Anticaries activity of antimicrobial material from Bacillus alkalophilshaggy JY-827

The present study was performed to investigate the excellent microbial anticaries substance, aminoglycoside antibiotic, which is more effective than chlorhexidine for the treatment of dental caries. The aminoglycoside antibiotic against Streptococcus mutans JC-2 from a novel alkaliphilic Bacillus alkalophilshaggy JY-827 exhibited no significant difference at the treatment concentration of 2.5×10 -7 M, however, it inhibited the activity of the Streptococcus mutans glucosyltransferase by 70.2% and 99.8% at the concentrations of 2.5×10 -7 M and 2.5× 10 -6 M, respectively. Lineweaver-Burk plot of the inhibitory aminoglycoside antibiotic showed competitive inhibition, with K i value of 6.4×10 -6 M. The aminoglycoside antibiotic did not show any cytotoxicity against human gingival cells. To evaluate the industrial applicability of the aminoglycoside antibiotic, a toothpaste containing this substance was prepared and tested on the extracted human teeth. The inhibitory rate of tooth calcification and calcium ion elution by the aminoglycoside antibiotic were 50% and 2.5 times, respectively. These results suggested that the aminoglycoside antibiotic from Bacillus alkalophilshaggy JY-827 is an effective agent against dental caries.