Isolation and characterization of monoclonal antibodies specific for antigen P1, a major surface protein of mutans streptococci.
AUTOR(ES)
Ayakawa, G Y
RESUMO
A panel of 15 murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs; 14 immunoglobulin G1, 1 immunoglobulin G2a) directed against antigen P1, a major surface protein of mutans streptococci, was prepared. All of these MAbs reacted by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with solubilized wall material from Streptococcus mutans Ingbritt 175 (a serotype c strain which retains significant amounts of P1 in its cell wall), culture supernatant fluid from Ingbritt 162 (a strain which excretes large amounts of P1 into the culture medium), and purified P1. By Western immunoblotting, these MAbs were observed to react with a high-molecular-weight polypeptide which comigrated with antigen P1. None of these MAbs cross-reacted with human heart tissue or with various eucaryotic proteins. When whole cells of various strains of mutans streptococci were screened against the panel of MAbs, the strongest reactivities were noted with strains of serotype c and e S. mutans, while a serotype f strain of S. mutans, along with S. sobrinus and S. cricetus strains, reacted somewhat more weakly. S. rattus strains were completely negative. Results obtained with bacterial culture supernatants were qualitatively similar. The surface localization of antigen P1 was confirmed by electron microscopy with an indirect immunogold technique. In sectioned S. mutans cells, labeling appeared to be associated with a fibrillar "fuzzy coat" layer, which was far more prominent on cells of Ingbritt 175 than on those of Ingbritt 162.
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