Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
Infection with Helicobacter pylori is associated with chronic gastritis and peptic ulcers. In particular, H. pylori cagA-positive strains causes severe gastritis and have been suggested to play an important role in the development of gastric carcinoma. To investigate the direct role of H. pylori CagA in carcinogenesis, we generated transgenic mice that express ABDD-type East Asian CagA specifically in the gastric mucosa or throughout the body. Both of the CagA transgenic mice developed thickened gastric mucosa with epithelial cell hyperproliferation by 12 weeks of age. The findings indicate that CagA has a growth-promoting activity in a tissue-specific manner in vivo. To know if the CagA activity is dependent on CagA tyrosine phosphorylation, we generated transgenic mice that express a phosphorylation-resistant CagA, which was made by replacing the EPIYA tyrosine-phosphorylation motifs with the EPIYA sequences in the ABDD-type CagA. To understand the relationship between structural polymorphism and in vivo pathogenicity of CagA proteins, we also generated transgenic mice that express ABCCC-type Western CagA. Development of gastrointestinal lesions in these transgenic mice is currently under investigation.Sequence analysis of the genes encoding East Asian CagA proteins from various clinical isolates revealed that there is also significant structural diversity among East Asian CagA species due to various genomic duplication and/or deletion, which was not recognized previously. Functional studies of these East Asian CagA proteins showed that the degree of individual CagA to bind SHP-2 depends on the number of EPIYA-D sites whereas that of CagA-Csk interaction is dependent on the number of EPIYA-A and-B sites.
All 2007 2006 2005
All Journal Article (64 results) Book (7 results) Patent(Industrial Property Rights) (2 results)
Oncogene (in press)
J. Biol. Chem. 281
Pages: 32344-32352
Int. J. Hematol. 84
Pages: 301-308
10019259495
Digestion 732
Pages: 47-53
Helicobacter 11
Gastroenterolory 130
Pages: 1181-1190
Int. J. Cancer 119
Pages: 1217-1223
Mol. Cell. Biol. 26
Pages: 261-276
化学 61
Pages: 18-20
検査と技術 34
Pages: 802-805
Cancer Frontier 8
Pages: 98-106
化学と生物 44
Pages: 681-687
10018252529
Digestion 73
Helicobacter 11, Suppl 1
Pages: 14-20
Gas' terolory 130
120000953487
Int..1. Cancer 119
120000957433
Recent Advances in Gastrointestinal Carcinogenesis, (Editors : Hiromi Banba and Shinichi Ota) (TRANSWORLD RESEARCH NETWORK) 13
Bio Clinica 21
Pages: 1064-1069
Gastroenterolory
Int.J.Cancer
Mol.Cell.Biol. 26
Cancer Sci. 96
Pages: 835-843
10017103932
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 338
Pages: 1661-1667
Oncogene 24
Pages: 5878-5887
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102
Pages: 9661-9666
J. Biol. Chem. 280
Pages: 23130-23137
Pages: 10646-10651
J. Clin. Microbiol. 43
Pages: 3906-3916
FEMS Immunol. Med. Microbiol. 44
Pages: 261-268
消化器科 41
Pages: 389-397
日本臨床 63
Pages: 48-52
分子細胞治療 4
Pages: 373-379
生化学 77
Pages: 1269-1273
Cancer Frontier 7
Pages: 144-149
がん分子標的治療 3
Pages: 74-79
化学療法の領域 21
Pages: 25-31
Biochem. Biophys. Rcs. Commun. 338
Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 338
Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 102
J.Biol.Chem. 280
Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 102
J.Clin.Microbiol. 43
FEMS Immunol.Med.Microbiol. 44