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Identification and Analysis of the Gap Region in the 23S Ribosomal RNA from Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans

Department of Oral Biology

G.J. Sunday

Department of Oral Biology

L.A. Bobek

Department of Oral Biology

T.S. Motley

MicroProbe Corp., 1725 220th St. SE, No. 104, Bothell, Washington 98021

H. Preus

Department of Oral Biology

J.J. Zambon

Department of Oral Biology, Department of Periodontology, 222 Foster Hall, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, 3435 Main St., Buffalo, New York 14214

Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans is a Gram-negative coccobacillus which can cause certain severe extra-oral infections as well as forms of human periodontal disease such as localized juvenile periodontitis. In contrast to many prokaryotic and eukaryotic species which exhibit an intact 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecule, examination of six A. actinomycetemcomitans strains-including three serogroup representative strains and two strains from non-human primates-revealed that this micro-organism does not produce an intact 23S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) molecule but, rather, two smaller forms of 1.8 kb and 1.2 kb designated as 23Sa and 23Sβ fragments. On the other hand, 14 other strains of Actinobacillus, Haemophilus, and Pasteurella species demonstrated intact 23S rRNA. The sequence of the region of the 23S rRNA gene in A. actinomycetemcomitans strain ATCC 43718 containing the cleavage site was determined by dideoxynucleotide sequencing, while the location of the 3' and 5' termini of the 23Sa and 23Sβ fragments was resolved by S1 nuclease mapping and cDNA primer-extension. A deletion of 112 bases was noted in comparisons of base sequences from A. actinomycetemcomitans rRNA and rDNA. The DNA intervening sequence was localized to nucleotide 1180 of the Escherichia coli 23S rRNA map. While the primary structure of the gap region showed little homology with the gap regions described in other organisms, the secondary structure was similar to that previously described in the parasitic helminth Schistosoma japonicum. Restriction enzyme and nucleotide sequence analysis of the gap region in eight other A. actinomycetemcomitans strains showed it to be highly conserved.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 71, No. 9, 1561-1568 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345920710090401


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