Project description:Sexual reproduction and recombination are essential for the survival of most eukaryotic populations. Until recently, the impact of these processes on the structure of bacterial populations has been largely overlooked. The advent of large-scale whole-genome sequencing and the concomitant development of molecular tools, such as microarray technology, facilitate the sensitive detection of recombination events in bacteria. These techniques are revealing that bacterial populations are comprised of isolates that show a surprisingly wide spectrum of genetic diversity at the DNA level. Our new awareness of this genetic diversity is increasing our understanding of population structures and of how these affect host?pathogen relationships. Set of arrays organized by shared biological context, such as organism, tumors types, processes, etc. Keywords: Logical Set
Project description:Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium that colonizes the human stomach, like all Gram-negative bacteria spontaneously shed outer membrane vesicles (OMVs). OMVs, which act as a delivery system for bacterial components, are involved in bacterial-host interactions and thus contribute to pathogenesis. In this study, to understand the gene expression changes that human gastric epithelial cells might undergo when exposed to H. pylori-OMVs, we profiled the transcriptomic changes of the MKN74 gastric cell line induced by OMVs compared to control cells and H. pylori-infected cells, using the Ion AmpliSeq™ Transcriptome Human Gene Expression Panel. The top enriched pathways in the OMVs challenge condition included amino acid-related metabolic pathways, mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling, autophagy, and ferroptosis. The cell cycle, DNA replication, and repair pathways were the top diminished pathways. The transcriptomic changes induced by OMVs were largely consistent with those of the bacteria, although often at low expression levels, suggesting that their effects will mostly reinforce those of the bacterium itself. Our data provide a valuable portrayal of the transcriptomic remodeling of gastric cells by H. pylori-OMVs, which can be further dissected regarding the underlying molecular mediators and explored to understand the pathobiology of the full-spectrum of H. pylori-mediated diseases.
Project description:Array CGH of H. pylori strain BCS100 after challenge to a new host (patients and experiment described in Graham et al., 2004, Gut, 53:1235-1243). Genomic DNA (500 ng) from the ouput from singel colony isolates obtained 15 or 90 days post innoculation were labeled with Cy5 (red) and cohybridized with 500 ng of genomic DNA from the innoculating strain BCS100 labeled with Cy3 (green).
Project description:Helicobacter pylori strains USU101 was infected into macaques, some of which were treated with the dietary carcinogen ENNG. After 5 years, H. pylori isolates were obtained by endoscopy followed by culture. The resulting strains were analyzed for differences in gene content by array CGH.