期刊
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
卷 12, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.722859
关键词
periodontitis; alveolar bone loss; RANKL; B-cells; Tannerella forsythia
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资金
- NIH/NIDCR [DE014749, DE029497]
Periodontitis is an inflammatory disease caused by bacteria, with dysregulated immune response playing a significant role in alveolar bone resorption. Specifically, activated B cells producing RANKL have been found to contribute significantly to alveolar bone loss in the presence of periodontal pathogens.
Periodontitis is a bacterially-induced inflammatory disease that leads to tooth loss. It results from the damaging effects of a dysregulated immune response, mediated largely by neutrophils, macrophages, T cells and B cells, on the tooth-supporting tissues including the alveolar bone. Specifically, infiltrating B cells at inflamed gingival sites with an ability to secrete RANKL and inflammatory cytokines are thought to play roles in alveolar bone resorption. However, the direct contribution of B cells in alveolar bone resorption has not been fully appreciated. In this study we sought to define the contribution of RANKL expressing B cells in periodontitis by employing a mouse model of pathogen-induced periodontitis that used conditional knockout mice with B cell-targeted RANKL deletion. Briefly, alveolar bone loss was assessed in the wild-type, B-cell deficient (Jh), or B-cell-RANKL deleted (RANKL(Delta B)) mice orally infected with the periodontal pathogen Tannerella forsythia. The RANKL(Delta B) mice were obtained by crossing Cd19-Cre knock-in mice with mice homozygous for conditional RANKL-flox allele (RANKL(flox/flox)). The alveolar bone resorption was determined by morphometric analysis and osteoclastic activity of the jaw bone. In addition, the bone resorptive potential of the activated effector B cells was assessed ex vivo. The data showed that the RANKL producing B cells increased significantly in the T. forsythia-infected wild-type mice compared to the sham-infected mice. Moreover, T. forsythia-infection induced higher alveolar bone loss in the wild-type and RANKL(flox/flox) mice compared to infection either in the B cell deficient (Jh) or the B-cell specific RANKL deletion (RANKL(Delta B)) mice. These data established that the oral-pathogen activated B cells contribute significantly to alveolar bone resorption via RANKL production.
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