Effect of CMTM6 on PD-L1 in Helicobacter pylori infected gastric epithelial cells

  • Wei FU ,
  • Jing NING ,
  • Weiwei FU ,
  • Jing ZHANG ,
  • Shigang DING
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  • Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University Third Hospital; Beijing Key Laboratory for Helicobacter Pylori Infection and Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Beijing 100191, China
ZHANG Jing, e-mail, sihuizhang@sina.com
DING Shigang, e-mail, dingshigang222@163.com

Received date: 2021-11-16

  Online published: 2025-04-12

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the National Natural Science Foundation of China(81870386)

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Abstract

Objective: To explore the changes of CKLF-like MARVEL transmembrane domain-containing 6 (CMTM6) and programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) expression in gastric mucosal epithelial cells after Helicobacter pylori infection and the regulation of CMTM6 on PD-L1, and to analyze the mRNA expression differences before and after CMTM6 gene knock-out in helicobacter pylori infected gastric epithelial cells by microarray analysis. Methods: The standard Helicobacter pylori strain ATCC 26695 was co-cultured with human gastric epithelial cell GES-1 for 6, 24 and 48 hours, and the mRNA and protein levels of CMTM6 and PD-L1 were detected by real-time quantitative PCR and Western blot. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to construct CMTM6 gene knockout plasmid and knockout CMTM6 gene of GES-1 cells. Helicobacter pylori was co-cultured with CMTM6 gene knockout and wild type GES-1 cells for 48 hours to detect PD-L1 transcription and protein level changes, and CMTM6 gene knockout GES-1 cells were treated with the proteasome inhibitor MG-132 to detect the changes in PD-L1 protein levels. Agilent Human ceRNA Microarray 2019 was used to detect the differentially expressed genes in CMTM6 gene knockout and wild-type GES-1 cells co-cultured with Hp for 48 hours, and the signal pathway of differentially expressed genes enrichment was analyzed by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) database. Results: The mRNA and protein levels of CMTM6 and PD-L1 in GES-1 cells were significantly up-regulated after Helicobacter pylori infection, and CMTM6 mRNA was most significantly up-regulated 48 hours after infection. After CMTM6 gene knockout, the CD274 gene transcription level of Helicobacter pylori infected GES-1 cells did not change significantly, but PD-L1 protein level was significantly down-regulated, and the PD-L1 level increased after the application of proteasome inhibitor MG-132. After CMTM6 gene knockout, 67 genes had more than two times of differential expression. The transcription levels of TMEM68, FERMT3, GPR142, ATP6V1FNB, NOV, UBE2S and other genes were significantly down-regulated. The transcription levels of PCDHGA6, CAMKMT, PDIA2, NTRK3, SPOCK1 and other genes were significantly up-regulated. After CMTM6 gene knockout, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2S (UBE2S) gene expression was significantly down-regulated, which might affect protein ubiquitination degradation. After CMTM6 gene knockout, adrenoceptor alpha 1B (ADRA1B), cholinergic receptor muscarinic 1 (M1), CHRM1, platelet activating factor receptor (PTAFR) gene expression was significantly up-regulated. Conclusion: Helicobacter pylori infection up-regulates the expression level of CMTM6 in gastric mucosa cells, and CMTM6 can stabilize PD-L1 and maintain the protein level of PD-L1. CMTM6 gene knockout may affect biological behaviors such as protein ubiquitination and cell surface receptor expression.

Cite this article

Wei FU , Jing NING , Weiwei FU , Jing ZHANG , Shigang DING . Effect of CMTM6 on PD-L1 in Helicobacter pylori infected gastric epithelial cells[J]. Journal of Peking University(Health Sciences), 2025 , 57(2) : 245 -252 . DOI: 10.19723/j.issn.1671-167X.2025.02.004

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