Coaggregation between Porphyromonas gingivalis and Mutans Streptococci

Coaggregation occurred between Porphyromonas gingivalis and mutans streptococci. The coaggregation was completely inhibited by L-arginine, Nα-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone (TLCK), and a trypsin inhibitor, and weakly inhibited by L-lysine, N-ethylmaleimide, lysozyme, and human whole saliva. Th...

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Veröffentlicht in:MICROBIOLOGY and IMMUNOLOGY 1994, Vol.38(6), pp.457-460
Hauptverfasser: Kamaguchi, Arihide, Baba, Hisae, Hoshi, Masaaki, Inomata, Koshiro
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Zusammenfassung:Coaggregation occurred between Porphyromonas gingivalis and mutans streptococci. The coaggregation was completely inhibited by L-arginine, Nα-p-tosyl-L-lysine chloromethyl ketone (TLCK), and a trypsin inhibitor, and weakly inhibited by L-lysine, N-ethylmaleimide, lysozyme, and human whole saliva. The results of heat and proteinase K treatment suggested that a heat-labile proteinaceous substance of P. gingivalis and a heat-stable substance of mutans streptococci may play a role in the coaggregation. Mutans streptococci also aggregated in the presence of the heat-labile factor in the supernatant of P. gingivalis. The aggregation was also inhibited by L-arginine, TLCK, and a trypsin inhibitor.
ISSN:0385-5600
1348-0421
DOI:10.1111/j.1348-0421.1994.tb01807.x