BACTERICIDAL EFFECT OF RAT CYSTATIN-S ON AN ORAL BACTERIUM PORPHYROMONAS-GINGIVALIS

Authors
NAITO Y SASAKI M UMEMOTO T NAMIKAWA I SAKAE K ISHIHARA Y ISOMURA S SUZUKI I
Citation
Y. Naito et al., BACTERICIDAL EFFECT OF RAT CYSTATIN-S ON AN ORAL BACTERIUM PORPHYROMONAS-GINGIVALIS, Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part C, Pharmacology toxicology & endocrinology, 110(1), 1995, pp. 71-75
Citations number
28
Journal title
Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part C, Pharmacology toxicology & endocrinology → ACNP
ISSN journal
13678280
Volume
110
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
71 - 75
Database
ISI
SICI code
1367-8280(1995)110:1<71:BEORCO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We tested antibacterial and antiviral activities of rat cystatin S, a cysteine proteinase inhibitor, belonging to the family 2 cystatins aga inst 18 different bacterial species and poliovirus type 1 (Sabin). Rat cystatin S specifically inhibited the growth of a human oral anaerobi c bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis due to a bactericidal effect.