PMID: 9423841Jan 10, 1998Paper

Phase variation in Helicobacter pylori lipopolysaccharide

Infection and Immunity
B J AppelmelkChristina Vandenbroucke-Grauls

Abstract

Helicobacter pylori NCTC 11637 lipopolysaccharide (LPS) expresses the human blood group antigen Lewis x (Le(x)) in a polymeric form. Le(x) is beta-D-galactose-(1-4)-[alpha-L-fucose-(1-3)]-beta-D-acetylglucosamine. Schematically the LPS structure is (Le(x))n-core-lipid A. In this report, we show that Le(x) expression is not a stable trait but that LPS displays a high frequency (0.2 to 0.5%) of phase variation, resulting in the presence of several LPS variants in one bacterial cell population. One type of phase variation implied the loss of alpha1,3-linked fucose, resulting in variants that expressed nonsubstituted polylactosamines (also called the i antigen), i.e., Le(x) minus fucose; LPS: (lactosamine)n-core-lipid A. The switch of Le(x) to i antigen was reversible. A second group of variants arose by loss of polymeric main chain which resulted in expression of monomeric Le(y); LPS: (Le(y))-core-lipid A. A third group of variants arose by acquisition of alpha1,2-linked fucose which hence expressed Le(x) plus Le(y); LPS: (Le(y))(Le(x))n-core-lipid A. The second and third group of variants switched back to the parental phenotype [(Le(x))-core-lipid A] in lower frequencies. Part of the variation can be ascribed to altered expressio...Continue Reading

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