Project description:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a human pathogen that infects almost half of the world’s population. Infection with H. pylori is frequently associated with chronic gastritis and can even lead to gastric and duodenal ulcers and gastric cancer. Although the persistent colonization of H. pylori and the development of H. pylori-associated gastritis remain poorly understood, it is believed that, in gastric mucosa, the modulated gastric epithelial cells (GECs) by H. pylori are key contributors. We used microarrays to detail the global programme of gene expression in Helicobacter pylori infected-gastric epithelial cell line AGS cells and identified up-regulated genes induced by Helicobacter pylori infection.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori causes chronic gastritis and avoids elimination by the immune system of the infected host. The commensal bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus has been reported to exert beneficial effects as a supplement during H. pylori eradication therapy. In the present study, we applied whole genome microarray analysis to compare the immune response induced in murine bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDM) stimulated with L. acidophilus, H. pylori, or with both bacteria in combination Microarray expression profiling was performed to analyze stimulation of bone marrow derived macrophages with Helicobacter pylori 251, Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM or Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM co-stimulated with Helicobacter pylori 251 were analyzed 5 hours after infection.
Project description:Forkhead box (Fox) proteins constitute an evolutionarily conserved family of transcriptional regulators whose deregulations lead to tumorigenesis. However, their regulation and function in gastric cancer are unknown. Promoter hypermethylation occurs during Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-induced gastritis, but whether the deregulated genes contribute to the multi-step gastric carcinogenesis remains unclear. FOXD3 was found to be hypermethylated in a mouse model of H pylori infection and possess tumor-suppressive functions in gastric cancer cell lines. In order to characterize the direct targets of FOXD3 that confer its actions, we performed ChIP-chip in N87 gastric cancer cell line which express low level of FOXD3 in the nuclei of a sub-population of cells. Promoter hypermethylation occurs during Helicobacter pylori (H pylori)-induced gastritis, but whether the deregulated genes contribute to the multi-step gastric carcinogenesis remains unclear. We used MethylCap-microarray to identify hypermethylated genes in a mouse model of H pylori infection.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) causes assorted gastrointestinal disorders. H. pylori-specific T cells develop during infection, which is a prerequisite for the induction of gastritis and malignancy. How the innate immune system senses H. pylori to prime T cells remains unclear. We report that cholesteryl glucosides in H. pylori activate innate immunity through C-type lectin receptors (CLRs). Cholesteryl acyl α-glucoside (αCAG) was identified as a ligand for Mincle (Clec4e). Upon H. pylori infection, T cell responses and gastritis were ameliorated in Mincle-deficient mice, although bacterial numbers were comparable.Thus the cholesteryl lipid–CLR axis exacerbates H. pylori-induced gastric inflammation with limited contribution to protective immunity.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori infection reprograms host gene expression and influences various cellular processes, which have been investigated by cDNA microarray in vitro culture cells and in vivo patients of the chronic abdominal complaint. In this study,the effects of H. pylori infection on host gene expression in the gastric antral mucosa of patients with chronic gastritis were examined.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori causes chronic gastritis and avoids elimination by the immune system of the infected host. The commensal bacterium Lactobacillus acidophilus has been reported to exert beneficial effects as a supplement during H. pylori eradication therapy. In the present study, we applied whole genome microarray analysis to compare the immune response induced in murine bone marrow derived macrophages (BMDM) stimulated with L. acidophilus, H. pylori, or with both bacteria in combination
Project description:Helicobacter pylori infection reprograms host gene expression and influences various cellular processes, which have been investigated by cDNA microarray in vitro culture cells and in vivo patients of the chronic abdominal complaint. In this study,the effects of H. pylori infection on host gene expression in the gastric antral mucosa of patients with chronic gastritis were examined. The gastric antral mucosa was obtained from a total of 6 untreated patients undergoing gastroscopic and pathologic confirmation of chronic superficial gastritis. Three patients infected by H. pylori and 3 patients uninfected were used to cDNA microarray experiment.
Project description:We used 10X 5' single cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq) technology to examine the transcriptional profiles of distinct gastric metaplastic cell types within the gastric corpus of mice chronically infected with Helicobacter pylori or chronically inflamed with autoimmune gastritis and humans with autoimmune gastritis.
Project description:Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection is a key initiating factor in the Correa cascade of gastric carcinogenesis, but the comprehensive understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying H. pylori-induced GC remains elusive. Here, we generated a single-cell atlas of gastric tumorigenesis comprising 18 specimens of gastritis, intestinal metaplasia and gastric cancer (GC) with or without H. pylori infection. We identified 48 distinct cell subpopulations including novel rare subtypes, and revealed the influence of H. pylori infection on cellular heterogeneity across neoplastic lesions.