Use of monoclonal antibodies in local passive immunization to prevent colonization of human teeth by Streptococcus mutans.
AUTOR(ES)
Ma, J K
RESUMO
Local passive immunization with monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against streptococcal antigen (SA) I/II protects monkeys against colonization of teeth by Streptococcus mutans and the subsequent development of dental caries. In this study we extended the preclinical experiments to human subjects. In the first study of eight healthy subjects, four had anti-SA I/II MAb (immunoglobulin G2a [IgG2a]) and four had saline applied to their teeth on three occasions. A streptomycin-resistant S. mutans strain (Guy K2 strain, serotype c) was then implanted onto the teeth, and the organism was cultured sequentially from dental plaque and saliva up to 100 days after the first treatment with MAb. Decreased colonization by S. mutans was found in the dental plaque collected from smooth surfaces and fissures and in saliva of subjects whose teeth were treated with the MAb, as compared with the saline-treated control subjects. The experiment was then repeated on seven new subjects, and the effect of anti-SA I/II MAb was compared with that of an unrelated MAb to Campylobacter jejuni. The results again showed a consistently lower level of colonization of teeth in the anti-SA I/II MAb-treated subjects as compared with those sham immunized with the unrelated MAb. There was little difference in serum IgG, IgM, or IgA, gingival fluid IgG, or salivary IgA anti-SA I/II antibodies between the immunized and sham-immunized subjects, before and after the investigation. No side effects were observed, and the gingival and plaque indices remained unchanged. A sensitive radioimmunoassay failed to detect changes in anti-MAb (IgG2a) antibodies in any of the three fluids examined. We suggest that local passive immunization by means of MAb might be an alternative approach in the prevention of colonization of teeth by S. mutans and the development of dental caries.
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