title: Activation of Helicobacter pylori VacA toxin by alkaline or acid conditions increases its binding to a 250-kDa receptor protein-tyrosine phosphatase beta.
abstract: Helicobacter pylori, a Gram-negative gastric bacterium, secretes VacA, a cytotoxin that causes vacuolar degeneration of susceptible cells. Velocity sedimentation analysis showed that treatment of VacA at alkaline pH led to disassembly of VacA oligomers, an observation reported previously for acid-treated VacA. Exposure of VacA to acid or alkali increased its binding to AZ-521 cells, as shown by indirect immunofluorescence and flow cytometry. Moreover, immunoprecipitates with polyclonal antibodies against VacA from AZ-521 cells previously exposed to acid- or alkali-treated VacA had a 250-kDa glycoprotein containing galactose-beta(1-3)-N-acetylgalactosamine and galactose-beta(1-4)-N-acetylglucosamine. p250, purified by chromatography on peanut agglutinin affinity and Superose 6 columns, contained N-terminal and internal amino acid sequences of YRQQRKLVEEIGWSYT and LIIQDHILEATQDDY, respectively. These sequences are identical to those of a receptor protein-tyrosine phosphatase (RPTPbeta/PTPzeta); in agreement, p250 reacted with anti-human RPTPbeta monoclonal antibody. Immunoprecipitation with anti-human RPTPbeta antibody of solubilized membrane preparations previously incubated with VacA or heat-inactivated VacA demonstrated that RPTPbeta bound native, but not denatured, VacA. Acidic and alkaline treatments were associated with activation of VacA and increased binding to the cell surface RPTPbeta.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yahiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niidome
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hatakeyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoyagi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurazono
authors.forename: K i
authors.initials: Ki
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moss
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirayama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D016480:Helicobacter pylori / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; C074689:VacA protein, Helicobacter pylori; C516895:PTPRZ1 protein, human; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054633:Receptor-Like Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases, Class 5