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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
The pathogenesis of inflammatory periodontal disease was studied by examining the mechanism of HeLa and HL60 cell growth inhibition by cell-free saline-soluble extracts of Eikenella corrodens and bacterial plaque. Previous studies identified a protein (p80) as causing growth inhibition by E. corrodens extracts. After purification by two-dimensional SDS-PAGE, p80 was digested with protease lysC. Amino acid sequences were obtained and backtranslated for use as PCR primers. A 5840 nucleotide sequence containing a lysine decarboxylase gene was obtained from a Sau3 A1 genomic library of E. corrodens DNA. Lysine decarboxylase activity was present at physiologic pH in the E. corrodens extracts containing p80, and also in bacterial plaque. Both extracts caused growth inhibition by depleting lysine from cell culture media through conversion to cadaverine. Adding lysine, or immune goat IgG to a peptide derived from the active site sequence of E. corrodens lysine decarboxylase, retarded lysine depletion and growth inhibition. epsilon-Amino caproic acid specifically enhanced lysine decarboxylase activity at the low lysine concentration in HL60 cell culture media, and also increased the growth inhibition. Thus, lysine decarboxylases such as p80 inhibit growth by removing lysine from mammalian cell culture media. A new role for lysine decarboxylase activity in the microbial aetiology of periodontal disease is discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0882-4010
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
179-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of lysine decarboxylase as a mammalian cell growth inhibitor in Eikenella corrodens: possible role in periodontal disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73190, USA. martin-levine@ouhsc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't