2019 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Virulence factors of Helicobacter cinaedi
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16K18928
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Environmental and hygienic pharmacy
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| Research Institution | National Institute of Infectious Diseases |
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Principal Investigator |
Rimbara Emiko 国立感染症研究所, 細菌第二部, 主任研究官 (20349822)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | Helicobacter cinaedi / Autotransporter protein |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Helicobacter cinaedi infects colon in human and animals, and causes bacteremia and cellulitis in human. To identify a virulence factor of H. cinaedi, we focused on an autotransporter protein X of H. cinaedi in this study.
Structure of protein X is predicted to be similar to Serine Protease Autotransporters of Enterobacteriaceae（SPATEs), most of which are secreted. However, protein X is suggested to remain on bacterial surface by immunoblotting assay using peptide antibody against protein X.
By in vitro infection experiments using protein X knockout strains, protein X was found to be contribute to cell adherance. In addition we found the RGD motif in protein X may play a important role to adehere cell.
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| Free Research Field |
細菌学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
Helicobacter cinaediは近年その分離が増加している病原細菌である．さらにH. cinaediは人から人へと伝播し院内感染を引き起こす．病原因子としてcytolethal distending toxin（CDT）を持つことがわかっているが，それ以外の病原因子はほとんど明らかになっていなかった．本研究ではAutotransporter proteinが細胞接着に寄与することによりH. cinaediの感染病態に関連する病原因子であることが示唆された．
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