Purification and immunochemical characterization of a recombinant outer membrane protein from Bacteroides gingivalis

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Abstract

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    1. Bacteroides gingivalis is thought to be one of the most virulent microorganisms in relation to adult periodontitis. A gene clone, MD125, is an Escherichia coli host which produces an outer membrane protein of B. gingivalis.

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    2. The recombinant outer membrane protein (rOMP) was purified to homogeneity from cell sonicate of MD125 by four chromatographic steps. The molecular weight of the purified rOMP was estimated to be approximately 40 kDa.

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    3. Inununodiffusion analysis showed that antiserum against whole cells of B. gingivalis reacted not only with B. gingivalis cells but also with other Bacteroides cells. Antiserum against the purified recombinant protein reacted with cells of B. gingivalis, whereas this antiserum did not react with all of the other Bacteroides species tested.

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    4. These data suggest that the rOMP may be a B. gingivalis-specific antigen and that the purified rOMP will be useful material for serodiagnosis and for the development of a vaccine against B. gingivalis infection.

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