牙龈卟啉单胞菌菌毛FimA基因型在牙周病患者中的分布情况

目的：探讨牙龈卟啉单胞菌FimA基因型在牙周患者的分布情况。方法：采用PCR技术对40例牙周患者龈下菌斑中牙龈卟啉单胞菌及其基因型进行检测。结果：牙龈卟啉单胞菌在牙周患者的牙周袋内检出率为87．5％,牙龈卟啉单胞菌FimA各基因型在牙龈卟啉单胞菌携带者的检出率分别为：I型22．9％,Ⅱ型60．0％,Ⅲ型17．1％,Ⅳ37．1％．V型未检出;基因I型在牙周袋内未单独检出,与基因Ⅱ型混合感染。结论：牙龈卟啉单胞菌FimA基因Ⅱ型和Ⅵ型是牙龈卟啉单胞菌在牙周病损部位的主要定植菌,两基因型可能与牙周病的发生发展有关。     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌分子生物学研究进展

牙龈卟啉单胞菌已公认为是牙周炎的致病菌,它的一些表面结构诸如细胞外囊泡,菌毛,外膜蛋白,凝集素介导该菌对牙周组织粘附、定植,或作为毒性因子破坏牙周组织,随着分子生物学技术的发展,已对这些结构进行了分子克隆,本文拟就牙龈卟啉单胞菌(Porphyromonasgingivalis)简称Pg)分子生物学进展作一简要综述。1　菌毛基因的分子克隆牙龈卟啉单胞菌菌毛作为该菌表面结构之一介导了该菌对牙周组织的粘附和定植。已纯化了41kda菌毛亚单位蛋白,并克隆了菌毛蛋白基因[1]。使用寡核苷酸M1和M2作为引物,采用PCR从9株Pg菌株中扩增了1.3kb的DNA片段,E…     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌蛋白酶及疫苗的研究进展

牙龈卟啉单胞菌 (P g) ,革兰阴性厌氧菌 ,是人类牙周炎的主要致病菌[1] 。动物实验表明它在小鼠、大鼠和灵长类动物的龈下定植与牙周炎的发生和进展相关。P g可以调整真核细胞信号转导途径 ,为了满足新陈代谢的需要 ,P g基因表达的调节可以控制在转录水平。证据表明 ,P g的感染会导致严重的全身系统疾病如心血管疾病和分娩早产儿。P g含有大量毒性因子[2 ] ,如菌毛 ,血凝素[3 ] ,脂多糖等 ,其中Arg、Lys样半胱氨酸蛋白酶在牙周致病作用中占据了一个重要地位 ,他们通过激活宿主前体酶 ,例如 :血纤维蛋白酶原 ,或通过暴露细胞隐位及改变血…     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌相关致病因子的研究进展

牙龈卟啉单胞菌是一种生长于口腔内的革兰阴性厌氧茵.它能够利用脂多糖、荚膜多糖、菌毛、牙龈蛋白酶等一系列致病因子,侵袭局部牙周组织并逃避宿主的免疫防御机制,是诱发牙周炎的重要因素之一,引起了学者们的广泛关注.因此,探讨牙龈卟啉单胞菌的致病因子对于牙周炎的防治具有重要意义.     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌血凝素2氯化血红素结合位点多肽对牙龈卟啉单胞菌生长抑制作用

目的探讨牙龈卟啉单胞菌血凝素2（Porphyromonas gingivalis hemagglutinin-2,PgHA-2）的氯化血红素结合位点多肽对牙龈卟啉单胞菌（Porphyromonasgingivalis,Pg）摄取氯化血红素生长的影响。方法合成多肽DHYAVMISK（肽1）,DEYAVMISK（肽2,肽1中第2位氨基酸突变为谷氨酸）,ALHPDHYLI（肽3,HA-2结合位点不相关多肽）。将肽l、肽2、肽3分别与氯化血红素琼脂糖珠预孵育,加入Pg重组血凝素2（Porphyromonas gingivalis recombinant HA-2,PgrHA-2）,收集与氯化血红素结合的PgrHA-2,SDS—PAGE电泳,分析多肽对PgrHA-2与氯化血红素结合的抑制作用。肽1、肽2、肽3与氯化血红素预孵育后,加入到CDC液体培养基中培养Pg,测定菌液A600值,分析多肽对Pg生长的抑制作用。结果肽1浓度依赖性抑制PgrHA-2与氯化血红素结合,而肽2和肽3对PgrHA-2与氯化血红素的结合无抑制作用。在24、48和72h时间点,肽1组的A600值较肽2、肽3和PBS组明显降低（P〈0．05）。结论本研究表明PgHA-2氯化血红素结合位点多肽DHYAVMISK与Pg竞争结合氯化血红素,抑制Pg的生长,为开发新的牙周病防治方法奠定基础。     

抗牙龈卟啉单胞菌血凝素2单克隆抗体的制备

目的制备抗牙龈卟啉单胞菌(Porphyromonas gingivalis,Pg)血凝素2(hemagglutinin-2,HA-2)的单克隆抗体(monoclonal antibody,mAb)。方法用重组HA-2(recombinant HA-2,rHA-2)免疫BALB/C小鼠,取其脾细胞与小鼠骨髓瘤细胞SP2/0融合,间接ELISA方法筛选杂交瘤细胞.用ELISA方法测效价。结果获得1株能够高效识别rHA-2的mAb,命名为4F11。此单克隆抗体的免疫球蛋白亚类为IgG1,效价达1?106。结论成功制备了重组牙龈卟啉单胞菌血凝素2的单克隆抗体mAb.将进一步用于牙龈卟啉单胞菌的诊断,并为牙周疾病的治疗研究奠定基础。     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌HA2基因和白细胞介素IL-15基因重组质粒的构建

构建抗牙龈卟啉单胞菌的牙周炎基因疫苗p VAX1-HA2、pVAX1-HA2/IL-15,体外检测其在293T细胞的表达。以HA2基因(牙龈卟啉单胞菌牙龈素—血凝素基因编码区的核心功能区)为目的基因与IL-15基因为免疫佐剂构建真核表达质粒,用Lip2000介导瞬时转染293T细胞,RT-PCR检测目的基因mRNA水平及酶联免疫吸附试验检测IL-15蛋白表达水平。重组质粒p VAX1-HA2、pVAX1-HA2/IL-15经酶切及DNA测序鉴定构建正确,转染的293T细胞能够检测到目的基因的表达,也可以检测到IL-15蛋白的表达。说明我们成功构建了真核共表达质粒pVAX1-HA2和p VAX1-HA2/IL-15,为下一步研制抗牙龈卟啉单胞菌DNA疫苗奠定了基础。     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌酪氨酸激酶致病性的分子机制

目的 探讨牙龈卟啉单胞菌（Porphyromonas gingivalis,P. gingivalis）酪氨酸激酶（Ptk1)致病性的分子机制。方法 采用重组PCR技术构建P. gingivalis野生菌株ATCC 33277的Ptk1单基因缺失的突变菌株（ΔPtk1），通过Real-time PCR技术检测并比较参与调控P. gingivalis（野生型P. gingivalis ATCC 33277与突变型ΔPtk1）细胞外多糖（extracellular polysaccharides,EPS）合成的转录因子SinR的表达情况，同时采用激光共聚焦显微镜观察Ptk1缺失的突变菌株与野生型菌株EPS的形成情况，最后通过ELISA试剂盒检测并比较Ptk1缺失的突变菌株与野生型菌株白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)表达情况。结果 与野生菌株P. gingivalis ATCC 33277比较，Ptk1单基因缺失的突变菌株转录因子SinR的表达量没有显著变化（t=–1.572,P>0.05）;ELISA检测发现，Ptk1单基因缺失的突变菌株IL-1β的表达量较野生型菌株显著下降，差异有统...     

牙龈卟啉单胞菌血凝素2与氯化血红素结合位点分析

目的 通过竞争性ELISA方法明确牙龈卟啉单胞菌血凝素2(Porphyromonas gingivalis hemagglutinin-2,Pg HA-2)与氯化血红素结合的多肽位点,为牙周病保护性抗体的制备奠定基础.方法 人工合成疑为Pg HA-2氯化血红素结合位点的多肽片段,制备抗Pg HA-2单克隆抗体(MAb QB),通过间接竞争性ELISA,进一步分析血红素特异性结合位点.结果 Pg HA-2氯化血红素结合位点的氨基酸序列为DGFPGDHYAVMISK.MAb QB可以抑制Pg HA-2与氯化血红素结合.结论 明确了Pg HA-2氯化血红素结合位点的氨基酸序列,确定了Pg HA-2氯化血红素结合位点的位置.为今后Pg HA-2氯化血红素结合位点的鉴定、功能结构区分析和多肽疫苗的制备奠定基础.     

20种中药提取物对牙龈卟啉单胞菌抑制作用的体外研究

目的筛选评价20种中药提取物对牙龈卟啉单胞菌抑制作用。方法选择20种有较强抑菌作用及清热解毒作用的中药提取物,采用杯碟法进行体外抑菌试验,比较各中药对牙龈卟啉单胞菌的抑菌环直径和最低抑菌浓度(MIC)。结果水煎剂中黄连、乌梅、五味子、五倍子和黄芩的MIC为0.0488~1.5625mg/mL。油剂中丁香油、香薷油的MIC为0.3906~1.5625mg/mL。结论本实验选择的20种中药提取物中香薷油、黄连、乌梅、五味子、五倍子和黄芩的抑菌敏感度最高。     

Gene Re-annotation in Genome of the Extremophile Pyrobaculum Aerophilum by Using Bioinformatics Methods

Abstract

In this paper, we re-annotated the genome of Pyrobaculum aerophilum str. IM2, particularly for hypothetical ORFs. The annotation process includes three parts. Firstly and most importantly, 23 new genes, which were missed in the original annotation, are found by combining similarity search and the ab initio gene finding approaches. Among these new genes, five have significant similarities with function-known genes and the rest have significant similarities with hypothetical ORFs contained in other genomes. Secondly, the coding potentials of the 1645 hypothetical ORFs are re-predicted by using 33 Z curve variables combined with Fisher linear discrimination method. With the accuracy being 99.68%, 25 originally annotated hypothetical ORFs are recognized as non-coding by our method. Thirdly, 80 hypothetical ORFs are assigned with potential functions by using similarity search with BLAST program. Re-annotation of the genome will benefit related researches on this hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon. Also, the re-annotation procedure could be taken as a reference for other archaeal genomes. Details of the revised annotation are freely available at http://cobi.uestc.edu.cn/resource/paero/     

Re-annotation of genome microbial CoDing-Sequences: finding new genes and inaccurately annotated genes

Background  

Analysis of any newly sequenced bacterial genome starts with the identification of protein-coding genes. Despite the accumulation of multiple complete genome sequences, which provide useful comparisons with close relatives among other organisms during the annotation process, accurate gene prediction remains quite difficult. A major reason for this situation is that genes are tightly packed in prokaryotes, resulting in frequent overlap. Thus, detection of translation initiation sites and/or selection of the correct coding regions remain difficult unless appropriate biological knowledge (about the structure of a gene) is imbedded in the approach.     

Phospholipid analogues of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Porphyromonas has lipids containing hydroxy acids and C16:0 and iso-C15:0 major monocarboxylic acids among others. Nothing is known of its individual phospholipid molecular species. The aim of this study was to determine molecular weights and putative identities of individual phospholipid molecular species extracted from Porphyromonas gingivalis (seven strains), P. asaccharolytica (one strain) and P. endodontalis (two strains). Cultures on Blood-Fastidious Anaerobe Agar were harvested, washed and freeze-dried. Phospholipids were extracted and separated by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry (FAB MS) in negative-ion mode. Phospholipid classes were also separated by thin layer chromatography (TLC). The major anions in the range m/z 209-299 were consistent with the presence of the C13: 0, C15: 0, C16: 0 and C18: 3 mono-carboxylate anions. Major polar lipid anion peaks in the range m/z 618-961 were consistent with the presence of molecular species of phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and with unidentified lipid analogues. Porphyromonas gingivalis differed from comparison strains of other species by having major anions with m/z 932, 946 and 960. Unusually, a feline strain of P. gingivalis had a major peak of m/z 736. Selected anions were studied by tandem FAB MS which revealed that peaks with m/z 653 and 946 did not correspond to commonly occurring classes of polar lipids. They were however, glycerophosphates. It is concluded that the polar lipid analogue profiles obtained with Porphyromonas are quite different from those of the genera Prevotella and Bacteroides but reveal heterogeneity within P. gingivalis.     

Porphyromonas asaccharolytica liver abscess

The black pigmented Gram-negative anaerobes, Porphyromonas species, have been isolated from clinical specimens in cases of central nervous system, dental-oral, pleuropulmonary and genitourinary infections and bacteremia. Herein, we report an unusual case of liver abscess caused by Porphyromonas asaccharolytica that has not been previously reported.     

Quantitative proteomics of intracellular Porphyromonas gingivalis

Whole-cell quantitative proteomic analyses were conducted to investigate the change from an extracellular to intracellular lifestyle for Porphyromonas gingivalis, a Gram-negative intracellular pathogen associated with periodontal disease. Global protein abundance data for P. gingivalis strain ATCC 33277 internalized for 18 h within human gingival epithelial cells and controls exposed to gingival cell culture medium were obtained at sufficient coverage to provide strong evidence that these changes are profound. A total of 385 proteins were overexpressed in internalized P. gingivalis relative to controls; 240 proteins were shown to be underexpressed. This represented in total about 28% of the protein encoding ORFs annotated for this organism, and slightly less than half of the proteins that were observed experimentally. Production of several proteases, including the classical virulence factors RgpA, RgpB, and Kgp, was decreased. A separate validation study was carried out in which a 16-fold dilution of the P. gingivalis proteome was compared to the undiluted sample in order to assess the quantitative false negative rate (all ratios truly alternative). Truly null (no change) abundance ratios from technical replicates were used to assess the rate of quantitative false positives over the entire proteome. A global comparison between the direction of abundance change observed and previously published bioinformatic gene pair predictions for P. gingivalis will assist with future studies of P. gingivalis gene regulation and operon prediction.     

Transposon-induced pigment-deficient mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Abstract Pseudomonas fluorescens appeared to grow in a mineral medium containing strontium (5 mM) complexed to citrate, the sole source of carbon, without any evident inhibition in cellular yield. Atomic absorption studies showed that the divalent metal was excluded from the cytoplasmic component and was initially found in the supernatant fluid in soluble form(s). However, as growth progressed, strontium was immobilized as a light green extracellular residue. X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction spectrometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and acid treatment revealed that this insoluble moiety was crystalline strontium carbonate. Scanning electron microscopy aided in the identification of rounded bodies associated with these strontium carbonate crystals. A three-fold increment in the level of dissolved carbon dioxide observed in the spent fluid from the strontium supplemented medium would imply that this moiety may be playing a pivotal role in the deposition of the mineral.