アブストラクト(35巻2号:The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College)

The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College

English

Title : Oxindolyl-L-alanine exhibits inhibitory activity against biofilm formation in Porphyromonas gingivalis
Subtitle : Selective Proceedings of 41st General Meeting of Kanagawa Odontological Society, 2006
Authors : Nobushiro Hamada, Kiyoko Watanabe, Toshio Umemoto
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Organization : Department of Infection Control, kanagawa Dental College
Journal : The Bulletin of Kanagawa Dental College
Volume : 35
Number : 2
Page : 204-206
Year/Month : 2007 / 9
Article : Report
Publisher : Kanagawa Odontological Society
Abstract : [ABSTRACT]Porphyromonas gingivalis plays an important role in the initiation and progression of periodontal disease. In the present study, we tested whether the biochemical inhibition of tryptophanase, with the competitive inhibitor oxindolyl-L-alanine, could affect polystyrene colonization by Porphyromonas gingivalis. Oxindolyl-L-alanine inhibits, in a dose-dependent manner, indole production by strain ATCC 33277 grown in BHI-broth. Oxindolyl-L-alanine also inhibits the adherence of ATCC 33277 cells to polystyrene. At 0.5 mg/ml, oxindolyl-L-alanine exhibits inhibitory activity against biofilm formation in BHI-broth. These data suggest that indole, produced by the action of tryptophanase, is involved in polystyrene colonization by indole-producing bacteria, P. gingivalis. Indole may act as a signalling molecule to regulate the expression of adhesion and biofilm-promoting factors.
Practice : Dentistry
Keywords : Oxindolyl-L-alanine, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Biofilm, Indole