BabA-mediated adherence of pediatric ulcerogenic H. pylori strains to gastric mucins at neutral and acidic pH

Virulence

Anders Thorell¹  Raquel Rocha²  Mónica Roxo-Rosa²  Mónica Oleastro³  Médea Padra⁴  Sara K. Lindén⁴  Niclas G. Karlsson⁴  Macarena P. Quintana-Hayashi⁴  Chunsheng Jin⁴ 

[1] Karolinska Institutet;National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge;Universidade Nova de Lisboa;University of Gothenburg;

关键词: Mucin;    Helicobacter pylori;    peptic ulcer;    adhesin;    babA;    children;    binding;    virulence;    pH;    glycosylation;   

DOI  :  10.1080/21505594.2018.1532243

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Helicobacter pylori infection can result in non-ulcer dyspepsia (NUD), peptic ulcer disease (PUD), adenocarcinoma, and gastric lymphoma. H. pylori reside within the gastric mucus layer, mainly composed of mucins carrying an array of glycan structures that can serve as bacterial adhesion epitopes. The aim of the present study was to characterize the binding ability, adhesion modes, and growth of H. pylori strains from pediatric patients with NUD and PUD to gastric mucins. Our results showed an increased adhesion capacity of pediatric PUD H. pylori strains to human and rhesus monkey gastric mucins compared to the NUD strains both at neutral and acidic pH, regardless if the mucins were positive for Lewis b (Leb), Sialyl-Lewis x (SLex) or LacdiNAc. In addition to babA positive strains being more common among PUD associated strains, H. pylori babA positive strains bound more avidly to gastric mucins than NUD babA positive strains at acidic pH. Binding to Leb was higher among babA positive PUD H. pylori strains compared to NUD strains at neutral, but not acidic, pH. PUD derived babA-knockout mutants had attenuated binding to mucins and Leb at acidic and neutral pH, and to SLex and DNA at acidic pH. The results highlight the role of BabA-mediated adherence of pediatric ulcerogenic H. pylori strains, and points to a role for BabA in adhesion to charged structures at acidic pH, separate from its specific blood group binding activity.

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