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1994 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

DEVELOPMENT OF A DIAGNISTIC KIT FOR RAPID EVALUATION OF CARIES ACTIVITY

Research Project

Project/Area Number 04557093
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Developmental Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 小児・社会系歯学
Research InstitutionTHE UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA

Principal Investigator

OTA Fusao  TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,PROFESSOR, 医学部, 教授 (90035478)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HIROTA Katsuhiko  TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY,RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 歯学部, 助手 (60199130)
ONO Tsuneko  TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY,LECTURER, 歯学部, 講師 (40035514)
YAMATO Masayuki  TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 医学部, 助手 (90210492)
MINATO Yoshihiro  TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY,HEALTH SERVICE CENTRE,PROFESSOR, 保健管理センター, 教授 (00035768)
NISHINO Mizuho  TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY,SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY,PROFESSOR, 歯学部, 教授 (90029976)
Project Period (FY) 1992 – 1994
KeywordsDiagnostic kit / Streptococcus.mutans / Enzyme immunoassay / Monoclonal antibody / membrane filtre-EIA / Caries risk / Mutans group of streptococci
Research Abstract

It is been known for long time that caries is produced primarily by infection with Streptococcus mutans. Since the bacteria group is an endogenous in the oral cavity of humans, no effective strategies have been found. The bacterial group multiply to affect teeth primarily in children with high risks at 2-10ages of life. A rapid quantification of the bacterial group is essential for and a key towards predicting the development of dental decay. However, no such methods have been developed. Ota et al recently succeeded in preparing several monoclonal antibodies specific for the members of mutans group of streptococci. They have also developed an enzyme immunoassay using these monoclonal antibodies, which can quantify the number of Streptococcus mutans in the oral cavity in nearly 60 min after collection of test samples from patients.
This study is aimed at developing a diagnostic kit for rapid quantification of Streptococcus mutans in the human oral cavity. Attempts were also made to prepa … More re more number of monoclonal antibodies and their specification.
Six batches of monoclonal antibodies with different specificity were produced. All batches were tested for their specificity against 4 strains of S.cricetus, 3 strains of S.rattus, 15 strains of S.mutans 5 strains of S.sobrinus and 4 strains of S.downei. Among them monoclonal antibodies F-89 was specific for Streptococcus mutans. The monoclonal antibody was purified by use of affinity chromatography and labelled with horse radish peroxidase. A new identification system(membrane filtre-EIA)using the labelled mAb f-89 was found to detect Streptococcus mutans at a level of about 10^4 cells/mg of dental plaque or washings of patients teeth. A prototype of a diagnostic kit using this identification system has been produced and tested for efficacy against samples of dental plaque taken mainly from young girls.
Results have shown that positive reactions were in good agreement with caries history of the subjects examined. A commercial model from the prototype was also manufactured and awaits further clinical trials. Less

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  • [Publications] Ota, F.,他: "Immunochemical study of polysaccharide antigen in St. sobrinus and St. downei with a cross-reactive monoclonal antibody." FEMS Immunol. & Med. Microbiol.,. 8. 213-218 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Ono, T.,他: "Detection of Streptococcus mutans by PCR amplification of spaP gene." J. Med. Microbiol.,. 41. 231-235 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Yamato, M.,他: "Monoclonal antibodies to spirosin of Yersinia enterocolitica and analysis of the localization of spirosome by use of them." Microbiol. Immunol.,. 38. 177-182 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 岡田 要、他: "Streptococcus mutansによる実験腎炎" 日本小児腎臓病学会雑誌. 7. 82-85 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Ota, F.,他: "Immunochemical analysis and localization of a cell wall antigen of Streptococcus rattus with a specific monoclonal antibody." Zbl. Bakt.,. (印刷中). (1995)

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  • [Publications] 大和 正幸、他: "分子遺伝学的手法を利用したS.mutansの同定" 日本細菌学雑誌. 50(印刷中). (1995)

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  • [Publications] 高木 篤編、斉藤 肇、他著: "エッセンシャル微生物学" 医歯薬出版株式会社 (印刷中), 740 (1994)

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  • [Publications] 大森 俊彦、太田 房雄、秋本 茂 著: "微生物学" 朝倉書店, 315 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Batoni, G.Ota, F., Ghelardi, G.Sensesi, S.Barnini, S., Freer, G., Hirota, K., Gabriele, M.Marcucci, M.and Campa, M.: "Epidemiological survey of Streptococcus mutans in a group of adult patients living in Pisa(Italy)" Eur.J.Epidemiol.238-242 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Yasutomi, Y., Matsuda, Y.Miyazaki, T,Nakamura, T.Hirota, K., Fukui, K., Ota, F., and M.Nishino: "Development of a new caries activity test using enzyme immunoassay system with monoclonal antibody." Japan J.Pedia.Dent.30. 186-193 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Hirota, K., Ono, T., Fukui, K., Yamashita, K., Yamato, M., Ota, F., and Y.Minato.: "Immunological analysis of a cell surface antigen by monoclonal antibody f-77 in Streptococcus mutans and Streptococcus Pyogenes cells." Shikoku Acta Medica. 49. 8-15 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Hirota, K.Fernandez E., Ono., T., Miyazaki, T., Matsuda, Y.Nakamura, T.Yasutomi, Y., Nishino, M., Minato, Y.Ota, F.and K.Fukui.: "Simple and rapid identification of the mutans group of streptococci by enzyme immunoassay using monoclonal antibodies." Shikoku Acta Dent.5. 65-74 (1992)

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  • [Publications] Batoni, G., Marchetti, M., Ota, F., Ghelardi, E., Barnini, S., Inoue, H., Uchiyama, C., Hirota, K., Minato, Y., Guica, M.R., Gabriele, M., Campa, M.Senesi, S.: "First characterization in Italy of clinical isolates of mutans streptococci by using specific monoclonal antibodies." Eur.J.Epidemiol.9. 483-488 (1993)

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  • [Publications] Ota, F., Kato, H., Hirota, K., Inoue, H., Tomotake, H., Uchiyama, C., and Minato, Y.: "Immunochemical study of polysaccharide antigen in Streptococcus sobrinus and Streptococcus downei with a cross reactive monoclonal antibody." FEMS Immunol.Med.Microbiol.8. 213-218 (1994)

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  • [Publications] Fusao Ota, Hirohisa Kato, Katsuhiko Hirota, Susumu Imai, Hiroyuki Ishikawa, Masayuki Yamato and Yoshihiro Minato.: "Immunochemical analysis and localization of a cell wall antigen of Streptococcus rattus with a specific monoclonal antibody." Zbl.Bakt.in press.(1995)

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