Prior Exposure of Mice to Fusobacterium Nucleatum Modulates Host Response to Porphyromonas Gingivalis.
10.5051/jkape.2000.30.3.675
- Author:
Han Yong SON
1
;
Sung Jo KIM
;
Jeom Il CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, Pusan National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Animals;
Blotting, Western;
Clone Cells;
Colon;
Fusobacterium nucleatum*;
Fusobacterium*;
Gingivitis;
Immunization;
Mice*;
Models, Animal;
Periodontal Diseases;
Porphyromonas gingivalis*;
Porphyromonas*
- From:The Journal of the Korean Academy of Periodontology
2000;30(3):675-685
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Multiple periodontal pathogens sequentially colonize the subgingival niche during the conversion from gingivitis to destructive periodontal disease. An animal model of sequential immunization with key periodontal pathogens has been developed to determine whether T and B lymppocyte effector functions are skewed and fail to protect the host from pathogenic challenge. The present study was performed to evaluate immunomodulatory effect of exposure to Fusobacterium nucleatum(F. nucleatum) prior to Porphyromonas gingivalis(P.gingivalis). Group 1(control) mice were immunized with phosphate-buffered saline, Group 2 were immunized with F. nucleatum prior to P. gingivalis, while Group 3 were immunized P. gingivalis alone. All the T cell clones derived from Group 2 demonstrated type 2 helper T cell clone(Th2 subsets), while those from Group 3 mice demonstrated Th1 subsets. Exposure of mice to F. nucleatum prior to P. gingivalis interfered with opsonophagocytosis function of sera against P. gingivalis. In adoptive T cell transfer experiments, in vivo protective capacity type 2 helper T cell clones(Th2) from Group 2 was significantly lower than type 1 helper T cell clones(Th1) from Group 3 against the lethal dose infection of P. gingivalis. Western blot analysis indicated the different pattern of recognition of P. gingivalis fimbrial proteins between sera from Group 2 and Group 3. In conclusion, these study suggest that colonization of the subgingival niche by F. nucleatum prior to the periodontal pathogen, P. gingivalis, modulates the host immune responses to P. gingivalis at humoral, cellular and molecular levels.
