TY - JOUR
T1 - Serodiagnosis and bacterial genome of helicobacter pylori infection
AU - Ichihara, Aina
AU - Ojima, Hinako
AU - Gotoh, Kazuyoshi
AU - Matsushita, Osamu
AU - Take, Susumu
AU - Okada, Hiroyuki
AU - Watanabe, Akari
AU - Yokota, Kenji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - The infection caused by Helicobacter pylori is associated with several diseases, including gastric cancer. Several methods for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection exist, including endoscopy, the urea breath test, and the fecal antigen test, which is the serum antibody titer test that is often used since it is a simple and highly sensitive test. In this context, this study aims to find the association between different antibody reactivities and the organization of bacterial genomes. Next-generation sequences were performed to determine the genome sequences of four strains of antigens with different reactivity. The search was performed on the common genes, with the homology analysis conducted using a genome ring and dot plot analysis. The two antigens of the highly reactive strains showed a high gene homology, and Western blots for CagA and VacA also showed high expression levels of proteins. In the poorly responsive antigen strains, it was found that the inversion occurred around the vacA gene in the genome. The structure of bacterial genomes might contribute to the poor reactivity exhibited by the antibodies of patients. In the future, an accurate serodiagnosis could be performed by using a strain with few gene mutations of the antigen used for the antibody titer test of H. pylori.
AB - The infection caused by Helicobacter pylori is associated with several diseases, including gastric cancer. Several methods for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection exist, including endoscopy, the urea breath test, and the fecal antigen test, which is the serum antibody titer test that is often used since it is a simple and highly sensitive test. In this context, this study aims to find the association between different antibody reactivities and the organization of bacterial genomes. Next-generation sequences were performed to determine the genome sequences of four strains of antigens with different reactivity. The search was performed on the common genes, with the homology analysis conducted using a genome ring and dot plot analysis. The two antigens of the highly reactive strains showed a high gene homology, and Western blots for CagA and VacA also showed high expression levels of proteins. In the poorly responsive antigen strains, it was found that the inversion occurred around the vacA gene in the genome. The structure of bacterial genomes might contribute to the poor reactivity exhibited by the antibodies of patients. In the future, an accurate serodiagnosis could be performed by using a strain with few gene mutations of the antigen used for the antibody titer test of H. pylori.
KW - Antibody
KW - CagA
KW - Genome
KW - VacA
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U2 - 10.3390/toxins13070467
DO - 10.3390/toxins13070467
M3 - Article
C2 - 34357939
AN - SCOPUS:85111019266
VL - 13
JO - Toxins
JF - Toxins
SN - 2072-6651
IS - 7
M1 - 467
ER -