Journal
ORAL MICROBIOLOGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 22, Issue 3, Pages 162-168Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-302X.2007.00337.x
Keywords
alveolar bone loss; cysteine protease; periodontitis; Porphyromonas gingivalis; serum antibodies; vaccine
Funding
- NIDCR NIH HHS [P01 DE05888, R01 DE12939] Funding Source: Medline
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Introduction: Periodontitis is a common infectious disease to which Porphyromonas gingivalis has been closely linked, in which the attachment tissues of the teeth and their alveolar bone housing are destroyed. We conducted a study to determine if immunization using a purified antigen could alter the onset and progression of the disease. Methods: Using the ligature-induced model of periodontitis in Macaca fascicularis, we immunized five animals with cysteine protease purified from P. gingivalis and used an additional five animals as controls. Alveolar bone loss was measured by digital subtraction radiography. Results: Immunization induced high titers of specific immunoglobuin G serum antibodies that were opsonic. Total bacterial load, levels of P. gingivalis in subgingival plaque and levels of prostaglandin E-2 in gingival crevicular fluid were significantly reduced. Onset and progression of alveolar bone loss was inhibited by approximately 50%. No manifestations of toxicity were observed. Conclusions: Immunization using a purified protein antigen from P. gingivalis inhibits alveolar bone destruction in a ligature-induced periodontitis model in M. fascicularis.
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