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ArticleBMC microbiology2015

Helicobacter pylori modulates host cell survival regulation through the serine-threonine kinase, 3-phosphoinositide dependent kinase 1 (PDK-1).

Charles C King, Marygorret Obonyo

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charles C KingPediatric Diabetes Research Center, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA. chking@ad.ucsd.edu.
Marygorret ObonyoDepartment of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, CA, 92093, USA. mobonyo@ucsd.edu.
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Project# 4: INTERACTIONS OF ANCHORING PROTEINS WITH THEIR TARGETSP01DK054441 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TAYLOR, SUSAN S. · 1999 to 2017
$27.3M
Role of inflammatory microenvironment in Helicobacter-induced gastric cancerR21CA188752 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI OBONYO, MARYGORRET · 2015 to 2016
$371k
NCI NIH HHS R21 CA188752NCI NIH HHS R21CA188752NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK054441NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK54441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHelicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection affects cell survival signaling pathways including cell apoptosis and proliferation, which are considered risk factors for the development of gastric cancer when unregulated. In the present study, we investigated the effect of H. pylori infection on the phosphorylation state of 3-phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 (PDK-1), a master kinase that regulates phosphorylation of Akt (also known as protein kinase B, PKB) and cell survival.

methodsThe activity of PDK-1 was examined in human gastric epithelial cells incubated in the presence or absence of different H. pylori strains. In addition, the role of H. pylori type IV secretion system and the mechanism of H. pylori effect on PDK-1 activity was examined.

resultsIn the presence of H. pylori, phosphorylation of the activation loop (serine 241) PDK-1 was rapidly lost suggesting that dephosphorylation of PDK-1 is a target for H. pylori to modulate cell survival. The extent of dephosphorylation was strain dependent with H. pylori 60190 being the most effective. H. pylori infection of gastric epithelial cells resulted in altered phosphorylation and degradation of Akt, suggesting that PDK-1 dephosphorylation affects cell survival pathways and thereby may contribute to disease pathogenesis.

conclusionWe propose that dephosphorylation of PDK-1 and the resulting changes to Akt phosphorylation is one of the mechanisms by which infection with H. pylori alter the balance between apoptosis and cell proliferation and identify a host molecular mechanism regulated by H. pylori that ultimately contributes to carcinogenesis. Our studies therefore provide insights into one of the mechanisms by which H. pylori infection contributes to gastric cancer by regulating the activity of a cell survival signaling pathway.

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Host-Pathogen InteractionsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalCell LineCell SurvivalEpithelial CellsHelicobacter pyloriHumansPhosphatidylinositolsPhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring KinasePhosphatidylinositolsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktPyruvate Dehydrogenase Acetyl-Transferring Kinase

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PMID26487493
PMCPMC4618363
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