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Journal of Dental Research, Vol 66, 982-988, Copyright © 1987 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

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Selection for Streptococcus mutans with an altered xylitol transport capacity in chronic xylitol consumers

L. Trahan and C. Mouton

The effect of long-term consumption of refined xylitol on the natural populations of S. mutans in the human oral cavity has been investigated. Fifty-four S. mutans strains were isolated from adults and children who had been consuming commercial food products containing xylitol for a period of from 1 1/2 to 10 years. Twenty isolates were also obtained from control subjects who had never consumed xylitol-containing commercial food products. The inhibitory effect of xylitol on the isolated strains was determined by monitoring growth on glucose in the presence or absence of xylitol. This was used to define the sensitivity of each isolate to xylitol. Phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase (PEP-PTS) activities were measured by means of the soluble and membrane fractions prepared from strains from both study populations. It was found that 87% of the fresh isolates from xylitol consumers were xylitol-resistant (XR), compared with only 10% of the strains isolated from the control subjects. The XR strains had low constitutive fructose PTS activity and very low xylitol-phosphorylating capacity. The xylitol-sensitive (XS) strains, however, had much higher levels of constitutive fructose PTS activity and phosphorylated xylitol 16 times more rapidly than did the XR strains. Evidence for the phosphorylation of xylitol by a fructose PEP-PTS in the XS strains was obtained. The growth inhibition by the intracellular accumulation of non-metabolizable toxic xylitol phosphate and its prevention by the presence of fructose are discussed.


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