Effects of Enterococcus faecium on Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation using flow cell system

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-76

  Kumada, Masayuki ^a,b   Senpuku, Hidenobu ^b   Motegi, Mizuho ^b   Nakao, Ryoma ^b   Yonezawa, Hideo ^b   Yamamura, Hideki ^c   Watanabe, Haruo ^b   Tagami, Junji ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c Research and Development Department   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Enterococcus faecium; Flow cell system; Lactobacillus casei; Streptococcus mutans

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949156786     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.50.68     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Hahn, C. L., Falker Jr, W A. and Minah, G. E. : Microbiological studies of carious dentine from human teeth with irreversible pulpitis. Arch. Oral Biol. 36: 147-153, 1991.
2. Loesche, W. J. : Role of Streptococcus mutans in human dental decay. Microbiol. Rev. 50: 353-380, 1986.
3. Gill, H. S., Rutherfurd, K. J. and Cross, M. L. : Dietary probiotic supplementation enhances natural killer cell activity in the elderly : an investigation of age-related immunological changes. J. Clin. Immunol. 21: 264-271, 2001.
4. de Roos, N. M. and Katan, M. B. : Effects of a probiotic bacteria on diarrhea, lipid metabolism, and carcinogenesis : a review papers published between 1988 and 1998. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 71: 405-411, 2000.
5. Kaliomaki, M., Salminen, S., Arvilommi, H., Kero, P., Koskinen, P. and Isolauri, E. : Probiotics in primary prevention of atopic diseases : a randomised placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 357: 1076-1079, 2001.
6. McDermid, A. S., Mckee, A. S., Ellwood, D. C. and Marsh. P. D. : The effect of lowering the pH on the composition and metabolism of a community of nine oral bacteria grown in a chemostat. J. Gen. Microbiol. 132: 1205-1214, 1986.
7. Orrhage, K. and Nord, C. E : Factors controlling the bacterial colonization of the intestine in breast-fed infants. Acta. Paediatr. (Suppl.) 80: 47-57, 1999.
8. Reid, G., Howard, J. and Gan, B. S. : Can bacterial interference prevent infection? Trends Microbiol. 9: 424-428, 2001.
9. Duffy, L. C. : Interactions mediating bacterial translocation in the immature intestine. J. Nutr. 130: 432S-436S, 2000.
10. Schiffrin, E. J., Brassart, D., Servin, A. L., Rochat, F. and Donnet-Hughes, A. : Immune modulation of blood leukocytes in humans by lactic acid bacteria : criteria for strain selection. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 66: 515S-520S, 1997.
11. Coconnier, M. H., Bernet, M. F., Chauviere, G. and Servin, A. L. : Adhering heat-killed human Lactobacillus acidophilus, strain LB, inhibits the process of pathogenicity of diarrhoeagenic bacteria in cultured human intestinal cells. J. Diarrhoeal Dis. Res. 11: 235-242, 1993.
12. Coconnier, M. H., Bernet, M. F., Kerneis, S., Chauviere, G., Fourniat, J. and Servin, A. L. : Inhibition of adhesion of enteroinvasive pathogens to human intestinal Caco-2 cells by Lactobacillus acidophilus strain LB decreases bacterial invasion. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 110: 299-305, 1993.
13. Kostiuk, O. P., Chernyshova, L. I. and Slukvin, I. L. : Protective effect of Lactobacillus acidophilus on development of infection, caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae. Fiziol Zh. 39: 62-68, 1993 (in Russian).
14. Mack, D. R., Michail, S., Wei, S., McDougall, L. and Hollingsworth, M. A. : Probiotics inhibit enteropathogenic E. coli adherence in vitro by inducing intestinal mucin gene expression. Am. J. Physiol. 276: G941-G950, 1999.
15. Ishihara, K., Miyakawa, H., Hasegawa, A., Takazoe, I. and Kawai, Y.: Growth inhibition of Streptococcus mutans by cellular extracts of human intestinal lactic acid bacteria. Infect. Immun. 49: 692-694, 1985.
16. Chung, J., Ha, E. S., Park, H. R. and Kim, S. : Isolation and characterization of Lactobacillus species inhibiting the formation of Streptococcus mutans biofilm. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 19: 214-216, 2004.
17. Hamada, S. and Slade, H. D. : Biology, immunology, and cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans. Microbiol. Rev. 44: 331-384, 1980.
18. Burne, R. A. : Oral streptococci. products of their environment. J. Dent. Res. 77: 445-452, 1998.
19. Nyvad, B. and Kilian, M. : Microbiology of the early colonization of human enamel and root surfaces in vivo. Scand. J. Dent. Res. 95: 369-380, 1987.
20. Kreth, J., Merritt, J., Shi, W. and Qi, F.: Competition and coexistence between Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus sanguinis in the dental biofilm. J. Bacteriol. 187: 7193-7203, 2005.
21. Baker, C. N., Stocker, S. A., Culver, D. H. and Thursberry, C.: Comparison of the E test to agar dilution, broth dilution, and agar diffusion susceptibility testing techniques by using a special challenge set of bacteria. J. Clin. Microbiol. 29: 533-538, 1991.
22. Murray, B. E. and Weinstock, G. M.: Enterococci: new aspects of an oid organism. Proc. Assoc. Am. Physicians, 111: 328-334, 1999.
23. Franz, C. M., Muscholl-Silberhorn, A. B., Yousif, N. M., Vancanneyt, M., Swings, J. and Holzaphel, W. H.: Incidence of virulence factors and antibiotic resistance among Enterococci isolated from food. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 4385-4389, 2001.
24. Sundqvist, G.: Associations between microbial species in dental root canal infections. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 7: 257-262, 1992.
25. Nakajo, K., Nakayama, R, Iwaku, M. and Hoshino, E.: Alkali-resistant bacteria in root canal system. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 19: 390-394, 2004.
26. Megran, D. W.: Enterococcal endocarditis. Clin. Infect. Dis. 15: 63-71, 1992.
27. Eaton, T. J. and Gasson, M. J.: Molecular screening of Enterococcus virulence determinants and potential for genetic exchange between food and medical isolates. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 1628-1635, 2001.
28. Loo, C. Y., Corliss, D. A. and Ganesh kumar, N.: Streptococcus gordonii biofilm formation; identification of genes that code for biofilm phenotypes. J. Bacteriol. 182: 1374-1382, 2000.
29. Ishihara, M., Homma, M., Kuno, E., Watanabe, M. and Konda, Y.: Combination use of kampo-medicine and drug affecting intestinal bacterial flora. Yakugaku Zasshi 122: 695-701, 2002 (in Japanese).
30. Motegi, M., Takagi, Y, Yonezawa, H., Hanada, N., Terajima, J., Watanabe, H. and Senpuku, H.: Assessment of genes associated with Streptococcus mutans biofilm morphology. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72: 6277-6287, 2006.
31. Wolfaardt, G. M., Lawrence, J. R., Robarts, R. D., Caldwell, S. J. and Caldwell, D. E.: Multicellular organization in a degradative biofilm community. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60: 434-446, 1994.
32. Christensen, B. B., Sternberg, C., Andersen, J. B., Palmer, R. J., Nielsen, A. T, Givskov, M. and Molin, S.: Bacterial adhesion at synthetic surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 65: 4995-5002, 1999.
33. Baker, J. J., Chan, S. P., Socransky, S. S., Oppenheim, J. J. and Mergenhagen, S. E.: Importance of Actinomyces and certain gram-negative anaerobic organisms in the transformation of lymphocytes from patieents with periodontal disease. Infect. Immun. 13: 1363-1368, 1976.
34. Ike, Y, Hashimoto, H. and Clewell, D. B.: Hemolysin of Streptococcus faecalis subspecies zymogenes contributes to virulence in mice. Infect. Immun. 45: 528-530, 1984.
35. Jett, B. D., Jensen, H. G., Nordguist, R. E. and Gilmore, M. S.: Contribution of the pAD1-encoded cytolysin to the severity of experimental Enterococcus faecalis endophthalmitis. Infect. Immun. 60: 2445-2452, 1992.
36. Marsh, P. D. and Nyvad, B.: The oral microflora and biofilms on teeth. In : Dental caries, the disease and its clinical management. (Fejerskev, O., Kidd, E. eds.) pp.29-48, Blockwell Munksgaad, Copenhagen, 2003.
37. Filoche, S. K., Anderson, S. A. and Sissons. C. H.: Biofilm growth of Lactobacillus species is promoted by Actinomyces species and Streptococcus mutans. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 19: 322-326, 2004.
38. Nase, L., Hatakka, K., Savilahti, E., Saxelin, M., Ponka, A., Poussa, T., Korpela, R. and Meurman, J. H.: Effect of long-term consumption of a probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG, in milk on dental caries and caries risk in children. Caries Res. 35: 412-420, 2001.
39. Smith, S. I., Aweh, A. J., Coker, A. O., Savage, K. O., Abosede, D. A. and Oyedeji, K. S.: Lactobacilli in human dental caries and saliva. Microbios 105: 77-85, 2001.