MECHANISM OF CO-AGGREGATION BETWEEN ACTINOMYCES-VISCOSUS T14V AND STREPTOCOCCUS-SANGUIS-34
MECHANISM OF CO-AGGREGATION BETWEEN ACTINOMYCES-VISCOSUS T14V AND STREPTOCOCCUS-SANGUIS-34
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.21.3.978-988.1978
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
ARNOLD, J
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作者:
MCINTIRE, FC;VATTER, AE;ARNOLD, J
A. viscosus T14V and S. sanguis 34 coaggregate by a mechanism which is not inhibited by 1 M NaCl, is dextran independent, requires Ca, is pH dependent with an optimum at pH 8.0-8.5 and appears to require the interaction of a protein or glycoprotein on A. viscosus with a carbohydrate on S. sanguis. The coaggregation is inhibited more than 80% by 0.01 M lactose, 0.02 M .beta.-methyl-D-galactoside or 0.05 M D-galactose; inhibition of coaggregation was less than 10% in 0.1 M .alpha.-methyl-D-galactoside, melibiose, maltose, cellobiose, sucrose and a number of monosaccharides. At very high concentrations of enzyme, protease from Streptomyces griseus destroyed the reactive site on A. viscosus but not on S. ansguis. Both were totally resistant to dextranase. Periodate (0.01 M; pH 4) inactivated both bacteria. The ability of S. sanguis to coaggregate with A. viscosus was not destroyed by phenol-water extraction at 65.degree. C for 15 min. When the bacteria were cultured under specified conditions, the coaggregation was highly reproducible. Under the same conditions, T14AV, the avirulent mutant of A. viscosus T14V, did not coaggregate with S. sanguis 34. EM studies of coaggregates, labeled immunochemically with antibody to A. viscosus, indicated that fibrils on A. viscosus may be involved in the coaggregation. [These findings have relevance to dental plaque formation.].