Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced platelet aggregation in plasma depends on Hgp44 adhesin but not Rgp proteinase

HGP44 induces protection against Porphyromonas gingivalis-Induced alveolar bone loss in mice.

The protective effect of DNA vaccines expressing the Arg-gingipain A domain against bone loss induced by Porphyromonas gingivalis infection was investigated in a murine model. phgp44, which expresses the 44-kDa adhesion/hemagglutinin domain of Arg-gingipain A, prevented P. gingivalis-induced alveolar bone loss. The results indicate that phgp44 could be a candidate antigen for a vaccine against ...

An immune response directed to proteinase and adhesin functional epitopes protects against Porphyromonas gingivalis-induced periodontal bone loss.

Porphyromonas gingivalis, a pathogen associated with periodontitis, bound to fibrinogen, fibronectin, hemoglobin, and collagen type V with a similar profile to that of its major virulence factor, the cell surface RgpA-Kgp proteinase-adhesin complex. Using peptide-specific, purified Abs in competitive inhibition ELISAs and epitope mapping assays, we have identified potential adhesin binding moti...

Characterization of T cell responses to the RgpA-Kgp proteinase-adhesin complexes of Porphyromonas gingivalis in BALB/c mice.

Porphyromonas gingivalis is a Gram-negative bacterium strongly associated with chronic periodontitis, an inflammatory oral disease. A major virulence factor common to all characterized strains of P. gingivalis is the RgpA-Kgp proteinase-adhesin complexes (RgpA-Kgp complexes). In this study, we investigated T cell proliferative and cytokine responses to the RgpA-Kgp complexes and identified T ce...

Porphyromonas gingivalis Proteinase-Adhesin Polyproteins of Gamma Interferon Mediated by Cysteine Complex Protein Expression by Human Modulation of Major Histocompatibility

Coinvasion of dentinal tubules by Porphyromonas gingivalis and Streptococcus gordonii depends upon binding specificity of streptococcal antigen I/II adhesin.

Cell wall-anchored polypeptides of the antigen I/II family are produced by many species of oral streptococci. These proteins mediate adhesion of streptococci to salivary glycoproteins and to other oral microorganisms and promote binding of cells to collagen type I and invasion of dentinal tubules. Since infections of the root canal system have a mixed anaerobic bacterial etiology, we investigat...