磁热根除幽门螺杆菌及转录组学分析

Magnetic hyperthermia for the eradication of Helicobacter pylori and transcriptomic analysis

  • 摘要: 背景 抗生素耐药性是幽门螺杆菌(Helicobacter pylori,H. pylori)感染根除失败的主要原因之一。纳米材料在抗菌领域的研究进展为H. pylori 的非抗生素治疗提供了新思路。目的 探讨锌铁氧纳米颗粒(Zn0.3Fe2.7O4@SiO2)在交变磁场作用下产生的磁热效应对H. pylori 生长及致病能力的影响,并通过转录组学研究初步分析磁热效应根除H. pylori 的机制。方法 收集对数生长期的H. pylori 涂布至含Zn0.3Fe2.7O4@SiO2(50 μg/mL)的H. pylori 培养基表面,于37℃微需氧环境培养24 h后,将培养基置于可控交变磁场中,加热至41℃,维持15 min,随后将培养基放入37℃微需氧环境中继续培养72 h。对照组将等量的H. pylori 涂布于涂布于不含Zn0.3Fe2.7O4@SiO2的培养基表面,在37℃微需氧环境下培养72 h,不进行磁热处理。培养结束后收集H. pylori,探究磁热效应对H. pylori 生长和致病性的影响,并利用透射电镜观察H. pylori 超微结构变化。对磁热处理前后的H. pylori 进行转录组测序、GO分析和KEGG分析,并运用qRT-PCR 验证转录组分析结果。结果 经过磁热处理的H. pylori 生长水平较对照组下降50.96%(P<0.001),黏附能力较对照组降低23.7%(P=0.006),空泡毒素活性较对照组降低46.72%(P<0.001),脲酶活性较对照组降低31.30%(P<0.001)。透射电镜下观察发现磁热组H. pylori 肿胀裂解,细菌细胞壁与细胞质分离,细胞质分布不均匀,核糖体数量减少,超微结构发生不可逆损伤。转录组分析发现对照组与磁热组H. pylori 共有326 个DEGs,其中119 个上调,207 个下调。DEGs中脲酶相关基因如ureE、ureD、ureG和ureA表达均明显下调。针对下调基因进行富集分析得到82 个GO条目及5 个KEGG结果,富集结果主要与核糖体结构及功能、能量代谢相关,与前述表型变化相符。qRT-PCR 验证差异基因表达量与测序结果基本一致。结论 磁热效应可以抑制H. pylori 生长,下调其致病性,影响其超微结构,其机制可能与磁热效应干扰H. pylori能量代谢、蛋白质代谢、影响核糖体结构及功能有关。

     

    Abstract: Background Antibiotic resistance is one of the main reasons for the failure to eradicate Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection. Advances in the research of nanomaterials in the field of antimicrobials provide new ideas for the non-antibiotic treatment of H. pylori. Objective This study examines how the magnetic hyperthermia generated by zinc ferrite nanoparticles (Zn0.3Fe2.7O4@SiO2) under an alternating magnetic field influences H. pylori growth and virulence. The underlying mechanism of this eradication was preliminarily explored through transcriptome analysis.Methods H. pylori in logarithmic growth phase was spread onto Karmali 5% defibrinated sheep blood agar medium containing Zn0.3Fe2.7O4@SiO2 (50 μg/mL) and cultured in microaerophilic environment at 37℃ for 24 h. The medium was then exposed to an alternating magnetic field, heated to 41℃ for 15 min, and returned to microaerophilic environment, cultured at 37℃ for 72 h. The control group was treated by spreading an equal amount of H. pylori onto the surface of medium without Zn0.3Fe2.7O4@SiO2, and then cultured under microaerobic conditions at 37℃ for 72 hours without magnetic hyperthermia treatment. Following treatment, H. pylori was collected to examine the effects of magnetic hyperthermia on its growth, adhesion capacity, vacuolating cytotoxin activity, and urease activity, as well as to observe ultrastructural changes within H. pylori. Transcriptome sequencing, along with GO and KEGG pathway analyses, was conducted on the H. pylori. These transcriptomic results were further validated through qRT-PCR.Results The growth level of H. pylori after magnetic hyperthermia decreased by 50.96% compared with the control group (P<0.001), the adhesion ability decreased by 23.7% compared with the control group (P = 0.006), the vacuolating toxin activity decreased by 46.72% compared with the control group (P <0.001), and the urease activity decreased by 31.30% compared with the control group (P<0.001). Transmission electron microscope revealed swelling, lysis, separation of the cell wall from the cytoplasm, uneven cytoplasmic distribution, reduced ribosome numbers, and irreversible ultrastructural damage. Transcriptomic analysis identified 326 DEGs, 119 DEGs upregulated, 207 DEGs downregulated. The expressions of urease-related genes such as ureE, ureD, ureG and ureA in DEGs were significantly downregulated. Enrichment analysis of downregulated genes identified 82 GO terms and 5 KEGG pathways, primarily linked to ribosomes and energy metabolism. qRT-PCR validation was consistent with the sequencing data. Conclusion Magnetic hyperthermia inhibits H. pylori growth, attenuates its virulence, and alters its ultrastructure. Transcriptome analysis suggests that the underlying mechanism may be associated with energy metabolism, protein metabolism, and ribosomal structure and function.

     

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