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  • Title: Lipid profiles of Helicobacter pylori colony variants.
    Author: Tannaes T, Grav HJ, Bukholm G.
    Journal: APMIS; 2000 May; 108(5):349-56. PubMed ID: 10937772.
    Abstract:
    A phase variation in Helicobacter pylori has been previously described. In one phase the bacterium had a cell wall lipid content typical for gram-negative bacteria (HpL), whereas in the other phase the bacterium was found to have a cell wall with increased amounts of lysophospholipids (HpS). The conversion is spontaneous, but could also be induced by acid (HpS(ind)) and was associated with in vitro release of Vac A and urease. The purpose of the present study was to determine the full phospholipid content of the cell wall to indicate a molecular mechanism of the colony variation. There were no appreciable differences between the lipid profiles of HpS and HpS(ind), while there were major differences between HpL and the S-variant. In the S-variant, lysophospholipids constituted about 50% of the total phospholipids, as compared to less than 2% in the L-variant. The proportion of total and individual cholesteryl glucosides also showed considerable changes. HpL was dominated by the phosphate-linked cholesteryl glucoside (72%) while the acylated cholesteryl glucoside was the main cholesteryl glucoside of the S-variant (65%). Our results demonstrate a dramatic change in cell wall properties after acid induction and spontaneously in vitro, and suggest some molecular mechanisms for this variation from an in vitro non-virulent to a virulent variant.
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