Helicobacter pylori cagA and vacA genotypes in Cuban and Venezuelan populations.

Abstract:

:The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene (cagA)/vacuolating cytotoxin gene (vacA) among patients with chronic gastritis in Cuba and Venezuela. Gastric antrum biopsies were taken for culture, DNA extraction and PCR analysis. Amplification of vacA and cagA segments was performed using two regions of cagA: 349 bp were amplified with the F1/B1 primers and the remaining 335 bp were amplified with the B7629/B7628 primers. The VA1-F/VA1-R set of primers was used to amplify the 259-bp (s1) or 286-bp (s2) product and the VAG-R/VAG-F set of primers was used to amplify the 567-bp (m1) or 642-bp (m2) regions of vacA. cagA was detected in 87% of the antral samples from Cuban patients and 80.3% of those from Venezuelan patients. All possible combinations of vacA regions were found, with the exception of s2/m1. The predominant combination found in both countries was s1/m1. The percentage of cagA+ strains was increased by the use of a second set of primers and a greater number of strains was amplified with the B7629/B7628 primers in the Cuban patients (p = 0.0001). There was no significant difference between the presence of the allelic variants of vacA and cagA in both populations. The predominant genotype was cagA+/s1m1 in both countries. The results support the necessary investigation of isolates circulating among the human population in each region.

journal_name

Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz

authors

Ortiz-Princz D,Guariglia-Oropeza V,Avila M,Correnti M,Perrone M,Gutierrez B,Torres J,Megraud F,Cavazza ME

doi

10.1590/s0074-02762010000300016

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-05-01 00:00:00

pages

331-5

issue

3

eissn

0074-0276

issn

1678-8060

pii

S0074-02762010000300016

journal_volume

105

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