Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a major human pathogen causing chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, and mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. One of the mechanisms whereby it induces damage depends on its interference with proliferation of host tissues. We here describe the discovery of a novel bacterial factor able to inhibit the cell-cycle of exposed cells, both of gastric and non-gastric origin. An integrated approach was adopted to isolate and characterise the molecule from the bacterial culture filtrate produced in a protein-free medium: size-exclusion chromatography, nonreducing gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, mutant analysis, recombinant protein expression and enzymatic assays. L-asparaginase was identified as the factor responsible for cell-cycle inhibition of fibroblasts and gastric cell lines. Its effect on cell-cycle was confirmed by inhibitors, a knockout strain and the action of recombinant L-asparaginase on cell lines.Interference with cell-cycle in vitro depended on cell genotype and was related to the expression levels of the concurrentenzyme asparagine synthetase. Bacterial subcellular distribution of L-asparaginase was also analysed along with its immunogenicity. H. pylori L-asparaginase is a novel antigen that functions as a cell-cycle inhibitor of fibroblasts and gastriccell lines. We give evidence supporting a role in the pathogenesis of H. pylori-related diseases and discuss its potential diagnostic application.

Cell-cycle Inhibition by Helicobacter pylori L-Asparaginase / C., Scotti; P., Sommi; M. V., Pasquetto; D., Cappelletti; S., Stivala; P., Mignosi; M., Savio; L. R., Chiarelli; G., Valentini; V. M., Bolanos Garcia; D. S., Merrell; Franchini, Silvia; M. L., Verona; C., Bolis; E., Solcia; R., Manca; D., Franciotta; A., Casasco; P., Filipazzi; E., Zardini; V., Vannini. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:(2010), pp. e13892-e13892. [10.1371/journal.pone.0013892]

Cell-cycle Inhibition by Helicobacter pylori L-Asparaginase

FRANCHINI, Silvia;
2010

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a major human pathogen causing chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric cancer, and mucosa associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma. One of the mechanisms whereby it induces damage depends on its interference with proliferation of host tissues. We here describe the discovery of a novel bacterial factor able to inhibit the cell-cycle of exposed cells, both of gastric and non-gastric origin. An integrated approach was adopted to isolate and characterise the molecule from the bacterial culture filtrate produced in a protein-free medium: size-exclusion chromatography, nonreducing gel electrophoresis, mass spectrometry, mutant analysis, recombinant protein expression and enzymatic assays. L-asparaginase was identified as the factor responsible for cell-cycle inhibition of fibroblasts and gastric cell lines. Its effect on cell-cycle was confirmed by inhibitors, a knockout strain and the action of recombinant L-asparaginase on cell lines.Interference with cell-cycle in vitro depended on cell genotype and was related to the expression levels of the concurrentenzyme asparagine synthetase. Bacterial subcellular distribution of L-asparaginase was also analysed along with its immunogenicity. H. pylori L-asparaginase is a novel antigen that functions as a cell-cycle inhibitor of fibroblasts and gastriccell lines. We give evidence supporting a role in the pathogenesis of H. pylori-related diseases and discuss its potential diagnostic application.
2010
5
e13892
e13892
Cell-cycle Inhibition by Helicobacter pylori L-Asparaginase / C., Scotti; P., Sommi; M. V., Pasquetto; D., Cappelletti; S., Stivala; P., Mignosi; M., Savio; L. R., Chiarelli; G., Valentini; V. M., Bolanos Garcia; D. S., Merrell; Franchini, Silvia; M. L., Verona; C., Bolis; E., Solcia; R., Manca; D., Franciotta; A., Casasco; P., Filipazzi; E., Zardini; V., Vannini. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - ELETTRONICO. - 5:(2010), pp. e13892-e13892. [10.1371/journal.pone.0013892]
C., Scotti; P., Sommi; M. V., Pasquetto; D., Cappelletti; S., Stivala; P., Mignosi; M., Savio; L. R., Chiarelli; G., Valentini; V. M., Bolanos Garcia; D. S., Merrell; Franchini, Silvia; M. L., Verona; C., Bolis; E., Solcia; R., Manca; D., Franciotta; A., Casasco; P., Filipazzi; E., Zardini; V., Vannini
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