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Du R, Zhou Z, Han Y. Functional Identification of the Dextransucrase Gene of Leuconostoc mesenteroides DRP105. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21186596. [PMID: 32916950 PMCID: PMC7555554 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21186596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Leuconostoc mesenteroides DRP105 isolated from Chinese sauerkraut juice is an intensive producer of dextran. We report the complete genome sequence of Leu. mesenteroides DRP105. This strain contains a dextransucrase gene (dsr) involved in the production of dextran, possibly composed of glucose monomers. To explore the dextran synthesis mechanism of Leu. mesenteroides DRP105, we constructed a dsr-deficient strain derived from Leu. mesenteroides DRP105 using the Cre-loxP recombination system. The secondary structure prediction results showed that Leu. mesenteroides DRP105 dextransucrase (Dsr) was coded by dsr and contained 17.07% α-helices, 29.55% β-sheets, 10.18% β-turns, and 43.20% random coils. We also analyzed the dextran yield, monosaccharide change, organic acid, and amino-acid content of Leu. mesenteroides DRP105 and Leu. mesenteroides DRP105−Δdsr. The result showed that the lack of dsr changed the Leu. mesenteroides DRP105 sugar metabolism pathway, which in turn affected the production of metabolites.
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- Correspondence: ; Tel.: + 86-139-2020-9057
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Du R, Qiao X, Wang Y, Zhao B, Han Y, Zhou Z. Determination of glucansucrase encoding gene in Leuconostoc mesenteroides. Int J Biol Macromol 2019; 137:761-766. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.06.200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Revised: 06/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Fujiwara T, Hoshino T, Ooshima T, Hamada S. Differential and Quantitative Analyses of mRNA Expression of Glucosyltransferases from Streptococcus mutans MT8148. J Dent Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0810109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Streptococcus mutans produces three glucosyltransferases, coded by gtfB, gtfC, and gtfD, whose cooperative action is essential for sucrose-dependent cellular adhesion. This cellular adhesion plays an important role in the formation of dental plaque and the initiation of dental caries. Since they bear genetic similarities and are large in size, differentiation of their gene expression has been difficult, and little is known about the dynamic process of gtf expression. Using a real-time reverse-transcription/polymerase chain-reaction, we determined the expression of each gtf. Under various conditions, the relative levels of transcription were gtfB > gtfD > gtfC. Sucrose enhanced gtfD expression, whereas it reduced that of gtfB and gtfC, suggesting the presence of independent promoters. Quantitative analyses demonstrated coincidence between the ratio of expression of each gtf and the ratio previously identified as optimal for sucrose-dependent adhesion in vitro, suggesting that S. mutans produces GTF at an optimal ratio to adhere to the tooth surface.
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- T. Fujiwara
- Departments of Pedodontics and
- Oral Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8, Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Departments of Pedodontics and
- Oral Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8, Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Departments of Pedodontics and
- Oral Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8, Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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- Departments of Pedodontics and
- Oral Microbiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, 1-8, Yamadaoka, Suita-Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Periodontitis, Bacteremia and Infective Endocarditis: A Review Study. ARCHIVES OF PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 2017. [DOI: 10.5812/pedinfect.41067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Real-Time Monitoring of Dextransucrase-Based Enzymatic Reaction Through Surface-Enhanced Ellipsometric Contrast (SEEC) Microscopy in Liquid Environment. BIONANOSCIENCE 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s12668-013-0113-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Takada K, Hirasawa M. Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of novel glucosyltransferase genes of mutans streptococci isolated from pig oral cavity. J Microbiol 2008; 46:202-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s12275-007-0199-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Olvera C, Fernández-Vázquez JL, Ledezma-Candanoza L, López-Munguía A. Role of the C-terminal region of dextransucrase from Leuconostoc mesenteroides IBT-PQ in cell anchoring. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2008; 153:3994-4002. [PMID: 18048914 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/008854-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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dsrP, a gene that encodes a cell-associated dextransucrase produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides IBT-PQ, was isolated, sequenced and expressed in Escherichia coli. From sequence analysis, seven repeat units in the N-terminal region were found, as well as five cell wall binding repeats in the C-terminal region. A model of the C-terminal domain of dextransucrase was built based on the solenoid structure of the cell wall binding domain already described in LytA. By experiments involving direct interactions of the enzyme with L. mesenteroides cells, as well as among the cells and the single C-terminal domain expressed in E. coli, evidence was obtained concerning the anchoring function of this region in cell-associated dextransucrase, a function which may be independent of its capacity to bind dextran.
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- Clarita Olvera
- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Celular y Biocatálisis, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Culshaw S, Han X, La Rosa K, Eastcott JW, Smith DJ, Taubman MA. Assessment of Human Immune Response to Mutans Streptococcal Glucosyltransferase Peptides Selected by MHC Class II Binding Probability. Int J Pept Res Ther 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/s10989-007-9110-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Culshaw S, Larosa K, Tolani H, Han X, Eastcott JW, Smith DJ, Taubman MA. Immunogenic and protective potential of mutans streptococcal glucosyltransferase peptide constructs selected by major histocompatibility complex class II allele binding. Infect Immun 2006; 75:915-23. [PMID: 17088351 PMCID: PMC1828508 DOI: 10.1128/iai.01582-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mutans streptococcal glucosyltransferases (GTF) have been demonstrated to be effective components of dental caries vaccines. We had previously selected peptide subunits of GTF for vaccine development based on putative functional significance and conservation of GTF primary structure among enzyme isoforms. In this study, 20 20-mer linear GTF peptides were synthesized, 17 identified on the basis of the highest potential major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-binding activity using computer-generated algorithms (Epimatrix and ProPred) and 3 with previously demonstrated functional significance. The immunoreactivities of these peptides were explored with rodent systems. Sera from GTF-immunized rats, assessed for binding to linear peptides by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, demonstrated immunoglobulin G antibody reactivity with peptides 6 and 11 and a T-cell proliferation response to peptides 6, 9, 11, and 16. Multiple antigenic peptide (MAP) constructs were synthesized from promising linear sequences. Rats that were immunized with MAP 7, 11, or 16, respectively, responded well to the immunizing MAP. Most importantly, a robust immune response (antibody and T-cell proliferation) was observed to native GTF following MAP 11 (amino acids 847 to 866; VVINNDKFVSWGITDFEM) immunization. This response inhibited GTF enzyme function. Two dental caries pathogenesis experiments were performed wherein rats were immunized with MAP constructs 11, 16, and/or 11 plus 16, followed by infection with cariogenic Streptococcus sobrinus. In both experiments cariogenic bacterial recoveries were reduced relative to total streptococci in the MAP 11- and MAP 11 plus 16-immunized groups, and the extent of dental caries was also significantly reduced in these groups. Thus, we have identified a peptide with projected avid MHC-binding activity that elicited immunoreactivity with native GTF and demonstrated protection against dental caries infection after immunization, implying that this peptide may be important in a subunit dental caries vaccine.
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- S Culshaw
- Department of Immunology, The Forsyth Institute, 140 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115-3799, USA
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van Hijum SAFT, Kralj S, Ozimek LK, Dijkhuizen L, van Geel-Schutten IGH. Structure-function relationships of glucansucrase and fructansucrase enzymes from lactic acid bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2006; 70:157-76. [PMID: 16524921 PMCID: PMC1393251 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.70.1.157-176.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) employ sucrase-type enzymes to convert sucrose into homopolysaccharides consisting of either glucosyl units (glucans) or fructosyl units (fructans). The enzymes involved are labeled glucansucrases (GS) and fructansucrases (FS), respectively. The available molecular, biochemical, and structural information on sucrase genes and enzymes from various LAB and their fructan and alpha-glucan products is reviewed. The GS and FS enzymes are both glycoside hydrolase enzymes that act on the same substrate (sucrose) and catalyze (retaining) transglycosylation reactions that result in polysaccharide formation, but they possess completely different protein structures. GS enzymes (family GH70) are large multidomain proteins that occur exclusively in LAB. Their catalytic domain displays clear secondary-structure similarity with alpha-amylase enzymes (family GH13), with a predicted permuted (beta/alpha)(8) barrel structure for which detailed structural and mechanistic information is available. Emphasis now is on identification of residues and regions important for GS enzyme activity and product specificity (synthesis of alpha-glucans differing in glycosidic linkage type, degree and type of branching, glucan molecular mass, and solubility). FS enzymes (family GH68) occur in both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria and synthesize beta-fructan polymers with either beta-(2-->6) (inulin) or beta-(2-->1) (levan) glycosidic bonds. Recently, the first high-resolution three-dimensional structures have become available for FS (levansucrase) proteins, revealing a rare five-bladed beta-propeller structure with a deep, negatively charged central pocket. Although these structures have provided detailed mechanistic insights, the structural features in FS enzymes dictating the synthesis of either beta-(2-->6) or beta-(2-->1) linkages, degree and type of branching, and fructan molecular mass remain to be identified.
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- Sacha A F T van Hijum
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 14, 9750 AA Haren, The Netherlands.
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Funane K, Ishii T, Ono H, Kobayashi M. Changes in linkage pattern of glucan products induced by substitution of Lys residues in the dextransucrase. FEBS Lett 2005; 579:4739-45. [PMID: 16098974 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.07.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2005] [Revised: 07/16/2005] [Accepted: 07/19/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dextransucrase S (DSRS) is the only active glucansucrase that has been found in Leuconostoc mesenteroides NRRL B-512F strain. Native DSRS produces mainly 6-linked glucopyranosyl residue (Glcp), while Escherichia coli recombinant DSRS was observed to produce a glucan consisting of 70% 6-linked Glcp and 15% 3,6-Glcp. Lys residues were introduced at the N-terminal end of the core domain by site-directed mutagenesis. In glucans produced by the one-point mutants T350K and S455K, the amount of 6-linked Glcp was increased to about 85% of the total glucan produced, more similar in structure to native B-512F dextran. The double mutant T350K/S455K produced adhesive, water-insoluble glucan with 77% 6-linked Glcp, 8% 3,6-linked Glcp and 4% 2,6-linked Glcp. The T350K/S455K mutant exhibited a 10-fold increase in glucosyltransferase activity over those of the parental DSRS-His(6) and its T350K and S455K mutants. This is the first report demonstrating a change in the properties of a dextransucrase or a related glucosyltransferase through simple site-directed mutagenesis to create 2,6-linked Glcp.
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- Kazumi Funane
- National Food Research Institute, 2-1-12 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
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Shah DSH, Joucla G, Remaud-Simeon M, Russell RRB. Conserved repeat motifs and glucan binding by glucansucrases of oral streptococci and Leuconostoc mesenteroides. J Bacteriol 2005; 186:8301-8. [PMID: 15576779 PMCID: PMC532428 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.24.8301-8308.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Glucansucrases of oral streptococci and Leuconostoc mesenteroides have a common pattern of structural organization and characteristically contain a domain with a series of tandem amino acid repeats in which certain residues are highly conserved, particularly aromatic amino acids and glycine. In some glucosyltransferases (GTFs) the repeat region has been identified as a glucan binding domain (GBD). Such GBDs are also found in several glucan binding proteins (GBP) of oral streptococci that do not have glucansucrase activity. Alignment of the amino acid sequences of 20 glucansucrases and GBP showed the widespread conservation of the 33-residue A repeat first identified in GtfI of Streptococcus downei. Site-directed mutagenesis of individual highly conserved residues in recombinant GBD of GtfI demonstrated the importance of the first tryptophan and the tyrosine-phenylalanine pair in the binding of dextran, as well as the essential contribution of a basic residue (arginine or lysine). A microplate binding assay was developed to measure the binding affinity of recombinant GBDs. GBD of GtfI was shown to be capable of binding glucans with predominantly alpha-1,3 or alpha-1,6 links, as well as alternating alpha-1,3 and alpha-1,6 links (alternan). Western blot experiments using biotinylated dextran or alternan as probes demonstrated a difference between the binding of streptococcal GTF and GBP and that of Leuconostoc glucansucrases. Experimental data and bioinformatics analysis showed that the A repeat motif is distinct from the 20-residue CW motif, which also has conserved aromatic amino acids and glycine and which occurs in the choline-binding proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae and other organisms.
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- Deepan S H Shah
- Oral Biology, School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW, United Kingdom
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Banas JA, Vickerman MM. Glucan-binding proteins of the oral streptococci. CRITICAL REVIEWS IN ORAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL BIOLOGISTS 2003; 14:89-99. [PMID: 12764072 DOI: 10.1177/154411130301400203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The synthesis of extracellular glucan is an integral component of the sucrose-dependent colonization of tooth surfaces by species of the mutans streptococci. In investigators' attempts to understand the mechanisms of plaque biofilm development, several glucan-binding proteins (GBPs) have been discovered. Some of these, the glucosyltransferases, catalyze the synthesis of glucan, whereas others, designated only as glucan-binding proteins, have affinities for different forms of glucan and contribute to aspects of the biology of their host organisms. The functions of these latter glucan-binding proteins include dextran-dependent aggregation, dextranase inhibition, plaque cohesion, and perhaps cell wall synthesis. In some instances, their glucan-binding domains share common features, whereas in others the mechanism for glucan binding remains unknown. Recent studies indicate that at least some of the glucan-binding proteins modulate virulence and some can act as protective immunogens within animal models. Overall, the multiplicity of GBPs and their aforementioned properties are testimonies to their importance. Future studies will greatly advance the understanding of the distribution, function, and regulation of the GBPs and place into perspective the facets of their contributions to the biology of the oral streptococci.
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- J A Banas
- Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, NY 12208, USA.
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Chia JS, Shiau YS, Huang PT, Shiau YY, Tsai YW, Chou HC, Tseng LJ, Wu WT, Hsu PJ, Lou KL. Structural analysis of the functional influence of the surface peptide Gtf-P1 on Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase C activity. J Mol Model 2003; 9:153-8. [PMID: 12750965 DOI: 10.1007/s00894-003-0121-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2002] [Accepted: 01/27/2003] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Glucosyltransferases (GtfB/C/D) in Streptococcus mutans are responsible for synthesizing water-insoluble and water-soluble glucans from sucrose and play very crucial roles in the formation of dental plaque. A monoclonal antibody against a 19-mer peptide fragment named Gtf-P1 was found in GtfC to reduce the enzyme activity to 50%. However, a similar experiment suggested almost unchanged activity in GtfD, despite of the very high sequence homology between the two enzymes. No further details are yet available to elucidate the biochemical mechanism responsible for such discrimination. For a better understanding of the catalytic behavior of these glucosyltransferases, structural and functional analyses were performed. First, the exact epitope was identified to specify the residue(s) required for monoclonal antibody recognition. The results suggest that the discrimination is determined solely by single residue substitution. Second, based on a combined sequence and secondary structure alignment against known crystal structure of segments from closely related proteins, a three-dimensional homology model for GtfC was built. Structural analysis for the region communicating between Gtf-P1 and the catalytic triad revealed the possibility for an "en bloc" movement of hydrophobic residues, which may transduce the functional influence on enzyme activity from the surface of molecule into the proximity of the active site. Figure Side chain interactions between Gtf-P1 and catalytic Asp-477 in GtfC. Calpha-tracing of GtfC with the two crucial peptides (Gtf-P1, orange; Gtf-P2, blue) and the catalytic triad residues ( red) highlighted to show their relative spatial organization. Side chains for the residues are also depicted according to their atom types. The structure is viewed with the barrel opening facing down
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- Jean-San Chia
- Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, 10042, Taipei, Taiwan
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Taubman MA, Holmberg CJ, Smith DJ. Diepitopic construct of functionally and epitopically complementary peptides enhances immunogenicity, reactivity with glucosyltransferase, and protection from dental caries. Infect Immun 2001; 69:4210-6. [PMID: 11401956 PMCID: PMC98453 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.7.4210-4216.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2001] [Accepted: 03/26/2001] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Coimmunization with peptide constructs from catalytic (CAT) and glucan-binding (GLU) domains of glucosyltransferase (GTF) of mutans streptococci has resulted in enhanced levels of antibody to the CAT construct and to GTF. We designed and synthesized a diepitopic construct (CAT-GLU) containing two copies of both CAT (B epitope only) and GLU (B and T epitope) peptides. The immunogenicity of this diepitopic construct was compared with that of individual CAT and GLU constructs by immunizing groups of Sprague-Dawley rats subcutaneously in the salivary gland vicinity with the CAT-GLU, CAT, or GLU construct or by treating rats by sham immunization. Levels of serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody to GTF or CAT in the CAT-GLU group were significantly greater than in GLU- or CAT-immunized groups. Immunization with CAT-GLU was compared to coimmunization with a mixture of CAT and GLU in a second rodent experiment under a similar protocol. CAT-GLU immunization resulted in serum IgG and salivary IgA responses to GTF and CAT which were greater than after coimmunization. Immunization with the diepitopic construct and communization with CAT and GLU constructs showed proliferation of T lymphocytes to GTF. Immunization with either the CAT or GLU construct has been shown to elicit significant protection in a rodent dental caries model. Similarly in this study, the enhanced response to GTF after immunization with the CAT-GLU construct resulted in protective effects on dental caries. Therefore, the CAT-GLU diepitopic construct can be a potentially important antigen for a caries vaccine, giving rise to greater immune response than after immunization with CAT, GLU, or a mixture of the two.
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- M A Taubman
- Department of Immunology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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Janecek S, Svensson B, Russell RR. Location of repeat elements in glucansucrases of Leuconostoc and Streptococcus species. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 192:53-7. [PMID: 11040428 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09358.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Glucosyltransferases of oral streptococci, dextransucrases and alternansucrase of Leuconostoc mesenteroides, collectively referred to as glucansucrases, are large extracellular enzymes that synthesise glucans with a variety of structures and properties. A characteristic of all these glucansucrases is the possession of a C-terminal domain consisting of a series of tandem amino acid repeats. These repeat units are thought to interact with glucan but closely resemble the cell wall binding domain motif found in choline binding proteins in Streptococcus pneumoniae and surface-located proteins in a range of other bacteria. Analysis of dextransucrase and alternansucrase sequences has now shown that they also contain these repeat motifs in the N-terminal region, raising questions about their evolutionary origin and functional importance.
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- S Janecek
- Institute of Microbiology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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Tsai YW, Chia JS, Shiau YY, Chou HC, Liaw YC, Lou KL. Three-dimensional modelling of the catalytic domain of Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase GtfB. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2000; 188:75-9. [PMID: 10867237 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2000.tb09171.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: 11/28/2022] Open
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Glucosyltransferases (GtfB/C/D) of Streptococcus mutans, a pathogen for human dental caries, synthesize water-insoluble glucan through the hydrolysis of sucrose. Genetic and biochemical approaches have identified several active sites of these enzymes, but no three-dimensional (3D) structural evidence is yet available to elucidate the subdomain arrangement and molecular mechanism of catalysis. Based on a combined sequence and secondary structure alignment against known crystal structures of segments from closely related proteins, we propose here the 3D model of an N-terminal domain essential for the sucrose binding and splitting in GtfB. A Tim-barrel of (alpha/beta)(8) structural characteristics is revealed and the structural correlation for two peptides is described.
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- Y W Tsai
- Graduate Institute of Oral Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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Fujiwara T, Hoshino T, Ooshima T, Sobue S, Hamada S. Purification, characterization, and molecular analysis of the gene encoding glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus oralis. Infect Immun 2000; 68:2475-83. [PMID: 10768934 PMCID: PMC97449 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.5.2475-2483.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Streptococcus oralis is a member of the oral streptococcal family and an early-colonizing microorganism in the oral cavity of humans. S. oralis is known to produce glucosyltransferase (GTase), which synthesizes glucans from sucrose. The enzyme was purified chromatographically from a culture supernatant of S. oralis ATCC 10557. The purified enzyme, GTase-R, had a molecular mass of 173 kDa and a pI of 6.3. This enzyme mainly synthesized water-soluble glucans with no primer dependency. The addition of GTase markedly enhanced the sucrose-dependent resting cell adhesion of Streptococcus mutans at a level similar to that found in growing cells of S. mutans. The antibody against GTase-R inhibited the glucan-synthesizing activities of Streptococcus gordonii and Streptococcus sanguis, as well as S. oralis. The N-terminal amino acid sequence of GTase-R exhibited no similarities to known GTase sequences of oral streptococci. Using degenerate PCR primers, an 8.1-kb DNA fragment, carrying the gene (gtfR) coding for GTase-R and its regulator gene (rgg), was cloned and sequenced. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence revealed that the rgg genes of S. oralis and S. gordonii exhibited a close similarity. The gtfR gene was found to possess a species-specific nucleotide sequence corresponding to the N-terminal 130 amino acid residues. Insertion of erm or aphA into the rgg or gtfR gene resulted in decreased GTase activity by the organism and changed the colony morphology of these transformants. These results indicate that S. oralis GTase may play an important role in the subsequent colonizing of mutans streptoccoci.
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- T Fujiwara
- Department of Pedodontics, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Suita-Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Taubman MA, Smith DJ, Holmberg CJ, Eastcott JW. Coimmunization with complementary glucosyltransferase peptides results in enhanced immunogenicity and protection against dental caries. Infect Immun 2000; 68:2698-703. [PMID: 10768962 PMCID: PMC97477 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.5.2698-2703.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Peptide constructs from the catalytic (CAT) and glucan-binding (GLU) regions of the mutans streptococcal glucosyltransferase enzymes (GTF) can provide immunity to dental caries infection. A strategy of coimmunization was tested to determine whether protection could be enhanced. Rats were immunized with one of the previously described peptide constructs from the CAT or GLU region of the GTF of mutans streptococci or coimmunized with a combination of these constructs (CAT-GLU). Coimmunized animals demonstrated significantly higher serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) and salivary IgA antibody levels to CAT or GTF than rats immunized with either construct alone. To assess the functional significance of coimmunization with these constructs, animals were immunized as above or with Streptococcus sobrinus GTF and then infected with S. sobrinus to explore the effects of immunization on immunological, microbiological, and disease (dental caries) parameters. Serum antibody from the communized group inhibited S. sobrinus GTF-mediated insoluble glucan synthesis in vitro above that of the individual-construct-immunized groups. Immunization with CAT or GLU constructs resulted in significantly reduced dental caries after infection with S. sobrinus compared with sham-immunized animals. Coimmunization produced greater reductions in caries than after immunization with either CAT or GLU. Also, significant elevations in lymphocyte proliferative responses to CAT, GLU, and GTF were observed after coimmunization with CAT-GLU compared with the responses after immunization with the individual constructs. The results suggested that increased numbers of memory T cells, which could proliferate to CAT, were generated by coimmunization. The experiments support the functional significance of these GTF domains in dental caries pathogenesis and present coimmunization as a simple alternative to intact GTF to enhance protective immunity against cariogenic microorganisms.
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Affiliation(s)
- M A Taubman
- Department of Immunology, The Forsyth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
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