RRC ID 63542
著者 He Y, Shiotsu N, Uchida-Fukuhara Y, Guo J, Weng Y, Ikegame M, Wang Z, Ono K, Kamioka H, Torii Y, Sasaki A, Yoshida K, Okamura H.
タイトル Outer membrane vesicles derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis induced cell death with disruption of tight junctions in human lung epithelial cells.
ジャーナル Arch Oral Biol
Abstract OBJECTIVE:Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) is a major bacterium responsible for the progression of periodontitis. P. gingivalis produces small vesicles called outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) containing virulence factors. Increasing evidence suggests a close relationship between periodontitis and respiratory system diseases, such as aspiration pneumonia. However, little is known about whether P. gingivalis OMVs give rise to the impediment of lung epithelial cells. We investigated the effect of the OMVs on cell viability and tight junctions of lung epithelial cells.
DESIGN:Human lung epithelial A549 cells were treated with P. gingivalis OMVs. Cell viability was evaluated, and cell morphology was examined using scanning electron and phase contrast microscopies. To detect apoptosis induced by P. gingivalis OMVs, activation of caspase-3 and poly ADP-ribose polymerase (PARP) cleavage was examined by using Western blotting. Immunocytochemistry was performed to stain tight junction proteins.
RESULTS:P. gingivalis OMVs decreased cell viability in A549 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Microscopic analysis revealed that the OMVs induced morphological changes leading to irregular cell membrane structures. The OMVs caused cell shrinkage, membrane blebbing, and cytoplasmic expulsion in a dose-dependent manner. Western blot analysis showed the OMVs induced caspase-3 activation and PARP cleavage. Treatment with the OMVs disrupted the intact distributions of tight junction proteins.
CONCLUSIONS:These results indicate that P. gingivalis OMVs induced cell death by destroying the barrier system in lung epithelial cells. Our present study raises the possibility that P. gingivalis OMVs is an important factor in the engagement of periodontitis with respiratory system diseases.
巻・号 118
ページ 104841
公開日 2020-10-1
DOI 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2020.104841
PII S0003-9969(20)30219-3
PMID 32717445
MeSH A549 Cells Caspase 3 Cell Death* Epithelial Cells / cytology* Epithelial Cells / pathology Extracellular Vesicles / chemistry Humans Lung / cytology Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases Porphyromonas gingivalis / pathogenicity* Tight Junctions / pathology* Virulence Factors / chemistry*
IF 1.931
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 A549