Isotope tracing reveals bacterial catabolism of host-derived glutathione during Helicobacter pylori infection
Baskerville M, Kovalyova Y, Mejías-Luque R, Gerhard M, Hatzios S. Isotope tracing reveals bacterial catabolism of host-derived glutathione during Helicobacter pylori infection. PLOS Pathogens 2023, 19: e1011526. PMID: 37494402, PMCID: PMC10406306, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsH. pylori infectionPylori infectionInfected cellsBacterial catabolismGastric pathogen Helicobacter pyloriGSH depletionPathogen Helicobacter pyloriH. pylori-infected cellsMammalian cellsReactive oxygen speciesHelicobacter pylori infectionH. pylori colonizationCellular biomoleculesGSH homeostasisBacterial acquisitionCertain bacteriaVirulence factorsAntioxidant glutathioneIntracellular GSHOxidative damageOxidized GSHΓ-glutamyl transpeptidaseIsotope tracingHost tissuesOxygen species