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- Bugaytsova, Jeanna, et al.
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pH regulated H. pylori adherence : implications for persistent infection and disease
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Helicobacter pylori’s BabA adhesin binds strongly to gastric mucosal ABH/Leb glycans on the stomach epithelium and overlying mucus, materials continuously shed into the acidic gastric lumen. Here we report that this binding is acid labile, acid inactivation is fully reversible; and acid lability profiles vary with BabA sequence and correlate with disease patterns. Isogenic H. pylori strains from the gastric antrum and more acidic corpus were identified that differed in acid lability of receptor binding and in sequence near BabA’s carbohydrate binding domain. We propose that reversible acid inactivation of receptor binding helps H. pylori avoid clearance by mucosal shedding, and that strain differences in acid lability affect tissue tropism and the spectrum of associated gastric diseases.
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- Odenbreit, Stefan, et al.
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Outer membrane protein expression profile in Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates
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In: Infection and Immunity. - 0019-9567 .- 1098-5522. ; 77:9, s. 3782-3790
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The gram-negative gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is equipped with an extraordinarily large set of outer membrane proteins (OMPs), whose role in the infection process is not well understood. The Hop (Helicobacter outer membrane porins) and Hor (Hop-related proteins) groups constitute a large paralogous family consisting of 33 members. The OMPs AlpA, AlpB, BabA, SabA, and HopZ have been identified as adhesins or adherence-associated proteins. To better understand the relevance of these and other OMPs during infection, we analyzed the expression of eight different omp genes (alpA, alpB, babA, babB, babC, sabA, hopM, and oipA) in a set of 200 patient isolates, mostly from symptomatic children or young adults. Virtually all clinical isolates produced the AlpA and AlpB proteins, supporting their essential function. All other OMPs were produced at extremely variable rates, ranging from 35% to 73%, indicating a function in close adaptation to the individual host or gastric niche. In 11% of the isolates, BabA was produced, and SabA was produced in 5% of the isolates, but the strains failed to bind their cognate substrates. Interleukin-8 (IL-8) expression in gastric cells was strictly dependent on the presence of the cag pathogenicity island, whereas the presence of OipA clearly enhanced IL-8 production. The presence of the translocated effector protein CagA correlated well with BabA and OipA production. In conclusion, we found unexpectedly diverse omp expression profiles in individual H. pylori strains and hypothesize that this reflects the selective pressure for adhesion, which may differ across different hosts as well as within an individual over time.
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- Walz, Anke, et al.
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Identification of glycoprotein receptors within the human salivary proteome for the lectin-like BabA and SabA adhesins of Helicobacter pylori by fluorescence-based 2-D bacterial overlay
- 2009
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In: Proteomics. - : Wiley. - 1615-9853 .- 1615-9861. ; 9:6, s. 1582-1592
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Because gastric infection by Helicobacter pylori takes place via the oral route, possible interactions of this bacterium with human salivary proteins could occur. By using modified 1- and 2-D bacterial overlay, binding of H. pylori adhesins BabA and SabA to the whole range of salivary proteins was explored. Bound salivary receptor molecules were identified by MALDI-MS and by comparison to previously established proteome maps of whole and glandular salivas. By use of adhesin-deficient mutants, binding of H. pylori to MUC7 and gp-340 could be linked to the SabA and BabA adhesins, respectively, whereas binding to MUC5B was associated with both adhesins. Binding of H. pylori to the proline-rich glycoprotein was newly detected and assigned to BabA adhesin whereas the SabA adhesin was found to mediate binding to newly detected receptor molecules, including carbonic anhydrase VI, secretory component, heavy chain of secretory IgA1, parotid secretory protein and zinc-alpha(2)-glycoprotein. Some of these salivary glycoproteins are known to act as scavenger molecules or are involved in innate immunity whereas others might come to modify the pathogenetic properties of this organism. In general, this 2-D bacterial overlay technique represents a useful supplement in adhesion studies of bacteria with complex protein mixtures.
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- Aspholm, Marina, et al.
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SabA is the H. pylori hemagglutinin and is polymorphic in binding to sialylated glycans.
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In: PLoS pathogens. - : Public Library of Science (PLoS). - 1553-7374 .- 1553-7366. ; 2:10
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Adherence of Helicobacter pylori to inflamed gastric mucosa is dependent on the sialic acid-binding adhesin (SabA) and cognate sialylated/fucosylated glycans on the host cell surface. By in situ hybridization, H. pylori bacteria were observed in close association with erythrocytes in capillaries and post-capillary venules of the lamina propria of gastric mucosa in both infected humans and Rhesus monkeys. In vivo adherence of H. pylori to erythrocytes may require molecular mechanisms similar to the sialic acid-dependent in vitro agglutination of erythrocytes (i.e., sialic acid-dependent hemagglutination). In this context, the SabA adhesin was identified as the sialic acid-dependent hemagglutinin based on sialidase-sensitive hemagglutination, binding assays with sialylated glycoconjugates, and analysis of a series of isogenic sabA deletion mutants. The topographic presentation of binding sites for SabA on the erythrocyte membrane was mapped to gangliosides with extended core chains. However, receptor mapping revealed that the NeuAcalpha2-3Gal-disaccharide constitutes the minimal sialylated binding epitope required for SabA binding. Furthermore, clinical isolates demonstrated polymorphism in sialyl binding and complementation analysis of sabA mutants demonstrated that polymorphism in sialyl binding is an inherent property of the SabA protein itself. Gastric inflammation is associated with periodic changes in the composition of mucosal sialylation patterns. We suggest that dynamic adaptation in sialyl-binding properties during persistent infection specializes H. pylori both for individual variation in mucosal glycosylation and tropism for local areas of inflamed and/or dysplastic tissue.
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- Mahdavi, Jafar, et al.
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The blood group antigen binding activity of the Helicobacter pylori baba adhesin is regulated by local ph and redox potential
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Other publication (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The blood group antigen hinding adhesin, BabA, which binds to fucosylated blood group antigens, such as the Lewis b (Leb) and H1 antigens constitutes one of the best recognized adhesin-receptor interactions that mediate adherence of Helicobacter pylori to the gastric epithelium. BabA belongs to a family of H. pylori outer membrane, proteins (HOPs), a group of some 30 proteins with most similar N- and C-terminal domains.We previously identified the babA1 and babA2 genes, where babA2 was found to encode the BabA adhesin in strain CCUG17875. Here, we confirmed the identity of the BabA protein by immunoblot-analysis, followed by MALDIT-OF MS analysis, which also provided molecular weight of the BabA polypeptide and the unique peptide sequences for BabA. Surprisingly, the BabA protein was found to be expressed 50-fold higher compared to the number of calculated bacterial Leb-binding sites.Furthermore, surface scan of the bacterial membrane by freeze fracture immuno-EM technique localized the BabA by immunogold labeling to the bacterial surface in numbers similar to the predicted binding sites. To help explain the binding results, crosslinker-analyses were performed which revealed that BabA form supra-molecular complexes on the bacterial surfaces. In addition, binding to the Lewis b antigen was shown to be pH dependent and took place over a broad pH range but binding activity was reversibly lost when approaching pH 3, i.e. conditions similar to the acidic gastric juice.The binding activity of the BabA adhesin was shown to be sensitive for reducing conditions, which suggests the presence of disulfide bond(s) close to the carbohydrate-binding domain. The dynamics of BabA in Leb-binding suggest that the bacterial adhesin is regulated by local variations in pH and redox potential, such as the pH gradient in the slimy mucus lining of the epithelium, and the reduced conditions of the inflamed gastric mucosa.
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