Interaction between host gastric sialyl-Lewis X and H-Pylori SabA enhances H-Pylori density in patients lacking gastric Lewis B antigen
Interaction between host gastric sialyl-Lewis X and H-Pylori SabA enhances H-Pylori density in patients lacking gastric Lewis B antigen
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00358.x
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发表时间:
2006-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Wu, JJ
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作者:
Sheu, BS;Odenbreit, S;Wu, JJ
OBJECTIVES: We tested whether the interaction between host gastric Le(x) antigen and the SabA protein of H. pylori determined gastric colonization density.METHODS: A total of 145 H. pylori-infected patients were assessed for their bacterial density and gastric Le(b) and sialyl-Le(x) expression. Their corresponding H. pylori isolates were tested for babA2 and sabA genotype by PCR. The sabA-genopositive PCR products were sequenced to check for mutations affecting SabA expression. The BabA and SabA expressions of each isolate were confirmed by Western blotting.RESULTS: All 145 H. pylori isolates were babA2-genopositive and expressed BabA. There were 116 (80%) sabA-genopositive isolates, but only 45 (31%) of the isolates expressed SabA. Sequence of sabA-genopositive PCR products was achieved in 92 isolates, of which 60% had regular CT repeat-pairs and the other 40% had a unique deletion of the CT repeats. Neither the deletion nor the different CT repeat-pairs in the sabA region were totally correlated with SabA expression, defined by Western blotting. H. pylori density was higher in those expressing gastric sialyl-Le(x) antigen (which interacts with SabA) (p < 0.001) only in those patients expressing weak or no gastric Le(b) antigen (which would interact with BabA), not in those with evident expression of gastric Le(b) antigen.CONCLUSIONS: In Taiwan, H. pylori isolates are 100% BabA-positive, but only 31% of them express SabA. The interaction between gastric sialyl-Le(x) and SabA of H. pylori determines the colonization density of patients expressing gastric Le(b) weakly or not at all.