Helicobacter pylori SabA adhesin in persistent infection and chronic inflammation

Jafar Mahdavi, Berit Sondén, Marina Hurtig, Farzad O. Olfat, Lina Forsberg, Niamh Roche, Jonas Ångström, Thomas Larsson, Susann Teneberg, Karl-Anders Karlsson, Siiri Altraja, Torkel Wadström, Dangeruta Kersulyte, Douglas E. Berg, Andre Dubois, Christoffer Petersson, Karl-Eric Magnusson, Thomas Norberg, Frank Lindh, Bertil B. LundskogAnna Arnqvist, Lennart Hammarström, Thomas Borén

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Abstract

Helicobacter pylori adherence in the human gastric mucosa involves specific bacterial adhesins and cognate host receptors. Here, we identify sialyl-dimeric-Lewis x glycosphingolipid as a receptor for H. pylori and show that H. pylori infection induced formation of sialyl-Lewis x antigens in gastric epithelium in humans and in a Rhesus monkey. The corresponding sialic acid-binding adhesin (SabA) was isolated with the "retagging" method, and the underlying sabA gene (JHP662/HP0725) was identified. The ability of many H. pylori strains to adhere to sialylated glycoconjugates expressed during chronic inflammation might thus contribute to virulence and the extraordinary chronicity of H. pylori infection.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)573-578
JournalScience
Volume297
Issue number5581
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

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  • Microbiology in the medical area

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