Cross-reactive adaptive immune response to oral commensal bacteria results in an induction of receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-dependent periodontal bone resorption in a mouse model
Cross-reactive adaptive immune response to oral commensal bacteria results in an induction of receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (RANKL)-dependent periodontal bone resorption in a mouse model
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10.1111/j.1399-302x.2007.00348.x
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2007-06-01
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Taubman, M. A.
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Kawai, T.;Paster, B. J.;Taubman, M. A.
Introduction: The present study examined whether induction of an adaptive immune response to orally colonizing non-pathogenic Pasteurella pneumotropica by immunization with the phylogenetically closely related bacterium, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, can result in periodontal bone loss in mice.Methods: BALB/c mice harboring P. pneumotropica (P. pneumotropica(+) mice) in the oral cavity or control P. pneumotropica-free mice were immunized with fixed A. actinomycetemcomitans. The animals were sacrificed on day 30, and the following measurements were carried out: (i) serum immunoglobulin G and gingival T-cell responses to A. actinomycetemcomitans and P. pneumotropica; (ii) periodontal bone loss; and (iii) identification of receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand (RANKL) -positive T cells in gingival tissue.Results: Immunization with A. actinomycetemcomitans induced a significantly elevated serum immunoglobulin G response to the 29-kDa A. actinomycetemcomitans outer membrane protein (Omp29), which showed strong cross-reactivity with P. pneumotropica OmpA compared to results in the control non-immunized mice. The A. actinomycetemcomitans-immunized P. pneumotropica(+) mice developed remarkable periodontal bone loss in a RANKL-dependent manner, as determined by the abrogation of bone loss by treatment with osteoprotegerin-Fc. The T cells isolated from the gingival tissue of A. actinomycetemcomitans-immunized P. pneumotropica(+) mice showed an in vitro proliferative response to both A. actinomycetemcomitans and P. pneumotropica antigen presentation, as well as production of soluble(s)RANKL in the culture supernatant. Double-color confocal microscopy demonstrated that the frequency of RANKL(+) T cells in the gingival tissue of A. actinomycetemcomitans-immunized P. pneumotropica(+) mice was remarkably elevated compared to control mice.Conclusion: The induction of an adaptive immune response to orally colonizing non-pathogenic P. pneumotropica results in RANKL-dependent periodontal bone loss in mice.