Coaggregation of Streptococcus salivarius with periodontopathogens: Evidence for involvement of fimbriae in the interaction with Prevotella intermedia

Oral Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 333-337

  Levesque C ^a   Lamothe, J ^a   Frenette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobes; Fimbriae; K strains; Oral streptococci; Periodontopathogens

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EDETIC ACID; PROTEINASE; SUGAR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEAT TREATMENT; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CARBOHYDRATES; CHELATING AGENTS; EDETIC ACID; ENDOPEPTIDASES; EUBACTERIUM; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HEAT; HUMANS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PORPHYROMONAS; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA INTERMEDIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0043239094     PISSN: 09020055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-302X.2003.00085.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Gibbons RJ, Nygaard M. Interbacterial aggregation of plaque bacteria. Arch Oral Biol 1970: 15: 1397-1400.
2. Haffajee AD, Socransky SS. Microbial etiological agents of destructive periodontal diseases. Periodontol 2000 1994: 5: 78-111.
3. Hamada S, Amano A, Kimura S, Nakagawa I, Kawabata S, Morisaki I. The importance of fimbriae in the virulence and ecology of some oral bacteria. Oral Microbiol Immunol 1998: 13: 129-138.
4. Handley PS. Structure, composition and functions of surface structures on oral bacteria. Biofouling 1990: 2: 239-264.
5. Handley PS, Carter PL, Fielding J. Streptococcus salivarius strains carry either fibrils or fimbriae on the cell surface. J Bacteriol 1984: 157: 64-72.
6. Handley PS, Harty DWS, Wyatt JE, Brown CR, Doran JP, Gibbs ACC. A comparison of the adhesion, coaggregation and cell-surface hydrophobicity properties of fibrilar and fimbriate strains of Streptococcus salivarius. J Gen Microbiol 1987: 133: 3207-3217.
7. Handley PS, McNab R, Jenkinson HF. Adhesive surface structures on oral bacteria. In: Newman HN, Wilson M, eds. Dental plaque revisited. Oral biofilms in health and disease. London: Eastman Dental Institute, 1999: 145-170.
8. Jenkinson HF, Lala HC, Shepherd MG. Coaggregation of Streptococcus sanguis and other streptococci with Candida albicans. Infect Immun 1990: 58: 1429-1436.
9. Kinder SA, Holt SC. Characterization of coaggregation between Bacteroides gingivalis T22 and Fusobacterium nucleatum T18. Infect Immun 1989: 57: 3425-3433.
10. Kinder SA, Holt SC. Coaggregation between bacterial species. Methods Enzymol 1994: 236: 254-270.
11. Kolenbrander PE, London J. Adhere today, here tomorrow: oral bacterial adherence. J Bacteriol 1993: 175: 3247-3252.
12. Lamont RJ, Jenkinson HF. Adhesion as an ecological determinant in the oral cavity. In: Kuramitsu HK, Ellen RP, eds. Oral bacterial ecology: the molecular basis. Wymondham: Horizon Scientific Press, 2000: 131-168.
13. Lévesque C, Vadeboncoeur C, Chandad F, Frenette M. Streptococcus salivarius fimbriae are composed of a glycoprotein containing a repeated motif assembled into a filamentous non-dissociable structure. J Bacteriol 2001: 183: 2724-2732.
14. Lévesque C, Vadeboncoeur C, Frenette M. Isolation and genetic analyses of a fimbriae-deficient mutant of Streptococcus salivarius. Abstr. J16 ASM 99th General Meeting, Chicago, 1999.
15. Marsh PD. Oral ecology and its impact on oral microbial diversity. In: Kuramitsu HK, Ellen RP, eds. Oral bacterial ecology: the molecular basis. Wymondham: Horizon Scientific Press, 2000: 11-65.
16. Marsh PD, Martin M. The normal oral flora. In: Cole JA, Knowles CJ, Schlessinger D, eds. Oral microbiology. Washington, DC: Am Soc Microbiol, 1984: 11-25.
17. Weerkamp AH. Coaggregation of Streptococcus salivarius with gram-negative oral bacteria: mechanism and ecological significance. In: Mergenhagen SE, Rosan B, eds. Molecular basis of oral microbial adhesion. Washington, DC: Am Soc Microbiol, 1985: 177-183.
18. Weerkamp AH, Handley PS, Baars A, Slot JW. Negative staining and immunoelectron microscopy of adhesion-deficient mutants of Streptococcus salivarius reveal that the adhesive protein antigens are separate classes of cell surface fibril. J Bacteriol 1986: 165: 746-755.
19. Weerkamp AH, Jacobs T. Cell wall-associated-protein antigens of Streptococcus salivarius: Purification, properties, and function in adherence. Infect Immun 1982: 38: 233-242.
20. Weerkamp AH, McBride BC. Identification of a Streptococcus salivarius cell wall component mediating coaggregation with Veillonella alcalescens, VI. Infect Immun 1981: 32: 723-730.
21. Whittaker CJ, Klier CM, Kolenbrander PE. Mechanisms of adhesion by oral bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol 1996: 50: 513-552.
22. Wu H, Fives-Taylor PM. Identification of dipeptide repeats and a cell wall sorting signal in the fimbriae-associated adhesin, Fapl, of Streptococcus parasanguis. Mol Microbiol 1999: 34: 1070-1081.
23. Wu H, Mintz KP, Ladha M, Fives-Taylor PM. Isolation and characterization of Fap1, a fimbriae-associated adhesin of Streptococcus parasanguis FW213. Mol Microbiol 1998: 28: 487-500.