Abstract
Objective: This study focused on documenting characteristics of the gingival transcriptome during various stages of periodontitis targeting genes associated with apoptotic and autophagic pathways and changes that specifically associate with features of the oral microbiome.
Methods: Macaca mulatta (n = 18; 12–23 years) were examined at baseline and 0.5, 1, and 3 months of disease progression, as well as 5 months with clinical disease resolution. 16S sequencing and microarray analyses examined changes in the microbiome and gingival transcriptome, respectively, at each time point from every animal.
Results: Specific patterns of apoptotic and autophagic genes were identified related to the initiation and progression of disease. The analysis also provided insights on the principal bacteria within the complex microbiome whose abundance was significantly correlated with differences in apoptotic and autophagic gene expression. Bacteria were identified that formed associated complexes with similar effects on the host gene expression profiles. A complex of Leptotrichia_unclassifed, Capnocytophaga_unclassified, Prevotella sp. 317, and Veillonellaceae_[G-1] sp. 155 were significantly negatively correlated with both apoptosis and autophagy. Whereas, Veillonellaceae_[G-1], Porphyromonadaceae, and F. alocis 539 were significantly positively correlated with both pathways, albeit this relationship was primarily associated with pro-apoptotic genes.
Conclusions: The findings provide evidence for specific bacteria/bacterial complexes within the oral microbiome that appear to have a more substantive effect on regulating apoptotic and autophagic pathways in the gingival tissues with periodontitis.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-19-2020
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.585414
Funding Information
This work was supported by National Institute of Health grant P20GM103538. We express our gratitude to the Caribbean Primate Research Center (CPRC) supported by grant P40RR03640, and the Center for Oral Health Research in the College of Dentistry at the University of Kentucky.
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The datasets presented in this study can be found in online repositories. The names of the repository/repositories and accession number(s) can be found in the article/supplementary material.
Repository Citation
Ebersole, Jeffrey L.; Kirakodu, Sreenatha S.; Neumann, Elliot; Orraca, Luis; Gonzalez Martinez, Janis; and Gonzalez, Octavio A., "Oral Microbiome and Gingival Tissue Apoptosis and Autophagy Transcriptomics" (2020). Center for Oral Health Research Faculty Publications. 18.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cohr_facpub/18
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Notes/Citation Information
Published in Frontiers in Immunology, v. 11, article 585414.
© 2020 Ebersole, Kirakodu, Neumann, Orraca, Gonzalez Martinez and Gonzalez
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