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10544239

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-12-10
pubmed:abstractText
VacA, the vacuolating cytotoxin secreted by Helicobacter pylori, is believed to be a major causative factor in the development of gastroduodenal ulcers. This toxin causes vacuolation of cultured cells and it has recently been found to form anion-selective channels upon insertion into planar bilayers as well as in the plasma membrane of HeLa cells. Here, we identify a series of inhibitors of VacA channels and we compare their effectiveness as channel blockers and as inhibitors of VacA-induced vacuolation, confirming that the two phenomena are linked. This characterization opens the way to studies in other experimental systems and to the search for a specific inhibitor of VacA action.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0014-5793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
29
pubmed:volume
460
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
221-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Inhibition of the vacuolating and anion channel activities of the VacA toxin of Helicobacter pylori.
pubmed:affiliation
Centro CNR Biomembrane, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Universita' di Padova, Viale G. Colombo 3, 35121, Padova, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't