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Oral passive immunization against dental caries in rats by use of hen egg yolk antibodies specific for cell-associated glucosyltransferase of Streptococcus mutans.

Abstract
The effect of polyclonal egg yolk immunoglobulin G antibodies (yIgG) raised against whole cells, cell-free (CF) glucosyltransferase (GTase), or cell-associated (CA) GTase of serotype c Streptococcus mutans was examined in terms of in vitro inhibition of virulence-related factors of S. mutans and protection of S. mutans-infected rats against the development of dental caries. Hens (18 weeks old) were immunized with formalin-treated whole cells, purified CF-GTase, or CA-GTase together with Freund's complete adjuvant. In addition, yIgG to surface protein antigen was used in some in vitro experiments for comparison with other antibodies. yIgG was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by DEAE-Sephacel column chromatography or fractional precipitation with ethanol. Purified yIgG was found to be a 220-kDa protein, which was dissociated into heavy and light chains upon addition of 2-mercaptoethanol. yIgG to whole cells and surface protein antigen gave a heavy aggregation of S. mutans organisms, while yIgG to CF- and CA-GTase specifically inhibited the enzymatic activity of the respective GTase. yIgG to CA-GTase and whole cells was found to clearly suppress the adherence of S. mutans cells to a glass surface. Specific-pathogen-free Sprague-Dawley rats that had been infected heavily and repeatedly with S. mutans and fed diet no. 2000 developed severe dental caries, while rats fed diet 2000 containing greater than or equal to 0.1% yIgG to CA-GTase showed a statistically significant reduction in dental plaque accumulation and caries development. Administration of yIgG to CF-GTase and whole cells failed to protect against caries. These results clearly suggest that yIgG to S. mutants CA-GTase specifically inhibited a virulence factor of this organism, i.e., insoluble glucan-synthesizing CA-GTase, resulting in a significant reduction in the development of dental caries.
AuthorsS Hamada, T Horikoshi, T Minami, S Kawabata, J Hiraoka, T Fujiwara, T Ooshima
JournalInfection and immunity (Infect Immun) Vol. 59 Issue 11 Pg. 4161-7 (Nov 1991) ISSN: 0019-9567 [Print] United States
PMID1834573 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Antigens, Bacterial
  • 1,3-alpha-D-glucan synthase
  • Glucosyltransferases
Topics
  • Administration, Oral
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial (administration & dosage, chemistry)
  • Antigens, Bacterial (chemistry, immunology)
  • Bacterial Adhesion
  • Blotting, Western
  • Chickens
  • Dental Caries (prevention & control)
  • Dental Plaque (prevention & control)
  • Egg Yolk (immunology)
  • Glucosyltransferases (immunology)
  • Immunization, Passive
  • Molecular Weight
  • Rats
  • Streptococcus mutans (enzymology, immunology, pathogenicity)

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