Local passive immunization by monoclonal antibodies against streptococcal antigen I/II in the prevention of dental caries.
AUTOR(ES)
Lehner, T
RESUMO
Local passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies (Mc Ab) to Streptococcus mutans was attempted as an alternative approach to active systemic immunization. We prepared an immunoglobulin G class Mc Ab to the cell surface protein determinant of streptococcal antigen I/II and applied it repeatedly to the teeth of rhesus monkeys. This resulted in decreased colonization by S. mutans in fissures and smooth surfaces of teeth and no dental caries, unlike the results in control animals, which developed caries and showed a high proportion of S. mutans on their teeth. There was no significant difference in serum, salivary, or gingival fluid antibodies to S. mutans between the two groups of animals. Any objections raised over systemic immunization inducing cross-reactive antibodies are therefore overcome by local passive immunization. The mechanism of prevention of colonization has not been established, but we postulate that the Mc Ab which is directed against an important cell surface antigenic determinant of S. mutans (streptococcal antigen I/II) prevents adherence of S. mutans to the acquired pellicle on the tooth surface. S. mutans reacts with the Mc Ab and becomes opsonized, phagocytosed, and killed by the local gingival traffic of neutrophils.
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