modulate host immunity, persist lifelong, and contribute to tumorigenesis. H. pylori proteins interfere with multiple host pathways as they target several host hub proteins. Our results help illuminate the structural basis of resistance to apoptosis, immune evasion, and loss of cell junctions seen in H. pylori-infected host cells.
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- Emine Guven-Maiorov
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA; Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel.
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Mommersteeg MC, Yu J, Peppelenbosch MP, Fuhler GM. Genetic host factors in Helicobacter pylori-induced carcinogenesis: Emerging new paradigms. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2017; 1869:42-52. [PMID: 29154808 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2017.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Revised: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Helicobacter Pylori is a gram negative rod shaped microaerophilic bacterium that colonizes the stomach of approximately half the world's population. Infection with c may cause chronic gastritis which via a quite well described process known as Correas cascade can progress through sequential development of atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia to gastric cancer. H. pylori is currently the only bacterium that is classified as a class 1 carcinogen by the WHO, although the exact mechanisms by which this bacterium contributes to gastric carcinogenesis are still poorly understood. Only a minority of H. pylori-infected patients will eventually develop gastric cancer, suggesting that host factors may be important in determining the outcome of H. pylori infection. This is supported by a growing body of evidence suggesting that the host genetic background contributes to risk of H. pylori infection and gastric carcinogenesis. In particular single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that influence bacterial handling via pattern recognition receptors appear to be involved, further strengthening the link between host risk factors, H. pylori incidence and cancer. Many of these genes influence cellular pathways leading to inflammatory signaling, inflammasome formation and autophagy. In this review we summarize known carcinogenic effects of H. pylori, and discuss recent findings that implicate host genetic pattern recognition pathways in the development of gastric cancer and their relation with H. pylori.
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- Michiel C Mommersteeg
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical center Rotterdam, Office NA-619, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Institute of Digestive Disease, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Disease, Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences and CUHK-Shenzhen Research Institute, Rm 707A, 7/F., Li Ka Shing Medical Science Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical center Rotterdam, Office NA-619, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical center Rotterdam, Office NA-619, PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Chang CH, Wu JB, Yang JS, Lai YJ, Su CH, Lu CC, Hsu YM. The Suppressive Effects of Geniposide and Genipin on Helicobacter pylori
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and In Vivo. J Food Sci 2017; 82:3021-3028. [PMID: 29135040 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.13955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 09/19/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Chiung-Hung Chang
- Dept. of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Tainan Municipal Hospital; Tainan Taiwan
- Dept. of Traditional Chinese Medicine; Taichung Veterans General Hospital; Taichung Taiwan
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- School of Pharmacy; China Medical Univ.; Taichung Taiwan
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- Dept. of Medical Research, China Medical Univ. Hospital; China Medical Univ.; Taichung Taiwan
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- Dept. of Biological Science and Technology; China Medical Univ.; Taichung Taiwan
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- Dept. of Biological Science and Technology; China Medical Univ.; Taichung Taiwan
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- Dept. of Pharmacy; Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital; Hualien Taiwan
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- Dept. of Biological Science and Technology; China Medical Univ.; Taichung Taiwan
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Hundreds of different species colonize multicellular organisms making them "metaorganisms". A growing body of data supports the role of microbiota in health and in disease. Grasping the principles of host-microbiota interactions (HMIs) at the molecular level is important since it may provide insights into the mechanisms of infections. The crosstalk between the host and the microbiota may help resolve puzzling questions such as how a microorganism can contribute to both health and disease. Integrated superorganism networks that consider host and microbiota as a whole-may uncover their code, clarifying perhaps the most fundamental question: how they modulate immune surveillance. Within this framework, structural HMI networks can uniquely identify potential microbial effectors that target distinct host nodes or interfere with endogenous host interactions, as well as how mutations on either host or microbial proteins affect the interaction. Furthermore, structural HMIs can help identify master host cell regulator nodes and modules whose tweaking by the microbes promote aberrant activity. Collectively, these data can delineate pathogenic mechanisms and thereby help maximize beneficial therapeutics. To date, challenges in experimental techniques limit large-scale characterization of HMIs. Here we highlight an area in its infancy which we believe will increasingly engage the computational community: predicting interactions across kingdoms, and mapping these on the host cellular networks to figure out how commensal and pathogenic microbiota modulate the host signaling and broadly cross-species consequences.
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- Emine Guven-Maiorov
- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, United States of America
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, United States of America
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, United States of America
- Sackler Inst. of Molecular Medicine, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Gutiérrez-Escobar AJ, Trujillo E, Acevedo O, Bravo MM. Phylogenomics of Colombian Helicobacter pylori isolates. Gut Pathog 2017; 9:52. [PMID: 28912838 PMCID: PMC5594506 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-017-0201-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Background During the Spanish colonisation of South America, African slaves and Europeans arrived in the continent with their corresponding load of pathogens, including Helicobacter pylori. Colombian strains have been clustered with the hpEurope population and with the hspWestAfrica subpopulation in multilocus sequence typing (MLST) studies. However, ancestry studies have revealed the presence of population components specific to H. pylori in Colombia. The aim of this study was to perform a thorough phylogenomic analysis to describe the evolution of the Colombian urban H. pylori isolates. Results A total of 115 genomes of H. pylori were sequenced with Illumina technology from H. pylori isolates obtained in Colombia in a region of high risk for gastric cancer. The genomes were assembled, annotated and underwent phylogenomic analysis with 36 reference strains. Additionally, population differentiation analyses were performed for two bacterial genes. The phylogenetic tree revealed clustering of the Colombian strains with hspWestAfrica and hpEurope, along with three clades formed exclusively by Colombian strains, suggesting the presence of independent evolutionary lines for Colombia. Additionally, the nucleotide diversity of horB and vacA genes from Colombian isolates was lower than in the reference strains and showed a significant genetic differentiation supporting the hypothesis of independent clades with recent evolution. Conclusions The presence of specific lineages suggest the existence of an hspColombia subtype that emerged from a small and relatively isolated ancestral population that accompanied crossbreeding of human population in Colombia. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13099-017-0201-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Andrés Julián Gutiérrez-Escobar
- Grupo de Investigaciones Biomédicas y Genética Humana Aplicada, Programa de Medicina, Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas y Ambientales, Calle 222 55-37, Bogotá, Colombia.,Programa de Doctorado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 40-62, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Calle 1 9-85, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Biofísica y Bioquímica Estructural, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7 40-62, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Calle 1 9-85, Bogotá, Colombia
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Medina ML, Medina MG, Merino LA. Correlation between virulence markers of Helicobacter pylori in the oral cavity and gastric biopsies. ARQUIVOS DE GASTROENTEROLOGIA 2017; 54:217-221. [PMID: 28724047 DOI: 10.1590/s0004-2803.201700000-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND: The clinical outcome of Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with virulence factors. The presence of these factors is useful as molecular markers in the identification of the high risk for developing severe gastric pathologies. OBJECTIVE: To correlate the presence of virulence markers cagA and bab2A of H. pylori in oral and gastric biopsy samples. METHODS: An observational, prospective, descriptive, and cross-sectional study was carried out between September 2011 and September 2012. Patients suffering dyspepsia with indication for upper gastrointestinal video endoscopy who attended the Gastroenterology Service of the Hospital Dr. Julio C. Perrando were included. Epidemiological investigation was completed. To detect the bacteria and their virulence genes, samples of saliva, dental plaque and gastric biopsy were taken and processed by PCR. RESULTS: Sixty-one patients were selected for this study (30 women and 31 men). H. pylori was detected in 31 gastric biopsies and 31 oral samples. Significant difference between oral and gastric samples was found in cagA genotype. Agreement between oral and gastric genotypes was found in 38.7% of samples from the same patient. CONCLUSION: This study is the first in provide information about the genotypes of the Argentinean Northeast H. pylori strains. Despite the high prevalence of H. pylori infection, the most of patients had less virulent genotypes in oral cavity and gastric tissue. The cagA / babA2 combination was not frequent in the samples studied. There was not a statistical correlation between the virulence genes and gastroduodenal or oral diseases. Although in some patients the same genotype was found both in oral and gastric samples, it cannot be ensure that they corresponding to the same strain because a DNA sequencing was not performed.
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- Myriam Lucrecia Medina
- Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Pediátrico Dr. Avelino Castelán, Resistencia, Argentina
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- Area de Medicina Tropical, Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Resistencia, Argentina
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- Area de Bacteriología, Instituto de Medicina Regional, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Resistencia, Argentina
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Oxidative Phosphorylation System in Gastric Carcinomas and Gastritis. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2017; 2017:1320241. [PMID: 28744336 PMCID: PMC5506471 DOI: 10.1155/2017/1320241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2017] [Revised: 04/10/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Switching of cellular energy production from oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) by mitochondria to aerobic glycolysis occurs in many types of tumors. However, the significance of this switching for the development of gastric carcinoma and what connection it may have to Helicobacter pylori infection of the gut, a primary cause of gastric cancer, are poorly understood. Therefore, we investigated the expression of OXPHOS complexes in two types of human gastric carcinomas ("intestinal" and "diffuse"), bacterial gastritis with and without metaplasia, and chemically induced gastritis by using immunohistochemistry. Furthermore, we analyzed the effect of HP infection on several key mitochondrial proteins. Complex I expression was significantly reduced in intestinal type (but not diffuse) gastric carcinomas compared to adjacent control tissue, and the reduction was independent of HP infection. Significantly, higher complex I and complex II expression was present in large tumors. Furthermore, higher complex II and complex III protein levels were also obvious in grade 3 versus grade 2. No differences of OXPHOS complexes and markers of mitochondrial biogenesis were found between bacterially caused and chemically induced gastritis. Thus, intestinal gastric carcinomas, but not precancerous stages, are frequently characterized by loss of complex I, and this pathophysiology occurs independently of HP infection.
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Slomiany BL, Slomiany A. Role of LPS-elicited signaling in triggering gastric mucosal inflammatory responses to H. pylori: modulatory effect of ghrelin. Inflammopharmacology 2017; 25:415-429. [PMID: 28516374 DOI: 10.1007/s10787-017-0360-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Infection with Helicobacter pylori is a primary culprit in the etiology of gastric disease, and its cell-wall lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is recognized as a potent endotoxin responsible for triggering a pattern of the mucosal inflammatory responses. The engagement by the LPS of gastric mucosal Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) leads to initiation of signal transduction events characterized by the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade, induction of phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C (PLC)/protein kinase C (PKC)/phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) pathway, and up-regulation in Src/Akt. These signaling events in turn exert their influence over H. pylori-elicited excessive generation of NO and PGE2 caused by the disturbances in nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase isozyme systems, increase in epidermal growth factor receptor transactivation, and the induction in matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) release. Interestingly, the extent of gastric mucosal inflammatory response to H. pylori is influenced by a peptide hormone, ghrelin, the action of which relays on the growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a (GHS-R1a)-mediated mobilization of G-protein dependent transduction pathways. Yet, the signals triggered by TLR-4 activation as well as those arising through GHS-R1a stimulation converge at MAPK and PLC/PKC/PI3K pathways that form a key integration node for proinflammatory signals generated by H. pylori LPS as well as for those involved in modulation of inflammation by ghrelin. Hence, therapeutic targeting these signals' convergence and integration node could provide a novel and attractive opportunities for developing more effective treatments of H. pylori-related gastric disease.
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- B L Slomiany
- Research Center, C855, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 110 Bergen Street, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ, 07103-2400, USA
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- Research Center, C855, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 110 Bergen Street, PO Box 1709, Newark, NJ, 07103-2400, USA.
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Zhang C, Powell SE, Betel D, Shah MA. The Gastric Microbiome and Its Influence on Gastric Carcinogenesis: Current Knowledge and Ongoing Research. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2017; 31:389-408. [PMID: 28501083 DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2017.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Gastric malignancies are a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. At least 2 microbial species are currently linked to carcinogenesis and the development of cancer within the human stomach. These include the bacterium Helicobacter pylori and the Epstein-Barr virus. In recent years, there has been increasing evidence that within the human gastrointestinal tract it is not only pathogenic microbes that impact human health but also the corresponding autochthonous microbial communities. This article reviews the gastrointestinal microbiome as it relates primarily to mechanisms of disease and carcinogenesis within the upper gastrointestinal tract.
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- Chao Zhang
- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA; Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA; Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA; Gastrointestinal Oncology Program, Center for Advanced Digestive Care, Sandra and Edward Meyer Cancer Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY 10021, USA.
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Dynamic Expansion and Contraction of cagA Copy Number in Helicobacter pylori Impact Development of Gastric Disease. mBio 2017; 8:mBio.01779-16. [PMID: 28223454 PMCID: PMC5358911 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01779-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Infection with Helicobacter pylori is a major risk factor for development of gastric disease, including gastric cancer. Patients infected with H. pylori strains that express CagA are at even greater risk of gastric carcinoma. Given the importance of CagA, this report describes a new molecular mechanism by which the cagA copy number dynamically expands and contracts in H. pylori. Analysis of strain PMSS1 revealed a heterogeneous population in terms of numbers of cagA copies; strains carried from zero to four copies of cagA that were arranged as direct repeats within the chromosome. Each of the multiple copies of cagA was expressed and encoded functional CagA; strains with more cagA repeats exhibited higher levels of CagA expression and increased levels of delivery and phosphorylation of CagA within host cells. This concomitantly resulted in more virulent phenotypes as measured by cell elongation and interleukin-8 (IL-8) induction. Sequence analysis of the repeat region revealed three cagA homologous areas (CHAs) within the cagA repeats. Of these, CHA-ud flanked each of the cagA copies and is likely important for the dynamic variation of cagA copy numbers. Analysis of a large panel of clinical isolates showed that 7.5% of H. pylori strains isolated in the United States harbored multiple cagA repeats, while none of the tested Korean isolates carried more than one copy of cagA. Finally, H. pylori strains carrying multiple cagA copies were differentially associated with gastric disease. Thus, the dynamic expansion and contraction of cagA copy numbers may serve as a novel mechanism by which H. pylori modulates gastric disease development. Severity of H. pylori-associated disease is directly associated with carriage of the CagA toxin. Though the sequences of the CagA protein can differ across strains, previous analyses showed that virtually all H. pylori strains carry one or no copies of cagA. This study showed that H. pylori can carry multiple tandem copies of cagA that can change dynamically. Isolates harboring more cagA copies produced more CagA, thus enhancing toxicity to host cells. Analysis of 314 H. pylori clinical strains isolated from patients in South Korea and the United States showed that 7.5% of clinical strains in the United States carried multiple cagA copies whereas none of the South Korean strains did. This study demonstrated a novel molecular mechanism by which H. pylori dynamically modulates cagA copy number, which affects CagA expression and activity and may impact downstream development of gastric disease.
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Okubo BM, Ricci-Azevedo R, Zobiole NN, Buccini DF, Moreno SE. PREVALÊNCIA DE Helicobacter spp. EM CÃES DE CAMPO GRANDE-MS. CIÊNCIA ANIMAL BRASILEIRA 2017. [DOI: 10.1590/1089-6891v18e-17286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Resumo A Helicobacter spp. é uma bactéria Gram negativa espiralada, de grande importância clínica, que se relaciona a patogenias como gastrite e úlceras pépticas e, mais recentemente, com o carcinoma gástrico em humanos. Evidências sugerem o potencial dos animais, principalmente os domésticos, como fonte de infecção zoonótica das helicobactérias, já que bactérias com morfologia similar às encontradas em animais foram observadas no estômago de humanos com gastrite. Nesse contexto, os cães podem ser um importante reservatório de agentes infecciosos como a Helicobacter spp. O presente trabalho teve como objetivo avaliar a prevalência de Helicobacter spp. em cães do Centro de Controle de Zoonoses de Campo Grande/MS. Para tanto, foram utilizados 96 cães dos quais foram colhidas amostras do corpo, fundo e antro gástrico, para avaliação da presença da Helicobacter spp. por meio do teste rápido de urease e análise histológica. O teste rápido de urease permitiu a detecção de Helicobacter spp. em 94,7% dos cães; já a análise histológica indicou a presença de Helicobacter spp. em 100% dos animais avaliados com predominio da bactéria na região do fundo do estômago.
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Noh HJ, Koh HB, Kim HK, Cho HH, Lee J. Anti-bacterial effects of enzymatically-isolated sialic acid from glycomacropeptide in a Helicobacter pylori-infected murine model. Nutr Res Pract 2016; 11:11-16. [PMID: 28194260 PMCID: PMC5300941 DOI: 10.4162/nrp.2017.11.1.11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Revised: 10/20/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) colonization of the stomach mucosa and duodenum is the major cause of acute and chronic gastroduodenal pathology in humans. Efforts to find effective anti-bacterial strategies against H. pylori for the non-antibiotic control of H. pylori infection are urgently required. In this study, we used whey to prepare glycomacropeptide (GMP), from which sialic acid (G-SA) was enzymatically isolated. We investigated the anti-bacterial effects of G-SA against H. pylori in vitro and in an H. pylori-infected murine model. MATERIALS/METHODS The anti-bacterial activity of G-SA was measured in vitro using the macrodilution method, and interleukin-8 (IL-8) production was measured in H. pylori and AGS cell co-cultures by ELISA. For in vivo study, G-SA 5 g/kg body weight (bw)/day and H. pylori were administered to mice three times over one week. After one week, G-SA 5 g/kg bw/day alone was administered every day for one week. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-10 levels were measured by ELISA to determine the anti-inflammatory effects of G-SA. In addition, real-time PCR was performed to measure the genetic expression of cytotoxin-associated gene A (cagA). RESULTS G-SA inhibited the growth of H. pylori and suppressed IL-8 production in H. pylori and in AGS cell co-cultures in vitro. In the in vivo assay, administration of G-SA reduced levels of IL-1β and IL-6 pro-inflammatory cytokines whereas IL-10 level increased. Also, G-SA suppressed the expression of cagA in the stomach of H. pylori-infected mice. CONCLUSION G-SA possesses anti-H. pylori activity as well as an anti-H. pylori-induced gastric inflammatory effect in an experimental H. pylori-infected murine model. G-SA has potential as an alternative to antibiotics for the prevention of H. pylori infection and H. pylori-induced gastric disease prevention.
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- Hye-Ji Noh
- Department of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, 1732, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi 17104, Korea
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
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- Department of Medical Nutrition, Kyung Hee University, 1732, Deogyeong-daero, Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi 17104, Korea
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Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotype diversity and interferon gamma expression in patients with chronic gastritis and patients with gastric cancer. REVISTA DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA DE MÉXICO 2016; 79:220-8. [PMID: 25432406 DOI: 10.1016/j.rgmx.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2014] [Revised: 10/22/2014] [Accepted: 10/23/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the main risk factor for the development of chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, and gastric cancer. In H. pylori-infected individuals, the clinical result is dependent on various factors, among which are bacterial components, the immune response, and environmental influence. AIMS To compare IFN-γ expression with the H. pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in patients with chronic gastritis and patients with gastric cancer. METHODS Ninety-five patients diagnosed with chronic gastritis and 20 with gastric cancer were included in the study. Three gastric biopsies were taken; one was used for the molecular detection and genotyping of H. pylori; another was fixed in absolute alcohol and histologic sections were made for determining IFN-γ expression through immunohistochemistry. RESULTS No differences were found in the cells that expressed IFN-γ between the patients with chronic gastritis (median percentage of positive cells: 82.6% in patients without H. pylori and 82% in infected persons) and those with gastric cancer (70.5% in H. pylori-negative patients and 78.5% in infected persons). IFN-γ expression was 69% in chronic gastritis patients infected with H. pylori vacAs2m2/cagA⁻ it was 86.5% in patients infected with H. pylori vacAs1m2/cagA⁻, 86.5% in vacAs1m1/cagA⁻, and 82% in vacAs1m1/cagA⁺. Similar data were found in the patients with gastric cancer. CONCLUSIONS IFN-γ expression varied depending on the H. pylori vacA and cagA genotype, but not in accordance with the presence of chronic gastritis or gastric cancer.
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Chen GY, Shu YC, Chuang DY, Wang YC. Inflammatory and Apoptotic Regulatory Activity of Tanshinone IIA in Helicobacter pylori-Infected Cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE 2016; 44:1187-1206. [PMID: 27627918 DOI: 10.1142/s0192415x1650066x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori infections induce host cell inflammation and apoptosis, however, they are conflicting. Tanshinone IIA is an active compound of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge. In this study, we investigated the regulatory effects of tanshinone IIA on H. pylori-induced inflammation and apoptosis in vitro. Tanshinone IIA treatments (13.6-54.4[Formula: see text][Formula: see text]M) significantly decreased nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kB) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) [p-38 and C-terminal Jun-kinase 1/2 (JNK1/2)] protein expressions and inflammatory substance [cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), 5-lipooxygenase (5-LOX), intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitric oxide (NO), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), interleukin-1[Formula: see text] (IL-1[Formula: see text], IL-6, and IL-8] production in the H. pylori-infected cells. In contrast, tanshinone IIA treatments significantly increased apoptotic relevant protein [Bcl-2-associated X protein (Bax) and caspase 9] expressions and increased mitochondrial transmembrane potential ([Formula: see text] disruption, mitochondrial cytochrome [Formula: see text] (cyt [Formula: see text] release, and caspase cascades. Tanshinone IIA treatments effectively decreased H. pylori-induced inflammation and significantly promoted H. pylori-induced intrinsic apoptosis through NF-kB and MAPK (p-38 and JNK) pathways. Tanshinone IIA has great potential as a candidate to protect host cells from H. pylori-induced severe inflammation and gastric cancer.
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- Guan-Yu Chen
- * Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- * Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- † Department of Chemistry, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- * Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C.,‡ Agricultural Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Jalalypour F, Farajnia S, Somi MH, Hojabri Z, Yousefzadeh R, Saeedi N. Comparative Evaluation of RUT, PCR and ELISA Tests for Detection of Infection with Cytotoxigenic H. pylori. Adv Pharm Bull 2016; 6:261-6. [PMID: 27478790 DOI: 10.15171/apb.2016.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Helicobacter pylori is one of the most prevalent infectious agents in the world which causes a variety of gastrointestinal diseases including gastritis, peptic ulcer and gastric carcinoma. The objective of this study was to comparatively evaluate invasive (rapid urease test and polymerase chain reaction) and non-invasive (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) tests in diagnosis of infection with cytotoxigenic H. pylori. METHODS Biopsy specimens and sera were collected from 105 patients with gastric disorders. The presence of H. pylori infection in gastric biopsies was evaluated by RUT and PCR methods using chemotaxis signal transduction protein gene (CSTP), Urea C and HP-16srRNA primers. Serum samples were used for the ELISA test. Detection of infection with cag A-positive strains was performed by PCR and cag A-IgG ELISA kit. RESULTS Patients with at least two out of three positive results were regarded as infected. The sensitivity, specificity, predictive value and accuracy of the three different methods were evaluated. Of the 105 gastric biopsies, H. pylori were positive in 51 patients (48.57%). The best sensitivity (92.16%) belonged to RUT. The sensitivities of other tests including PCR and ELISA test were 88.24% and 90.20%, respectively. PCR showed the best specificity (94.44%), and the specificities of the other tests including RUT and ELISA test, were 90.74 % and 61.11%, respectively. Furthermore, results of PCR and cag A-IgG ELISA showed high prevalence of cag A-positive strain in the study population. CONCLUSION Based on our findings, serum ELISA is a rapid noninvasive test for screening of H. pylori infection in the absence of endoscopy indication. In addition, considering the high prevalence of cytotoxigenic H. pylori strains, cag A is suggested as a promising target for PCR and non- invasive ELISA tests for detection of infection with toxigenic strains.
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- Farzaneh Jalalypour
- Drug Applied Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Liver and Gastrointestinal Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Infectious and tropical Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Infectious and tropical Disease Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Biotechnology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Bhattacharya S, Mukherjee O, Mukhopadhyay AK, Chowdhury R, Pal AK, Dhar KK. A Conserved Helicobacter pylori Gene, HP0102, Is Induced Upon Contact With Gastric Cells and Has Multiple Roles in Pathogenicity. J Infect Dis 2016; 214:196-204. [PMID: 27056952 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Contact with host cells is recognized as a signal capable of triggering expression of bacterial genes important for host pathogen interaction. Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the gastric epithelial cell line AGS strongly upregulated expression of a gene, HP0102, in the adhered bacteria in all strains examined, including several Indian clinical isolates. The gene is highly conserved and ubiquitously present in all 69 sequenced H. pylori genomes at the same genomic locus, as well as in 15 Indian clinical isolates. The gene is associated with 2 distinct phenotypes related to pathogenicity. In AGS cell-adhered H. pylori, it has a role in upregulation of cagA expression from a specific σ(28)-RNAP promoter and consequent induction of the hummingbird phenotype in the infected AGS cells. Furthermore, HP0102 has a role in chemotaxis and a ΔHP0102 mutant exhibited low acid-escape response that might account for the poor colonization efficiency of the mutant.
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- Saurabh Bhattacharya
- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
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- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
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- Division of Bacteriology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, India
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- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
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Maixner F, Krause-Kyora B, Turaev D, Herbig A, Hoopmann MR, Hallows JL, Kusebauch U, Vigl EE, Malfertheiner P, Megraud F, O'Sullivan N, Cipollini G, Coia V, Samadelli M, Engstrand L, Linz B, Moritz RL, Grimm R, Krause J, Nebel A, Moodley Y, Rattei T, Zink A. The 5300-year-old Helicobacter pylori genome of the Iceman. Science 2016; 351:162-165. [PMID: 26744403 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad2545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori is one of the most prevalent human pathogens. It has dispersed globally with its human host, resulting in a distinct phylogeographic pattern that can be used to reconstruct both recent and ancient human migrations. The extant European population of H. pylori is known to be a hybrid between Asian and African bacteria, but there exist different hypotheses about when and where the hybridization took place, reflecting the complex demographic history of Europeans. Here, we present a 5300-year-old H. pylori genome from a European Copper Age glacier mummy. The "Iceman" H. pylori is a nearly pure representative of the bacterial population of Asian origin that existed in Europe before hybridization, suggesting that the African population arrived in Europe within the past few thousand years.
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- Frank Maixner
- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University, Schittenhelmstr. 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- CUBE - Division of Computational Systems Biology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 23, 72072 Tübingen, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Scuola Superiore Sanitaria Provinciale "Claudiana", Via Lorenz Böhler 13, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University, Leipziger Strasse 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Université de Bordeaux, Centre National de Référence des Helicobacters et Campylobacters and INSERM U853, 146 rue Léo Saignat, 33076 Bordeaux, France
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- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 141 83 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
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- Robert Mondavi Institute for Food Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, Rümelinstr. 23, 72072 Tübingen, Germany.,Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Kahlaische Str. 10, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Kiel University, Schittenhelmstr. 12, 24105 Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, University of Venda, Private Bag X5050, Thohoyandou 0950, Republic of South Africa.,Department of Integrative Biology and Evolution, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Savoyenstr. 1a, 1160 Vienna, Austria
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- CUBE - Division of Computational Systems Biology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Althanstr. 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Viale Druso 1, 39100 Bolzano, Italy
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The Gastric Mucosa from Patients Infected with CagA+ or VacA+ Helicobacter pylori Has a Lower Level of Dual Oxidase-2 Expression than Uninfected or Infected with CagA-/VacA- H. pylori. Dig Dis Sci 2016; 61:2328-2337. [PMID: 27048452 PMCID: PMC4943970 DOI: 10.1007/s10620-016-4144-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a well-recognized gastroduodenal pathogen and class I carcinogen. Dual oxidase-2 (DUOX2), a member of NADPH oxidase family, has several critical physiological functions, including thyroid hormone biosynthesis and host mucosal defense. AIM To investigate the effect of H. pylori infection on DUOX2 gene expression in human stomach. MATERIALS AND METHODS The biopsies were obtained from patients who underwent endoscopic diagnosis. The patient serum was assayed for two virulence factors of H. pylori, CagA IgG and VacA. The inflammation in gastric mucosa was analyzed with histology. Real-time quantitative PCR was used to detect the expression of three members of NADPH oxidase, NOX1, NOX2, and DUOX2, as well as lactoperoxidase (LPO) in the gastric mucosa. NOX2, DUOX2, and myeloperoxidase (MPO) protein levels were quantified by Western blots or immunohistochemistry. RESULTS The H. pylori-infected gastric mucosa had more severe inflammation than uninfected samples. However, the expression of DUOX2 mRNA and protein was lower in gastric mucosa of patients with H. pylori infection compared to the uninfected. Among the H. pylori-infected patients, those having CagA IgG or VacA in the serum had lower DUOX2 expression levels than those infected with H. pylori without either virulence factor. The NOX2 and MPO levels were higher in those patients infected with H. pylori irrespective of the virulence factors than those uninfected patients. NOX1 and LPO mRNA were undetectable in the gastric mucosa. CONCLUSION CagA+ or VacA+ H. pylori in the stomach of patients may suppress DUOX2 expression to promote its own survival. Increased NOX2 could not eliminate H. pylori infection.
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Li N, Xie C, Lu NH. Transforming growth factor-β: an important mediator in Helicobacter pylori-associated pathogenesis. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2015; 5:77. [PMID: 26583078 PMCID: PMC4632021 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic, helical bacillus that specifically colonizes the gastric mucosa. The interaction of virulence factors, host genetic factors, and environmental factors contributes to the pathogenesis of H. pylori-associated conditions, such as atrophic gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. Infection with H. pylori has recently been recognized as the strongest risk factor for gastric cancer. As a pleiotropic cytokine, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β regulates various biological processes, including cell cycle, proliferation, apoptosis, and metastasis. Recent studies have shed new light on the involvement of TGF-β signaling in the pathogenesis of H. pylori infection. This review focuses on the potential etiological roles of TGF-β in H. pylori-mediated gastric pathogenesis.
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- Nianshuang Li
- Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Digestive Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Digestive Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Digestive Disease, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Nanchang, China
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Histological variety of gastric carcinoma and Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA polymorphism. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 27:1017-21. [PMID: 26067222 DOI: 10.1097/meg.0000000000000414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection may increase the risk of both histotypes of gastric carcinoma (GC): intestinal (IGC) and diffuse (DGC). Polymorphism of the main H. pylori virulence factors, cagA and vacA, could have a different impact on the histological variety of GC. METHODS Two hundred and twenty-six H. pylori colonies were examined from 28 GC patients: 15 with IGC and 13 with DGC. DNA was extracted from bacteria and a PCR was performed using primers specific for cagA, the 3' cagA variable region and s and m regions of vacA. RESULTS There were 214 cagA+ strains and 55.61% of them were isolated from IGC cases; there were 12 cagA- colonies and they were all isolated from DGC (P<0.001). Most patients were infected by strains with more than one cagA structural type. No strains with a particular cagA type were found to be significantly more frequent in either histological variety of GC. A percentage of 43.90 of strains with vacA subtype s1/m1 were isolated from IGC, whereas 80.95% of vacA subtype s1/m2 strains were isolated from DGC cases (P<0.001). CONCLUSION Polymorphism of the main virulence genes of H. pylori may play different roles in the pathogenesis of IGC and DGC.
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Analysis of the intactness of Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island in Iranian strains by a new PCR-based strategy and its relationship with virulence genotypes and EPIYA motifs. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2015. [PMID: 26205689 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2015.07.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Variants of the Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI) and certain virulence genotypes have been proposed to be associated with different gastric disorders. In the present study, we designed a new PCR-based strategy to investigate the intactness of cagPAI in Iranian patients using highly specific primer sets spanning the cagPAI region. The possible relationship between the cagPAI status of the strains and clinical outcomes was also determined. We also characterized virulence genotypes (cagL, cagA, vacA, babA2 and sabA) and variants of CagA EPIYA motifs in these strains. H. pylori was detected in 61 out of 126 patients with various gastroduodenal diseases. The cagL, cagA, vacA s1m1, vacA s1m2, vacA s2m2, babA2, and sabA genotypes were detected in 96.7%, 85.2%, 29.5%, 45.9%, 24.6%, 96.7%, and 83.6% of the strains, respectively. Among the 52 cagA-positive strains, EPIYA motifs ABC, ABCC, ABCCC, and mixed types were orderly detected in the 39, 7, 1, and 5 strains. The cagPAI positivity included both intact and partially deleted, with the overall frequencies of 70.5% and 26.2%, respectively. The majority of the strains from patients with PUD (87.5%), gastric erosion (83.3%) and cancer (80%) presented an intact cagPAI, while a lower frequency of cagPAI intactness was detected in gastritis patients (61.1%). However, no significant relationship was found between the possession of intact cagPAI and clinical outcomes. Furthermore, we found that cagA and vacA s1m1 genotypes were significantly correlated with intact cagPAI (P=0.015 and P=0.012). A significant correlation was also found between EPIYA-ABC and intact cagPAI (P=0.010). The proposed PCR-based scheme was found to be useful for determining the intactness of cagPAI. Our findings also indicate that the cagPAI appears to be intact and rather conserved in majority of Iranian strains. Finally, our study proposed that H. pylori strains with partially deleted cagPAI were less likely to cause severe diseases in comparison with those carrying intact cagPAI.
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Pan-genome analysis of human gastric pathogen H. pylori: comparative genomics and pathogenomics approaches to identify regions associated with pathogenicity and prediction of potential core therapeutic targets. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:139580. [PMID: 25705648 PMCID: PMC4325212 DOI: 10.1155/2015/139580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 07/11/2014] [Accepted: 07/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is a human gastric pathogen implicated as the major cause of peptic ulcer and second leading cause of gastric cancer (~70%) around the world. Conversely, an increased resistance to antibiotics and hindrances in the development of vaccines against H. pylori are observed. Pan-genome analyses of the global representative H. pylori isolates consisting of 39 complete genomes are presented in this paper. Phylogenetic analyses have revealed close relationships among geographically diverse strains of H. pylori. The conservation among these genomes was further analyzed by pan-genome approach; the predicted conserved gene families (1,193) constitute ~77% of the average H. pylori genome and 45% of the global gene repertoire of the species. Reverse vaccinology strategies have been adopted to identify and narrow down the potential core-immunogenic candidates. Total of 28 nonhost homolog proteins were characterized as universal therapeutic targets against H. pylori based on their functional annotation and protein-protein interaction. Finally, pathogenomics and genome plasticity analysis revealed 3 highly conserved and 2 highly variable putative pathogenicity islands in all of the H. pylori genomes been analyzed.
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Baidya AK, Bhattacharya S, Chowdhury R. Role of the Flagellar Hook-Length Control Protein FliK and σ28 in cagA Expression in Gastric Cell-Adhered Helicobacter pylori. J Infect Dis 2014; 211:1779-89. [PMID: 25512629 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the gastric epithelial cell line AGS strongly induces expression of fliK encoding a flagellar hook-length control protein. FliK has a role in triggering dissociation of the alternate sigma factor, σ(28), from a nonfunctional σ(28)-FlgM complex, releasing free, functional σ(28). The σ(28)-RNA polymerase initiates transcription of cagA, the major virulence gene, from a promoter identified in this study. Consequently, significant up-regulation of cagA was observed in AGS-adhered H. pylori. Direct binding of σ(28) to the cagA promoter was demonstrated by chromatin immunoprecipitation and the transcription start site was identified by 5' RACE (rapid amplification of complementary DNA ends). The σ(28)-dependent cagA promoter was active specifically in AGS-adhered H. pylori, and this motif might be associated with high cagA expression and severity of disease. These results also indicate that H. pylori has evolved to integrate expression of the major virulence gene cagA with the flagellar regulatory circuit, essential for colonization of the human host.
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- Amit K Baidya
- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Infectious Diseases and Immunology Division, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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