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1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Analysis of the virulence factors from periodontopathic bacteria

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08672095
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Morphological basic dentistry
Research InstitutionTOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE

Principal Investigator

KATO Tetsuo  Tokyo Dental College, Faculty of Dentistry, Assocate Professor, 歯学部, 助教授 (00159253)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) YAMANAKA Ayumi  Tokyo Dental College, Faculty of Dentistry, Assistant, 歯学部, 助手 (40231667)
MIURA Tadashi  Tokyo Dental College, Faculty of Dentistry, Assistant, 歯学部, 助手 (10266570)
ISHIHARA Kazuyuki  Tokyo Dental College, Faculty of Dentistry, Assistant Professor, 歯学部, 講師 (00212910)
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1998
Keywordsperiodontitis / cytokines / Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans / Porphyromonas gingivalis / hemolytic activity / cell surface polysaccharide / endotoxin / monoclonal antibody
Research Abstract

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, a gram-negative capnophlic rod, has been implicated in human periodontal diseases. This microorganism produces a number of virulence factors. Recently several investigators have been reported that strains of A.actinomycetemcomitans express hemolytic activity. In order to examine the potential role of the. hemolytic activity in the process of periodontal diseases, we have isolated a hemolytic gene from strain ATCC 43718. DNA hybridization analysis indicates that the hemolytic gene is conserved among all A.actinomycetemcomitans strains tested. The. complete nucleotide sequence of the gene has been determined. The deduced amino acid sequence. corresponds to a basic protein of 9.5 kDa. Sonicated extract from Escherichia coli clone possessed hemolytic activity on horse, sheep and human erythrocytes but not those of rabbit. To determine whether the antiserum against A.actinomycetemcomitans reacted with a protein of the sonic extract of the E.coli clone w … More as analyzed by Western blot analysis. Rabbit antiserum to A.actinomycetemcomitans ATCC 43718 whole cells reacted with sonic extract of E.coli clone at Ca. lOkDa which was dependent upon insert DNA of A.Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans wornztans on the plasmid. Also the rabbit antiserum against ATCC 43718 inhibited the hemolytic activity of the clone. These results indicate that a gene coding hemolytic activity has been isolated from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans.
Two polysaccharide fractions, A and B, were prepared from autoclaved extract of A.actinomycetemcomitans ATCC 43718 (serotype. b) by DEAB anion-exchange chromatography. LPS was extracted by hot phenol- water procedure. Ouchterlony analysis demonstrated that LPS and fraction A reacted with rabbit antisera against A.actinomycetemcomitans serotypes a and b but not with antiserum to serotype c. Fraction B was found to react with antiserum to serotype b but not with antisera specific for other serotypes, suggesting that fraction consists of a serotype b specific polysaccharide antigen.
Porphyromanas gingivalis, a gram-negative anaerobic rod, has been implicated as a periodontal pathogen. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine that is produced by numerous cell types, including macrophages, fibroblasts and endothelial cells, and play a central role in host defense mechanisms. In the present study, we investigated the effect of cell surface components of P.gingivalis on IL-6 production by human gingival fibroblasts. The release of IL-6 by these cells was measured using ELISA systems specific for IL-6 according to the manufacture's recommended procedures. Cell surface polysacebaride and outer membrane proteins upregulated the IL-6 production by human gingival fibroblast cell lines as well as LPS.These activities were dependent on the increase of the preparations dose. Less

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  • [Publications] Saeki, Y.: "Inhibitory effects of funoran on the adherence and colonization of mutans streptococci" Caries Res.30. 119-125 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kato, T.: "Isolation and characterization of the hemolytic genes from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans" FEMS Microbiol.Lett.143. 217-221 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kato, T.: "Animals are not reservoir for the human periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis" Dentistry in Japan. 33. 113-120 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Ishihara, K.: "Cloning and sequence analysis of the fimbriae associated protein (fap) gene from Actinobacillus" Microbial Patho.23. 63-69 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Honma, K.: "Genetic control of immune responses to a synthetic fimbrial antigen of Actinobacillus actinomycetem" Microbiol.Immunol.41. 609-614 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Saito, T.: "Cloning, expression, and sequencing of a protease gene from Bacteriodes forsythus ATCC 43037 in" Infect.Immun.65. 4888-4891 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Saeki, Y., Kato, T., Naito, Y., Takazoe, I.and Okuda, K.: "Inhibitory effects of funora on the adberence and colonization of mutans streptococci" Caries Res.30. 119-125 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Takahashi, T., Kato, T.and Okuda, K.: "B-cell activation of outer membrane praparations from Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola" Bull.Tokyo dent.Coll.37. 9-15 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kato, T., Kimizaka, R.and Okuda, K.: "Isolation and characterization of hemolytic genes from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans" FEMS Microbiol. Lett.143. 217-221 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kato, T., Hirai, K., Okuda, K., Fournier, D., Menard, C.and Mouton, C.: "Animals are not reservoir for the human periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis" Dentistry in Japan. 33. 27-30 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Okuda, K., Kigure, T., Yamada, S., Kaneko, T., Ishihara, K., Miura, T., Kato, T.and Takazoe, I.: "Role for the S-layer of Campylobacter rectus ATCC 33238 in complement mediated killing and phagocytic killing by leukocytes from guinea pig and human peripheral blood" Oral Diseases. 3. 113-120 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Ishihara, K., Honma, K., Miura, T., Kato, T.and Okuda, K.: "Cloning and sequence analysis of the fimbriae associated protein (fap) gene from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans" Microbial Patho.23. 63-69 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Honma, K., Ishii, N., Kato, T., Ishihara, K., Okuda, K.and Okuda, K.: "Genetic control of immune responses to a synthetic fimbrial antigen of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans" Microbiol.Immunol.41. 609-614 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Saito, T., Ishihara, K., Kato, T., and Okuda, K.: "Cloning, expression, and sequencing of a protease gene from Bacteroides forsythus ATCC 43037 in Escherichia coli" Infect.Immun.65. 4888-4891 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Saito, T., Takatsuka, T., Kato, T., Ishihara, K.and Okuda, K.: "Adherence of oral streptococci to an immobilized antimicrobial agent" Archs.oral Biol.42. 539-545 (1997)

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