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Hu Y, Wang Y, Hu X, Chao H, Li S, Ni Q, Zhu Y, Hu Y, Zhao Z, Chen M. T4SEpp: A pipeline integrating protein language models to predict bacterial type IV secreted effectors. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2024; 23:801-812. [PMID: 38328004 PMCID: PMC10847861 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2024.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024] Open
Abstract
Many pathogenic bacteria use type IV secretion systems (T4SSs) to deliver effectors (T4SEs) into the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells, causing diseases. The identification of effectors is a crucial step in understanding the mechanisms of bacterial pathogenicity, but this remains a major challenge. In this study, we used the full-length embedding features generated by six pre-trained protein language models to train classifiers predicting T4SEs and compared their performance. We integrated three modules into a model called T4SEpp. The first module searched for full-length homologs of known T4SEs, signal sequences, and effector domains; the second module fine-tuned a machine learning model using data for a signal sequence feature; and the third module used the three best-performing pre-trained protein language models. T4SEpp outperformed other state-of-the-art (SOTA) software tools, achieving ∼0.98 accuracy at a high specificity of ∼0.99, based on the assessment of an independent validation dataset. T4SEpp predicted 13 T4SEs from Helicobacter pylori, including the well-known CagA and 12 other potential ones, among which eleven could potentially interact with human proteins. This suggests that these potential T4SEs may be associated with the pathogenicity of H. pylori. Overall, T4SEpp provides a better solution to assist in the identification of bacterial T4SEs and facilitates studies of bacterial pathogenicity. T4SEpp is freely accessible at https://bis.zju.edu.cn/T4SEpp.
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- Yueming Hu
- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Youth Innovation Team of Medical Bioinformatics, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, China
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, College of Basic Medicine, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Youth Innovation Team of Medical Bioinformatics, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, China
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- Youth Innovation Team of Medical Bioinformatics, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
- Institute of Hematology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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Roberts JR, Tran SC, Frick-Cheng AE, Bryant KN, Okoye CD, McDonald WH, Cover TL, Ohi MD. Subdomains of the Helicobacter pylori Cag T4SS outer membrane core complex exhibit structural independence. Life Sci Alliance 2024; 7:e202302560. [PMID: 38631913 PMCID: PMC11024343 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202302560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2023] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 03/28/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024] Open
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The Helicobacter pylori Cag type IV secretion system (Cag T4SS) has an important role in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer. The Cag T4SS outer membrane core complex (OMCC) is organized into three regions: a 14-fold symmetric outer membrane cap (OMC) composed of CagY, CagX, CagT, CagM, and Cag3; a 17-fold symmetric periplasmic ring (PR) composed of CagY and CagX; and a stalk with unknown composition. We investigated how CagT, CagM, and a conserved antenna projection (AP) region of CagY contribute to the structural organization of the OMCC. Single-particle cryo-EM analyses showed that complexes purified from ΔcagT or ΔcagM mutants no longer had organized OMCs, but the PRs remained structured. OMCCs purified from a CagY antenna projection mutant (CagY∆AP) were structurally similar to WT OMCCs, except for the absence of the α-helical antenna projection. These results indicate that CagY and CagX are sufficient for maintaining a stable PR, but the organization of the OMC requires CagY, CagX, CagM, and CagT. Our results highlight an unexpected structural independence of two major subdomains of the Cag T4SS OMCC.
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- Jacquelyn R Roberts
- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- https://ror.org/00jmfr291 Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Li J, Pan J, Xiao D, Shen N, Wang R, Miao H, Pu P, Zhang H, Yv X, Xing L. Chronic atrophic gastritis and risk of incident upper gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Transl Med 2024; 22:429. [PMID: 38711123 PMCID: PMC11075312 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-023-04736-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 11/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/08/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous literature has explored the relationship between chronic atrophic gastritis (CAG) and isolated cancers within the upper gastrointestinal cancers; However, an integrative synthesis across the totality of upper gastrointestinal cancers was conspicuously absent. The research objective was to assess the relationship between CAG and the risk of incident upper gastrointestinal cancers, specifically including gastric cancer, oesophageal cancer, and oesophagogastric junction cancer. METHODS Rigorous systematic searches were conducted across three major databases, namely PubMed, Embase and Web of Science, encompassing the timeline from database inception until August 10, 2023. We extracted the necessary odds ratio (OR) and their corresponding 95% confidence interval (CI) for subsequent meta-analysis. Statistical analyses were conducted using Stata 17.0 software. RESULTS This meta-analysis included a total of 23 articles encompassing 5858 patients diagnosed with upper gastrointestinal cancers. CAG resulted in a statistically significant 4.12-fold elevated risk of incident gastric cancer (OR = 4.12, 95% CI 3.20-5.30). Likewise, CAG was linked to a 2.08-fold increased risk of incident oesophageal cancer (OR = 2.08, 95%CI 1.60-2.72). Intriguingly, a specific correlation was found between CAG and the risk of incident oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (OR = 2.29, 95%CI 1.77-2.95), while no significant association was detected for oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OR = 0.62, 95%CI 0.17-2.26). Moreover, CAG was correlated with a 2.77-fold heightened risk of oesophagogastric junction cancer (OR = 2.77, 95%CI 2.21-3.46). Notably, for the same type of upper gastrointestinal cancer, it was observed that diagnosing CAG through histological methods was linked to a 33-77% higher risk of developing cancer compared to diagnosing CAG through serological methods. CONCLUSION This meta-analysis indicated a two- to fourfold increased risk of gastric cancer, oesophageal cancer, and oesophagogastric junction cancer in patients with CAG. Importantly, for the same upper gastrointestinal cancer, the risk of incident cancer was higher when CAG was diagnosed histologically compared to serological diagnosis. Further rigorous study designs are required to explore the impact of CAG diagnosed through both diagnostic methods on the risk of upper gastrointestinal cancers.
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- Junqiu Li
- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- Department II of Digestive Diseases, Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Chen R, Zhang D, Lv Y, Huang S, Li D, Zeng F, Chen C, Zhang X, Chen S, Wang J, Bai F. Detection of Helicobacter pylori strain types and analysis of risk factors among subjects from Hainan Province, China. J Int Med Res 2024; 52:3000605241253454. [PMID: 38759213 PMCID: PMC11107326 DOI: 10.1177/03000605241253454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/19/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To explore the prevalence of type I and type II Helicobacter pylori infection and investigate risk factors in a population from Hainan Province in China. METHODS Data came from a large, cross-sectional study conducted from August 2022 to April 2023 involving five cities of Hainan. Subjects with confirmed 14C-urea breath test (UBT) and positive serological assay were included. All subjects had a gastroscopy. According to presence or absence of CagA/VacA proteins, subjects were classified as either type I (present) or type II strains (absent). Gastroscopic findings and several socio-demographic factors were examined for correlation with antibody serotyping. RESULTS In total, 410 subjects were investigated for H. pylori strain types. The overall prevalence of the highly virulent, type I H. pylori strain was 79% (324/410) and type II strain was 21% (86/410). There was a strong association between type I strain and peptic ulcer disease. Of several sociodemographic factors investigated, only smoking and data over baseline (DOB) values showed significant differences between type 1 and type II strains. Logistic regression analysis showed a lower risk of type I H. pylori infection in smokers compared with non-smokers, and a higher risk of H. pylori type I infection in subjects with medium and high data over baseline (DOB) values compared with subjects who had low DOB values. CONCLUSION Highly virulent, type I H. pylori infections predominate in Hainan and the co-positivity of CagA and VacA antibodies are related to type I H. pylori infection. We found that Type I H. pylori was closely associated with peptic ulcer disease and the DOB values were generally high.
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- Runxiang Chen
- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Graduate School, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 571199
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the 986 Hospital of Xijing Hospital, Air Force Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shanxi 710054, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China, 570216
- The Gastroenterology Clinical Medical Center of Hainan Province, Haikou, China, 570216
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Tran SC, Bryant KN, Cover TL. The Helicobacter pylori cag pathogenicity island as a determinant of gastric cancer risk. Gut Microbes 2024; 16:2314201. [PMID: 38391242 PMCID: PMC10896142 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2024.2314201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2023] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024] Open
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Helicobacter pylori strains can be broadly classified into two groups based on whether they contain or lack a chromosomal region known as the cag pathogenicity island (cag PAI). Colonization of the human stomach with cag PAI-positive strains is associated with an increased risk of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease, compared to colonization with cag PAI-negative strains. The cag PAI encodes a secreted effector protein (CagA) and components of a type IV secretion system (Cag T4SS) that delivers CagA and non-protein substrates into host cells. Animal model experiments indicate that CagA and the Cag T4SS stimulate a gastric mucosal inflammatory response and contribute to the development of gastric cancer. In this review, we discuss recent studies defining structural and functional features of CagA and the Cag T4SS and mechanisms by which H. pylori strains containing the cag PAI promote the development of gastric cancer and peptic ulcer disease.
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- Sirena C. Tran
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN, USA
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Wu Y, Zhang Y, Zhang W, Huang Y, Lu X, Shang L, Zhou Z, Chen X, Li S, Cheng S, Song Y. The tremendous clinical potential of the microbiota in the treatment of breast cancer: the next frontier. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023; 149:12513-12534. [PMID: 37382675 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-023-05014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023]
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Although significant advances have been made in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer (BC) in recent years, BC remains the most common cancer in women and one of the main causes of death among women worldwide. Currently, more than half of BC patients have no known risk factors, emphasizing the significance of identifying more tumor-related factors. Therefore, we urgently need to find new therapeutic strategies to improve prognosis. Increasing evidence demonstrates that the microbiota is present in a wider range of cancers beyond colorectal cancer. BC and breast tissues also have different types of microbiotas that play a key role in carcinogenesis and in modulating the efficacy of anticancer treatment, for instance, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immunotherapy. In recent years, studies have confirmed that the microbiota can be an important factor directly and/or indirectly affecting the occurrence, metastasis and treatment of BC by regulating different biological processes, such as estrogen metabolism, DNA damage, and bacterial metabolite production. Here, we review the different microbiota-focused studies associated with BC and explore the mechanisms of action of the microbiota in BC initiation and metastasis and its application in various therapeutic strategies. We found that the microbiota has vital clinical value in the diagnosis and treatment of BC and could be used as a biomarker for prognosis prediction. Therefore, modulation of the gut microbiota and its metabolites might be a potential target for prevention or therapy in BC.
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- Yang Wu
- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Gynecology, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China.
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, 150 Haping Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150081, China.
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Rezaei F, Alebouyeh M, Mirbagheri SZ, Ebrahimi A, Foroushani AR, Bakhtiari R. Transcriptional analysis of Helicobacter pylori cytotoxic-associated gene-pathogenicity island in response to different pH levels and proton pump inhibitor exposure. Indian J Gastroenterol 2023; 42:686-693. [PMID: 37665542 DOI: 10.1007/s12664-023-01422-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Long-term use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) can increase the risk of gastric cancer in Helicobacter pylori-infected patients; nevertheless, there is no data about their impact on the pathogenicity of H. pylori. This study aimed at investigating the transcriptional alteration of key gene mediators of cytotoxin-associated gene-pathogenicity island (cag-PAI) among clinical H. pylori isolates in response to omeprazole at different pH levels. METHODS Accordingly, H. pylori isolates with the same virulence genotypes selected from the gastric biopsies of patients and transcriptional alteration in the cag-PAI genes studied in the presence or absence of omeprazole (2 mg/mL) at pH 2.0, 4.0 and 7.0 after 30 and 90 minutes of the treatment. Relative changes in the transcriptional levels were recorded in each assay, separately. RESULTS Of 18 H. pylori isolates, the cag-PAI empty site was detected in four strains, while the presence of cagA, cagL and cagY was characterized in 77.7%, 83.3% and 83.3% of the cag-PAI-positive strains, respectively. Transcriptional analysis of the selected strains showed up-regulation of cagA and cagL, mainly at pH 2.0 and 4.0 after 30 and 90-minute exposure. A diversity in the expression levels of cag-PAI genes was seen among the strains at the extent and time of induction. CONCLUSION Our results showed that omeprazole could increase the expression of H. pylori cagA and cagL at acidic pH. Heterogeneity among the strains probably has an impact on the extent of their interplay with PPIs. Further studies are needed to establish this correlation.
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- Fatemeh Rezaei
- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Institute Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pediatric Infections Research Centre, Research Institute for Children's Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Institute Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Institute Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Institute Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health and Institute Health Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Zhang L, Chen X, Ren B, Zhou X, Cheng L. Helicobacter pylori in the Oral Cavity: Current Evidence and Potential Survival Strategies. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232113646. [PMID: 36362445 PMCID: PMC9657019 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232113646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 11/03/2022] [Accepted: 11/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is transmitted primarily through the oral–oral route and fecal–oral route. The oral cavity had therefore been hypothesized as an extragastric reservoir of H. pylori, owing to the presence of H. pylori DNA and particular antigens in distinct niches of the oral cavity. This bacterium in the oral cavity may contribute to the progression of periodontitis and is associated with a variety of oral diseases, gastric eradication failure, and reinfection. However, the conditions in the oral cavity do not appear to be ideal for H. pylori survival, and little is known about its biological function in the oral cavity. It is critical to clarify the survival strategies of H. pylori to better comprehend the role and function of this bacterium in the oral cavity. In this review, we attempt to analyze the evidence indicating the existence of living oral H. pylori, as well as potential survival strategies, including the formation of a favorable microenvironment, the interaction between H. pylori and oral microorganisms, and the transition to a non-growing state. Further research on oral H. pylori is necessary to develop improved therapies for the prevention and treatment of H. pylori infection.
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- Lin Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
- Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, West China School of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
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Kaneko K, Zaitoun AM, Letley DP, Rhead JL, Torres J, Spendlove I, Atherton JC, Robinson K. The active form of Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin induces decay-accelerating factor CD55 in association with intestinal metaplasia in the human gastric mucosa. J Pathol 2022; 258:199-209. [PMID: 35851954 PMCID: PMC9543990 DOI: 10.1002/path.5990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
High-level expression of decay-accelerating factor, CD55, has previously been found in human gastric cancer (GC) and intestinal metaplasia (IM) tissues. Therapeutic effects of CD55 inhibition in cancer have been reported. However, the role of Helicobacter pylori infection and virulence factors in the induction of CD55 and its association with histological changes of the human gastric mucosa remain incompletely understood. We hypothesised that CD55 would be increased during infection with more virulent strains of H. pylori, and with more marked gastric mucosal pathology. RT-qPCR and immunohistochemical analyses of gastric biopsy samples from 42 H. pylori-infected and 42 uninfected patients revealed that CD55 mRNA and protein were significantly higher in the gastric antrum of H. pylori-infected patients, and this was associated with the presence of IM, but not atrophy, or inflammation. Increased gastric CD55 and IM were both linked with colonisation by vacA i1-type strains independently of cagA status, and in vitro studies using isogenic mutants of vacA confirmed the ability of VacA to induce CD55 and sCD55 in gastric epithelial cell lines. siRNA experiments to investigate the function of H. pylori-induced CD55 showed that CD55 knockdown in gastric epithelial cells partially reduced IL-8 secretion in response to H. pylori, but this was not due to modulation of bacterial adhesion or cytotoxicity. Finally, plasma samples taken from the same patients were analysed for the soluble form of CD55 (sCD55) by ELISA. sCD55 levels were not influenced by IM and did not correlate with gastric CD55 mRNA levels. These results suggest a new link between active vacA i1-type H. pylori, IM, and CD55, and identify CD55 as a molecule of potential interest in the management of IM as well as GC treatment. © 2022 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Kazuyo Kaneko
- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research CentreNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- Department of Cellular PathologyNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre CampusNottinghamUK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research CentreNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research CentreNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades InfecciosasHospital de Pediatría, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSSMexico CityMexico
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- Division of Cancer and Stem Cells, School of MedicineUniversity of Nottingham Biodiscovery InstituteNottinghamUK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research CentreNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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- Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research CentreNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and University of NottinghamNottinghamUK
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Virulence Genes of Helicobacter pylori Increase the Risk of Premalignant Gastric Lesions in a Colombian Population. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2022; 2022:7058945. [PMID: 36212919 PMCID: PMC9534724 DOI: 10.1155/2022/7058945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Genetic variability of Helicobacter pylori is associated with various gastrointestinal diseases; however, little is known about interaction with sociodemographic in the development of premalignant lesions in Colombian patients. METHODS An analytical study was conducted including cases (patients with gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, and gastric dysplasia) and controls (patients with nonatrophic gastritis). Sociodemographic information was obtained using a questionnaire. Histopathological diagnosis was performed according to the Sydney System. The cagA and vacA genotypes were established using polymerase chain reaction in paraffin blocks. The effect of each variable on the study outcome (premalignant lesion) is presented as odds ratio (OR) and 95% CI. A p value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULTS The vacA/s1m1 genotype increases the risk of developing premalignant lesions of the stomach (OR: 3.05, 95% IC: 1.57-5.91, p=0.001). Age and educational level showed a positive interaction with the s1m1 genotype (adjusted OR: 3.68, 95% CI: 1.73-7.82, p=0.001). The cagA genotype was not correlated to the development of premalignant lesions of the stomach (OR: 1.32, 95% CI: 0.90-1.94, p=0.151). CONCLUSIONS The vacA genotype, age, and educational level are indicators of the risk of developing premalignant lesions of the stomach in the study population. Significance Statement. Genetic variability of H. pylori and sociodemographic information could be used to predict the risk of premalignant lesions in stomach in Colombian population.
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Giaccherini M, Rizzato C, Gentiluomo M, Lupetti A, Flores-Luna L, Vivas J, Bravo MM, Kasamatsu E, Muñoz N, Canzian F, Kato I, Campa D. TAS2R38 polymorphisms, Helicobacter pylori infection and susceptibility to gastric cancer and premalignant gastric lesions. Eur J Cancer Prev 2022; 31:401-407. [PMID: 34653070 PMCID: PMC8995393 DOI: 10.1097/cej.0000000000000722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is worldwide the fourth more common cancer type by incidence, and the third by mortality. We analyzed three missense variants of TAS2R38 gene: rs713598 (A49P), rs1726866 (V262A), and rs10246939 (I296V). These variants and their combination in haplotypes (proline, alanine and valine/tasters or alanine, valine and isoleucine/nontasters) and diplotypes are responsible for individual differences in bitter perception. The single-nucleotide polymorphisms and the related phenotypes are known to be associated with susceptibility to Gram-negative bacterial infections, such as Helicobacter pylori , and with risk of various cancer types. An association between intermediate tasters (as defined by TAS2R38 diplotypes) and increased risk of gastric cancer was reported in a Korean population. METHODS We analyzed 2616 individuals of Latin American origin, representing the whole spectrum of lesions from gastritis to gastric cancer. RESULTS Comparing cancer cases vs. noncancers we observed a decrease in risk associated with heterozygous carriers of rs10246939 ( P = 0.006) and rs1726866 ( P = 0.003) when compared with homozygotes of the more common allele. Also, the analysis of diplotypes/phenotypes reflected the same association, with super-tasters showing a borderline increased risk of developing gastric cancer compared to medium-tasters [odds ratio (OR) = 1.63; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.04-2.56; P = 0.033]. Also, nontasters showed an increased risk when compared to medium-tasters although not reaching statistical significance (OR = 1.58; 95% CI, 0.80-2.87; P = 0.203). We also tested the interactions between the TAS2R38 genotypes and H. pylori cagA status in a subset of samples and found no interaction. CONCLUSION In conclusion, our results suggest only a modest contribution of TAS2R38 gene genetic variability in gastric cancer etiology.
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- Matteo Giaccherini
- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Center for Public Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Cancer Control Center of the Tachira State, San Cristobal, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Cancer Institute of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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Inflammation and Gastric Cancer. Diseases 2022; 10:diseases10030035. [PMID: 35892729 PMCID: PMC9326573 DOI: 10.3390/diseases10030035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Revised: 06/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Gastric cancer remains a major killer globally, although its incidence has declined over the past century. It is the fifth most common cancer and the third most common reason for cancer-related deaths worldwide. Gastric cancer is the outcome of a complex interaction between environmental, host genetic, and microbial factors. There is significant evidence supporting the association between chronic inflammation and the onset of cancer. This association is particularly robust for gastrointestinal cancers in which microbial pathogens are responsible for the chronic inflammation that can be a triggering factor for the onset of those cancers. Helicobacter pylori is the most prominent example since it is the most widespread infection, affecting nearly half of the world’s population. It is well-known to be responsible for inducing chronic gastric inflammation progressing to atrophy, metaplasia, dysplasia, and eventually, gastric cancer. This review provides an overview of the association of the factors playing a role in chronic inflammation; the bacterial characteristics which are responsible for the colonization, persistence in the stomach, and triggering of inflammation; the microbiome involved in the chronic inflammation process; and the host factors that have a role in determining whether gastritis progresses to gastric cancer. Understanding these interconnections may improve our ability to prevent gastric cancer development and enhance our understanding of existing cases.
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Yang L, Kartsonaki C, Yao P, de Martel C, Plummer M, Chapman D, Guo Y, Clark S, Walters RG, Chen Y, Pei P, Lv J, Yu C, Jeske R, Waterboer T, Clifford GM, Franceschi S, Peto R, Hill M, Li L, Millwood IY, Chen Z. The relative and attributable risks of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer associated with Helicobacter pylori infection in China: a case-cohort study. Lancet Public Health 2021; 6:e888-e896. [PMID: 34838195 PMCID: PMC8646857 DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(21)00164-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2021] [Revised: 07/05/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Helicobacter pylori infection is a major cause of non-cardia gastric cancer (NCGC), but its causal role in cardia gastric cancer (CGC) is unclear. Moreover, the reported magnitude of association with NCGC varies considerably, leading to uncertainty about population-based H pylori screening and eradication strategies in high-risk settings, particularly in China, where approximately half of all global gastric cancer cases occur. Our aim was to assess the associations of H pylori infection, both overall and for individual infection biomarkers, with the risks of NCGC and CGC in Chinese adults. METHODS A case-cohort study was done in adults from the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank study, aged 30-79 years from ten areas in China (Qingdao, Haikou, Harbin, Suzhou, Liuzhou, Henan, Sichuan, Hunan, Gansu, and Zhejiang), and included 500 incident NCGC cases, 437 incident CGC cases, and 500 subcohort participants who were cancer-free and alive within the first two years since enrolment in 2004-08. H pylori biomarkers were measured in stored baseline plasma samples using a sensitive immunoblot assay (HelicoBlot 2.1), with adapted criteria to define H pylori seropositivity. Cox regression was used to estimate adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) for NCGC and CGC associated with H pylori infection. These values were used to estimate the number of gastric cancer cases attributable to H pylori infection in China. FINDINGS Of the 512 715 adults enrolled in the China Kadoorie Biobank between June, 2004, and July, 2008, 500 incident NCGC cases, 437 incident CGC cases, and 500 subcohort participants were selected for analysis. The seroprevalence of H pylori was 94·4% (95% CI 92·4-96·4) in NGCG, 92·2% (89·7-94·7) in CGC, and 75·6% (71·8-79·4) in subcohort participants. H pylori infection was associated with adjusted HRs of 5·94 (95% CI 3·25-10·86) for NCGC and 3·06 (1·54-6·10) for CGC. Among the seven individual infection biomarkers, cytotoxin-associated antigen had the highest HRs for both NCGC (HR 4·41, 95% CI 2·60-7·50) and CGC (2·94, 1·53-5·68). In this population, 78·5% of NCGC and 62·1% of CGC cases could be attributable to H pylori infection. H pylori infection accounted for an estimated 339 955 cases of gastric cancer in China in 2018. INTERPRETATION Among Chinese adults, H pylori infection is common and is the cause of large numbers of gastric cancer cases. Population-based mass screening and the eradication of H pylori should be considered to reduce the burden of gastric cancer in high-risk settings. FUNDING Cancer Research UK, Wellcome Trust, UK Medical Research Council, British Heart Foundation, Kadoorie Charitable Foundation, National Key Research and Development Program of China, and National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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- Ling Yang
- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Dong Cheng District, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China
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- Infections and Cancer Epidemiology Division, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Infections and Cancer Epidemiology Division, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Early Detection, Prevention, and Infections Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing, China
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Trial Service Unit & Epidemiological Studies Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Medical Research Council Population Health Research Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Functional Properties of Oligomeric and Monomeric Forms of Helicobacter pylori VacA Toxin. Infect Immun 2021; 89:e0034821. [PMID: 34543122 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00348-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori VacA is a secreted toxin that assembles into water-soluble oligomeric structures and forms anion-selective membrane channels. Acidification of purified VacA enhances its activity in cell culture assays. Sites of protomer-protomer contact within VacA oligomers have been identified by cryoelectron microscopy, and in the current study, we validated several of these interactions by chemical cross-linking and mass spectrometry. We then mutated amino acids at these contact sites and analyzed the effects of the alterations on VacA oligomerization and activity. VacA proteins with amino acid charge reversals at interprotomer contact sites retained the capacity to assemble into water-soluble oligomers and retained cell-vacuolating activity. Introduction of paired cysteine substitutions at these sites resulted in formation of disulfide bonds between adjacent protomers. Negative-stain electron microscopy and single-particle two-dimensional class analysis revealed that wild-type VacA oligomers disassemble when exposed to acidic pH, whereas the mutant proteins with paired cysteine substitutions retain an oligomeric state at acidic pH. Acid-activated wild-type VacA caused vacuolation of cultured cells, whereas acid-activated mutant proteins with paired cysteine substitutions lacked cell-vacuolating activity. Treatment of these mutant proteins with both low pH and a reducing agent resulted in VacA binding to cells, VacA internalization, and cell vacuolation. Internalization of a nonoligomerizing mutant form of VacA by host cells was detected without a requirement for acid activation. Collectively, these results enhance our understanding of the molecular interactions required for VacA oligomerization and support a model in which toxin activity depends on interactions of monomeric VacA with host cells.
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Teng NMY, Price CA, McKee AM, Hall LJ, Robinson SD. Exploring the impact of gut microbiota and diet on breast cancer risk and progression. Int J Cancer 2021; 149:494-504. [PMID: 33521932 PMCID: PMC8650995 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 12/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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There is emerging evidence that resident microbiota communities, that is, the microbiota, play a key role in cancer outcomes and anticancer responses. Although this has been relatively well studied in colorectal cancer and melanoma, other cancers, such as breast cancer (BrCa), have been largely overlooked to date. Importantly, many of the environmental factors associated with BrCa incidence and progression are also known to impact the microbiota, for example, diet and antibiotics. Here, we explore BrCa risk factors from large epidemiology studies and microbiota associations, and more recent studies that have directly profiled BrCa patients' gut microbiotas. We also discuss how in vivo studies have begun to unravel the immune mechanisms whereby the microbiota may influence BrCa responses, and finally we examine how diet and specific nutrients are also linked to BrCa outcomes. We also consider future research avenues and important considerations with respect to study design and implementation, and we highlight some of the important unresolved questions, which currently limit our overall understanding of the mechanisms underpinning microbiota-BrCa responses.
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- Nancy M. Y. Teng
- Gut Microbes & HealthQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
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- Gut Microbes & HealthQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
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- Gut Microbes & HealthQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
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- Gut Microbes & HealthQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
- Norwich Medical SchoolUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
- Chair of Intestinal Microbiome, School of Life Sciences, ZIEL‐Institute for Food & HealthTechnical University of MunichFreisingGermany
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- Gut Microbes & HealthQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of East Anglia, Norwich Research ParkNorwichUK
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Saniee P, Jalili S, Ghadersoltani P, Daliri L, Siavoshi F. Individual hosts carry H. pylori isolates with different cagA features - motifs and copy number. INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION 2021; 93:104961. [PMID: 34119688 DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2021.104961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND H. pylori strains with different genetic contents may infect different or an individual human host. Genetic diversity of cagA is thought to contribute to differences in H. pylori strains pathogenicity. In this study, diversity of cagA genotype, EPIYA motif and copy number was assessed in H. pylori single colonies isolated from individual patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Gastric biopsies from 14H. pylori-positive dyspeptic patients were cultured on selective brucella blood agar and incubated at 37 °C under microaerobic conditions. Four single colonies were obtained from each biopsy subculture on brucella blood agar under similar incubation condition. Presence of cagA and types of EPIYA motifs was determined by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and cagA copy number by quantitative real-time (RT) PCR. RESULTS Single colonies of 5 patients showed no variation in cagA genotype, EPIYA motif and copy number. Out of the remaining 9 patients, 1 patient showed presence or absence of cagA gene, 2 patients had mixed EPIYA motifs, 2 patients had different cagA copy number, 1 patient showed absence or presence of cagA and mixed motifs, 2 patients had cagA genes with different nucleotide sequences, 1 patient showed presence or absence of cagA and difference in cagA nucleotide sequence. Four isolates that contained multiple copies of cagA, carried EPIYA-ABC motif. CONCLUSION Genetic diversity of cagA among single colonies isolated from individual patients represents evidence that gastric mucosa of every individual is colonized with a specific and heterogeneous population of H. pylori. Future studies on patients in different disease groups may elucidate the role of mixed populations of H. pylori in development of gastric diseases.
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- Parastoo Saniee
- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University G.C, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Biology, University College of Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Suyapoh W, Tangkawattana S, Suttiprapa S, Punyapornwithaya V, Tangkawattana P, Sripa B. Synergistic effects of cagA+ Helicobacter pylori co-infected with Opisthorchis viverrini on hepatobiliary pathology in hamsters. Acta Trop 2021; 213:105740. [PMID: 33159904 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Human liver fluke infection caused by Opisthorchis viverrini is associated with several biliary diseases including cholangiocarcinoma (CCA). Recently, it was discovered that the liver fluke is a reservoir of Helicobacter pylori, particularly the cagA-positive strain (cytotoxin-associated gene A) in its gut. Given that two carcinogenic pathogens are associated with CCA development, however, the role of cagA-positive H. pylori in opisthorchiasis has not been clarified. The present study was therefore aimed to investigate histopathological changes of the biliary system in hamsters co-infected with O. viverrini and cagA-positive H. pylori or O. viverrini and cagA-negative H. pylori, with controls of O. viverrini, cagA-positive H. pylori, or cagA-negative H. pylori alone, over time. Major histopathological changes were systematically investigated. All pathological features were quantified/semi-quantified and compared among the experimental groups. The results showed that O. viverrini infection groups (O. viverrini, cagA-positive H. pylori and cagA-negative H. pylori) showed a high degree of eosinophil and mononuclear cell infiltration, lymphoid aggregation and granuloma. Specifically, O. viverrini co-infected with cagA-positive H. pylori presented significantly higher inflammatory scores than O. viverrini and O. viverrini with cagA-positive H. pylori. Proliferation and adaptive lesions such as hyperplasia, goblet cell metaplasia and dysplasia were detected only in O. viverrini infection groups. Dysplasia, the precancerous lesion of CCA, was observed in the first-order bile ducts, especially where the inflammation existed and was found earlier and more severely in O. viverrini with cagA-positive H. pylori than other groups. Similarly, the BrdU (bromodeoxyuridine) proliferation index was significantly higher in O. viverrini co-infected with cagA-positive H. pylori than O. viverrini and O. viverrini with cagA-negative H. pylori groups. Periductal fibrosis was a prominent histopathologic feature in chronic infection in O. viverrini infection groups. Multiple logistic regression showed that O. viverrini co-infected with cagA-positive H. pylori and the duration of infection were the most important factors associated with periductal fibrosis (OR 3.02, 95% CI 1.02-9.29, p = 0.04 and OR 3.82, 95% CI 2.61-5.97, p<0.001). This study demonstrates that the liver fluke co-infected with cagA-positive H. pylori induces severe biliary pathology that may predispose to cholangiocarcinogenesis.
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El Khadir M, Boukhris Alaoui S, Benajah DA, Ibrahimi SA, Chbani L, El Abkari M, Bennani B. VacA genotypes and cagA-EPIYA-C motifs of Helicobacter pylori and gastric histopathological lesions. Int J Cancer 2020; 147:3206-3214. [PMID: 32542674 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 05/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori infection induces inflammation of the gastric mucosa, which may progress to precancerous lesions and gastric cancer. The gastric histo-pathological damages may be associated with some virulence genes of the bacterium, notably vacA and cagA genes. To establish correlations between these genes and the lesions, biopsies from 1303 adults consenting patients that were previously analyzed by PCR to characterize vacA-s vacA-m, vacA-i regions and cagA 3' region polymorphism, were used. The highest average age was obtained in patients with intestinal metaplasia (53.65 ± 15.26 years) and gastric cancer (53.60 ± 14.32 years). Thus, these lesions are more frequent in elderly and male subjects. Tobacco smoking was significantly associated with neutrophilic activity (P = .02). No significant association was obtained between patients with chronic inflammation and vacA and cagA H. pylori genotypes. However, a significant association has been obtained between this lesion and cagA+ in aged patients (P = .02), while intestinal metaplasia was significantly associated with vacAi1 and vacAm1 separately (P < .01 and .01). Also, a significant association was obtained between intestinal metaplasia and strains with one EPIYA-C motif in young patients (P = .001). Interestingly, a significant association was obtained between gastric cancer and cagA+, vacAi1, vacAm1 H. pylori genotypes and also with two EPIYA-C motifs independently of age groups (all P < .05). The results of our study show that H. pylori vacAi1 could be more potent than the other H. pylori virulent factors for predicting the precancerous gastric lesions, confirming that this gene may be helpful to identify patients at high risk for gastric cancer.
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- Mounia El Khadir
- Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine Biomédecine et Environnement, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine Biomédecine et Environnement, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine Biomédecine et Environnement, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Morocco.,Service d'Hépato Gastro-entérologie CHU Hassan II, Fès, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine Biomédecine et Environnement, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Morocco.,Service d'Hépato Gastro-entérologie CHU Hassan II, Fès, Morocco
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- Service d'Anatomie Pathologique CHU Hassan II, Fès, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine Biomédecine et Environnement, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Morocco.,Service d'Hépato Gastro-entérologie CHU Hassan II, Fès, Morocco
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- Laboratoire de Pathologie Humaine Biomédecine et Environnement, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Morocco
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Canzian F, Rizzato C, Obazee O, Stein A, Flores-Luna L, Camorlinga-Ponce M, Mendez-Tenorio A, Vivas J, Trujillo E, Jang H, Chen W, Kasamatsu E, Bravo MM, Torres J, Muñoz N, Kato I. Genetic polymorphisms in the cag pathogenicity island of Helicobacter pylori and risk of stomach cancer and high-grade premalignant gastric lesions. Int J Cancer 2020; 147:2437-2445. [PMID: 32363734 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 04/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori (Hp) infects the stomach of about half of the human population and is strongly associated with the risk of gastric cancer (GC) and its premalignant precursors. The cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI) is a region of the Hp genome encoding for key molecular machinery involved in the infection process. Following a sequencing study, we selected 50 genetic polymorphisms located in seven cagPAI genes and tested their associations with the risk of advanced gastric premalignant lesions and GC in 1220 subjects from various Latin American populations showing the whole spectrum of phenotypes from gastritis to GC. We found that three polymorphisms of cagA are associated with the risk of advanced gastric premalignant lesions (incomplete intestinal metaplasia [ie, Type 2 and 3] or dysplasia), and that six polymorphisms located in cagA, cagL and cagI were associated with risk of GC. When corrected for multiple testing none of the associations were statistically significant. However, scores built by integrating the individual polymorphisms were significantly associated with the risk of advanced gastric premalignant lesions and GC. These results have the potential of establishing markers for risk stratification in the general population, in view of targeting Hp eradication to high-risk population groups.
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- Federico Canzian
- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Translation Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Public Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatría, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, ENCB, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Cancer Control Center of the Tachira State, San Cristobal, Venezuela
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias de la Salud, National University of Asunción, Asunción, Paraguay
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer, Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatría, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Cancer Institute of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Oncology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA
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Bakhti SZ, Latifi-Navid S, Safaralizadeh R. Helicobacter pylori-related risk predictors of gastric cancer: The latest models, challenges, and future prospects. Cancer Med 2020; 9:4808-4822. [PMID: 32363738 PMCID: PMC7333836 DOI: 10.1002/cam4.3068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is known as an important determinant of preneoplastic lesions or gastric cancer (GC) risk. The bacterial genotypes may determine the clinical outcomes. However, the evidence for these associations has varied between and within continents, and the actual effect of each gene and corresponding allelic variants are still debatable. In recent years, two new models have been proposed to predict the risk of GC; the phylogeographic origin of H. pylori strains and a disrupted co-evolution between H. pylori and its human host, which potentially explain the geographic differences in the risk of H. pylori-related cancer. However, these models and earlier ones based on putative virulence factors of the bacterium may not fully justify differences in the incidence of GC, reflecting that new theories should be developed and examined. Notably, the new findings also support the role of ancestry-specific germline alteration in contributing to the ethnic/population differences in cancer risk. Moreover the high and low incidence areas of GC have shown differences in transmission ecology, largely affecting the composition of H. pylori populations. As a new hypothesis, it is proposed that any high-risk population may have its own specific risk loci (or variants) as well as new H. pylori strains with national/maybe regional gene pools that should be considered. The latter is seen in the Americas where the rapid evolution of distinct H. pylori subpopulations has been occurred. It is therefore proposed that the deep sequencing of both H. pylori and its human host is simultaneously performed in GC patients and age-sex-matched controls from high-risk areas. The expression and functional activities of the identified new determinants of GC must then be assessed and matched with human and pathogen ancestry, because some of risk loci are ancestry-specific. In addition, potential study-level covariates and moderator variables (eg physical conditions, life styles, gastric microbiome, etc) linked to causal relationships, and their impact, should be recognized and controlled.
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- Seyedeh Zahra Bakhti
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
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- Department of Animal Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
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Rizzato C, Torres J, Obazee O, Camorlinga-Ponce M, Trujillo E, Stein A, Mendez-Tenorio A, Bravo MM, Canzian F, Kato I. Variations in cag pathogenicity island genes of Helicobacter pylori from Latin American groups may influence neoplastic progression to gastric cancer. Sci Rep 2020; 10:6570. [PMID: 32300197 PMCID: PMC7162905 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-63463-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (HP) colonizes the human stomach and induces acute gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, atrophic gastritis, and gastric adenocarcinoma. Increased virulence in HP isolates derives from harboring the cag (cytotoxin-associated genes) pathogenicity island (cagPAI). We analyzed the microvariants in cagPAI genes with the hypothesis that they may play an important role in determining HP virulence. We tested DNAs from cagA positive patients HP isolates; a total of 74 patients with chronic gastritis (CG, N = 37), intestinal metaplasia (IM, N = 21) or gastric cancer (GC, N = 16) from Mexico and Colombia. We selected 520 non-synonymous variants with at least 7.5% frequency in the original sequence outputs or with a minimum of 5 isolates with minor allele. After adjustment for multiple comparisons, no variants were statistically significantly associated with IM or GC. However, 19 non-synonymous showed conventional P-values < 0.05 comparing the frequency of the alleles between the isolates from subjects with gastritis and isolates from subjects with IM or GC; 12 of these showed a significant correlation with the severity of the disease. The present study revealed that several cagPAI genes from Latin American Western HP strains contains a number of non-synonymous variants in relatively high frequencies which could influence on the clinical outcome. However, none of the associations remained statistically significant after adjustment for multiple comparison.
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- Cosmeri Rizzato
- Department of Translation Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatría, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, UMAE Pediatría, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratorio de Biotecnología y Bioinformática Genómica, ENCB, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México City, México
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- Grupo de Investigación en Biología del Cáncer. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology and Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
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The Helicobacter pylori Cag Type IV Secretion System. Trends Microbiol 2020; 28:682-695. [PMID: 32451226 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Colonization of the human stomach with Helicobacter pylori strains containing the cag pathogenicity island is a risk factor for development of gastric cancer. The cag pathogenicity island contains genes encoding a secreted effector protein (CagA) and components of a type IV secretion system (Cag T4SS). The molecular architecture of the H. pylori Cag T4SS is substantially more complex than that of prototype T4SSs in other bacterial species. In this review, we discuss recent discoveries pertaining to the structure and function of the Cag T4SS and its role in gastric cancer pathogenesis.
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Davitkov P, Altayar O, Shah SC, Gawron AJ, Mustafa RA, Morgan D, Morgan DR. Advancing the Science in Gastric Pre-Neoplasia: Study Design Considerations. Gastroenterology 2020; 158:751-759. [PMID: 31887260 PMCID: PMC7354093 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Perica Davitkov
- Veterans Administration, Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Celveland, OH, USA,Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Salt Lake City Specialty Care Center of Innovation & Gastroenterology Section, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
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Gawron AJ, Shah SC, Altayar O, Davitkov P, Douglas M, Kevin T, Mustafa RA. AGA Technical Review on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia-Natural History and Clinical Outcomes. Gastroenterology 2020; 158:705-731.e5. [PMID: 31816300 PMCID: PMC7375032 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Andrew J. Gawron
- Salt Lake City Specialty Care Center of Innovation & Gastroenterology Section, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
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- VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System,Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, USA.,Inform Diagnostics Research Institute, Irving, TX, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Altayar O, Davitkov P, Shah SC, Gawron AJ, Morgan D, Turner K, Mustafa RA. AGA Technical Review on Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia-Epidemiology and Risk Factors. Gastroenterology 2020; 158:732-744.e16. [PMID: 31816301 PMCID: PMC7425600 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2019.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Osama Altayar
- Division of Gastroenterology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO
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- VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System,Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Salt Lake City Specialty Care Center of Innovation & Gastroenterology Section, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA,Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
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- University of Texas Southwestern College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, USA.,Inform Diagnostics Research Institute, Irving, TX, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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Luo W, Li Y, Luo Z, Xu B. Chronic atrophic gastritis aggravate chronic periodontitis with Helicobacter pylori infection and CD4+Th cytokines infiltration. Histol Histopathol 2019; 35:665-672. [PMID: 31749138 DOI: 10.14670/hh-18-187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the potential effect of chronic atrophic gastritis on chronic periodontitis and further explore the possible mechanism. METHODS Local periodontal lesions were collected from periodontitis tissues of 30 CAG patients and 35 control adults without CAG (non-CAG). Clinical periodontal parameters were recorded, and the expression levels of distinct CD4+ Th specific cytokines at local periodontitis lesions were evaluated by real time PCR (RT-PCR). Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) detection was carried out in both gastric and periodontitis lesions of CAG and non CAG patients. RESULTS Clinical parameters analysis showed that the level of clinical attachment loss in periodontitis lesions of CAG group was significantly higher than non-CAG group. It was observed that the infection rate of H. pylori in the CAG group was higher than non-CAG group. Further cytokine analysis showed that Th17 associated cytokines IL-17, IL-21 and IL-23 were increased in periodontal lesions of CAG patients when compared with non-CAG patients. However, Th1, Th2, Th9 and Treg cells specific cytokines were not significantly increased in CAG group when compared with non-CAG group. CONCLUSIONS Patients with CAG demonstrated that significant elevated attachment loss in periodontitis lesions, while elevated Th17 cytokines IL-17, IL-21 and IL-23 participate in immunopathogenesis of both diseases.
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- Wei Luo
- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Luhe Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Luhe Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Periodontics, Beijing Stomatological Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Beijing Luhe Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing, PR China.
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Differential Helicobacter pylori Plasticity in the Gastric Niche of Subjects at Increased Gastric Cancer Risk. Pathogens 2019; 8:pathogens8020065. [PMID: 31109082 PMCID: PMC6630233 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens8020065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) represents an independent risk factor for Gastric Cancer (GC). First Degree Relatives (FDR) of GC subjects and Autoimmune Gastritis (AG) patients are both at increased risk for GC. H. pylori genetic heterogeneity within the gastric niche of FDR and AG individuals has been little explored. To understand whether they exploit an increased H. pylori stability and virulence, 14 AG, 25 FDR, 39 GC and 13 dyspeptic patients (D) were investigated by a cultural PCR-based approach characterizing single colonies-forming-units. We chose three loci within the Cytotoxin-associated gene-A Pathogenicity Island (CagPAI) (cagA,cagE,virB11), vacA, homA and homB as markers of virulence with reported association to GC. Inflammatory/precancerous lesions were staged according to Sydney System. When compared to D, FDR, similarly to GC patients, were associated to higher atrophy (OR = 6.29; 95% CI:1.23-31.96 in FDR; OR = 7.50; 95% CI:1.67-33.72 in GC) and a lower frequency of mixed infections (OR = 0.16; 95% CI:0.03-0.81 in FDR; OR = 0.10; 95% CI:0.02-0.48 in GC). FDR presented also an increased neutrophil infiltration (OR = 7.19; 95% CI:1.16-44.65). Both FDR and GC carried a higher proportion of CagPAI+vacAs1i1mx+homB+ profiles (OR = 2.71; 95% CI: 1.66-4.41 and OR = 3.43; 95% CI: 2.16-5.44, respectively). Conversely, AG patients presented a lower frequency of subtypes carrying a stable CagPAI and vacAs1i1mx. These results underline different H. pylori plasticity in FDR and AG individuals, and thus, a different host-bacterium interaction capacity that should be considered in the context of eradication therapies.
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Cancer Mortality Trend in Central Italy: Focus on A "Low Rate of Land Use" Area from 1982 to 2011. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2019; 16:ijerph16040628. [PMID: 30795508 PMCID: PMC6406941 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16040628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2019] [Revised: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The aim of the present study was to estimate total cancer mortality trends from 1982 to 2011 in a “low rate of land use” province of the Latium region (Rieti, central Italy) characterized by a low degree of urbanization, a high prevalence of elderly, and a low number of births. Mortality data of the studied period, provided by the Italian National Institute of Statistics, were used for calculating standardized cancer mortality rates. Trends in mortality were analyzed using Joinpoint regression analysis. Results showed that total standardized cancer mortality rates decreased in the monitored area over the study period. A comparison with other provinces of the same region evidenced that the studied province presented the lowest cancer mortality. The three systems/apparatuses affected by cancer that mainly influenced cancer mortality in the monitored province were the trachea-bronchus-lung, colorectal-anus, and stomach. These findings could be attributed to the implement of preventive initiatives performed in the early 2000s, to healthier environmental scenario, and to lower levels of carcinogenic pollutants in air, water, and soil matrices. Thus, our results indicate that the studied area could be considered a “healthy” benchmark for studies in oncological diseases.
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Role of a Stem-Loop Structure in Helicobacter pylori cagA Transcript Stability. Infect Immun 2019; 87:IAI.00692-18. [PMID: 30510104 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00692-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori CagA is a secreted effector protein that contributes to gastric carcinogenesis. Previous studies showed that there is variation among H. pylori strains in the steady-state levels of CagA and that a strain-specific motif downstream of the cagA transcriptional start site (the +59 motif) is associated with both high levels of CagA and premalignant gastric histology. The cagA 5' untranslated region contains a predicted stem-loop-forming structure adjacent to the +59 motif. In the current study, we investigated the effect of the +59 motif and the adjacent stem-loop on cagA transcript levels and cagA mRNA stability. Using site-directed mutagenesis, we found that mutations predicted to disrupt the stem-loop structure resulted in decreased steady-state levels of both the cagA transcript and the CagA protein. Additionally, these mutations resulted in a decreased cagA mRNA half-life. Mutagenesis of the +59 motif without altering the stem-loop structure resulted in reduced steady-state cagA transcript and CagA protein levels but did not affect cagA transcript stability. cagA transcript stability was not affected by increased sodium chloride concentrations, an environmental factor known to augment cagA transcript levels and CagA protein levels. These results indicate that both a predicted stem-loop structure and a strain-specific +59 motif in the cagA 5' untranslated region influence the levels of cagA expression.
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Li T, Shao W, Li S, Ma L, Zheng L, Shang W, Jia X, Sun P, Liang X, Jia J. H. pylori infection induced BMAL1 expression and rhythm disorder aggravate gastric inflammation. EBioMedicine 2019; 39:301-314. [PMID: 30502053 PMCID: PMC6354571 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2018.11.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Rhythm abnormalities are crucial for diverse diseases. However, their role in disease progression induced by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) remains elusive. METHODS H. pylori infection was used in in vivo and in vitro experiments to examine its effect on rhythmic genes. The GEO database was used to screen H. pylori affecting rhythm genes, and the effect of rhythm genes on inflammatory factors. Chromatin immunoprecipitation and dual luciferase assays were used to further find out the regulation between molecules. Animal models were used to confirm the relationship between rhythm genes and H. pylori-induced inflammation. FINDINGS BMAL1 disorders aggravate inflammation induced by H. pylori. Specifically, H. pylori induce BMAL1 expression in vitro and in vivo through transcriptional activation of LIN28A, breaking the circadian rhythm. Mechanistically, LIN28A binds to the promoter region of BMAL1 and directly activates its transcription under H. pylori infection. BMAL1 in turn functions as a transcription factor and enhances the expression of proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α, thereby promoting inflammation. Of note, BMAL1 dysfunction in the rhythm disorder animal model aggravates inflammatory response induced by H. pylori infection in vivo. INTERPRETATION These findings in this study imply the pathogenic relationship between BMAL1 and H. pylori. BMAL1 may serve as a potential diagnostic marker and therapeutic target for the early diagnosis and treatment of diseases related to H. pylori infection. FUND: National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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- Tongyu Li
- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China; Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China; Cancer Research Laboratory, Shandong University, Karolinska Institutet collaborative Laboratory, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China.
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Chinese Ministry of Education, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China; Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity of Shandong Province, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China; Cancer Research Laboratory, Shandong University, Karolinska Institutet collaborative Laboratory, School of Basic Medical Science, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong 250012, PR China.
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Genetic Polymorphisms in Inflammatory and Other Regulators in Gastric Cancer: Risks and Clinical Consequences. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2019; 421:53-76. [PMID: 31123885 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-15138-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori infection is associated with the development of a chronic inflammatory response, which may induce peptic ulcers, gastric cancer (GC), and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Chronic H. pylori infection promotes the genetic instability of gastric epithelial cells and interferes with the DNA repair systems in host cells. Colonization of the stomach with H. pylori is an important cause of non-cardia GC and gastric MALT lymphoma. The reduction of GC development in patients who underwent anti-H. pylori eradication schemes has also been well described. Individual susceptibility to GC development depends on the host's genetic predisposition, H. pylori virulence factors, environmental conditions, and geographical determinants. Biological determinants are urgently sought to predict the clinical course of infection in individuals with confirmed H. pylori infection. Possible candidates for such biomarkers include genetic aberrations such as single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in various cytokines/growth factors (e.g., IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17A/B, IFN-γ, TNF, TGF-β) and their receptors (IL-RN, TGFR), innate immunity receptors (TLR2, TLR4, CD14, NOD1, NOD2), enzymes involved in signal transduction cascades (PLCE1, PKLR, PRKAA1) as well as glycoproteins (MUC1, PSCA), and DNA repair enzymes (ERCC2, XRCC1, XRCC3). Bacterial determinants related to GC development include infection with CagA-positive (particularly with a high number of EPIYA-C phosphorylation motifs) and VacA-positive isolates (in particular s1/m1 allele strains). The combined genotyping of bacterial and host determinants suggests that the accumulation of polymorphisms favoring host and bacterial features increases the risk for precancerous and cancerous lesions in patients.
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Pereira-Marques J, Ferreira RM, Pinto-Ribeiro I, Figueiredo C. Helicobacter pylori Infection, the Gastric Microbiome and Gastric Cancer. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2019; 1149:195-210. [PMID: 31016631 DOI: 10.1007/5584_2019_366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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After a long period during which the stomach was considered as an organ where microorganisms could not thrive, Helicobacter pylori was isolated in vitro from gastric biopsies, revolutionising the fields of Microbiology and Gastroenterology. Since then, and with the introduction of high-throughput sequencing technologies that allowed deep characterization of microbial communities, a growing body of knowledge has shown that the stomach contains a diverse microbial community, which is different from that of the oral cavity and of the intestine. Gastric cancer is a heterogeneous disease that is the end result of a cascade of events arising in a small fraction of patients colonized with H. pylori. In addition to H. pylori infection and to multiple host and environmental factors that influence disease development, alterations to the composition and function of the normal gastric microbiome, also known as dysbiosis, may also contribute to malignancy. Chronic inflammation of the mucosa in response to H. pylori may alter the gastric environment, paving the way to the growth of a dysbiotic gastric bacterial community. This dysbiotic microbiome may promote the development of gastric cancer by sustaining inflammation and/or inducing genotoxicity. This chapter summarizes what is known about the gastric microbiome in the context of H. pylori-associated gastric cancer, introducing the emerging dimension of the microbiome into the pathogenesis of this highly incident and deadly disease.
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- Joana Pereira-Marques
- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- ICBAS - Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Helicobacter pylori: History and facts in Peru. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2018; 134:22-30. [PMID: 30771870 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2018.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 12/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a cosmopolite bacteria and the main responsible for the high burden of gastric cancer in developing countries, such as Peru. In this review, we describe some historical facts in the H. Pylori discovery, the first researches of this bacterium in Peru, as well as its epidemiology, clinical characteristics, diagnosis, treatments, and outcomes. Our literature and review of real-life data suggest that several efforts should be conducted in our country to deal with antibiotic-resistance and lack of adherence to treatment in order to reduce our incidence of gastric cancer.
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Zhang B, Zhang X, Jin M, Hu L, Zang M, Qiu W, Wang S, Liu B, Liu S, Guo D. CagA increases DNA methylation and decreases PTEN expression in human gastric cancer. Mol Med Rep 2018; 19:309-319. [PMID: 30431097 PMCID: PMC6297774 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2018.9654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2018] [Accepted: 09/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Gastric cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-associated mortality worldwide. Cytotoxin-associated gene A (CagA) has been reported to be associated with gastric diseases. Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) and tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 1 (Tet1) are important tumor-suppressor genes. The present study aimed to investigate the underlying functions of CagA in human gastric cancer, and to explore the associations between CagA, PTEN and Tet1 in gastric cancer. For that purpose, CagA overexpression and Tet1 interference recombinant lentiviral plasmids were constructed. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was utilized to screen gene expression in HGC-27 human gastric cancer cells overexpressing CagA. qPCR and western blotting were used to detect gene and protein expression, respectively. In addition, the methylation status of PTEN was detected by methylation-specific PCR. The expression levels of PTEN, Tet1, apolipoprotein B mRNA editing enzyme catalytic subunit (APOBEC)3A, APOBEC3C and APOBEC3F were significantly decreased in the CagA overexpression group compared with in the negative control group in HGC-27 cells. Compared with in the negative control group, the mRNA and protein expression levels of PTEN were markedly decreased in cells with Tet1 interference. The decreased expression of PTEN was associated with increased methylation levels in the cells. In addition, the protein expression levels of PTEN were significantly decreased in HGC-27 cells when CagA was overexpressed. The expression levels of PTEN and Tet1 were also markedly decreased in CagA+ gastric cancer tissues compared with in non-cancerous tissues. The decreased expression of PTEN in CagA+ gastric cancer tissues was associated with increased methylation levels. In conclusion, overexpression of CagA significantly decreased the expression of PTEN, Tet1, APOBEC3A, APOBEC3C and APOBEC3F in human gastric cancer. In addition, CagA increased DNA methylation and decreased PTEN expression, which was reversed by Tet1 overexpression. The present study may facilitate future therapeutic approaches targeting human gastric cancer.
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- Baogui Zhang
- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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- Department of Central Laboratory, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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- Department of General Surgery Affiliated Provincial Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230001, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastric Cancer Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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- Department of Surgery, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Gastric Neoplasms, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong 272000, P.R. China
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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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McClain MS, Beckett AC, Cover TL. Helicobacter pylori Vacuolating Toxin and Gastric Cancer. Toxins (Basel) 2017; 9:toxins9100316. [PMID: 29023421 PMCID: PMC5666363 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9100316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2017] [Revised: 10/03/2017] [Accepted: 10/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori VacA is a channel-forming toxin unrelated to other known bacterial toxins. Most H. pylori strains contain a vacA gene, but there is marked variation among strains in VacA toxin activity. This variation is attributable to strain-specific variations in VacA amino acid sequences, as well as variations in the levels of VacA transcription and secretion. In this review, we discuss epidemiologic studies showing an association between specific vacA allelic types and gastric cancer, as well as studies that have used animal models to investigate VacA activities relevant to gastric cancer. We also discuss the mechanisms by which VacA-induced cellular alterations may contribute to the pathogenesis of gastric cancer.
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- Mark S McClain
- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
- Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA.
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Wang G, Romero-Gallo J, Benoit SL, Piazuelo MB, Dominguez RL, Morgan DR, Peek RM, Maier RJ. Hydrogen Metabolism in Helicobacter pylori Plays a Role in Gastric Carcinogenesis through Facilitating CagA Translocation. mBio 2016; 7:e01022-16. [PMID: 27531909 PMCID: PMC4992972 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01022-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED A known virulence factor of Helicobacter pylori that augments gastric cancer risk is the CagA cytotoxin. A carcinogenic derivative strain, 7.13, that has a greater ability to translocate CagA exhibits much higher hydrogenase activity than its parent noncarcinogenic strain, B128. A Δhyd mutant strain with deletion of hydrogenase genes was ineffective in CagA translocation into human gastric epithelial AGS cells, while no significant attenuation of cell adhesion was observed. The quinone reductase inhibitor 2-n-heptyl-4-hydroxyquinoline-N-oxide (HQNO) was used to specifically inhibit the H2-utilizing respiratory chain of outer membrane-permeabilized bacterial cells; that level of inhibitor also greatly attenuated CagA translocation into AGS cells, indicating the H2-generated transmembrane potential is a contributor to toxin translocation. The Δhyd strain showed a decreased frequency of DNA transformation, suggesting that H. pylori hydrogenase is also involved in energizing the DNA uptake apparatus. In a gerbil model of infection, the ability of the Δhyd strain to induce inflammation was significantly attenuated (at 12 weeks postinoculation), while all of the gerbils infected with the parent strain (7.13) exhibited a high level of inflammation. Gastric cancer developed in 50% of gerbils infected with the wild-type strain 7.13 but in none of the animals infected with the Δhyd strain. By examining the hydrogenase activities from well-defined clinical H. pylori isolates, we observed that strains isolated from cancer patients (n = 6) have a significantly higher hydrogenase (H2/O2) activity than the strains isolated from gastritis patients (n = 6), further supporting an association between H. pylori hydrogenase activity and gastric carcinogenesis in humans. IMPORTANCE Hydrogen-utilizing hydrogenases are known to be important for some respiratory pathogens to colonize hosts. Here a gastric cancer connection is made via a pathogen's (H. pylori) use of molecular hydrogen, a host microbiome-produced gas. Delivery of the known carcinogenic factor CagA into host cells is augmented by the H2-utilizing respiratory chain of the bacterium. The role of hydrogenase in carcinogenesis is demonstrated in an animal model, whereby inflammation markers and cancer development were attenuated in the hydrogenase-null strain. Hydrogenase activity comparisons of clinical strains of the pathogen also support a connection between hydrogen metabolism and gastric cancer risk. While molecular hydrogen use is acknowledged to be an alternative high-energy substrate for some pathogens, this work extends the roles of H2 oxidation to include transport of a carcinogenic toxin. The work provides a new avenue for exploratory treatment of some cancers via microflora alterations.
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- Ge Wang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Hepatology and Nutrition, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA Departments of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Ghalehnoei H, Ahmadzadeh A, Farzi N, Alebouyeh M, Aghdaei HA, Azimzadeh P, Molaei M, Zali MR. Relationship between ureB Sequence Diversity, Urease Activity and Genotypic Variations of Different Helicobacter pylori Strains in Patients with Gastric Disorders. Pol J Microbiol 2016; 65:153-159. [PMID: 30015438 DOI: 10.5604/17331331.1204761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Association of the severity of Helicobacter pylori induced diseases with virulence entity of the colonized strains was proven in some studies. Urease has been demonstrated as a potent virulence factor for H. pylori. The main aim of this study was investigation of the relationships of ureB sequence diversity, urease activity and virulence genotypes of different H. pylori strains with histopathological changes of gastric tissue in infected patients suffering from different gastric disorders. Analysis of the virulence genotypes in the isolated strains indicated significant associations between the presence of severe active gastritis and cagA+ (P = 0.039) or cagA/iceA1 genotypes (P = 0.026), and intestinal metaplasia and vacA m1 (P = 0.008) or vacA s1/m2 (P = 0.001) genotypes. Our results showed a 2.4-fold increased risk of peptic ulcer (95% CI: 0.483-11.93), compared with gastritis, in the infected patients who had dupA positive strains; however this association was not statistically significant. The results of urease activity showed a significant mean difference between the isolated strains from patients with PUD and NUD (P = 0.034). This activity was relatively higher among patients with intestinal metaplasia. Also a significant associa-tion was found between the lack of cagA and increased urease activity among the isolated strains (P = 0.036). While the greatest sequencevariation of ureB was detected in a strain from a patient with intestinal metaplasia, the sole determined amino acid change in UreB sequence (Ala201Thr, 30%), showed no influence on urease activity. In conclusion, the supposed role of H. pylori urease to form peptic ulcer and advancing of intestinal metaplasia was postulated in this study. Higher urease activity in the colonizing H. pylori strains that present specific virulence factors was indicated as a risk factor for promotion of histopathological changes of gastric tissue that advance gastric malignancy.
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- Hossein Ghalehnoei
- Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Basic and Molecular Epidemiology of Gastrointestinal Disorders Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases Research Center, Research Institute for Gastroenterology and Liver Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Helicobacter pylori vacA Genotypes in Chronic Gastritis and Gastric Carcinoma Patients from Macau, China. Toxins (Basel) 2016; 8:toxins8050142. [PMID: 27164143 PMCID: PMC4885057 DOI: 10.3390/toxins8050142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2016] [Revised: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 04/29/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is the major triggering factor for gastric carcinoma, but only a small proportion of infected patients develop this disease. Differences in virulence observed among H. pylori strains, namely in the vacuolating cytotoxin vacA gene, may contribute to this discrepancy. Infection with vacA s1, i1 and m1 strains increases the risk for progression of gastric premalignant lesions and for gastric carcinoma. However, in East Asian countries most of the H. pylori strains are vacA s1, regardless of the patients’ clinical status, and the significance of the vacA i1 and m1 genotypes for gastric carcinoma in this geographic area remains to be fully elucidated. The aim of the present study was to investigate this relationship in 290 patients from Macau, China. Using very sensitive and accurate genotyping methods, we detected infection with vacA i1 and with vacA m1 strains in, respectively, 85.2% and 52.6% of the patients that were infected with single genotypes. The prevalence of cagA-positive strains was 87.5%. No significant associations were observed between vacA genotypes or cagA and gastric carcinoma. It is worth noting that 37.5% of the infected patients had coexistence of H. pylori strains with different vacA genotypes. Additional studies directed to other H. pylori virulence factors should be performed to identify high risk patients in East Asia.
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Gastric cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Helicobacter pylori infection is the strongest known risk factor for this malignancy. An important goal is to identify H. pylori-infected persons at high risk for gastric cancer, so that these individuals can be targeted for therapeutic intervention. H. pylori exhibits a high level of intraspecies genetic diversity, and over the past two decades, many studies have endeavored to identify strain-specific features of H. pylori that are linked to development of gastric cancer. One of the most prominent differences among H. pylori strains is the presence or absence of a 40-kb chromosomal region known as the cag pathogenicity island (PAI). Current evidence suggests that the risk of gastric cancer is very low among persons harboring H. pylori strains that lack the cag PAI. Among persons harboring strains that contain the cag PAI, the risk of gastric cancer is shaped by a complex interplay among multiple strain-specific bacterial factors as well as host factors. This review discusses the strain-specific properties of H. pylori that correlate with increased gastric cancer risk, focusing in particular on secreted proteins and surface-exposed proteins, and describes evidence from cell culture and animal models linking these factors to gastric cancer pathogenesis. Strain-specific features of H. pylori that may account for geographic variation in gastric cancer incidence are also discussed.
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Song H, Held M, Sandin S, Rautelin H, Eliasson M, Söderberg S, Hallmans G, Engstrand L, Nyrén O, Ye W. Increase in the Prevalence of Atrophic Gastritis Among Adults Age 35 to 44 Years Old in Northern Sweden Between 1990 and 2009. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2015; 13:1592-600.e1. [PMID: 25857683 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2015.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS Atrophic corpus gastritis (ACG) is believed to be an early precursor of gastric adenocarcinoma. We aimed to investigate trends of ACG in Northern Sweden, from 1990 through 2009, and to identify possible risk factors. METHODS We randomly selected serum samples collected from 5284 participants in 1990, 1994, 1999, 2004, and 2009, as part of the population-based, cross-sectional Northern Sweden Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Disease study (ages, 35-64 y). Information was collected on sociodemographic, anthropometric, lifestyle, and medical factors using questionnaires. Serum samples were analyzed for levels of pepsinogen I to identify participants with functional ACG; data from participants with ACG were compared with those from frequency-matched individuals without ACG (controls). Blood samples were analyzed for antibodies against Helicobacter pylori and Cag pathogenicity island protein A. Associations were estimated with unconditional logistic regression models. RESULTS Overall, 305 subjects tested positive for functional ACG, based on their level of pepsinogen I. The prevalence of ACG in participants age 55 to 64 years old decreased from 124 per 1000 to 49 per 1000 individuals between 1990 and 2009. However, the prevalence of ACG increased from 22 per 1000 to 64 per 1000 individuals among participants age 35 to 44 years old during this time period. Cag pathogenicity island protein A seropositivity was associated with risk for ACG (odds ratio, 2.29; 95% confidence interval, 1.69-3.12). Other risk factors included diabetes, low level of education, and high body mass index. The association between body mass index and ACG was confined to individuals age 35 to 44 years old; in this group, overweight and obesity were associated with a 2.8-fold and a 4.7-fold increased risk of ACG, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Among residents of Northern Sweden, the prevalence of ACG increased from 1990 through 2009, specifically among adults age 35 to 44 years old. The stabilizing seroprevalence of H pylori and the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity might contribute to this unexpected trend. Studies are needed to determine whether these changes have affected the incidence of gastric cancer.
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- Huan Song
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, Hallands Sjukhus Halmstad, Halmstad, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Clinical Microbiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Sunderby Research Unit, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Cardiology and Heart Centre, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Nutritional Research, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Malvezzi M, Bertuccio P, Rosso T, Rota M, Levi F, La Vecchia C, Negri E. European cancer mortality predictions for the year 2015: does lung cancer have the highest death rate in EU women? Ann Oncol 2015; 26:779-786. [PMID: 25623049 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdv001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 222] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Cancer mortality statistics for 2015 were projected from the most recent available data for the European Union (EU) and its six more populous countries. Prostate cancer was analysed in detail. PATIENTS AND METHODS Population and death certification data from stomach, colorectum, pancreas, lung, breast, uterus, prostate, leukaemias and total cancers were obtained from the World Health Organisation database and Eurostat. Figures were derived for the EU, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the UK. Projected 2015 numbers of deaths by age group were obtained by linear regression on estimated numbers of deaths over the most recent time period identified by a joinpoint regression model. RESULTS A total of 1,359,100 cancer deaths are predicted in the EU in 2015 (766,200 men and 592,900 women), corresponding to standardised death rates of 138.4/100,000 men and 83.9/100,000 women, falling 7.5% and 6%, respectively, since 2009. In men, predicted rates for the three major cancers (lung, colorectum and prostate) are lower than in 2009, falling 9%, 5% and 12%. Prostate cancer showed predicted falls of 14%, 17% and 9% in the 35-64, 65-74 and 75+ age groups. In women, breast and colorectal cancers had favourable trends (-10% and -8%), but predicted lung cancer rates rise 9% to 14.24/100,000 becoming the cancer with the highest rate, reaching and possibly overtaking breast cancer rates--though the total number of deaths remain higher for breast (90 800) than lung (87 500). Pancreatic cancer has a negative outlook in both sexes, rising 4% in men and 5% in women between 2009 and 2015. CONCLUSIONS Cancer mortality predictions for 2015 confirm the overall favourable cancer mortality trend in the EU, translating to an overall 26% fall in men since its peak in 1988, and 21% in women, and the avoidance of over 325,000 deaths in 2015 compared with the peak rate.
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- M Malvezzi
- Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Milan; Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Milan
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Milan
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy.
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- Department of Epidemiology, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Milan
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Plummer M, Franceschi S, Vignat J, Forman D, de Martel C. Global burden of gastric cancer attributable to Helicobacter pylori. Int J Cancer 2015; 136:487-90. [PMID: 24889903 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 610] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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We previously estimated that 660,000 cases of cancer in the year 2008 were attributable to the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), corresponding to 5.2% of the 12.7 million total cancer cases that occurred worldwide. In recent years, evidence has accumulated that immunoblot (western blot) is more sensitive for detection of anti-H. pylori antibodies than ELISA, the detection method used in our previous analysis. The purpose of this short report is to update the attributable fraction (AF) estimate for H. pylori after briefly reviewing new evidence, and to reassess the global burden of cancer attributable to H. pylori. We therefore reviewed the literature for studies comparing the risk of developing non-cardia gastric cancer (NCGC) in cases and controls, using both ELISA and multiple antigen immunoblot for detection of H. pylori. The results from prospective studies were combined, and the new pooled estimates were applied to the calculation of the AF for H. pylori in NCGC, then to the burden of infection-related cancers worldwide. Using the immunoblot-based data, the worldwide AF for H. pylori in NCGC increased from 74.7% to 89.0%. This implies approximately 120,000 additional cases of NCGC attributable to H. pylori infection for a total of around 780,000 cases (6.2% instead of 5.2% of all cancers). These updated estimates reinforce the role of H. pylori as a major cause of cancer.
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- Martyn Plummer
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France
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Ferreira RM, Machado JC, Figueiredo C. Clinical relevance of Helicobacter pylori vacA and cagA genotypes in gastric carcinoma. Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 2014; 28:1003-15. [PMID: 25439067 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 08/21/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori infection is the major etiological factor of gastric carcinoma. This disease is the result of a long, multistep, and multifactorial process, which occurs only in a small proportion of patients infected with H. pylori. Gastric carcinoma development is influenced by host genetic susceptibility factors, environmental factors, and H. pylori virulence. H. pylori is genetically highly variable, and variability that affects H. pylori virulence factors may be useful to identify strains with different degrees of pathogenicity. This review will focus on VacA and CagA that have polymorphic regions that impact their functional properties. The characterization of H. pylori vacA and cagA-associated could be useful for identifying patients at highest risk of disease, who could be offered H. pylori eradication therapy and who could be included in programs of more intensive surveillance in an attempt to reduce gastric carcinoma incidence.
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- Rui M Ferreira
- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal
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- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal; Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Ipatimup - Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, Portugal; Department of Pathology and Oncology, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Keenan JI, Frizelle FA. Bacteria flying under the radar: linking a bacterial infection to colon carcinogenesis. Infect Agent Cancer 2014; 9:31. [PMID: 25225573 PMCID: PMC4164325 DOI: 10.1186/1750-9378-9-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 08/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The emergence of a link between Helicobacter pylori infection and an increased risk of gastric cancer has raised an awareness of a possible link between colonic microbiota and colorectal cancer. Pertubation of the colonic epithelium by toxin-producing strains of Bacteroides fragilis may increase the risk of premalignant transdifferentiation. However, like H. pylori, B. fragilis exhibit an ability to modulate the normal host response to infection. We speculate this may be an underappreciated risk factor in the genesis of colon carcinogenesis in individuals colonised with toxin-producing strains of B. fragilis.
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- Jacqueline I Keenan
- Department of Surgery, University of Otago Christchurch, PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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- Department of Surgery, University of Otago Christchurch, PO Box 4345, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
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BACKGROUND Gastric cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths worldwide. The vast majority of gastric cancers are inflammation-related cancers caused by infection with Helicobacter pylori. H. pylori-induced oxidative stress damages DNA, resulting in genetic instability. In addition, H. pylori itself can cause DNA damage and epigenetic changes that trigger genetic instability and neoplastic transformation. SUMMARY H. pylori strain-specific components act in combination with host factors and environmental and dietary factors to greatly enhance the inflammatory response and thus the cancer risk. Variations in several key factors, such as the cag pathogenicity island and the VacA protein, can trigger a greater inflammatory response in host cells. Genetic polymorphisms in the host such as in the IL-1β gene, and chromosomes 9p21.3 and 10q23 also play a contributing role. Finally, diet is a major external factor that modulates the risk of gastric cancer. KEY MESSAGE The majority of gastric cancers are inflammation-related cancers caused by infection with H. pylori. Eradication of H. pylori is important for the prevention and treatment of gastric cancer. PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS H. pylori eradication results in healing of gastritis and prevention of further H. pylori-induced genetic damage. Eradication of H. pylori prior to development of atrophic gastritis can prevent the development of gastric cancer. Japan has undertaken a nationwide program to identify and eliminate H. pylori, along with surveillance for those who underwent H. pylori eradication too late to eliminate cancer risk. Population-wide eradication of H. pylori will result in gastric cancer becoming a vanishingly rare disease.
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- Wei Zhang
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex., USA
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Castaño-Rodríguez N, Kaakoush NO, Mitchell HM. Pattern-recognition receptors and gastric cancer. Front Immunol 2014; 5:336. [PMID: 25101079 PMCID: PMC4105827 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Chronic inflammation has been associated with an increased risk of several human malignancies, a classic example being gastric adenocarcinoma (GC). Development of GC is known to result from infection of the gastric mucosa by Helicobacter pylori, which initially induces acute inflammation and, in a subset of patients, progresses over time to chronic inflammation, gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia, and finally intestinal-type GC. Germ-line encoded receptors known as pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs) are critical for generating mature pro-inflammatory cytokines that are crucial for both Th1 and Th2 responses. Given that H. pylori is initially targeted by PRRs, it is conceivable that dysfunction within genes of this arm of the immune system could modulate the host response against H. pylori infection, and subsequently influence the emergence of GC. Current evidence suggests that Toll-like receptors (TLRs) (TLR2, TLR3, TLR4, TLR5, and TLR9), nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) (NOD1, NOD2, and NLRP3), a C-type lectin receptor (DC-SIGN), and retinoic acid-inducible gene (RIG)-I-like receptors (RIG-I and MDA-5), are involved in both the recognition of H. pylori and gastric carcinogenesis. In addition, polymorphisms in genes involved in the TLR (TLR1, TLR2, TLR4, TLR5, TLR9, and CD14) and NLR (NOD1, NOD2, NLRP3, NLRP12, NLRX1, CASP1, ASC, and CARD8) signaling pathways have been shown to modulate the risk of H. pylori infection, gastric precancerous lesions, and/or GC. Further, the modulation of PRRs has been suggested to suppress H. pylori-induced inflammation and enhance GC cell apoptosis, highlighting their potential relevance in GC therapeutics. In this review, we present current advances in our understanding of the role of the TLR and NLR signaling pathways in the pathogenesis of GC, address the involvement of other recently identified PRRs in GC, and discuss the potential implications of PRRs in GC immunotherapy.
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- Natalia Castaño-Rodríguez
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales , Sydney, NSW , Australia
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Park JY, Forman D, Greenberg ER, Herrero R. Helicobacter pylori eradication in the prevention of gastric cancer: are more trials needed? Curr Oncol Rep 2014; 15:517-25. [PMID: 24101366 DOI: 10.1007/s11912-013-0341-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The incidence of gastric cancer has decreased in much of the world, but gastric cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death globally, and the burden is growing in many countries in East Asia and Latin America. Chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori is the dominant cause of gastric cancer, and two recent randomized trials showed that H. pylori eradication significantly decreased gastric cancer risk. Population screening and treating individuals for H. pylori also appears to be cost-effective. Nevertheless, current clinical guidelines differ as to whether asymptomatic adults should be screened and treated for H. pylori, and no countries have yet implemented eradication programs. Some of this inaction may reflect lingering doubts about the effectiveness of H. pylori eradication in preventing gastric cancer, but there is also uncertainty about possible risks of mass antibiotic treatment and its impact on gut flora. Appropriately designed studies will help address these issues and hasten the implementation of population-wide prevention programs.
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- Jin Young Park
- Prevention and Implementation Group, Early Detection and Prevention Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 Cours Albert-Thomas, 69372, Lyon Cedex 08, France,
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Panic N, Mastrostefano E, Leoncini E, Persiani R, Arzani D, Amore R, Ricci R, Sicoli F, Sioletic S, Bulajic M, D' Ugo D, Ricciardi W, Boccia S. Susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori infection: results of an epidemiological investigation among gastric cancer patients. Mol Biol Rep 2014; 41:3637-50. [PMID: 24526578 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3228-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 02/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to identify the clinical, demographic, lifestyle factors and selected genetic polymorphisms that affect the susceptibility towards Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection in gastric cancer patients. Histological confirmed gastric adenocarcinoma cases that underwent curative gastrectomy between 2002 and 2012 were included. Gastric biopsy samples were obtained to determine the H. pylori status, and further cagA status and vacA m and s genotypes by polymerase chain reaction. Patients were interviewed with structured questionnaires, and blood samples were collected for EPHX1, GSTM1, GSTT1, IL1B, IL1-RN, MTHFR and p53 genotyping. Proportions were compared in univariate analysis, while the relation between putative risk factors and H. pylori status and genotype were measured using logistic regression analysis. One hundred forty-nine gastric cancer patients were included, of which 78.5% were H. pylori positive. Among positive patients 50% were cagA+, 72.5% vacA m1 and 80.7% vacA s1. The presence of cagA was less frequent among vacA m1 (p = 0.031) and vacA s1 (p = 0.052) subtypes. The presence of father history for any cancer was a significant risk factor for H. pylori infection [adjusted odds ratio (OR) = 8.18, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-64.55]. EPHX1 exon 3 T > C (OR = 0.35, CI 95% 0.13-0.94), IL1B-511 T > C (OR = 0.38, CI 95% 0.15-0.97) and IL1-RN VNTR (OR = 0.19, CI 95% 0.06-0.58) polymorphisms were protective towards H. pylori infection in the univariate analysis. Wine consumption was associated with higher risk of carrying the H. pylori vacA m1 virulent subtype (p = 0.034). Lastly, cardiovascular diseases were less common among cagA positive subjects (p = 0.023). Father history of any cancer is a risk factor for H. pylori infection. Polymorphisms in IL1B-511, IL1-RN and EPHX1 exon 3 genes might be protective towards H. pylori infection.
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- Nikola Panic
- Institute of Public Health-Section of Hygiene, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Alaoui Boukhris S, Amarti A, El Rhazi K, El Khadir M, Benajah DA, Ibrahimi SA, Nejjari C, Mahmoud M, Souleimani A, Bennani B. Helicobacter pylori genotypes associated with gastric histo-pathological damages in a Moroccan population. PLoS One 2013; 8:e82646. [PMID: 24349327 PMCID: PMC3857243 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 10/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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H. pylori persistent infection induces chronic gastritis and is associated with peptic ulcer disease and gastric carcinoma development. The severity of these diseases is related to human's genetic diversity, H. pylori genetic variability and environmental factors. To identify the prevalence of histo-pathological damages caused by H. pylori infection in Moroccan population, and to determine their association to H. pylori genotypes, a prospective study has been conducted during 3 years on patients attending the gastroenterology department of Hassan II University Hospital (CHU) of Fez, Morocco. A total of 801 Moroccan adults' patients were recruited; H. pylori was diagnosed and genotyped by PCR in biopsy specimens and histological exam was performed. We found a high rate of glandular atrophy. Chronic inflammation, neutrophil activity and glandular atrophy showed statistically significant association with H. pylori infection. However, intestinal metaplasia was inversely associated to this infection and no association was observed with gastric cancer cases. A statistically significant association was found between intestinal metaplasia and vacAs1 and vac Am1 genotypes in patients aged 50 years and more but not in younger. This last genotype is also associated to gastric cancer. In this study, gastric cancer showed no significant association with H. pylori. Further studies are warranted to determine the role of other etiological agents such as Epstein-Barr virus, human papillomavirus and possibly environmental and dietetic factors in the occurrence of this pathology.
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- Samia Alaoui Boukhris
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Equipe micro-organismes et facteurs oncogènes, Faculté de médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Faculté des sciences Dhar el Mehraz, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Service d'Anatomie pathologique CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biologie des cancers, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et de recherche clinique, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Equipe micro-organismes et facteurs oncogènes, Faculté de médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Faculté des sciences Dhar el Mehraz, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Service d'Hépato gastro-entérologie CHU Hassan II de Fès, Equipe Maladies de l'appareil digestif (FMPF), Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biologie des cancers, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Service d'Hépato gastro-entérologie CHU Hassan II de Fès, Equipe Maladies de l'appareil digestif (FMPF), Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biologie des cancers, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et de recherche clinique, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Service de Bactériologie CHU Hassan II, Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biologie des cancers, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Faculté des sciences Dhar el Mehraz, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Biologie Moléculaire, Equipe micro-organismes et facteurs oncogènes, Faculté de médecine et de Pharmacie de Fès (FMPF), Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah (USMBA), Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biotechnologie, Faculté des sciences Dhar el Mehraz, USMBA, Fès, Maroc ; Laboratoire de Biologie des cancers, FMPF, USMBA, Fès, Maroc
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