title: Genetic variation of a fimbrial protein from Porphyromonas gingivalis and its distribution in patients with periodontal diseases.
abstract: Pg-II fim from various strains of Porphyromonas gingivalis was classified on the basis of each nucleotide sequence, while the distribution of Pg-II fim types in 141 subgingival plaque samples was analyzed using PCR assays. Pg-II fim was divided into two types as follows: strains OMZ409, HG405, 381, ATCC 33277 and BH18/10 (type 1) and strains OMZ314 and HW24D-1 (type 2). The presence of P. gingivalis was demonstrated in 2.8% of healthy subjects and 56.1% of patients with periodontal diseases, and Pg-II fim was detected in 91.8% of the P. gingivalis-positive subjects. We also analyzed the distribution of the Pg-II fim types among Pg-II fim-positive patients, with the following results: type 1 (38.2%), type 2 (56.4%) and types 1 and 2 (5.4%). These findings strongly suggest that P. gingivalis organisms possessing Pg-II fim type 2 was principally detected in patients with periodontal diseases.
authors: Department of Oral Microbiology, Asahi University School of Dentistry, 1851-1 Hozumi, Mizuho, GIFU 501-0296, Japan.
authors: Yasuyuki
authors: Y
authors: Asai
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Yasuda
authors: Yoshinori
authors: Y
authors: Ohyama
authors: Tomohiko
authors: T
authors: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016866:Bacteroidaceae Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins