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Heterogeneity in Levels of Vacuolating Cytotoxin Gene (vacA) Transcription among Helicobacter pylori Strains

机译:幽门螺杆菌菌株中空泡细胞毒素基因(vacA)转录水平的异质性。

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Broth culture supernatants from Tox+ Helicobacter pylori strains induce vacuolation of HeLa cells in vitro and contain VacA in concentrations that are higher than those found in supernatants from Tox? H. pyloristrains. To investigate the basis for this phenomenon, we analyzed the transcription of the vacuolating cytotoxin gene (vacA) in eight Tox+ strains (each with a type s1/m1 vacA genotype) and nine Tox? strains (each with a type s2/m2 vacA genotype). Most of the Tox+ and Tox? strains tested used the samevacA transcriptional start point, but Tox+strains yielded significantly stronger primer extension signal intensities than did Tox? strains (mean densitometry values of 15.8 ± 1.9 versus 8.9 ± 1.7, P = 0.0016). Correspondingly, when we introducedvacA::xylE transcriptional fusions into the chromosomes of a Tox+ strain (60190) and a Tox? strain (86-313), the level of XylE activity in 60190vacA::xylE was about 30-fold higher than that in 86-313 vacA::xylE. Sequence analysis and promoter exchange experiments indicated that the different levels of vacA transcription in these two strains cannot be explained solely by a difference in promoter strength. These data indicate that Tox+ and Tox? H. pylori strains typically differ not only in the VacA amino acid sequence but also in the level of vacA transcription.
机译:Tox + 幽门螺杆菌菌株的肉汤培养上清液在体外诱导HeLa细胞空泡化,其VacA的浓度高于Tox ?< / sup> H。幽门螺杆菌为了研究这种现象的基础,我们分析了八种Tox + 菌株(每个菌株均为s1 / m1 型)中空泡细胞毒素基因( vacA )的转录vacA 基因型)和9个Tox ?菌株(每个菌株均为s2 / m2 vacA 基因型)。测试的大多数Tox + 和Tox ?菌株都使用相同的 vacA 转录起点,但Tox + 菌株产生的引物延伸信号强度明显强于Tox ?菌株(平均光密度测定值为15.8±1.9对8.9±1.7, P = 0.0016)。相应地,当我们在Tox + 菌株(60190)和Tox 的染色体中引入 vacA :: xylE 转录融合体时? 菌株(86-313),XylE活性在60190 vacA :: xylE 中比在86-313 vacA :: xylE 。序列分析和启动子交换实验表明,这两个菌株中 vacA 转录水平的不同不能仅仅通过启动子强度的差异来解释。这些数据表明Tox + 和Tox ? H。幽门螺杆菌菌株不仅在VacA氨基酸序列上有所不同,而且在 vacA 转录水平上也有所不同。

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