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Infect Immun. 1988 January; 56(1): 64-70

Streptococcus sanguis surface antigens and their interactions with saliva.

Department of Microbiology, Dental School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

ABSTRACT

Saliva-binding molecules of Streptococcus sanguis and their receptors were investigated. Streptococcal cell surfaces were extracted with a barbital buffer and examined immunochemically. Strains G9B and Blackburn, which adhere specifically to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite via immunologically related adhesins, possess 80-, 62-, and 52-kilodalton (kDa), and 52-, 42-, and 29-kDa polypeptides, respectively, which correlate with adhesion to saliva-coated hydroxyapatite. Nonadherent strains Adh- and M-5 lack these antigens. In an immunoblot overlay, the putative adhesins bound to a 73-kDa receptor present in submandibular saliva but not in parotid saliva. G9B also contains a 160-kDa surface protein which bound to an unidentified receptor in both submandibular and parotid saliva samples. Blackburn barbital-extracted components bound to 78- and 70-kDa receptors in parotid saliva. These bacterial-salivary interactions may be important in the regulation of oral ecology.

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