SPECIFICITY OF COAGGREGATION REACTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN ORAL STREPTOCOCCI AND STRAINS OF ACTINOMYCES-VISCOSUS OR ACTINOMYCES-NAESLUNDII
SPECIFICITY OF COAGGREGATION REACTIONS BETWEEN HUMAN ORAL STREPTOCOCCI AND STRAINS OF ACTINOMYCES-VISCOSUS OR ACTINOMYCES-NAESLUNDII
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.24.3.742-752.1979
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
MCINTIRE, FC
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作者:
CISAR, JO;KOLENBRANDER, PE;MCINTIRE, FC
Co-aggregation reactions between actinomycete and streptococcal cells occurred frequently when human strains of A. viscosus or A. naeslundii were mixed with human isolates of Streptococcus sanguis or S. mitis but were infrequent with other oral actinomycetes and streptococci. Two groups of actinomycetes and 4 groups of streptococci were defined by the patterns of their co-aggregation reactions and by the ability of .beta.-linked galactosides (i.e., lactose) to reverse these reactions. Co-aggregations occurred by 1 of the following 3 kinds of cell-cell interactions: co-aggregation that was blocked by heating the Streptococcus but not the actinomycete and was not reversed by lactose; co-aggregation that was blocked by heating the actinomycete but not the Streptococcus and was reversed by lactose; and co-aggregation that was blocked only by heating both cell types. The latter reaction was a combination of the 1st two since lactose reversed co-aggregation between heated streptococci and unheated actinomycetes but did not reverse co-aggregations between unheated streptococci and heated actinomycetes. Cells that could be heat-inactivated were inactivated by amino group acetylation or protease digestion, whereas cells that were unaffected by heat were not inactivated by these treatments. Co-aggregation reactions of each kind were Ca2+ dependent and insensitive to dextranase treatment. Human strains of A. viscosus and A. naeslundii may co-aggregate with strains of S. sanguis and S. mitis by a system of specific cell surface interactions between protein or glycoprotein receptors on 1 cell type and carbohydrates on the other type.