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Immunoproteomics of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans outer-membrane proteins reveal a highly immunoreactive peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein




TekijätPaul-Satyaseela M, Karched M, Bian Z, Ihalin R, Boren T, Arnqvist A, Chen C, Asikainen S

KustantajaSOC GENERAL MICROBIOLOGY

Julkaisuvuosi2006

JournalJournal of Medical Microbiology

Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimiJOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Lehden akronyymiJ MED MICROBIOL

Vuosikerta55

Numero7

Aloitussivu931

Lopetussivu942

Sivujen määrä12

ISSN0022-2615

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.46470-0

Verkko-osoitehttp://jmm.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.46470-0#tab2


Tiivistelmä
In a search for novel bioactive cell surface structures of periodontal pathogens, it was found that sera from two patients with Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans-associated infections reacted strongly at 17 kDa on immunoblots of A. actinomycetemcomitans outer-membrane protein (OMP) preparations. The 17 kDa antigen was also recognized by anti-CsgA (Escherichia coli curli major subunit) antibody. The 17 kDa A. actinomycetemcomitans protein was identified as peptidoglycan-associated lipoprotein (PAL; AaPAL) by two-dimensional immunoblotting and subsequent sequence analysis by mass spectrometry and bioinformatics tools. AaPAL was an OMP and a lipoprotein, and it had an OmpA-like domain. In a group of middle-aged subjects (n = 26), serum reactivity to AaPAL was associated with the presence of periodontitis but not with the oral detection of A. actinomycetemcomitans. Both human sera and rabbit antisera against three different types of antigens, the gel-purified AaPAL, A. actinomycetemcomitans whole-cell antigens, and CsgA, recognized putative PALs of oral haemophili in addition to AaPAL. The results demonstrated that the novel AaPAL is a conserved bacterial lipoprotein. It is expressed in vivo and is strongly immunoreactive. The antigenic cross-reactivity found between AaPAL and oral haemophili may enhance local and systemic immuno-inflammatory reactions in periodontitis.



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