title: Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans arcB influences hydrophobic properties, biofilm formation and adhesion to hydroxyapatite.
abstract: The regulation of gene expression in the oral pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is still not fully elucidated. ArcAB is a two-component system which allows facultative anaerobic bacteria to sense various respiratory growth conditions and adapt their gene expression accordingly.This study investigated in A. actinomycetemcomitans the role of ArcB on the regulation of biofilm formation, adhesion to saliva coated hydroxyapatite (SHA) and the hydrophobic properties of the cell. These phenotypic traits were determined for an A. actinomycetemcomitans arcB deficient type and a wild type strain. Differences in hydrophobic properties were shown at early and late exponential growth phases under microaerobic incubation and at late exponential phase under anaerobiosis.The arcB mutant formed less biofilm than the wild type strain when grown under anaerobic incubation, but displayed higher biofilm formation activity under microaerobic conditions. The adherence to SHA was significantly lower in the mutant when compared with the wild type strain. These results suggest that the transmembrane sensor kinase ArcB, in A. actinomycetemcomitans, senses redox growth conditions and regulates the expression of surface components of the bacterial cell related to biofilm formation and adhesion to saliva coated surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP , Brasil.
authors.forename: Pl
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ota-Tsuzuki
authors.forename: Acr
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: Bl
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mintz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fives-Taylor
authors.forename: Mpa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayer
keywords: adherence; colonization; gene regulation; two component system
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