Douraghi M, Mohammadi M, Shirazi M, Esmaili M, Bababeik M, Saberi Kashani S, et al . Assessment the relationship ofcagAgene with different gastroduodenal diseases in Helicobacter pyloriinfected patients. Iran J Med Microbiol 2008; 2 (1) :31-36
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1- Deptartment of Pathobiology, School of PublicHealth, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran
2- Helicobacter pylori Research Group, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran
3- Helicobacter pylori Research Group, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran , mhshirazi@sina.tums.ac.ir
Abstract: (49532 Views)
Background and objectives: The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is introduced as an etiologic agent of
gastritis and peptic ulcer and is associated with development of gastric adenocarcinoma. One of the most
studied virulence marker of H. pylori is cytotoxin-associated gene A (cagA) with significant geographical
heterogeneity around the world. This study was undertaken to assess the status of cagA gene of H .pylori
strains infecting Iranian patients suffering from various gastrointestinal diseases and to evaluate the detection
of this gene as a screening marker of high-risk patients.
Material and Methods: In this study, 180 patients (Mean age: 44 years) with upper gastrointestinal
manifestations referred for endoscopy to Amir-Alam Hospital or Cancer Institute in Tehran were included.
Among one hundred twenty H. pylori infected patients 81, 17 and 22 had non–ulcer dyspepsia (NUD), peptic
ulcer disease (PUD), and gastric carcinoma (GC) respectively. Tissue samples were homogenized and
incubation was performed up to 5 days. Identification was based on morphology under Gram staining and
biochemical tests. The status of conserved region of cagA gene was determined by gene specific PCR. For
statistical analysis, χ2 test was used.
Results: Among the 180 of studied patients, 120 H. pylori strains were isolated. One hundred and one
(84.2%) of the tested strains were positive for cagAand the remaining strains (15.8%) were negative. All of
gastric cancer cases were infected with cagA-positive strains. The cagA-positive strains were significantly
associated with GC as compared with NUD (p < 0.05) but this association did not gain statistical significance
for other clinical outcomes.
Conclusion: Although the possession of cagA is associated with GC when compared to NUD, due to the
uniform distribution of cagA in all other disease categories detection of cagA alone can not be considered as
a discriminative marker for a specific clinical outcome. Hence, the study ofother virulence determinants and
functional characteristics of cagA gene might be necessary for screening high risk patient
Type of Study:
Original Research Article |
Subject:
Medical Bacteriology Received: 2013/11/14 | Accepted: 2013/11/14 | ePublished: 2013/11/14