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J Oral Microbiol ; 12009 Aug 28.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21523207

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BACKGROUND: Population analysis of viridans streptococci is important because these species are associated with dental caries, bacteremia, and subacute endocarditis, in addition to being important members of the human oral commensal microbiota. DESIGN: In this study, we phylogenetically analyzed the rod shape-determining protein gene (rodA), which is associated with cellular morphology, cell division, and sensitivity for antibiotics, and demonstrated that the diversity of the rodA gene is sufficient to identify viridans streptococci at the species level. Moreover, we developed a more convenient denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) method based on the diversity of the rodA gene (rodA-DGGE) for detecting nine dominant streptococcal species in human saliva, namely, Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus parasanguinis, Streptococcus gordonii, Streptococcus vestibularis, Streptococcus salivarius, Streptococcus mutans, and Streptococcus sobrinus. RESULTS: This rodA-DGGE method proved useful in detecting viridans streptococci without cultivation, isolation, and phenotypic characterization. CONCLUSION: Analysis of the oral microbiota by rodA-DGGE offers a higher resolution than the conventional DGGE using 16S rDNA and may be an alternative in the microbial diagnosis of streptococcal infection.

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Bone ; 43(2): 371-376, 2008 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18515207

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Enamel matrix derivative (EMD) is widely considered useful to promote tissue regeneration during periodontal treatment. It has been reported that the main constituent of EMD is amelogenin and that the BMP-like and TGF-beta-like activity of EMD promotes osteogenesis. However, it remains unclear whether those activities are dependent on amelogenin or another growth factor contained in EMD. We performed two-dimensional SDS-PAGE analysis of EMD, as well as Western blot analyses using anti-amelogenin, anti-BMP2/4, and anti-TGF-beta1 antibodies, and amino acid sequencing. Our results revealed that a large number of splicing forms of amelogenin, BMP2/4, and other unknown molecules were involved in EMD, though TGF-beta1 was not. In addition, we have evaluated intracellular signaling of ERK1/2 and Smad1/5/8, binding potential and alkaline phosphatase activity and have explored the potential regulatory relationship between amelogenin and BMP. Amelogenin bound to BMP2 as well as heparin/heparan sulfate. Thus, it was suggested that BMP2/4 carried over in EMD during processing promote binding activity and phosphorylate Smad1/5/8 in osteoblasts. On the other hand, amelogenin did not phosphorylate Smad1/5/8, but rather ERK1/2. Further, high-density amelogenin reduced the inhibition of alkaline phosphatase activity by noggin, though amelogenin did not have antagonistic properties against BMP. Together with the above findings, our findings suggest that the BMP2/4 contaminated during the purification process of EMD because of the avidity of amelogenin plays an important role in signaling pathway of calcification.


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Amelogenina/metabolismo , Amelogenina/farmacologia , Proteínas Morfogenéticas Ósseas/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Heparitina Sulfato/metabolismo , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismo , Animais , Proteína Morfogenética Óssea 2 , Proteína Morfogenética Óssea 4 , Linhagem Celular , Proteínas do Esmalte Dentário/metabolismo , Eletroforese em Gel Bidimensional , MAP Quinases Reguladas por Sinal Extracelular/metabolismo , Camundongos , Osteoblastos/efeitos dos fármacos , Osteoblastos/enzimologia , Fosforilação/efeitos dos fármacos , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Análise de Sequência de Proteína , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteínas Smad/metabolismo , Suínos
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