SIALIDASE-ENHANCED LECTIN-LIKE MECHANISM FOR ACTINOMYCES-VISCOSUS AND ACTINOMYCES-NAESLUNDII HEMAGGLUTINATION
SIALIDASE-ENHANCED LECTIN-LIKE MECHANISM FOR ACTINOMYCES-VISCOSUS AND ACTINOMYCES-NAESLUNDII HEMAGGLUTINATION
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.27.2.335-343.1980
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
GROVE, DA
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作者:
ELLEN, RP;FILLERY, ED;GROVE, DA
Laboratory strains representing 6 numerical taxonomy clusters and fresh isolates of human A. viscosus and A. naeslundii were studied by standard flocculation slide tests for the ability to hemagglutinate erythrocytes (RBC) from various animal species. Human AB and horse RBC were agglutinated more frequently and rapidly than others; guinea pig RBC were agglutinated by only a few strains. Human AB RBC were selected for studies of hemagglutination [HA] mechanisms. Treatment of RBC with clostridial neuraminidase (NTRBC) greatly enhanced HA for almost all strains. In hapten inhibition experiments in which various concentrations of sugars were used, .beta.-galactosides were the most effective inhibitors of HA for RBC and NTRBC; inhibition of NTRBC agglutination required higher concentrations. Soybean lectin agglutinated RBC and NTRBC but not Actinomyces cells. NTRBC agglutinated at a 125-fold-lower concentration. HA was sensitive to EDT for 1 strain tested. HA reactions were reversible by addition of .beta.-galactosides. The ability of Actinomyces strains to prime RBC for HA by removing sialic acid to expose more penultimate .beta.-galactoside sites was studied by recycling Actinomyces-agglutinated RBC which were dispersed with a lactose solution and washed free of bacteria (primed RBC). Priming in this manner augmented subsequent HA by indicator Actinomyces strains and made the RBC more sensitive to agglutination by soybean lectin. The priming ability of Actinomyces strains generally correlated with the amount of sialic acid removed from primed RBC. Strains representing the numerical taxonomy clusters differed in their HA and priming activities. Cluster 5 strains (typical A. naeslundii) were good agglutinators of RBC, NTRBC and primed RBC but were poor primers. Cluster 3 strains (atypical A. naeslundii) were the weakest HA inducers but could prime RBC adequately for subsequent agglutination by other strains. Actinomyces HA may proceed via a 2-step mechanism: neuraminidase removal of terminal sialic acid and lectin-like binding to exposed .beta.-galactoside-associated sites on the RBC. Strains differ in the extent to which they can perform the 2 functions and this specificity may relate to their taxonomic classification. [The role of Actinomyces in the pathogenesis of periodontal lesions is discussed].