LOX-1 acts as an N6-methyladenosine-regulated receptor for Helicobacter pylori by binding to the bacterial catalase
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摘要The role of N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modification of host mRNA during bacterial infection is unclear. Here, we show that Helicobacter pylori infection upregulates host m6A methylases and increases m6A levels in gastric epithelial cells. Reducing m6A methylase activity via hemizygotic deletion of methylase-encoding gene Mettl3 in mice, or via small interfering RNAs targeting m6A methylases, enhances H. pylori colonization. We identify LOX-1 mRNA as a key m6A-regulated target during H. pylori infection. m6A modification destabilizes LOX-1 mRNA and reduces LOX-1 protein levels. LOX-1 acts as a membrane receptor for H. pylori catalase and contributes to bacterial adhesion. Pharmacological inhibition of LOX-1, or genetic ablation of Lox-1, reduces H. pylori colonization. Moreover, deletion of the bacterial catalase gene decreases adhesion of H. pylori to human gastric sections. Our results indicate that m6A modification of host LOX-1 mRNA contributes to protection against H. pylori infection by downregulating LOX-1 and thus reducing H. pylori adhesion.
著者Judeng Zeng, Chuan Xie, Ziheng Huang, Chi H. Cho, Hung Chan, Qing Li, Hassan Ashktorab, Duane T. Smoot, Sunny H. Wong, Jun Yu, Wei Gong, Cong Liang, Hongzhi Xu, Huarong Chen, Xiaodong Liu, Justin C. Y. Wu, Margaret Ip, Tony Gin, Lin Zhang, Matthew T. V. Chan, Wei Hu , William K. K. Wu
期刊名稱Nature Communications
出版年份2024
月份1
卷號15
期次1
出版社Nature Research
文章號碼669
國際標準期刊號2041-1723
電子國際標準期刊號2041-1723
語言英式英語
