title: Protein buffering in model systems and in whole human saliva.
abstract: The aim of this study was to quantify the buffer attributes (value, power, range and optimum) of two model systems for whole human resting saliva, the purified proteins from whole human resting saliva and single proteins. Two model systems, the first containing amyloglucosidase and lysozyme, and the second containing amyloglucosidase and alpha-amylase, were shown to provide, in combination with hydrogencarbonate and di-hydrogenphosphate, almost identical buffer attributes as whole human resting saliva. It was further demonstrated that changes in the protein concentration as small as 0.1% may change the buffer value of a buffer solution up to 15 times. Additionally, it was shown that there was a protein concentration change in the same range (0.16%) between saliva samples collected at the time periods of 13:00 and others collected at 9:00 am and 17:00. The mode of the protein expression changed between these samples corresponded to the change in basic buffer power and the change of the buffer value at pH 6.7. Finally, SDS Page and Ruthenium II tris (bathophenantroline disulfonate) staining unveiled a constant protein expression in all samples except for one 50 kDa protein band. As the change in the expression pattern of that 50 kDa protein band corresponded to the change in basic buffer power and the buffer value at pH 6.7, it was reasonable to conclude that this 50 kDa protein band may contain the protein(s) belonging to the protein buffer system of human saliva.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. lamanda3@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lamanda
authors.forename: Zeinab
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheaib
authors.forename: Melek Dilek
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Turgut
authors.forename: Adrian
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lussi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001234:Aspergillus niger / Q000201:enzymology; D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000737:chemistry; D002021:Buffers; D002645:Chickens; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009113:Muramidase; D010756:Phosphoric Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry*; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine; D014077:Tooth Erosion / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002021:Buffers; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D010756:Phosphoric Acids; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; C030242:phosphoric acid; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases; D009113:Muramidase; D005087:Glucan 1,4-alpha-Glucosidase