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Zhao Y, Chen Z, Cai Y, Xue J, Zhang L, Wang L, Zhao M, Zheng Y, Xia T, Yu H, Jiang T, Sun Y. Aloe-emodin destroys the biofilm of Helicobacter pylori by targeting the outer membrane protein 6. Microbiol Res 2024; 278:127539. [PMID: 37956613 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2023.127539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 10/30/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
Abstract
Biofilm formation is one of the most important factors causing drug resistance of Helicobacter pylori. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the mechanism underlying the biofilm formation and its eradication methods. The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) play important roles in the formation of bacterial biofilms and are considered the essential targets for new drug discovery. Natural products play significant roles in anti-bacterial and anti-biofilm functions. This study explored the key OMPs involved in the biofilm formation of H. pylori and the natural products that target these OMPs. Transcriptome sequencing, gene knockout, and electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) were performed to reveal that OMP6 was involved in the biofilm formation of H. pylori, which was regulated by non-phosphorylated ArsR. Molecular docking suggested that aloe-emodin (AE) could target OMP6 and destroy the biofilms of H. pylori. Further exploration of its mechanism found that AE could also inhibit the expression of omp6 mRNA by binding to its regulator ArsR. In summary, we have discovered a novel molecular mechanism regulating the biofilm formation of H. pylori and identified a natural product against H. pylori biofilms, providing potential clues for clinical treatment of H. pylori.
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- Yican Zhao
- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Microbiology, Key Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Jiangsu Luye Diagnostic Technology, Wuxi, China
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- Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of the Ministry of Education and Department of Microbiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
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Liu Y, Yang F, Wang S, Chi W, Ding L, Liu T, Zhu F, Ji D, Zhou J, Fang Y, Zhang J, Xiang P, Zhang Y, Zhao H. HopE and HopD Porin-Mediated Drug Influx Contributes to Intrinsic Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Inhibits Streptomycin Resistance Acquisition by Natural Transformation in Helicobacter pylori. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0198721. [PMID: 35234510 PMCID: PMC9045298 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01987-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a human pathogen competent for natural transformation. Intrinsic and acquired antibiotic resistance contribute to the survival and multiplication of H. pylori under antibiotics. While drug-resistance dissemination by natural transformation (NT)-mediated horizontal gene transfer remains poorly understood in H. pylori. The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of H. pylori porins (HopA, HopB, HopC, HopD, and HopE) in the intrinsic antibiotic resistance and to preliminarily reveal the potential effect of HopE and HopD porins in streptomycin resistance acquisition after NT in the presence of antibiotics. Using traditional antibiotic susceptibility tests and growth curve analysis, we found the MIC values of metronidazole, clarithromycin, levofloxacin, tetracycline, rifampin, and streptomycin in mutants lacking HopE and/or HopD were significantly elevated compare to those in wild-type strain. The quantitative analysis of the tetramethyl rhodamine isothiocyanate (TRITC)-labeled streptomycin accumulation at the single-cell level showed reduced streptomycin intracellular fluorescence in ΔhopE and ΔhopD mutant cells. Furthermore, in the presence of translation-inhibiting antibiotic streptomycin, the resistance acquisition frequency was decreased in the wild-type strain, which could be reversed by mutants lacking HopE and HopD that restored relatively high resistance acquisition frequencies. By transforming a pUC19-rpsLmut-sfgfp linear plasmid carrying a streptomycin conferring mutation, we observed that the impaired ability of rpsLmut synthesis in the wild-type strain was restored in the ΔhopE and ΔhopD mutant transformants. Our study revealed that in the presence of streptomycin, resistance acquisition at least partially relied on the deletion of the hopE and hopD genes, because their loss reduced streptomycin concentration in the cell and thus restored the expression of the resistance-conferring gene, which was inhibited by streptomycin in wild-type strain. The loss of HopE and HopD influx activity may also preserve resistance acquisition by transformation in the presence of antibiotics with other modes of action. IMPORTANCE Helicobacter pylori is constitutively competent for natural transformation (NT) and possesses an efficient system for homologous recombination, which could be utilized to study the NT-mediated horizontal gene transfer induced antibiotic resistance acquisition. Bacterial porins have drawn renewed attention because of their crucial role in antibiotic susceptibility. From the perspective of porin-mediated influx in H. pylori, our study preliminarily revealed the important role of HopE and HopD porins not only in preserving the intrinsic susceptibility to specific antibiotic but also in evading acquired antibiotic resistance by NT in the presence of translation-inhibiting antimicrobial. Therefore, the loss of HopE or HopD porin in H. pylori genomes, combined with the large number of secreted or cell-free genetic elements carrying mutations conferring antibiotic resistance, may raise the possibility that this mechanism plays a potential role in the propagation of antibiotic resistance within H. pylori communities.
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- Yixin Liu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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Liu Y, Wang S, Yang F, Chi W, Ding L, Liu T, Zhu F, Ji D, Zhou J, Fang Y, Zhang J, Xiang P, Zhang Y, Zhao H. Antimicrobial resistance patterns and genetic elements associated with the antibiotic resistance of Helicobacter pylori strains from Shanghai. Gut Pathog 2022; 14:14. [PMID: 35354484 PMCID: PMC8966258 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-022-00488-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Shanghai, in east China, has one of the world’s highest burdens of Helicobacter pylori infection. While multidrug regimens can effectively eradicate H. pylori, the increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance (AR) in H. pylori has been recognized by the WHO as ‘high priority’ for urgent need of new therapies. Moreover, the genetic characteristics of H. pylori AR in Shanghai is under-reported. The purpose of this study was to determine the resistance prevalence, re-substantiate resistance-conferring mutations, and investigate novel genetic elements associated with H. pylori AR. Results We performed whole genome sequencing and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of 112 H. pylori strains isolated from gastric biopsy specimens from Shanghai patients with different gastric diseases. No strains were resistant to amoxicillin. Levofloxacin, metronidazole and clarithromycin resistance was observed in 39 (34.8%), 73 (65.2%) and 18 (16.1%) strains, respectively. There was no association between gastroscopy diagnosis and resistance phenotypes. We reported the presence or absence of several subsystem protein coding genes including hopE, hofF, spaB, cagY and pflA, and a combination of CRISPRs, which were potentially correlated with resistance phenotypes. The H. pylori strains were also annotated for 80 genome-wide AR genes (ARGs). A genome-wide ARG analysis was performed for the three antibiotics by correlating the phenotypes with the genetic variants, which identified the well-known intrinsic mutations conferring resistance to levofloxacin (N87T/I and/or D91G/Y mutations in gyrA), metronidazole (I38V mutation in fdxB), and clarithromycin (A2143G and/or A2142G mutations in 23S rRNA), and added 174 novel variations, including 23 non-synonymous SNPs and 48 frameshift Indels that were significantly enriched in either the antibiotic-resistant or antibiotic-susceptible bacterial populations. The variant-level linkage disequilibrium analysis highlighted variations in a protease Lon with strong co-occurring correlation with a series of resistance-associated variants. Conclusion Our study revealed multidrug antibiotic resistance in H. pylori strains from Shanghai, which was characterized by high metronidazole and moderate levofloxacin resistance, and identified specific genomic characteristics in relation to H. pylori AR. Continued surveillance of H. pylori AR in Shanghai is warranted in order to establish appropriate eradication treatment regimens for this population. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13099-022-00488-y.
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- Yixin Liu
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China.,Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Endoscopy, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Huadong Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. .,Shanghai Key Laboratory of Clinical Geriatric Medicine, Shanghai, China. .,Research Center on Aging and Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, 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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Marcus EA, Sachs G, Scott DR. Acid-regulated gene expression of Helicobacter pylori: Insight into acid protection and gastric colonization. Helicobacter 2018; 23:e12490. [PMID: 29696729 PMCID: PMC5980792 DOI: 10.1111/hel.12490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The pathogen Helicobacter pylori encounters many stressors as it transits to and infects the gastric epithelium. Gastric acidity is the predominate stressor encountered by the bacterium during initial infection and establishment of persistent infection. H. pylori initiates a rapid response to acid to maintain intracellular pH and proton motive force appropriate for a neutralophile. However, acid sensing by H. pylori may also serve as a transcriptional trigger to increase the levels of other pathogenic factors needed to subvert host defenses such as acid acclimation, antioxidants, flagellar synthesis and assembly, and CagA secretion. MATERIALS AND METHODS Helicobacter pylori were acid challenged at pH 3.0, 4.5, 6.0 vs nonacidic pH for 4 hours in the presence of urea, followed by RNA-seq analysis and qPCR. Cytoplasmic pH was monitored under the same conditions. RESULTS About 250 genes were induced, and an equal number were repressed at acidic pHs. Genes encoding for antioxidant proteins, flagellar structural proteins, particularly class 2 genes, T4SS/Cag-PAI, Fo F1 -ATPase, and proteins involved in acid acclimation were highly expressed at acidic pH. Cytoplasmic pH decreased from 7.8 at pHout of 8.0 to 6.0 at pHout of 3.0. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that increasing extracellular or intracellular acidity or both are detected by the bacterium and serve as a signal to initiate increased production of protective and pathogenic factors needed to counter host defenses for persistent infection. These changes are dependent on degree of acidity and time of acid exposure, triggering a coordinated response to the environment required for colonization.
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- Elizabeth A. Marcus
- Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,VA GLAHS, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,Department Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,VA GLAHS, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA,VA GLAHS, Los Angeles, CA,Corresponding author: David R. Scott, Department of Physiology, DGSOM at UCLA, VA GLAHS, Bldg 113, Rm 324, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90073, , phone: 310-478-3711 x42046; Fax: 310-312-9478
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Matsuo Y, Kido Y, Yamaoka Y. Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Protein-Related Pathogenesis. Toxins (Basel) 2017; 9:toxins9030101. [PMID: 28287480 PMCID: PMC5371856 DOI: 10.3390/toxins9030101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2017] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 03/09/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori colonizes the human stomach and induces inflammation, and in some cases persistent infection can result in gastric cancer. Attachment to the gastric mucosa is the first step in establishing bacterial colonization, and outer membrane proteins (OMPs) play a pivotal role in binding to human cells. Some OMP interaction molecules are known in H. pylori, and their associated host cell responses have been gradually clarified. Many studies have demonstrated that OMPs are essential to CagA translocation into gastric cells via the Type IV secretion system of H. pylori. This review summarizes the mechanisms through which H. pylori utilizes OMPs to colonize the human stomach and how OMPs cooperate with the Type IV secretion system.
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- Yuichi Matsuo
- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-City, Oita 879-5593, Japan.
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-City, Oita 879-5593, Japan.
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- Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-Machi, Yufu-City, Oita 879-5593, Japan.
- Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Li XZ, Plésiat P, Nikaido H. The challenge of efflux-mediated antibiotic resistance in Gram-negative bacteria. Clin Microbiol Rev 2015; 28:337-418. [PMID: 25788514 PMCID: PMC4402952 DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00117-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 899] [Impact Index Per Article: 99.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The global emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria is a growing threat to antibiotic therapy. The chromosomally encoded drug efflux mechanisms that are ubiquitous in these bacteria greatly contribute to antibiotic resistance and present a major challenge for antibiotic development. Multidrug pumps, particularly those represented by the clinically relevant AcrAB-TolC and Mex pumps of the resistance-nodulation-division (RND) superfamily, not only mediate intrinsic and acquired multidrug resistance (MDR) but also are involved in other functions, including the bacterial stress response and pathogenicity. Additionally, efflux pumps interact synergistically with other resistance mechanisms (e.g., with the outer membrane permeability barrier) to increase resistance levels. Since the discovery of RND pumps in the early 1990s, remarkable scientific and technological advances have allowed for an in-depth understanding of the structural and biochemical basis, substrate profiles, molecular regulation, and inhibition of MDR pumps. However, the development of clinically useful efflux pump inhibitors and/or new antibiotics that can bypass pump effects continues to be a challenge. Plasmid-borne efflux pump genes (including those for RND pumps) have increasingly been identified. This article highlights the recent progress obtained for organisms of clinical significance, together with methodological considerations for the characterization of MDR pumps.
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- Xian-Zhi Li
- Human Safety Division, Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire, Université de Franche-Comté, Besançon, France
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA
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Analysis of surface-exposed outer membrane proteins in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2455-71. [PMID: 24769695 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01768-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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More than 50 Helicobacter pylori genes are predicted to encode outer membrane proteins (OMPs), but there has been relatively little experimental investigation of the H. pylori cell surface proteome. In this study, we used selective biotinylation to label proteins localized to the surface of H. pylori, along with differential detergent extraction procedures to isolate proteins localized to the outer membrane. Proteins that met multiple criteria for surface-exposed outer membrane localization included known adhesins, as well as Cag proteins required for activity of the cag type IV secretion system, putative lipoproteins, and other proteins not previously recognized as cell surface components. We identified sites of nontryptic cleavage consistent with signal sequence cleavage, as well as C-terminal motifs that may be important for protein localization. A subset of surface-exposed proteins were highly susceptible to proteolysis when intact bacteria were treated with proteinase K. Most Hop and Hom OMPs were susceptible to proteolysis, whereas Hor and Hof proteins were relatively resistant. Most of the protease-susceptible OMPs contain a large protease-susceptible extracellular domain exported beyond the outer membrane and a protease-resistant domain at the C terminus with a predicted β-barrel structure. These features suggest that, similar to the secretion of the VacA passenger domain, the N-terminal domains of protease-susceptible OMPs are exported through an autotransporter pathway. Collectively, these results provide new insights into the repertoire of surface-exposed H. pylori proteins that may mediate bacterium-host interactions, as well as the cell surface topology of these proteins.
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The Role of Helicobacter pylori Outer Membrane Proteins in Adherence and Pathogenesis. BIOLOGY 2013; 2:1110-34. [PMID: 24833057 PMCID: PMC3960876 DOI: 10.3390/biology2031110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2013] [Revised: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 08/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori is one of the most successful human pathogens, which colonizes the mucus layer of the gastric epithelium of more than 50% of the world’s population. This curved, microaerophilic, Gram-negative bacterium induces a chronic active gastritis, often asymptomatic, in all infected individuals. In some cases, this gastritis evolves to more severe diseases such as peptic ulcer disease, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. H. pylori has developed a unique set of factors, actively supporting its successful survival and persistence in its natural hostile ecological niche, the human stomach, throughout the individual’s life, unless treated. In the human stomach, the vast majority of H. pylori cells are motile in the mucus layer lining, but a small percentage adheres to the epithelial cell surfaces. Adherence to the gastric epithelium is important for the ability of H. pylori to cause disease because this intimate attachment facilitates: (1) colonization and persistence, by preventing the bacteria from being eliminated from the stomach, by mucus turnover and gastric peristalsis; (2) evasion from the human immune system and (3) efficient delivery of proteins into the gastric cell, such as the CagA oncoprotein. Therefore, bacteria with better adherence properties colonize the host at higher densities. H. pylori is one of the most genetically diverse bacterial species known and is equipped with an extraordinarily large set of outer membrane proteins, whose role in the infection and persistence process will be discussed in this review, as well as the different receptor structures that have been so far described for mucosal adherence.
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Belogolova E, Bauer B, Pompaiah M, Asakura H, Brinkman V, Ertl C, Bartfeld S, Nechitaylo TY, Haas R, Machuy N, Salama N, Churin Y, Meyer TF. Helicobacter pylori outer membrane protein HopQ identified as a novel T4SS-associated virulence factor. Cell Microbiol 2013; 15:1896-912. [PMID: 23782461 DOI: 10.1111/cmi.12158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori is a bacterial pathogen that colonizes the gastric niche of ∼ 50% of the human population worldwide and is known to cause peptic ulceration and gastric cancer. Pathology of infection strongly depends on a cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI)-encoded type IV secretion system (T4SS). Here, we aimed to identify as yet unknown bacterial factors involved in cagPAI effector function and performed a large-scale screen of an H. pylori transposon mutant library using activation of the pro-inflammatory transcription factor NF-κB in human gastric epithelial cells as a measure of T4SS function. Analysis of ∼ 3000 H. pylori mutants revealed three non-cagPAI genes that affected NF-κB nuclear translocation. Of these, the outer membrane protein HopQ from H. pylori strain P12 was essential for CagA translocation and for CagA-mediated host cell responses such as formation of the hummingbird phenotype and cell scattering. Besides that, deletion of hopQ reduced T4SS-dependent activation of NF-κB, induction of MAPK signalling and secretion of interleukin 8 (IL-8) in the host cells, but did not affect motility or the quantity of bacteria attached to host cells. Hence, we identified HopQ as a non-cagPAI-encoded cofactor of T4SS function.
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- Elena Belogolova
- Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, D-10117, Berlin, Germany
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Liechti G, Goldberg JB. Outer membrane biogenesis in Escherichia coli, Neisseria meningitidis, and Helicobacter pylori: paradigm deviations in H. pylori. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2012; 2:29. [PMID: 22919621 PMCID: PMC3417575 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2011] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori is capable of colonizing the gastric mucosa of the human stomach using a variety of factors associated with or secreted from its outer membrane (OM). Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and numerous OM proteins have been shown to be involved in adhesion and immune stimulation/evasion. Many of these factors are essential for colonization and/or pathogenesis in a variety of animal models. Despite this wide array of potential targets present on the bacterial surface, the ability of H. pylori to vary its OM profile limits the effectiveness of vaccines or therapeutics that target any single one of these components. However, it has become evident that the proteins comprising the complexes that transport the majority of these molecules to the OM are highly conserved and often essential. The field of membrane biogenesis has progressed remarkably in the last few years, and the possibility now exists for targeting the mechanisms by which β-barrel proteins, lipoproteins, and LPS are transported to the OM, resulting in loss of bacterial fitness and significant altering of membrane permeability. In this review, the OM transport machinery for LPS, lipoproteins, and outer membrane proteins (OMPs) are discussed. While the principal investigations of these transport mechanisms have been conducted in Escherichia coli and Neisseria meningitidis, here these systems will be presented in the genetic context of ε proteobacteria. Bioinformatic analysis reveals that minimalist genomes, such as that of Helicobacter pylori, offer insight into the smallest number of components required for these essential pathways to function. Interestingly, in the majority of ε proteobacteria, while the inner and OM associated apparatus of LPS, lipoprotein, and OMP transport pathways appear to all be intact, most of the components associated with the periplasmic compartment are either missing or are almost unrecognizable when compared to their E. coli counterparts. Eventual targeting of these pathways would have the net effect of severely limiting the delivery/transport of components to the OM and preventing the bacterium's ability to infect its human host.
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- George Liechti
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville VA, USA
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Oral vaccination with Lactococcus lactis expressing the Vibrio cholerae Wzm protein to enhance mucosal and systemic immunity. Vaccine 2012; 30:3231-8. [PMID: 22426330 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2011] [Revised: 02/02/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A gene associated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) transport was cloned from a local clinical Vibrio cholerae O1 strain of the Ogawa serotype by using the Lactococcus lactis nisin-controlled expression (NICE) system. The V. cholerae wzm gene, which codes for an integral membrane transporter protein, was expressed and targeted to the cytoplasmic membrane, and was crudely isolated through simple centrifugation and SDS solubilization. To examine seroreactivity of this construct, rabbits were orally fed with 10(9) cfu/ml of live, recombinant L. lactis carrying the wzm gene, induced with nisin prior to administration. Recombinant plasmids were retrieved from L. lactis cultured directly from stool samples of inoculated rabbits. Reverse-transcriptase PCR of wzm using the retrieved plasmids confirmed transcription of this gene, indicating viability and stability of the recombinants in vivo. The L. lactis-Wzm construct elicited substantial levels of IgG and sIgA, and challenge with virulent V. cholerae O1 evoked severe diarrhoea in the naive, non-immunised control group, but not in those fed with either recombinant or non-recombinant L. lactis. Oral administration with recombinant L. lactis expressing the V. cholerae wzm gene increases both systemic and mucosal immunity, whereas L. lactis itself appears capable of protecting against the diarrhoeal symptoms caused by V. cholerae. Wzm is a conserved membrane protein associated with the LPS endotoxin, and together with the food-grade L. lactis, represent an attractive target for the development of a safer, live anti-infective therapy against V. cholerae.
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Bernarde C, Lehours P, Lasserre JP, Castroviejo M, Bonneu M, Mégraud F, Ménard A. Complexomics study of two Helicobacter pylori strains of two pathological origins: potential targets for vaccine development and new insight in bacteria metabolism. Mol Cell Proteomics 2010; 9:2796-826. [PMID: 20610778 PMCID: PMC3101863 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m110.001065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori infection plays a causal role in the development of gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma (LG-MALT) and duodenal ulcer (DU). Although many virulence factors have been associated with DU, many questions remain unanswered regarding the evolution of the infection toward this exceptional event, LG-MALT. The present study describes and compares the complexome of two H. pylori strains, strain J99 associated with DU and strain B38 associated with LG-MALT, using the two-dimensional blue native/SDS-PAGE method. It was possible to identify 90 different complexes (49 and 41 in the B38 and J99 strains, respectively); 12 of these complexes were common to both strains (seven and five in the membrane and cytoplasm, respectively), reflecting the variability of H. pylori strains. The 44 membrane complexes included numerous outer membrane proteins, such as the major adhesins BabA and SabA retrieved from a complex in the B38 strain, and also proteins from the hor family rarely studied. BabA and BabB adhesins were found to interact independently with HopM/N in the B38 and J99 strains, respectively. The 46 cytosolic complexes essentially comprised proteins involved in H. pylori physiology. Some orphan proteins were retrieved from heterooligomeric complexes, and a function could be proposed for a number of them via the identification of their partners, such as JHP0119, which may be involved in the flagellar function. Overall, this study gave new insights into the membrane and cytoplasm structure, and those which could help in the design of molecules for vaccine and/or antimicrobial agent development are highlighted.
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- Cédric Bernarde
- From ‡INSERM U853, 33076 Bordeaux, France and
- §Laboratoire de Bactériologie
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- From ‡INSERM U853, 33076 Bordeaux, France and
- §Laboratoire de Bactériologie
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- From ‡INSERM U853, 33076 Bordeaux, France and
- §Laboratoire de Bactériologie
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- ‖Laboratoire de Microbiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire et Pathogénicité, UMR CNRS 5234, and
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- **Pôle Protéomique, Plateforme Génomique Fonctionnelle, Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux, F 33076 France
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- From ‡INSERM U853, 33076 Bordeaux, France and
- §Laboratoire de Bactériologie
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- From ‡INSERM U853, 33076 Bordeaux, France and
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Lienlaf M, Morales JP, Díaz MI, Díaz R, Bruce E, Siegel F, León G, Harris PR, Venegas A. Helicobacter pylori HopE and HopV porins present scarce expression among clinical isolates. World J Gastroenterol 2010; 16:320-9. [PMID: 20082477 PMCID: PMC2807952 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i3.320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2009] [Revised: 11/11/2009] [Accepted: 11/18/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM To evaluate how widely Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) HopE and HopV porins are expressed among Chilean isolates and how seroprevalent they are among infected patients in Chile. METHODS H. pylori hopE and hopV genes derived from strain CHCTX-1 were cloned by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli AD494 (DE3). Gel-purified porins were used to prepare polyclonal antibodies. The presence of both genes was tested by PCR in a collection of H. pylori clinical isolates and their expression was detected in lysates by immunoblotting. Immune responses against HopE, HopV and other H. pylori antigens in sera from infected and non-infected patients were tested by Western blotting using these sera as first antibody on recombinant H. pylori antigens. RESULTS PCR and Western blotting assays revealed that 60 and 82 out of 130 Chilean isolates carried hopE and hopV genes, respectively, but only 16 and 9, respectively, expressed these porins. IgG serum immunoreactivity evaluation of 69 H. pylori-infected patients revealed that HopE and HopV were infrequently recognized (8.7% and 10.1% respectively) compared to H. pylori VacA (68.1%) and CagA (59.5%) antigens. Similar values were detected for IgA serum immunoreactivity against HopE (11.6%) and HopV (10.5%) although lower values for VacA (42%) and CagA (17.4%) were obtained when compared to the IgG response. CONCLUSION A scarce expression of HopE and HopV among Chilean isolates was found, in agreement with the infrequent seroconversion against these antigens when tested in infected Chilean patients.
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Drug efflux pumps play a key role in drug resistance and also serve other functions in bacteria. There has been a growing list of multidrug and drug-specific efflux pumps characterized from bacteria of human, animal, plant and environmental origins. These pumps are mostly encoded on the chromosome, although they can also be plasmid-encoded. A previous article in this journal provided a comprehensive review regarding efflux-mediated drug resistance in bacteria. In the past 5 years, significant progress has been achieved in further understanding of drug resistance-related efflux transporters and this review focuses on the latest studies in this field since 2003. This has been demonstrated in multiple aspects that include but are not limited to: further molecular and biochemical characterization of the known drug efflux pumps and identification of novel drug efflux pumps; structural elucidation of the transport mechanisms of drug transporters; regulatory mechanisms of drug efflux pumps; determining the role of the drug efflux pumps in other functions such as stress responses, virulence and cell communication; and development of efflux pump inhibitors. Overall, the multifaceted implications of drug efflux transporters warrant novel strategies to combat multidrug resistance in bacteria.
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- Xian-Zhi Li
- Human Safety Division, Veterinary Drugs Directorate, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A OK9, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA
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Peng Z, Wei X, Lin Z. Stable surface expression of a gene for Helicobacter pylori toxic porin protein with pBAD expression system. JOURNAL OF HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. MEDICAL SCIENCES = HUA ZHONG KE JI DA XUE XUE BAO. YI XUE YING DE WEN BAN = HUAZHONG KEJI DAXUE XUEBAO. YIXUE YINGDEWEN BAN 2009; 29:435-8. [PMID: 19662358 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-009-0409-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection causes peptic and duodenal diseases in humans. Among a 32-protein family of outer membrane proteins, a porin-like protein, HopE, has been a subject of note, mainly for its conservative nature among H. pylori, and for its potential as a vaccine candidate. To achieve stable surface expression of this host cell-toxic protein, hopE gene was introduced into pBAD expression system. After induction with arabinose, all 15 randomly-chosen E. coli LMG 194 colonies from 3 successive passages could express HopE protein, while only 1 from 5 E. coli colonies that contained lac operon-regulated plasmid encoding hopE gene could express HopE. Indirect immunofluorescence confirmed the expression of HopE on E. coli cell surface.
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- Zhixiang Peng
- Department of Endodontics, Guanghua College of Stomatology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510055, China.
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Zhang XP, Wang WH, Tian Y, Gao W, Li J. Aspirin increases susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to metronidazole by augmenting endocellular concentrations of antimicrobials. World J Gastroenterol 2009; 15:919-26. [PMID: 19248190 PMCID: PMC2653399 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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AIM: To investigate the mechanisms of aspirin increasing the susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori (H pylori) to metronidazole.
METHODS: H pylori reference strain 26 695 and two metronidazole-resistant isolates of H pylori were included in this study. Strains were incubated in Brucella broth with or without aspirin (1 mmol/L). The rdxA gene of H pylori was amplified by PCR and sequenced. The permeability of H pylori to antimicrobials was determined by analyzing the endocellular radioactivity of the cells after incubated with [7-3H]-tetracycline. The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of H pylori 26 695 were depurated and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. The expression of 5 porins (hopA, hopB, hopC, hopD and hopE) and the putative RND efflux system (hefABC) of H pylori were analyzed using real-time quantitative PCR.
RESULTS: The mutations in rdxA gene did not change in metronidazole resistant isolates treated with aspirin. The radioactivity of H pylori increased when treated with aspirin, indicating that aspirin improved the permeability of the outer membrane of H pylori. However, the expression of two OMP bands between 55 kDa and 72 kDa altered in the presence of aspirin. The expression of the mRNA of hopA, hopB, hopC, hopD, hopE and hefA, hefB, hefC of H pylori did not change when treated with aspirin.
CONCLUSION: Although aspirin increases the susceptibility of H pylori to metronidazole, it has no effect on the mutations of rdxA gene of H pylori. Aspirin increases endocellular concentrations of antimicrobials probably by altering the OMP expression.
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Carlsohn E, Nyström J, Karlsson H, Svennerholm AM, Nilsson CL. Characterization of the outer membrane protein profile from disease-related Helicobacter pylori isolates by subcellular fractionation and nano-LC FT-ICR MS analysis. J Proteome Res 2007; 5:3197-204. [PMID: 17081072 DOI: 10.1021/pr060181p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Because of the important role of membrane proteins in adhesion, invasion, and intracellular survival of pathogens in the host, membrane proteins are of potential interest in the search for drug targets or biomarkers. We have established a mass spectrometry-based method that allows characterization of the outer membrane protein (OMP) profile of clinical isolates from of the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Subcellular fractionation and one-dimensional gel electrophoresis (1D-GE) analysis was combined with nano-liquid chromatography Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (nano-LC FT-ICR MS) and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis of fifteen H. pylori strains associated either with duodenal ulcers, gastric cancer, or isolated from asymptomatic H. pylori infected carriers. Over 60 unique membrane or membrane-associated proteins, including 30 of the 33 theoretically predicted OMPs, were identified from the strains. Several membrane proteins, including Omp11 and BabA, were found to be expressed by all strains. In the search for clinical markers we found that Omp26 was expressed by all disease-related strains but was only present in one out of five strains from asymptomatic carriers, which makes Omp26 a potential target for further investigation in the search for proteins unique to disease-related H. pylori strains. In addition, presence of Omp30 and absence of Omp6 seemed to be associated with H. pylori strains causing duodenal ulcer.
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- Elisabet Carlsohn
- Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Göteborg University, Sweden.
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AIM: To investigate the possible effects of aspirin and celecoxib on the growth, virulence factors and outer membrane protein of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori).
METHODS: Two standard strains of H. pylori were treated with a series concentration of aspirin or celecoxib (a specific inhibitor of cyclooxygenase 2) and were incubated in brucella broth under microaerobic condition for 24 and 48 h. The growth and urease activity were assessed by viable colony counting and spectrophotometry. After 48-hour treatment, the supernatants were incubated with Hela cells to estimate vacuolating cytotoxin activity. The outer membrane protein of H. pylori was analyzed by SDS-PAGE.
RESULTS: Aspirin or celecoxib inhibited the growth of H. pylori in a dose-dependent manner with the lowest inhibitory concentrations of 0.5 or 0.01 mmol/L, and the lethal concentrations of 2.0 and 0.04 mmol/L, respectively. Aspirin and celecoxib inhibited the urease activity and vacuolating cytotoxin activity of H. pylori. The inhibitory effect of celecoxib on H. pylori was superior to that of aspirin. Both aspirin and celecoxib had some effects on the expression of the outer membrane protein.
CONCLUSION: Aspirin or celecoxib can inhibit the growth, urease activity and vacuolating cytotoxin activity of H. pylori in vitro significantly. Both aspirin and celecoxib may have some effects on the outer membrane protein expression of H. pylori.
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Co EMA, Schiller NL. Resistance mechanisms in an in vitro-selected amoxicillin-resistant strain of Helicobacter pylori. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:4174-6. [PMID: 17000747 PMCID: PMC1694008 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00759-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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We investigated the beta-lactam resistance mechanism(s) of an in vitro-selected amoxicillin-resistant Helicobacter pylori strain (AmoxR). Our results demonstrated that resistance is due to a combination of amino acid substitutions in penicillin binding protein 1 (PBP1), HopB, and HopC identified in AmoxR, resulting in decreased affinity of PBP1 for amoxicillin and decreased accumulation of penicillin.
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- Edgie-Mark A Co
- Biomedical Sciences Division, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0121, USA
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Pathogenesis of
Helicobacter pylori
Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-05 and 1=1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SUMMARY
Helicobacter pylori
is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong.
H. pylori
infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of
H. pylori
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Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-05 and 1>1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SUMMARY
Helicobacter pylori
is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong.
H. pylori
infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of
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Infection. Clin Microbiol Rev 2006. [DOI: 10.1128/cmr.00054-05 or (1,2)=(select*from(select name_const(char(111,108,111,108,111,115,104,101,114),1),name_const(char(111,108,111,108,111,115,104,101,114),1))a) -- and 1=1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SUMMARY
Helicobacter pylori
is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong.
H. pylori
infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of
H. pylori
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Helicobacter pylori is the first formally recognized bacterial carcinogen and is one of the most successful human pathogens, as over half of the world's population is colonized with this gram-negative bacterium. Unless treated, colonization usually persists lifelong. H. pylori infection represents a key factor in the etiology of various gastrointestinal diseases, ranging from chronic active gastritis without clinical symptoms to peptic ulceration, gastric adenocarcinoma, and gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. Disease outcome is the result of the complex interplay between the host and the bacterium. Host immune gene polymorphisms and gastric acid secretion largely determine the bacterium's ability to colonize a specific gastric niche. Bacterial virulence factors such as the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island-encoded protein CagA and the vacuolating cytotoxin VacA aid in this colonization of the gastric mucosa and subsequently seem to modulate the host's immune system. This review focuses on the microbiological, clinical, immunological, and biochemical aspects of the pathogenesis of H. pylori.
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- Johannes G Kusters
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC-University Medical Center, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Couturier MR, Tasca E, Montecucco C, Stein M. Interaction with CagF is required for translocation of CagA into the host via the Helicobacter pylori type IV secretion system. Infect Immun 2006; 74:273-81. [PMID: 16368981 PMCID: PMC1346642 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.1.273-281.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Development of severe gastric diseases is strongly associated with those strains of Helicobacter pylori that contain the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) inserted into the chromosome. The cag PAI encodes a type IV secretion system that translocates the major disease-associated virulence protein, CagA, into the host epithelial cell. CagA then affects host signaling pathways, leading to cell elongations and inflammation. Since the precise mechanism by which the CagA toxin is translocated by the type IV secretion system remained elusive, we used fusion proteins and immunoprecipitation studies to identify CagA-interacting secretion components. Here we demonstrate that CagA, in addition to other yet-unidentified proteins, interacts with CagF, presumably at the inner bacterial membrane. This interaction is required for CagA translocation, since an isogenic nonpolar cagF mutant was translocation deficient. Our results suggest that CagF may be a protein with unique chaperone-like function that is involved in the early steps of CagA recognition and delivery into the type IV secretion channel.
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- Marc Roger Couturier
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, 1-17 Medical Sciences Building, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada
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Sabarth N, Hurvitz R, Schmidt M, Zimny-Arndt U, Jungblut PR, Meyer TF, Bumann D. Identification of Helicobacter pylori surface proteins by selective proteinase K digestion and antibody phage display. J Microbiol Methods 2005; 62:345-9. [PMID: 15939494 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2005] [Revised: 04/11/2005] [Accepted: 04/26/2005] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Five surface proteins of Helicobacter pylori were identified by proteinase K treatment of live H. pylori followed by proteome analysis. One of the identified proteins, HopQ, is also recognized by an antibody selected by phage display screening of intact H. pylori.
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- Nicolas Sabarth
- Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Schumannstrasse 21/22, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Sun ES, Molini BJ, Barrett LK, Centurion-Lara A, Lukehart SA, Van Voorhis WC. Subfamily I Treponema pallidum repeat protein family: sequence variation and immunity. Microbes Infect 2005; 6:725-37. [PMID: 15207819 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2004] [Accepted: 04/05/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A 12-membered Treponema pallidum repeat (Tpr) protein family has been identified in T. pallidum subsp. pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis. The subfamily I Tpr proteins (C, D, F, and I) possess conserved sequence at the N- and C-termini and central regions that differentiate the members. These proteins may be important in the immune response during syphilis infection and in protective immunity. Strong antibody responses have been observed toward some of the subfamily I Tpr proteins during infection with different syphilis isolates. Some sequence variation has also been identified in one subfamily I Tpr member, TprD, among T. pallidum subsp. pallidum isolates. In this study, we examined sequences in the remaining subfamily I Tpr proteins among strains. Both TprF and TprI were conserved among T. pallidum subsp. pallidum isolates. While some heterogeneity was identified in TprC. We further examined the immune response and protective capacity of TprF protein in this paper. We demonstrate that the N-terminal conserved region of the subfamily I Tpr proteins elicits strong antibody and T-cell responses during infection, and immunization with this region attenuates syphilitic lesion development upon infectious challenge.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial/blood
- Antigenic Variation
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins/immunology
- Colony Count, Microbial
- Conserved Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genes, Bacterial
- Immunization
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymorphism, Genetic
- Rabbits
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Syphilis, Cutaneous/immunology
- Syphilis, Cutaneous/microbiology
- Syphilis, Cutaneous/pathology
- Treponema pallidum/genetics
- Treponema pallidum/immunology
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- Eileen S Sun
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Washington, Box 357185, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Baik SC, Kim KM, Song SM, Kim DS, Jun JS, Lee SG, Song JY, Park JU, Kang HL, Lee WK, Cho MJ, Youn HS, Ko GH, Rhee KH. Proteomic analysis of the sarcosine-insoluble outer membrane fraction of Helicobacter pylori strain 26695. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:949-55. [PMID: 14761989 PMCID: PMC344222 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.4.949-955.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori causes gastroduodenal disease, which is mediated in part by its outer membrane proteins (OMPs). To identify OMPs of H. pylori strain 26695, we performed a proteomic analysis. A sarcosine-insoluble outer membrane fraction was resolved by two-dimensional electrophoresis with immobilized pH gradient strips. Most of the protein spots, with molecular masses of 10 to 100 kDa, were visible on the gel in the alkaline pI regions (6.0 to 10.0). The proteome of the OMPs was analyzed by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Of the 80 protein spots processed, 62 spots were identified; they represented 35 genes, including 16 kinds of OMP. Moreover, we identified 9 immunoreactive proteins by immunoblot analysis. This study contributes to the characterization of the H. pylori strain 26695 proteome and may help to further elucidate the biological function of H. pylori OMPs and the pathogenesis of H. pylori infection.
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- Seung-Chul Baik
- Department of Microbiology, Gyeongsang Institute of Health Science, Gyeongsang National University College of Medicine, Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do 660-751, Republic of Korea
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Gram-negative bacteria characteristically are surrounded by an additional membrane layer, the outer membrane. Although outer membrane components often play important roles in the interaction of symbiotic or pathogenic bacteria with their host organisms, the major role of this membrane must usually be to serve as a permeability barrier to prevent the entry of noxious compounds and at the same time to allow the influx of nutrient molecules. This review summarizes the development in the field since our previous review (H. Nikaido and M. Vaara, Microbiol. Rev. 49:1-32, 1985) was published. With the discovery of protein channels, structural knowledge enables us to understand in molecular detail how porins, specific channels, TonB-linked receptors, and other proteins function. We are now beginning to see how the export of large proteins occurs across the outer membrane. With our knowledge of the lipopolysaccharide-phospholipid asymmetric bilayer of the outer membrane, we are finally beginning to understand how this bilayer can retard the entry of lipophilic compounds, owing to our increasing knowledge about the chemistry of lipopolysaccharide from diverse organisms and the way in which lipopolysaccharide structure is modified by environmental conditions.
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- Hiroshi Nikaido
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3202, USA.
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Merrell DS, Thompson LJ, Kim CC, Mitchell H, Tompkins LS, Lee A, Falkow S. Growth phase-dependent response of Helicobacter pylori to iron starvation. Infect Immun 2003; 71:6510-25. [PMID: 14573673 PMCID: PMC219544 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.11.6510-6525.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Iron is an essential nutrient that is often found in extremely limited available quantities within eukaryotic hosts. Because of this, many pathogenic bacteria have developed regulated networks of genes important for iron uptake and storage. In addition, it has been shown that many bacteria use available iron concentrations as a signal to regulate virulence gene expression. We have utilized DNA microarray technology to identify genes of the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori that are differentially regulated on a growth-inhibiting shift to iron starvation conditions. In addition, the growth phase-dependent expression of these genes was investigated by examining both exponential and stationary growth phase cultures. We identified known iron-regulated genes, as well as a number of genes whose regulation by iron concentration was not previously appreciated. Included in the list of regulated factors were the known virulence genes cagA, vacA, and napA. We examined the effect of iron starvation on the motility of H. pylori and found that exponential- and stationary-phase cultures responded differently to the stress. We further found that while growing cells are rapidly killed by iron starvation, stationary-phase cells show a remarkable ability to survive iron depletion. Finally, bioinformatic analysis of the predicted promoter regions of the differentially regulated genes led to identification of several putative Fur boxes, suggesting a direct role for Fur in iron-dependent regulation of these genes.
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- D Scott Merrell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
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Merrell DS, Goodrich ML, Otto G, Tompkins LS, Falkow S. pH-regulated gene expression of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Infect Immun 2003; 71:3529-39. [PMID: 12761138 PMCID: PMC155744 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.6.3529-3539.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Colonization by the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori has been shown to be intricately linked to the development of gastritis, ulcers, and gastric malignancy. Little is known about mechanisms employed by the bacterium that help it adapt to the hostile environment of the human stomach. In an effort to extend our knowledge of these mechanisms, we utilized spotted-DNA microarrays to characterize the response of H. pylori to low pH. Expression of approximately 7% of the bacterial genome was reproducibly altered by shift to low pH. Analysis of the differentially expressed genes led to the discovery that acid exposure leads to profound changes in motility of H. pylori, as a larger percentage of acid-exposed bacterial cells displayed motility and moved at significantly higher speeds. In contrast to previous publications, we found that expression of the bacterial virulence gene cagA was strongly repressed by acid exposure. Furthermore, this transcriptional repression was reflected at the level of protein accumulation in the H. pylori cell.
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- D Scott Merrell
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford School of Medicine, California 94305, USA.
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Sabarth N, Lamer S, Zimny-Arndt U, Jungblut PR, Meyer TF, Bumann D. Identification of surface proteins of Helicobacter pylori by selective biotinylation, affinity purification, and two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:27896-902. [PMID: 12023975 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204473200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a widespread human pathogen that can cause gastric ulcers and cancer. To identify surface proteins that may play a role in pathogen-host interactions and represent potential targets for the control of this infection, we selectively biotinylated intact H. pylori with the hydrophilic reagent sulfosuccinimidyl-6-(biotinamido)-hexanoate and purified the labeled proteins by membrane isolation, solubilization, and affinity chromatography. After separation of 82 biotinylated proteins on two-dimensional gels, 18 were identified with comparison to proteome data and peptide mass fingerprinting. Among the identified proteins, 9 have previously been shown to be surface-exposed, 7 are associated with virulence, and 11 are highly immunogenic in infected patients. In conclusion, this generally applicable combined proteome approach facilitates the rapid identification of promising targets for the control of H. pylori and might be applicable to numerous other human pathogens although larger biotinylation reagents might be required in some cases to prevent permeation of porin channels in the outer membrane.
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- Nicolas Sabarth
- Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Abteilung Molekulare Biologie, Schumannstrabetae 21/22, D-10117 Berlin, Germany
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Penn CW. Surface components of Campylobacter and Helicobacter. SYMPOSIUM SERIES (SOCIETY FOR APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY) 2001:25S-35S. [PMID: 11422558 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01351.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- C W Penn
- School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Peck B, Ortkamp M, Nau U, Niederweis M, Hundt E, Knapp B. Characterization of four members of a multigene family encoding outer membrane proteins of Helicobacter pylori and their potential for vaccination. Microbes Infect 2001; 3:171-9. [PMID: 11358711 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(01)01377-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In search of protective antigens which can be used in a vaccine to prevent Helicobacter pylori infection, we report on the identification of four genes, hopV, hopW, hopX and hopY, and the characterization of the corresponding proteins which belong to the H. pylori outer membrane protein (Hop) family containing 32 homologous members, some of which were shown to function as porins. Sequence analysis of 16 different H. pylori strains revealed that the proteins HopV, HopW, HopX and HopY are highly conserved. Localization of HopV, HopW, HopX and HopY at the surface of the bacteria was investigated by immunofluorescence. Using a planar lipid bilayer system the proteins HopV and HopX were shown to form pores with single-channel conductances of 1.4 and 3.0 nS, respectively.
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- B Peck
- Chiron Behring GmbH & Co, Preclinical Research, D-35006 Marburg, Germany
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Ge Z, Doig P, Fox JG. Characterization of proteins in the outer membrane preparation of a murine pathogen, Helicobacter bilis. Infect Immun 2001; 69:3502-6. [PMID: 11292784 PMCID: PMC98320 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.5.3502-3506.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Helicobacter bilis is a bacterial pathogen associated with multifocal hepatitis and inflammatory bowel disease in certain strains of mice. This bacterium colonizes the liver, bile, and lower intestine in mice and has also been isolated from a wide spectrum of laboratory animals. In this study, proteins present in the outer membrane preparation (OMP) of four H. bilis strains isolated from a mouse, a dog, a rat, and a gerbil were characterized and compared with that of Helicobacter pylori, a human gastric pathogen. All four H. bilis strains had similar OMP protein profiles that were distinct from those of H. pylori. Immunoblotting demonstrated that OMP proteins from H. bilis and H. pylori have little cross-reactivity, except for their flagellins. Nine major immunogenic polypeptides were present in the H. bilis OMPs. By using two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, five heat-modifiable proteins with molecular masses of 82, 66, 52, 47 and 37 kDa were identified. The N-terminal sequences of the 46- and 47-kDa OMP proteins had no homology with protein sequences available in public databases. These results indicate that H. bilis has a conserved, unique OMP protein profile that is distinct from those of H. pylori.
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- Z Ge
- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Pride DT, Meinersmann RJ, Blaser MJ. Allelic Variation within Helicobacter pylori babA and babB. Infect Immun 2001; 69:1160-71. [PMID: 11160014 PMCID: PMC97998 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.2.1160-1171.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2000] [Accepted: 11/17/2000] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori strains show both geographic and disease-associated allelic variation. We investigated the diversity present in two genes, babA and babB, which are members of a paralogous family of outer membrane proteins. Eleven family members within a single H. pylori strain, predicted to encode proteins with substantial N- and C-terminal similarity to each other, were classified as babA paralogues. In their central regions, most are less than 54% related to one another. Examining the babA and babB central regions in 42 H. pylori strains from different geographic locales, we identified five different allele groups of babA (AD1 to AD5) and three different allele groups of babB (BD1 to BD3). Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the allelic groupings of babA and babB are independent of one another and that, for both, geographic variation is present. Analysis of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitutions in these regions showed that babA is more diverse, implying an earlier origin than that of the same region of babB, but that the babA diversity region may have more functional constraints. Although recombination has been central to the evolution of both genes, with babA and babB showing low mean compatibility scores and homoplasy ratios of 0.71 and 0.67, respectively, recombination is not sufficient to obscure evidence of clonal descent. Despite the involvement of babA in binding to the host blood group antigen Lewis B, neither the presence of different babA allele groups nor that of different babB allele groups is a determining factor in Lewis B binding of H. pylori strains.
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- D T Pride
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Jordan IK, Makarova KS, Wolf YI, Koonin EV. Gene conversions in genes encoding outer-membrane proteins in H. pylori and C. pneumoniae. Trends Genet 2001; 17:7-10. [PMID: 11163905 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-9525(00)02151-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori and Chlamydia pneumoniae are both pathogenic to humans. Their genomes have recently been completed, allowing detailed study of their evolution and organization. Here we describe an evolutionary analysis of the H. pylori and C. pneumoniae genes that encode their outer-membrane proteins. By comparing complete genome sequences of two H. pylori strains and two C. pneumoniae strains, we identify multiple independent conversions among these genes. Such recombination events might provide a selective advantage for these bacterial pathogens.
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- I K Jordan
- National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health, Building 38A/Room 8N805, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA.
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DeLoney CR, Schiller NL. Characterization of an In vitro-selected amoxicillin-resistant strain of Helicobacter pylori. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:3368-73. [PMID: 11083642 PMCID: PMC90207 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.12.3368-3373.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An amoxicillin-resistant (Amox(r)) strain of Helicobacter pylori was selected for by culturing an amoxicillin-sensitive (Amox(s)) strain in increasingly higher concentrations of amoxicillin, resulting in a 133-fold increase in MIC, from 0.03 to 0.06 microg/ml to 4 to 8 microg/ml. This resistance was stable upon freezing for at least 6 months and conferred cross-resistance to seven other beta-lactam antibiotics. beta-Lactamase activity was not detected in this Amox(r) strain; however, analysis of the penicillin-binding protein (PBP) profiles generated from isolated bacterial membranes of the Amox(s) parental strain and the Amox(r) strain revealed a significant decrease in labeling of PBP 1 by biotinylated amoxicillin (bio-Amox) in the Amox(r) strain. Comparative binding studies of PBP 1 for several beta-lactams demonstrated that PBP 1 in the Amox(r) strain had decreased affinity for mezlocillin but not significantly decreased affinity for penicillin G. In addition, PBP profiles prepared from whole bacterial cells showed decreased labeling of PBP 1 and PBP 2 in the Amox(r) strain at all bio-Amox concentrations tested, suggesting a diffusional barrier to bio-Amox or a possible antibiotic efflux mechanism. Uptake analysis of (14)C-labeled penicillin G showed a significant decrease in uptake of the labeled antibiotic by the Amox(r) strain compared to the Amox(s) strain, which was not affected by pretreatment with carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, eliminating the possibility of an efflux mechanism in the resistant strain. These results demonstrate that alterations in PBP 1 and in the uptake of beta-lactam antibiotics in H. pylori can be selected for by prolonged exposure to amoxicillin, resulting in increased resistance to this antibiotic.
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- C R DeLoney
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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Chakravarti DN, Fiske MJ, Fletcher LD, Zagursky RJ. Application of genomics and proteomics for identification of bacterial gene products as potential vaccine candidates. Vaccine 2000; 19:601-12. [PMID: 11090710 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(00)00256-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The ability of bioinformatics to characterize genomic sequences from pathogenic bacteria for prediction of genes that may encode vaccine candidates, e.g. surface localized proteins, has been evaluated. By applying appropriate tools for genomic mining to the published sequence of Haemophilus influenzae Rd genome, it was possible to identify a putative vaccine candidate, the outer membrane lipoprotein, P6. Proteomics complements genomics by offering abilities to rapidly identify the products of predicted genes, e.g. proteins in outer membrane preparations. The ability to identify the P6 protein uniquely from entries in a sequence database from the expected peptide-mass fingerprint of P6 demonstrates the power of proteomics. The application of proteomics for identification of vaccine candidates for another pathogenic bacterium, Helicobacter pylori using two different approaches is described. The first involves rapid identification of a series of monoclonal antibody reactive proteins from N-terminal sequence tags. The other approach involves identification of proteins in outer membrane preparations by 2-D electrophoresis followed by trypsin digestion and peptide mass map analysis. Our combined studies demonstrate that utilization of genome sequences by application of bioinformatics through genomics and proteomics can expedite the vaccine discovery process by rapidly providing a set of potential candidates for further testing.
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- D N Chakravarti
- Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, 211 Bailey Road, West Henrietta, NY 14586, USA.
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Alm RA, Bina J, Andrews BM, Doig P, Hancock RE, Trust TJ. Comparative genomics of Helicobacter pylori: analysis of the outer membrane protein families. Infect Immun 2000; 68:4155-68. [PMID: 10858232 PMCID: PMC101716 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.7.4155-4168.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The two complete genomic sequences of Helicobacter pylori J99 and 26695 were used to compare the paralogous families (related genes within one genome, likely to have related function) of genes predicted to encode outer membrane proteins which were present in each strain. We identified five paralogous gene families ranging in size from 3 to 33 members; two of these families contained members specific for either H. pylori J99 or H. pylori 26695. Most orthologous protein pairs (equivalent genes between two genomes, same function) shared considerable identity between the two strains. The unusual set of outer membrane proteins and the specialized outer membrane may be a reflection of the adaptation of H. pylori to the unique gastric environment where it is found. One subfamily of proteins, which contains both channel-forming and adhesin molecules, is extremely highly related at the sequence level and has likely arisen due to ancestral gene duplication. In addition, the largest paralogous family contained two essentially identical pairs of genes in both strains. The presence and genomic organization of these two pairs of duplicated genes were analyzed in a panel of independent H. pylori isolates. While one pair was present in every strain examined, one allele of the other pair appeared partially deleted in several isolates.
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- R A Alm
- Infection Discovery AstraZeneca R & D Boston, Waltham, Massachusetts 02451, USA.
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Bina J, Bains M, Hancock RE. Functional expression in Escherichia coli and membrane topology of porin HopE, a member of a large family of conserved proteins in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:2370-5. [PMID: 10762234 PMCID: PMC111296 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.9.2370-2375.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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HopE is one of the smallest members of a family of 31 outer membrane proteins in Helicobacter pylori and has been shown to function as a porin. In this study it was cloned into Escherichia coli where it was expressed in the outer membrane, as confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence using HopE-specific antibodies. HopE purified from E. coli reconstituted channels in planar bilayer membranes that were the same size as those formed by HopE purified from H. pylori. A model of the membrane topology of HopE was constructed and indicated that this protein formed a beta-barrel with 16 transmembrane amphipathic beta-strands. The accuracy of this model was tested by linker insertion mutagenesis, assuming that, like other porins, amino acid insertions were not tolerated in the transmembrane beta-strands but were tolerated in the adjoining loop regions. Generally, the results obtained with a series of 12 insertions of the sequence RSKDV and two substitutions were consistent with the topological model. The preponderance of amino acids that were conserved in the extended family of HopE paralogs were predicted to be within the membrane and comprised 45% of all residues in the membrane.
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- J Bina
- Department of Microbiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Bina JE, Alm RA, Uria-Nickelsen M, Thomas SR, Trust TJ, Hancock RE. Helicobacter pylori uptake and efflux: basis for intrinsic susceptibility to antibiotics in vitro. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2000; 44:248-54. [PMID: 10639345 PMCID: PMC89666 DOI: 10.1128/aac.44.2.248-254.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/1999] [Accepted: 11/06/1999] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We previously demonstrated (M. M. Exner, P. Doig, T. J. Trust, and R. E. W. Hancock, Infect. Immun. 63:1567-1572, 1995) that Helicobacter pylori has at least one nonspecific porin, HopE, which has a low abundance in the outer membrane but forms large channels. H. pylori is relatively susceptible to most antimicrobial agents but less susceptible to the polycationic antibiotic polymyxin B. We demonstrate here that H. pylori is able to take up higher basal levels of the hydrophobic fluorescent probe 1-N-phenylnaphthylamine (NPN) than Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Escherichia coli, consistent with its enhanced susceptibility to hydrophobic agents. Addition of polymyxin B led to a further increase in NPN uptake, indicative of a self-promoted uptake pathway, but it required a much higher amount of polymyxin B to yield a 50% increase in NPN uptake in H. pylori (6 to 8 microg/ml) than in P. aeruginosa or E. coli (0.3 to 0.5 microg/ml), suggesting that H. pylori has a less efficient self-promoted uptake pathway. Since intrinsic resistance involves the collaboration of restricted outer membrane permeability and secondary defense mechanisms, such as periplasmic beta-lactamase (which H. pylori lacks) or efflux, we examined the possible role of efflux in antibiotic susceptibility. We had previously identified in H. pylori 11637 the presence of portions of three genes with homology to potential restriction-nodulation-division (RND) efflux systems. It was confirmed that H. pylori contained only these three putative RND efflux systems, named here hefABC, hefDEF, and hefGHI, and that the hefGHI system was expressed only in vivo while the two other RND systems were expressed both in vivo and in vitro. In uptake studies, there was no observable energy-dependent tetracycline, chloramphenicol, or NPN efflux activity in H. pylori. Independent mutagenesis of the three putative RND efflux operons in the chromosome of H. pylori had no effect on the in vitro susceptibility of H. pylori to 19 antibiotics. These results, in contrast to what is observed in E. coli, P. aeruginosa, and other clinically important gram-negative bacteria, suggest that active efflux does not play a role in the intrinsic resistance of H. pylori to antibiotics.
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- J E Bina
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3
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Doig P, de Jonge BL, Alm RA, Brown ED, Uria-Nickelsen M, Noonan B, Mills SD, Tummino P, Carmel G, Guild BC, Moir DT, Vovis GF, Trust TJ. Helicobacter pylori physiology predicted from genomic comparison of two strains. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1999; 63:675-707. [PMID: 10477312 PMCID: PMC103750 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.63.3.675-707.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacteria which colonizes the gastric mucosa of humans and is implicated in a wide range of gastroduodenal diseases. This paper reviews the physiology of this bacterium as predicted from the sequenced genomes of two unrelated strains and reconciles these predictions with the literature. In general, the predicted capabilities are in good agreement with reported experimental observations. H. pylori is limited in carbohydrate utilization and will use amino acids, for which it has transporter systems, as sources of carbon. Energy can be generated by fermentation, and the bacterium possesses components necessary for both aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Sulfur metabolism is limited, whereas nitrogen metabolism is extensive. There is active uptake of DNA via transformation and ample restriction-modification activities. The cell contains numerous outer membrane proteins, some of which are porins or involved in iron uptake. Some of these outer membrane proteins and the lipopolysaccharide may be regulated by a slipped-strand repair mechanism which probably results in phase variation and plays a role in colonization. In contrast to a commonly held belief that H. pylori is a very diverse species, few differences were predicted in the physiology of these two unrelated strains, indicating that host and environmental factors probably play a significant role in the outcome of H. pylori-related disease.
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- P Doig
- AstraZeneca R&D Boston, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Peck B, Ortkamp M, Diehl KD, Hundt E, Knapp B. Conservation, localization and expression of HopZ, a protein involved in adhesion of Helicobacter pylori. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:3325-33. [PMID: 10454640 PMCID: PMC148566 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.16.3325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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From a sarkosyl-insoluble outer membrane fraction prepared from the Helicobacter pylori strain ATCC 43504, 19 proteins could be sequenced N-terminally by Edman degradation. Oligonucleotides were deduced and used for screening of a genomic library. From the isolated genes, five code for different members of a H.pylori outer membrane protein (Hop) family. Among these, the hopZ gene was characterized in more detail. It encodes a protein which was shown to be located at the bacterial surface by immunofluorescence studies. Sequence analysis of the hopZ gene from 15 different H.pylori strains revealed the existence of two alleles and the possible regulation of hopZ expression by slipped-strand mispairing within a CT dinucleotide repeat motif located in the signal-peptide coding region. Among the different strains, the influence of this region on the expression of HopZ was analyzed on a translational level by western blot analysis of bacterial extracts and immunofluorescence studies on intact cells. The protein is expressed only in those strains in which the number of the CT dinucleotide repeats allow for an open reading frame encoding the complete protein. Addionally the function of HopZ was investigated in an adhesion assay. The wild-type strain ATCC 43504 adhered to human gastric epithel cells whereas a knockout mutant strain showed significantly reduced binding to the cells.
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- B Peck
- Chiron Behring GmbH & Co., Preclinical Research, PO Box 1630, D-35006 Marburg, Germany
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Vyas SP, Sihorkar V. Exploring novel vaccines against Helicobacter pylori: protective and therapeutic immunization. J Clin Pharm Ther 1999; 24:259-72. [PMID: 10475984 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2710.1999.00226.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Infection of human stomach by Helicobacter pylori, a gram negative spiral bacterium first isolated in 1983 from a patient with chronic active gastritis (1), causes nearly all duodenal ulcers and most gastric ulcers and is associated with an increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma (2). Current therapies for gastric infections include combination triple or quadruple therapy of antimicrobial and/or antiulcer agents for eradication of H. pylori infection (3). Development of the resistant strains and ecological niche (habitant) of the bacteria may cause relapse after the termination of the therapy. However, if effective, the high cost, difficulty of patient compliance and risk of selection for resistant strains make these therapeutic regimens impractical on a large scale, though effective on the laboratory trial stages. Studies of the pathogenesis of H. pylori have led to the identification of bacterial antigens and adherin proteins as candidates for inclusion as novel vaccines against these diseases (4-7). Both prophylactic and therapeutic vaccination have been demonstrated in animal models of H. pylori infection (8-10).
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- S P Vyas
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar, India.
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Since the discovery of H. pylori in 1982 (MARSHALL 1983; WARREN 1983), research on the mechanisms of virulence of H. pylori has advanced substantially. It is now well established that urease and flagella are virulence factors of H. pylori. Although known for some time to be toxic to epithelial cells in vitro, VacA has only recently been established as a virulence factor. The cag pathogenicity island has also emerged as another virulence contender, although the specific genes involved in virulence are still being determined. Other possible virulence factors, not yet confirmed by gene disruptions, are hapA, katA, sodA, cagA, and iron-regulated genes. As of yet, no adhesins have been confirmed as being important for in vivo survival of H. pylori. With the sequence of the H. pylori genome in hand, it should be possible to more easily determine the role of specific genes in virulence. Genes of immediate interest are the OMPs, which may under go phase and antigenic variation and may represent adhesins. Additionally, virulence-related orthologs and vacA-related genes may provide some interesting findings. Once we define the genes that contribute to H. pylori virulence, we may be able to more easily develop novel therapeutic drugs or vaccines to treat and prevent H. pylori infection.
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- D J McGee
- University of Maryland, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Baltimore 21201, USA
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium which causes chronic gastritis and plays important roles in peptic ulcer disease, gastric carcinoma, and gastric lymphoma. H. pylori has been found in the stomachs of humans in all parts of the world. In developing countries, 70 to 90% of the population carries H. pylori. In developed countries, the prevalence of infection is lower. There appears to be no substantial reservoir of H. pylori aside from the human stomach. Transmission can occur by iatrogenic, fecal-oral, and oral-oral routes. H. pylori is able to colonize and persist in a unique biological niche within the gastric lumen. All fresh isolates of H. pylori express significant urease activity, which appears essential to the survival and pathogenesis of the bacterium. A variety of tests to diagnose H. pylori infection are now available. Histological examination of gastric tissue, culture, rapid urease testing, DNA probes, and PCR analysis, when used to test gastric tissue, all require endoscopy. In contrast, breath tests, serology, gastric juice PCR, and urinary excretion of [15N]ammonia are noninvasive tests that do not require endoscopy. In this review, we highlight advances in the detection of the presence of the organism and methods of differentiating among types of H. pylori, and we provide a background for appropriate chemotherapy of the infection.
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Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative bacterium which causes chronic gastritis and plays important roles in peptic ulcer disease, gastric carcinoma, and gastric lymphoma. H. pylori has been found in the stomachs of humans in all parts of the world. In developing countries, 70 to 90% of the population carries H. pylori. In developed countries, the prevalence of infection is lower. There appears to be no substantial reservoir of H. pylori aside from the human stomach. Transmission can occur by iatrogenic, fecal-oral, and oral-oral routes. H. pylori is able to colonize and persist in a unique biological niche within the gastric lumen. All fresh isolates of H. pylori express significant urease activity, which appears essential to the survival and pathogenesis of the bacterium. A variety of tests to diagnose H. pylori infection are now available. Histological examination of gastric tissue, culture, rapid urease testing, DNA probes, and PCR analysis, when used to test gastric tissue, all require endoscopy. In contrast, breath tests, serology, gastric juice PCR, and urinary excretion of [15N]ammonia are noninvasive tests that do not require endoscopy. In this review, we highlight advances in the detection of the presence of the organism and methods of differentiating among types of H. pylori, and we provide a background for appropriate chemotherapy of the infection.
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- B E Dunn
- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226-0509, USA
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Tomb JF, White O, Kerlavage AR, Clayton RA, Sutton GG, Fleischmann RD, Ketchum KA, Klenk HP, Gill S, Dougherty BA, Nelson K, Quackenbush J, Zhou L, Kirkness EF, Peterson S, Loftus B, Richardson D, Dodson R, Khalak HG, Glodek A, McKenney K, Fitzegerald LM, Lee N, Adams MD, Hickey EK, Berg DE, Gocayne JD, Utterback TR, Peterson JD, Kelley JM, Cotton MD, Weidman JM, Fujii C, Bowman C, Watthey L, Wallin E, Hayes WS, Borodovsky M, Karp PD, Smith HO, Fraser CM, Venter JC. The complete genome sequence of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori. Nature 1997; 388:539-47. [PMID: 9252185 DOI: 10.1038/41483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2543] [Impact Index Per Article: 94.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Helicobacter pylori, strain 26695, has a circular genome of 1,667,867 base pairs and 1,590 predicted coding sequences. Sequence analysis indicates that H. pylori has well-developed systems for motility, for scavenging iron, and for DNA restriction and modification. Many putative adhesins, lipoproteins and other outer membrane proteins were identified, underscoring the potential complexity of host-pathogen interaction. Based on the large number of sequence-related genes encoding outer membrane proteins and the presence of homopolymeric tracts and dinucleotide repeats in coding sequences, H. pylori, like several other mucosal pathogens, probably uses recombination and slipped-strand mispairing within repeats as mechanisms for antigenic variation and adaptive evolution. Consistent with its restricted niche, H. pylori has a few regulatory networks, and a limited metabolic repertoire and biosynthetic capacity. Its survival in acid conditions depends, in part, on its ability to establish a positive inside-membrane potential in low pH.
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- J F Tomb
- Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland 20850, USA.
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Benaissa M, Babin P, Quellard N, Pezennec L, Cenatiempo Y, Fauchère JL. Changes in Helicobacter pylori ultrastructure and antigens during conversion from the bacillary to the coccoid form. Infect Immun 1996; 64:2331-5. [PMID: 8675345 PMCID: PMC174074 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2331-2335.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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In vitro, Helicobacter pylori converts from a bacillary to a full coccoid form via an intermediate U-shaped form. Organisms with a full coccoid form keep a double membrane system, a polar membrane, and invagination structures. Western blots (immunoblots) of sera from colonized patients show that some high-molecular-mass antigenic fractions are expressed only in coccoids. Conversely, fractions of 30 and 94 kDa were more intensively detected in the bacillary forms. These results suggest that (i) coccoid conversion is not a degenerative transformation and (ii) antigens specific to the coccoid forms are expressed in vivo.
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- M Benaissa
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie A, Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire-La Miletrie, Poitiers, France
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