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Spirochetes have been frequently observed in abscesses of endodontic origin, but they have rarely been identified. This study sought to investigate the prevalence of eight oral treponemes in acute periradicular abscesses using a species-specific nested polymerase chain reaction assay. Purulent exudate was collected by aspiration from 19 cases diagnosed as acute periradicular abscesses and DNA extracted from the samples was initially amplified using universal 16S rDNA primers. A second round of amplification used the first polymerase chain reaction products to detect a specific fragment of the 16S rDNA of each Treponema species. The species-specific nPCR assay used in this study allowed the detection of Treponema denticola in 79%(15 of 19), Treponema socranskii in 26%(5 of 19), Treponema pectinovorum in 21% (4 of 19), Treponema amylovorum in 16% (3 of 19), and Treponema medium in 5% (1 of 19) of the cases. Spirochetal DNA was found in 89% of the cases (17 of 19). The number of Treponema species per case ranged from 1 to 3 (mean, 1.5). Treponema vincentii, Treponema lecithinolyticum and Treponema maltophilum were not detected in any pus sample. The present data lend support to the assertion that Treponema species, particularly T. denticola and T. socranskii, may be involved in the pathogenesis of acute periradicular abscesses.
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- J F Siqueira
- Department of Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Estácio de Sá University, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
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Eley BM, Cox SW. Proteolytic and hydrolytic enzymes from putative periodontal pathogens: characterization, molecular genetics, effects on host defenses and tissues and detection in gingival crevice fluid. Periodontol 2000 2003; 31:105-24. [PMID: 12656998 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0757.2003.03107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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All oral spirochetes are classified in the genus Treponema. This genus is in the family Spirochaetaceae as in Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Other generic members of the family include Spirochaeta, Cristispira and Borrelia. This conventional classification is in accord with phylogenetic analysis of the spirochetes based on 16S rRNA cataloguing. The oral spirochetes fall naturally within the grouping of Treponema. Only four species of Treponema have been cultivated and maintained reliably: Treponema denticola, Treponema pectinovorum, Treponema socranskii and Treponema vincentii. These species have valid names according to the rules of nomenclature except for Treponema vincentii, which only has had effective publication. The virulence factors of the oral spirochetes updated in this mini-review have been discussed within the following broad confines: adherence, cytotoxic effects, iron sequestration and locomotion. T. denticola has been shown to attach to human gingival fibroblasts, basement membrane proteins, as well as other substrates by specific attachment mechanisms. The binding of the spirochete to human gingival fibroblasts resulted in cytotoxicity and cell death due to enzymes and other proteins. Binding of the spirochete to erythrocytes was accompanied by agglutination and lysis. Hemolysis releases hemin, which is sequestered by an outer membrane sheath receptor protein of the spirochete. The ability to locomote through viscous environments enables spirochetes to migrate within gingival crevicular fluid and to penetrate sulcular epithelial linings and gingival connective tissue. The virulence factors of the oral spirochetes proven in vitro underscore the important role they play in the periodontal disease process. This role has been evaluated in vivo by use of a murine model.
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- E C Chan
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, 3640 University Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2B2
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Kesavalu L, Walker SG, Holt SC, Crawley RR, Ebersole JL. Virulence characteristics of oral treponemes in a murine model. Infect Immun 1997; 65:5096-102. [PMID: 9393801 PMCID: PMC175734 DOI: 10.1128/iai.65.12.5096-5102.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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This study was designed to investigate the virulence characteristics of Treponema denticola, T. socranskii, T. pectinovorum, and T. vincentii following challenge infection of mice. These microorganisms induced well-demarcated, dose-dependent, raised subcutaneous (s.c.) abscesses which were similar in time of onset, lesion progression, and duration of healing. Only viable cells were capable of inducing these characteristic s.c. abscesses. Histological examination of the skin lesion 3 and 5 days postinfection revealed abscess formation in the s.c. tissues, and abundant spiral organisms were demonstrated to be present in the abscess. Host resistance modulation by dexamethasone (neutrophil alteration) and cyclophosphamide (neutrophil depletion) pretreatment had a minimal effect on the virulence expression by any of these treponemes. The T. denticola isolates demonstrated significant trypsin-like protease (TLPase) activity, while both T. socranskii and T. vincentii were devoid of this activity. Interestingly, T. pectinovorum strains were heterogeneous with respect to TLPase as high producers, low producers, and nonproducers. However, no differences in lesion formation were noted regardless of whether the species expressed this proteolytic activity or whether treatment with N alpha-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone (TLCK) and dithiothreitol was performed. These results showed that (i) a murine model may be used to evaluate virulence expression by oral treponemes; (ii) while TLPase activity varies among the oral treponemes, this protease does not appear to participate in abscess induction in the mouse model; and (iii) T. pectinovorum strains show variation in TLPase activity.
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- L Kesavalu
- Department of Periodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284, USA
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Harrington DJ. Bacterial collagenases and collagen-degrading enzymes and their potential role in human disease. Infect Immun 1996; 64:1885-91. [PMID: 8675283 PMCID: PMC174012 DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1885-1891.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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- D J Harrington
- School of Health Sciences, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom
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Golub LM, Sorsa T, Lee HM, Ciancio S, Sorbi D, Ramamurthy NS, Gruber B, Salo T, Konttinen YT. Doxycycline inhibits neutrophil (PMN)-type matrix metalloproteinases in human adult periodontitis gingiva. J Clin Periodontol 1995; 22:100-9. [PMID: 7775665 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1995.tb00120.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 193] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We previously reported that low-dose doxycycline (DOXY) therapy reduces host-derived collagenase activity in gingival tissue of adult periodontitis (AP) patients. However, it was not clear whether this in vivo effect was direct or indirect. In the present study, inflamed human gingival tissue, obtained from AP patients during periodontal surgery, was extracted and the extracts partially purified by (NH4)2SO4 precipitation. The extracts were then analyzed for collagenase activity using SDS-PAGE/fluorography/laser densitometry, and for gelatinase activity using type I gelatin zymography as well as a new quantitative assay using biotinylated type I gelatin as substrate. DOXY was added to the incubation mixture at a final concentration of 0-1000 microM. The concentration of DOXY required to inhibit 50% of the gingival tissue collagenase (IC50) was found to be 16-18 microM in the presence or absence of 1.2 mM APMA (an optimal organomercurial activator of latent procollagenases); this IC50 for DOXY was similar to that exhibited for collagenase or matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-8 from polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) and from gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of AP patients. Of interest, Porphyromonas gingivalis collagenase was also inhibited by similar DOXY levels (IC50 = 15 microM), however the collagenase activity observed in the gingival tissue extracts was found to be of mammalian not bacterial origin based on the production of the specific alpha A (3/4) and alpha B (1/4) collagen degradation fragments. In contrast, the inhibition of collagenase purified from culture media of human gingival fibroblasts (MMP-1) required much greater DOXY levels (IC50 = 280 microM). The predominant molecular forms of gelatinolytic activity presented in the AP patients gingival tissue extracts were found to closely correspond to the 92 kD PMN-type gelatinase (MMP-9) although small quantities of 72 kD fibroblast-type gelatinase (MMP-2), and some other low molecular weight gelatinases, were also detected. The IC50 of DOXY versus gingival tissue gelatinolytic activity was estimated at 30-50 microM measure using either type I gelatin zymography or the biotinylated type I gelatin assay. We conclude that MMPS in inflamed gingival tissue of AP patients, like those in GCF, originate primarily from infiltrating PMNs rather than resident gingival cells (fibroblasts and epithelial cells) or monocyte/macrophages, and that their pathologically-elevated tissue-degrading activities can be directly inhibited by pharmacologic levels of doxycycline.
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- L M Golub
- Department of Oral Biology and Pathology, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
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Söderling E, Syed S, Mäkinen PL, Mäkinen KK. Proteolytic Activity of Treponemes from the Subgingival Plaque of Periodontitis Patients. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY IN HEALTH AND DISEASE 1994. [DOI: 10.3109/08910609409141575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- E. Söderling
- Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland
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- School of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- School of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- School of Dentistry, The University of Michigan, Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Syed SA, Mäkinen KK, Mäkinen PL, Chen CY, Muhammad Z. Proteolytic and oxidoreductase activity of Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 grown in an aerobic and anaerobic gaseous environment. Res Microbiol 1993; 144:317-26. [PMID: 8248625 DOI: 10.1016/0923-2508(93)90016-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The cells of a human oral spirochete, Treponema denticola ATCC 35405, and of seven clinical isolates of this organism obtained from the subgingival dental plaque of periodontitis patients were studied for their ability to grow in an aerobic and an anaerobic environment, and for their profile of peptidohydrolase and oxidoreductase enzymes. The growth yield of aerobically grown cultures was either comparable to or higher than that of anaerobically grown ones regardless of whether prereduced broth, freshly prepared broth or oxidized broth was used. However, elimination of certain supplements from the growth media resulted in poor growth regardless of the nature of the gaseous environment. The microscopic morphology and motility of the cells were not affected by differences in the gaseous atmosphere. Quantitative studies on several peptidohydrolase activities suggest that anaerobically grown cells displayed higher specific activity especially toward N alpha-L-prolyl-2-naphthylamine, indicating that increased synthesis of proline iminopeptidase enzymes (or enzyme) of the cells was associated with anaerobic growth conditions. The formation of enzymes hydrolysing N alpha-benzoyl-DL-arginyl-2-naphthylamine (and the corresponding p-nitroaniline) was not affected to the same extent. Growth experiments suggest that T. denticola ATCC 35405 is a facultatively anaerobic spirochete instead of an obligate anaerobe as reported in previous literature. The quantitative enzyme studies suggest that the gaseous growth atmosphere of the cells can exert a selective effect on the activity levels of certain peptidolytic enzymes of this organism. Such effects were not observed when the whole cells were studied by means of qualitative or semi-quantitative enzyme tests. The activities of catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase of the cells were low and variable. Because of this, it was not possible to relate these oxidoreductase activities to the composition of the gaseous atmosphere.
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- S A Syed
- Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109
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Andersson C, Linder LE, Sund ML, Lönnies H. Purification and characterization of an aminopeptidase from Streptococcus mitis ATCC 903. Curr Microbiol 1993; 25:261-7. [PMID: 1369197 DOI: 10.1007/bf01575859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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An aminopeptidase isolated from the cytoplasmic fraction of a cell extract of Streptococcus mitis ATCC 903 was purified 330-fold by ion-exchange chromatography, gel filtration, and hydroxyapatite chromatography. The partially purified enzyme had a broad substrate specificity. Twelve aminoacyl-beta-naphthylamide substrates were hydrolyzed and also several di-, tri-, tetra-, and pentapeptides and bradykinin. The enzyme hydrolyzed arginine-beta-naphthylamide at the highest rate. Optimal conditions for activity were at pH 7.0-7.2 and at 37-40 degrees C. The molecular weight of the enzyme was estimated to be 93,000. The enzyme was activated by Co2+ ions. Hg2+ inhibited the activity completely. SDS, EDTA, urea, and pCMB also inhibited activity. Inhibition by EDTA could be completely reversed by dialysis and addition of Co2+ ions. Reducing agents, sodium fluoride, and PMSF had no effect on the activity of the enzyme. The isoelectric point of the enzyme was at pH 4.3. High substrate concentrations inhibited activity. Substrate inhibition increased in the presence of high concentrations of Co2+ ions.
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- C Andersson
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Mäkinen K, Mäkinen P, Syed S. Purification and substrate specificity of an endopeptidase from the human oral spirochete Treponema denticola ATCC 35405, active on furylacryloyl-Leu-Gly-Pro-Ala and bradykinin. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)49710-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Riviere GR, Weisz KS, Adams DF, Thomas DD. Pathogen-related oral spirochetes from dental plaque are invasive. Infect Immun 1991; 59:3377-80. [PMID: 1894352 PMCID: PMC258894 DOI: 10.1128/iai.59.10.3377-3380.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Spirochetes that share pathogen-restricted antigens with Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum have been identified in dental plaque and diseased gingival tissues, but it is not known whether these spirochetes possess virulence characteristics. In this study, plaque spirochetes were able to transmigrate a tissue barrier in vitro and were identified on the other side by using monoclonal antibodies specific for pathogen-restricted determinants from T. pallidum subsp. pallidum. This invasive capability is shared with T. pallidum subsp. pallidum, but cultured oral and intestinal treponemes did not perforate the tissue barrier. Cocultures indicated that invasive treponemes do not create opportunities for cultivable oral treponemes to cross the barrier. These findings indicate that gingival tissues may be a port of entry for previously unrecognized invasive spirochetes in humans.
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- G R Riviere
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201
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Holt SC, Bramanti TE. Factors in virulence expression and their role in periodontal disease pathogenesis. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ORAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL BIOLOGISTS 1991; 2:177-281. [PMID: 1912148 DOI: 10.1177/10454411910020020301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 265] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The classic progression of the development of periodontitis with its associated formation of an inflammatory lesion is characterized by a highly reproducible microbiological progression of a Gram-positive microbiota to a highly pathogenic Gram-negative one. While this Gram-negative microbiota is estimated to consist of at least 300 different microbial species, it appears to consist of a very limited number of microbial species that are involved in the destruction of periodontal diseases. Among these "putative periodontopathic species" are members of the genera Porphyromonas, Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Wolinella, Actinobacillus, Capnocytophaga, and Eikenella. While members of the genera Actinomyces and Streptococcus may not be directly involved in the microbial progression, these species do appear to be essential to the construction of the network of microbial species that comprise both the subgingival plaque matrix. The temporal fluctuation (emergence/disappearance) of members of this microbiota from the developing lesion appears to depend upon the physical interaction of the periodontal pocket inhabitants, as well as the utilization of the metabolic end-products of the respective species intimately involved in the disease progression. A concerted action of the end-products of prokaryotic metabolism and the destruction of host tissues through the action of a large number of excreted proteolytic enzymes from several of these periodontopathogens contribute directly to the periodontal disease process.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- S C Holt
- Department of Periodontics, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284-7894
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Söderling E, Mäkinen PL, Syed S, Mäkinen KK. Biochemical comparison of proteolytic enzymes present in rough- and smooth-surfaced capnocytophagas isolated from the subgingival plaque of periodontitis patients. J Periodontal Res 1991; 26:17-23. [PMID: 1825330 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1991.tb01621.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Four rough-surfaced (R) and three smooth-surfaced (S) clinical isolates of Capnocytophaga obtained from the subgingival plaque of periodontitis patients were studied for their peptidase and protease profiles. The results were compared with those obtained with C. gingivalis (which has a smooth morphology). All cell extracts obtained by ultrasonic treatment displayed high peptidase activity toward N-aminoacyl-2-naphthylamines, the best substrates being the arginyl, aspartyl, and leucyl derivatives. The R and S isolates did not differ in these enzyme activities. Also the protease profiles studies with 4-phenylazobenzyloxycarbonyl-L-prolyl-L-leucylglycyl-L-proly l-D-arginine (PZ-PLPGA) and casein were similar. All extracts also hydrolyzed furylacryloyl-L-leucylglycyl-L-prolyl-L-alanine (FALGPA), reconstituted type I [3H]-collagen, and gelatin. N alpha-Benzoyl-DL-rginyl-2-naphthylamine was hydrolyzed faster by the R than the S strains. Comparison between cell suspensions and cell extracts of C. gingivalis showed the suspensions to be enzymatically more active than the extracts. In general, peptidase substrates and PZ-PLGPA were hydrolyzed at a higher rate by suspensions than by extracts, while protease substrates (such as casein) were hydrolyzed faster by the extracts. Gelatin and FALGPA were hydrolyzed by cell extracts only. Fast protein liquid chromatography of peptidases on a gel column was found to be a suitable method to differentiate between R and S isolates in diagnostics, while the chromatographic profiles of proteases were not suitable for this purpose.
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- E Söderling
- Department of Biologic and Materials Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Que XC, Kuramitsu HK. Isolation and characterization of the Treponema denticola prtA gene coding for chymotrypsinlike protease activity and detection of a closely linked gene encoding PZ-PLGPA-hydrolyzing activity. Infect Immun 1990; 58:4099-105. [PMID: 2174832 PMCID: PMC313782 DOI: 10.1128/iai.58.12.4099-4105.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The chymotrypsinlike protease gene (prtA) from Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 was isolated from a lambda gt11 clone bank as one of several clones expressing protease activity. The DNA from one positive clone capable of hydrolyzing type IV collagen was subcloned into plasmid vector pUC119 for further analysis. Deletion analysis of subclone pXQ27.2 revealed the approximate location of the prtA gene on the DNA insert. DEAE-Sephadex chromatography of crude cell extracts of the subclone revealed two distinct T. denticola enzymes, one hydrolyzing SAAPNA (succinyl-L-alanyl-L-alanyl-L-prolyl-L-phenylalanine-p-nitroanilide [chymotrypsin substrate]) and the other hydrolyzing PZ-PLGPA (phenylazobenzyl-oxycarbonyl-L-leucylglycyl-L-prolyl-D -arginine [collagenase substrate]). Each activity was purified to near homogeneity and exhibited by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis estimated molecular sizes of 67 and 36 kDa, respectively. Western blot (immunoblot) analysis demonstrated that only the 67-kDa SAAPNA-hydrolyzing enzyme reacted with antibody against the T. denticola chymotrypsinlike protease. The purified SAAPNA-hydrolyzing enzyme degraded type IV collagen, laminin, and fibronectin, but not type I collagen. These results indicate that the prtA gene coding for the chymotrypsinlike protease from T. denticola has been isolated. Another distinct gene encoding an enzyme hydrolyzing PZ-PLGPA appears to be adjacent to the prtA gene.
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- X C Que
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio 78284
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Arginine catabolism via the arginine deiminase pathway was found in Streptococcus sanguis 903. Citrulline and ornithine were released from resting cells incubated with arginine, arginine-containing peptides, or saliva. Maximum arginine catabolism by resting cells of S. sanguis 903 was found in the pH range 7-8 and at 45-48 degrees C. Arginine deiminase activity was found in the cytoplasm and in the cell-wall extract of this strain, while ornithine carbamoyltransferase activity was found in the cytoplasm and in extracts of cell walls and cytoplasmic membranes. Streptococcus mutans GS-5 and Streptococcus sobrinus strains OMZ 176 and 6715 could release arginine from salivary peptides but were incapable of significant arginine catabolism.
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- E Floderus
- Department of Oral Microbiology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Golub LM, Ciancio S, Ramamamurthy NS, Leung M, McNamara TF. Low-dose doxycycline therapy: effect on gingival and crevicular fluid collagenase activity in humans. J Periodontal Res 1990; 25:321-30. [PMID: 2177499 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1990.tb00923.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tetracyclines are now recognized to have non-antimicrobial properties with therapeutic potential--for example, these agents can inhibit pathologic collagenolysis by blocking mammalian collagenases and other matrix-degrading metalloproteinases. In the current study, adult human subjects with moderate chronic periodontitis were administered specially formulated capsules of doxycycline, containing lower-than-usual amounts of this semi-synthetic tetracycline, on a daily basis for 2 weeks prior to a full-thickness flap procedure; control subjects were administered placebo capsules. The gingiva excised during this surgical procedure were extracted, the extracts partially purified and analyzed for collagenase activity using [3H-methyl] collagen as substrate and the techniques of SDS-PAGE/fluorography or liquid scintillation spectrometry. In the absence of any drug pre-treatment, or after a 2-wk regimen of placebo capsules, the gingival extracts exhibited pathologically-excessive mammalian collagenase activity. The 2-wk regimen of low-dose doxycycline capsules reduced this activity by approximately 60-80% (p less than 0.05 and less than 0.01, respectively); in vitro exposure of the gingival extract to doxycycline also inhibited its collagenase activity. Collagenase activity in the crevicular fluid of periodontal pockets of an additional group of subjects was also significantly reduced, as was the severity of inflammation at the same gingival sites. The results suggest that a regimen of low-dose doxycycline capsules may provide a safe (other studies indicate that this regimen may not induce tetracycline resistance in the subgingival plaque) and effective adjunct to instrumentation therapy in the management of pathologic collagenolysis in the periodontal patient. However, further studies are necessary to confirm this hypothesis.
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- L M Golub
- Dept. of Oral Biology and Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, S.U.N.Y., Stony Brook
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Mäkinen KK, Syed SA, Salvador SL, Mäkinen PL. Hydrolysis of the Leu-Gly bond of phenylazobenzyl-oxycarbonyl-l-Pro-l-Leu-Gly-l-Pro-D-Arg (a substrate of microbial collagenases) by treponemes isolated from the subgingival plaque of periodontitis patients. Curr Microbiol 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02094028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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