Interactions of Streptococcus mutans fimbria-associated surface proteins with salivary components

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 400-404

  Ray, Chad A ^a,b   Gfell, Linda E ^a,b   Buller, Tiffany L ^a   Gregory, Richard L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SALIVA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DENTAL CARIES; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 0032942390     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.6.3.400-404.1999     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Amano, A., H. T. Sojar, J.-Y. Lee, A. Sharma, M. J. Levine, and R. J. Genco. 1994. Salivary receptors for recombinant fimbrillin of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Infect. Immun. 62:3372-3380.
2. Babu, J. P., M. K. Dabbous, and S. N. Abraham. 1991. Isolation and characterization of a 180-kilodalton salivary glycoprotein which mediates the attachment of Actinomyces naeslundii to human buccal epithelial cells. J. Periodontal Res. 26:97-106.
3. Burnette-Curley, D., V. Wells, H. Viscount, C. L. Munro, J. C. Fenno, P. Fives-Taylor, and F. L. Macrina. 1995. FimA, a major virulence factor associated with Streptococcus parasanguis endocarditis. Infect. Immun. 63: 4669-4674.
4. Crowley, P. J., L. J. Brady, D. A. Piacentini, and A. S. Bleiweis. 1993. Identification of a salivary agglutinin-binding domain within cell surface adhesin P1 of Streptococcus mutans. Infect. Immun. 61:1547-1552.
5. Fachon-Kalweit, S., B. L. Elder, and P. Fives-Taylor. 1985. Antibodies that bind to fimbriae block adhesion of Streptococcus sanguis to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite. Infect. Immun. 48:617-624.
6. Fives-Taylor, P. M., and D. W. Thompson. 1985. Surface properties of Streptococcus sanguis FW213 mutants nonadherent to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite. Infect. Immun. 47:752-759.
7. Fontana, M., L. E. Gfell, and R. L. Gregory. 1995. Characterization of preparations enriched for Streptococcus mutans fimbriae: salivary immunoglobulin A antibodies in caries-free and caries-active subjects. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 2:719-725.
8. Fontana, M., A. J. Dunipace, G. K. Stookey, and R. L. Gregory. 1499. Intranasal immunization against dental caries with a Streptococcus mutans enriched fimbrial preparation. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 6:405-409.
9. Fontana, M., A. J. Dunipace, G. K. Stookey, and R. L. Gregory. 1498. Unpublished data.
10. Gibbons, R. J., D. I. Hay, and D. H. Schlesinger. 1991 Delineation of a segment of adsorbed salivary acidic proline-rich proteins which promotes adhesion of Streptococcus gordonii to apatitic surfaces. Infect. Immun. 59: 2948-2954.
11. Gibbons, R. J., and D. I. Hay. 1989. Adsorbed salivary acidic proline-rich proteins contribute to the adhesion of Streptococcus mutans JBP to apatitic surfaces. J. Dent. Res. 68:1303-1307.
12. Gibbons, R. J., L. Cohen, and D. I. Hay. 1986. Strains of Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sobrinus attach to different pellicle receptors. Infect. Immun. 52:555-561.
13. Hajishengallis, G., T. Koga, and M. W. Russell. 1994. Affinity and specificity of the interactions between Streptococcus mutans antigen I/II and salivary components. J. Dent. Res. 73:1493-1502.
14. Handley, P. S. 1990. Structure, composition and functions of surface structures on oral bacteria. Biofouling 2:239-264.
15. Klemm, P. 1985. Fimbrial adhesins of Escherichia colt. Rev. Infect. Dis. 7:321-340.
16. LaemmLi, U. K. 1970. Cleavage of structural proteins during the assembly of the head of bacteriophage T4. Nature 227:680-685.
17. Lamont, R. J., D. R. Demuth, C. A. Davis, D. Malamud, and B. Rosan. 1991. Salivary-agglutinin-mediated adherence of Streptococcus mutans to early plaque bacteria. Infect. Immun. 59:3446-3450.
18. Lee, S. F., A. Progulske-Fox, G. W. Erdos, D. A. Piacentini, G. Y. Ayakawa, P. J. Crowley, and A. S. Bleiweis. 1989. Construction and characterization of isogenic mutants of Streptococcus mutans deficient in major surface protein antigen P1 (I/II). Infect. Immun. 57:3306-3313.
19. Levine, M. J., M. C. Herzberg, M. S. Levine, S. A. Ellison, M. W. Stinson, H. C. Li, and T. Van Dyke. 1978. Specificity of salivary-bacterial interactions: role of terminal sialic acid residues in the interaction of salivary glycoproteins with Streptococcus sanguis and Streptococcus mutans. Infect. Immun. 19:107-115.
20. Ligtenberg, A. J. M., E. Walgreen-Weterings, E. C. I. Veerman, J. J. de Soet, J. de Graaff, and A. V. N. Amerongen. 1992. Influence of saliva on aggregation and adherence of Streptococcus gordonii HG 222. Infect. Immun. 60: 3878-3884.
21. Loesche, W. J. 1986. Role of Streptococcus mutans in human dental decay. Microbiol. Rev. 50:353-380.
22. Mintz, K. P., and P. M. Fives-Taylor. 1994. Adhesion of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans to a human oral cell line. Infect. Immun. 62:3672-3678.
23. Morris, E. J., N. Ganeshkumar, M. Song, and B. C. McBride. 1987. Identification and preliminary characterization of a Streptococcus sanguis fibrillar glycoprotein. J. Bacteriol. 169:164-171.
24. Ogier, J. A., J. P. Klein, P. Sommer, and R. M. Frank. 1984. Identification and preliminary characterization of saliva-interacting surface antigens of Streptococcus mutans by immunoblotting, ligand blotting, and immunoprecipitation. Infect. Immun. 45:107-112.
25. Oligino, L., and P. Fives-Taylor. 1993. Overexpression and purification of a fimbria-associated adhesin of Streptococcus parasanguis. Infect. Immun. 61: 1016-1022.
26. Orstavik, D., and F. W. Kraus. 1974. The acquired pellicle: enzyme and antibody activities. Scand. J. Dent. Res. 82:202-205.
27. Perrone, M., L. E. Gfell, M. Fontana, and R. L. Gregory. 1997. Antigenic characterization of fimbria preparations from Streptococcus mutans isolates from caries-free and caries-susceptible subjects. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 4:291-296.
28. Scannapieco, F. A., G. I. Torres, and M. J. Levine. 1995. Salivary amylase promotes adhesion of oral streptococci to hydroxyapatite. J. Dent. Res. 74:1360-1366.
29. Scannapieco, F. A., G. G. Haraszthy, M.-I. Cho, and M. J. Levine. 1992. Characterization of an amylase-binding component of Streptococcus gordonii G9B. Infect. Immun. 60:4726-4733.
30. Scannapieco, F. A., E. J. Bergey, M. S. Reddy, and M. J. Levine. 1989. Characterization of salivary α-amylase binding to Streptococcus sanguis. Infect. Immun. 57:2853-2863.
31. Towbin, H., T. Staehelin, and J. Gordon. 1979. Electrophoretic transfer of proteins from polyacrylamide gels to nitrocellulose sheets: procedure and some applications. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 76:4350-4354.
32. Viscount, H. B., C. L. Munro, D. Burnette-Curley, D. L. Peterson, and F. L. Macrina. 1997. Immunization with FimA protects against Streptococcus parasanguis endocarditis in rats. Infect. Immun. 65:994-1002.
33. Weerkamp, A. H., and T. Jacobs. 1982. Cell wall-associated protein antigens of Streptococcus salivarius: purification, properties, and function in adherence. Infect. Immun. 38:233-242.