Source:Archives of Oral Biology, Volume 71
Author(s): Hidetomo Onishi, Munehiko Ro, Takafumi Suzuki, Makiko Ishii, Hideharu Otsuka, Kazuhiro Yatabe, Joichiro Hayashi, Junichi Tatsumi, Kitetsu Shin
ObjectivesThe objective of the present study was to clarify the lysine-specific proteolytic activity derived from periodontal pathogens responsible for Forsythia detaching factor (FDF) modification.DesignThe activity responsible for FDF modification in Tannerella forsythia and Porphyromonas gingivalis were evaluated by colorimetric assay using Ac-Arg-Ala-Lys-p-nitroaniline as a substrate. FDF modification in T. forsythia and P. gingivalis were evaluated by Western blotting using recombinant FDF (rFDF) as a substrate. Furthermore, the activity in GCF of 20 patients with periodontitis and 10 healthy subjects was also evaluated by colorimetric assay. Bacteria in subgingival plaque were detected using polymerase chain reaction.ResultsThe activity of both bacteria in colorimetric assay were 21.35 unit (P. gingivalis) and 3.61 unit (T. forsythia), respectively. Western blot analysis revealed that P. gingivalis was found to efficiently degrade rFDF and T. forsythia partially cleaved rFDF. The activity in GCF from patients with periodontitis (clinically healthy sites: CH, deep bleeding sites: DB and deep non-bleeding sites: DNB) was significantly higher than those from healthy subjects (healthy sites: H). Among the patients with periodontitis, the activity from CH was significantly lower than those from DB and DNB. T. forsythia was detected in 68.4% of DNB, in 78.4% of DB and in none of CH. P. gingivalis was detected in 63.2% of DNB, in 84.0% of DB and in 10.5% of CH. No bacterium was detected in healthy subjects.ConclusionThe lysine-specific proteolytic activity responsible for FDF modification correlates with the presence of major periodontal pathogens.
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