Fimbriae from the oral anaerobe Bacteroides gingivalis: physical, chemical, and immunological properties.

AUTOR(ES)

Yoshimura, F

RESUMO

Circular dichroism spectra indicated the predominance of beta-sheet structure in Bacteroides gingivalis fimbriae regardless of the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate. By using a computer program, the alpha-helix, beta-sheet, and beta-turn contents and the remainder were estimated to be 0, 55, 18, and 27%, respectively, judging from the circular dichroism spectra of the fimbriae. Heating for 5 min at 100 degrees C in sodium dodecyl sulfate was necessary to denature the fimbriae into their constituent protein (fimbrilin) monomers with a reduced content of beta-sheet structure. The amino-terminal amino acid sequence of the fimbrilin was different from partial or complete amino acid sequences of fimbrilins so far determined from Bacteroides nodosus, which falls into the same nonfermentative species of the genus Bacteroides as B. gingivalis, and from various other bacteria. Fimbrilin monomers had an isoelectric point of 6.0. Examination of antibodies against fimbriae and sodium dodecyl sulfate-denatured fimbrilin by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reinforced a previous notion (F. Yoshimura, K. Takahashi, Y. Nodasaka, and T. Suzuki, J. Bacteriol. 160:949-957, 1984) that different sets of antigenic determinants seemed to be exposed on their surfaces.

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