IMMUNOBIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES OF SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE SEGMENTS OF FIMBRIAL PROTEIN FROM PORPHYROMONAS-GINGIVALIS

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OGAWA, T [1 ]
KUSUMOTO, Y [1 ]
UCHIDA, H [1 ]
NAGASHIMA, S [1 ]
OGO, H [1 ]
HAMADA, S [1 ]
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[1] OSAKA UNIV,FAC DENT,DEPT ORAL MICROBIOL,SUITA,OSAKA 565,JAPAN
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10.1016/S0006-291X(05)81342-7
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Several oligopeptide segments of fimbrial subunit protein (fimbrilin) of Porphyromonas gingivalis strain 381 were synthesized and tested for immunobiological activities. Peptides F3(31-50; amino acid residue numbers 31 to 50, based on the amino acid sequence of the fimbrilin proposed by Dickinson et al., Infect. Immun., 170, 1658, 1988), F12(212-231) and F17(312-331) were found to be immunodominant epitopes of this fimbrial protein as revealed by ELISA. Furthermore, peptides F5(71-90) and F17(312-331) were demonstrated to agglutinate rabbit erythrocytes, and were mitogenic for BALB/c spleen cells but not thymocytes. These peptides enhanced the number of fimbria-specific antibody-secreting cells in BALB/c spleen cell cultures, and induced cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6 production in human monocyte/macrophage cultures. The data demonstrate that these defined peptide segments are responsible for the immunostimulating portions within the fimbrial protein molecule. © 1991 Academic Press, Inc.
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