title: Comparison of inhibitory activity on calcium phosphate precipitation by acidic proline-rich proteins, statherin, and histatin-1.
abstract: This study quantitatively compares the inhibition of calcium phosphate (CaP) precipitation by the salivary acidic proline-rich proteins (PRPs) statherin and histatin-1. Saliva and CaCl2 in 125 mM imidazole buffer (pH 7.0) were incubated with potassium phosphate and a hydroxyapatite (HAP) suspension, for 30 min at 25 degrees C, then filtered through nitrocellulose. The calcium (Ca) concentration in the filtrate was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry, then deducted from that in the initial solution to determine the amount of CaP precipitation after 30 min. The values of the inhibitory activities on CaP precipitation relative to crude parotid saliva were 4.7, 4.9, 6.9, and 65.8 for histatin-1, large PRPs, small PRPs, and statherin, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Health, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University, Shikata-cho 2-5-1, Okayama 700-8525, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002130:Calcium Phosphates / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D005260:Female; D054808:Histatins; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000378:metabolism; D010748:Phosphopeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D012463:Saliva / Q000502:physiology; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D054808:Histatins; D010748:Phosphopeptides; C018149:STATH protein, human; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; C068074:HTN1 protein, human