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ArticleJournal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea)2022

Characterization of East-Asian Helicobacter pylori encoding Western EPIYA-ABC CagA.

Kavinda Tissera, Myeong-A Kim, Jing Lai, Sacheera Angulmaduwa, Aeryun Kim, D Scott Merrell, Ji-Hye Kim, Hanfu Su, Jeong-Heon Cha

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Kavinda Tissera *Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Basic and Applied Research of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510182, P. R. China.
Myeong-A Kim *Department of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, BK21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
Jing LaiDepartment of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, BK21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
Sacheera AngulmaduwaDepartment of Oral Biology, Oral Science Research Center, Department of Applied Life Science, The Graduate School, BK21 FOUR Project, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, Seoul, 03722, Republic of Korea.
Aeryun KimDepartment of Dental Hygiene, Gangdong University, Eumseong, 27600, Republic of Korea.
D Scott MerrellDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, 20814, USA.
Ji-Hye KimDepartment of Dental Hygiene, Baekseok University, Cheonan, 31065, Republic of Korea. hippojidong@bu.ac.kr.
Hanfu SuGuangzhou Key Laboratory of Basic and Applied Research of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510182, P. R. China. hanfusu@qq.com.
Jeong-Heon ChaGuangzhou Key Laboratory of Basic and Applied Research of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Affiliated Stomatology Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510182, P. R. China. jcha@yuhs.ac.

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The polymorphic bacterial oncoprotein, CagA shows geography-dependent variation in the C-terminal Glu-Pro-Ile-Tyr-Ala (EPIYA) motifs; East-Asian H. pylori isolates carry the ABD type while Western isolates carry the ABC type. In Western isolates, the EPIYA-C motif is sometimes found in multi-copy and this genotype is associated with disease severity. Interestingly, a small number of East-Asian H. pylori isolates have been found to carry Western ABC-type CagA. To gain a better understanding of these unusual isolates, the genomes of four Korean H. pylori clinical isolates carrying ABC-type CagA were sequenced via third generation (Pac-Bio SMRT) sequencing technology. The obtained data were utilized for phylogenetic analysis as well as comparison of additional virulence factors that are known to show geographic-dependent polymorphisms. Three of four isolates indeed belonged to the hpEastAsia group and showed typical East-Asian polymorphism in virulence factors such as homA/B/C, babA/B/C, and oipA. One isolate grouped to HpAfrica and showed typical Western polymorphism of virulence factors such as cagA, homA/B/C, and oipA. To understand the occurrence of the multi-copy EPIYA-C motif genotype in an East-Asian H. pylori background, the Korean clinical isolate, K154 was analyzed; this strain belonged to hpEastAsia but encoded CagA EPIYA-ABCCCC. Based on DNA sequence homology within the CagA multimerization (CM) sequence that flanked the EPIYA-C motifs, we predicted that the number of C motifs might change via homologous recombination. To test this hypothesis, K154 was cultured for one generation and 287 single colonies were analyzed for the number of EPIYA-C motifs using PCR-based screening and DNA sequencing verification. Three out of 284 (1%) single colony isolates showed changes in the number of EPIYA-C motifs in vitro; one isolate increased to five EPIYA-C motifs, one decreased to three EPIYA-C motifs, and one completely deleted the EPIYA-C motifs. The capacity for dynamic changes in the number of EPIYA-C repeats of CagA may play a role in generating important intraspecies diversity in East-Asian H. pylori.

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Amino Acid MotifsAntigens, BacterialAsia, EasternBacterial ProteinsBacterial Typing TechniquesDNA, BacterialGenome, BacterialGenotypeHelicobacter InfectionsHelicobacter pyloriHumansPhylogenyPolymorphism, GeneticRepublic of KoreaVirulence FactorsAntigens, BacterialBacterial ProteinscagA protein, Helicobacter pyloriDNA, BacterialVirulence FactorscagAEPIYA-C motifgeographic diversityHelicobacter pyloripolymorphism

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