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Jun L, Yuanyuan L, Zhiqiang W, Manlin F, Chenrui H, Ouyang Z, Jiatong L, Xi H, Zhihua L. Multi-omics study of key genes, metabolites, and pathways of periodontitis. Arch Oral Biol 2023; 153:105720. [PMID: 37285682 DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2023.105720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the key genes, metabolites, and pathways that influence periodontitis pathogenesis by integrating transcriptomic and metabolomic studies. DESIGN Gingival crevicular fluid samples from periodontitis patients and healthy controls were collected for liquid chromatography/tandem mass-based metabolomics. RNA-seq data for periodontitis and control samples were obtained from the GSE16134 dataset. Differential metabolites and differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between the two groups were then compared. Based on the protein-protein interaction (PPI) network module analysis, key module genes were selected from immune-related DEGs. Correlation and pathway enrichment analyses were performed for differential metabolites and key module genes. A multi-omics integrative analysis was performed using bioinformatic methods to construct a gene-metabolite-pathway network. RESULTS From the metabolomics study, 146 differential metabolites were identified, which were mainly enriched in the pathways of purine metabolism and Adenosine triphosphate binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters). The GSE16134 dataset revealed 102 immune-related DEGs (458 upregulated and 264 downregulated genes), 33 of which may play core roles in the key modules of the PPI network and are involved in cytokine-related regulatory pathways. Through a multi-omics integrative analysis, a gene-metabolite-pathway network was constructed, including 28 genes (such as platelet derived growth factor D (PDGFD), neurturin (NRTN), and interleukin 2 receptor, gamma (IL2RG)); 47 metabolites (such as deoxyinosine); and 8 pathways (such as ABC transporters). CONCLUSION PDGFD, NRTN, and IL2RG may be potential biomarkers of periodontitis and may affect disease progression by regulating deoxyinosine to participate in the ABC transporter pathway.
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- Luo Jun
- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Pingxiang People's Hospital, Pingxiang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China; Pingxiang People's Hospital, Pingxiang, China
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- Orthodontic Department of Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
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Xue Y, Zhang L, Liu F, Dai F, Kong L, Ma D, Han Y. Alkaline "Nanoswords" Coordinate Ferroptosis-like Bacterial Death for Antibiosis and Osseointegration. ACS NANO 2023; 17:2711-2724. [PMID: 36662033 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.2c10960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Ferroptosis is an iron-dependent cell death and is associated with cancer therapy. Can it play a role in resistance of postoperative infection of implants, especially with an extracellular supplement of Fe ions in a non-cytotoxic dose? To answer this, "nanoswords" of Fe-doped titanite are fabricated on a Ti implant surface to resist bacterial invasion by a synergistic action of ferroptosis-like bacteria killing, proton disturbance, and physical puncture. The related antibiosis mechanism is explored by atomic force microscopy and genome sequencing. The nanoswords induce an increased local pH value, which not only weakens the proton motive force, reducing adenosine triphosphate synthesis of Staphylococcus aureus, but also decreases the membrane modulus, making the nanoswords distort and even puncture a bacterial membrane easily. Simultaneously, more Fe ions are taken by bacteria due to increased bacterial membrane permeability, resulting in ferroptosis-like death of bacteria, and this is demonstrated by intracellular iron enrichment, lipid peroxidation, and glutathione depletion. Interestingly, a microenvironment constructed by these nanoswords improves osteoblast behavior in vitro and bone regeneration in vivo. Overall, the nanoswords can induce ferroptosis-like bacterial death without cytotoxicity and have great promise in applications with clinical implants for outstanding antibiosis and biointegration performance.
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- Yang Xue
- State-key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State-key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- State-key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710038, China
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- State-key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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- State-key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710049, China
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Porphyromonas gingivalis resistance and virulence: An integrated functional network analysis. Gene 2022; 839:146734. [PMID: 35835406 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The gram-negative bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis (PG) is the most prevalent cause of periodontal diseases and multidrug-resistant (MDR) infections. Periodontitis and MDR infections are severe due to PG's ability to efflux antimicrobial and virulence factors. This gives rise to colonisation, biofilm development, evasion, and modulation of the host defence system. Despite extensive studies on the MDR efflux pump in other pathogens, little is known about the efflux pump and its association with the virulence factor in PG. Prolonged infection of PG leads to complete loss of teeth and other systemic diseases. This necessitates the development of new therapeutic interventions to prevent and control MDR. OBJECTIVE The study aims to identify the most indispensable proteins that regulate both resistance and virulence in PG, which could therefore be used as a target to fight against the MDR threat to antibiotics. METHODS We have adopted a hierarchical network-based approach to construct a protein interaction network. Firstly, individual networks of four major efflux pump proteins and two virulence regulatory proteins were constructed, followed by integrating them into one. The relationship between proteins was investigated using a combination of centrality scores, k-core network decomposition, and functional annotation, to computationally identify the indispensable proteins. RESULTS Our study identified four topologically significant genes, PG_0538, PG_0539, PG_0285, and PG_1797, as potential pharmacological targets. PG_0539 and PG_1797 were identified to have significant associations between the efflux pump and virulence genes. This type of underpinning research may help in narrowing the drug spectrum used for treating periodontal diseases, and may also be exploited to look into antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity in bacteria other than PG.
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Chen D, Chen S, Zhao C, Yan J, Ma Z, Zhao X, Wang Z, Wang X, Wang H. Screening and functional identification of antioxidant microRNA-size sRNAs from Spirulina platensis using high-throughput sequencing. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2021; 48:973-983. [PMID: 34112312 DOI: 10.1071/fp20405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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MiRNA-size small RNAs, abbreviated as sRNAs, are increasingly being discovered as research progresses and omics technologies development in prokaryotes. However, there is a paucity of data concerning whether or not sRNAs exist in cyanobacteria and regulate the resistance to oxidative stress. In this investigation, small RNA libraries were constructed from the control, 50-nM and 100-nM H2O2 treatments of Spirulina platensis. By high-throughput sequencing, 23 candidate sRNAs showed significantly differential expression under oxidative stress, among which eight sRNAs were identified with the similar expression patterns as the sequencing results by real-time qPCR. By nucleic acid hybridisation, the corresponding expression changes also demonstrated that sequencing results of sRNAs were feasible and credible. By bioinformatics prediction and structure identification, 43 target genes were predicted for 8 sRNAs in plant miRNA database, among which 29 were annotated into the genome and related metabolic pathways of S. platensis. By COG functional classification and KEGG pathway analysis, 31 target genes were predicted to be directly or indirectly involved in the defence mechanism of H2O2 stress. Thirteen target genes displayed reversely changing patterns compared with those of their sRNAs under H2O2 treatment. These findings provide compelling evidence that these sRNAs in S. platensis play a crucial role in oxidative stress responses, and thus provide a theoretical reference for improving the stress-triggering physiological regulation.
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- Dechao Chen
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China
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- School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China; and School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China; and Corresponding authors. ;
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- School of Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325035, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou 215004, China; and Corresponding authors. ;
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Characterization and protective property of Brucella abortus cydC and looP mutants. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2014; 21:1573-80. [PMID: 25253663 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00164-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Brucella abortus readily multiplies in professional or nonprofessional phagocytes in vitro and is highly virulent in mice. Isogenic mutants of B. abortus biovar 1 strain IVKB9007 lacking the ATP/GDP-binding protein motif A (P-loop) (named looP; designated here the IVKB9007 looP::Tn5 mutant) and the ATP-binding/permease protein (cydC; designated here the IVKB9007 cydC::Tn5 mutant) were identified and characterized by transposon mutagenesis using the mini-Tn5Km2 transposon. Both mutants were found to be virtually incapable of intracellular replication in both murine macrophages (RAW264.7) and the HeLa cell line, and their virulence was significantly impaired in BALB/c mice. Respective complementation of the IVKB9007 looP::Tn5 and IVKB9007 cydC::Tn5 mutants restored their ability to survive in vitro and in vivo to a level comparable with that of the wild type. These findings indicate that the cydC and looP genes play important roles in the virulence of B. abortus. In addition, intraperitoneal immunization of mice with a dose of the live IVKB9007 looP::Tn5 and IVKB9007 cydC::Tn5 mutants provided a high degree of protection against challenge with pathogenic B. abortus strain 544. Both mutants should be evaluated further as a live attenuated vaccine against bovine brucellosis for their ability to stimulate a protective immune response.
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Gao L, Xu Y, Meng S, Wu Y, Huang H, Su R, Zhao L. Identification of the putative specific pathogenic genes of Porphyromonas gingivalis with type II fimbriae. DNA Cell Biol 2012; 31:1027-37. [PMID: 22257441 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2011.1487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Porphyromonas gingivalis, the key etiologic agent of periodontitis, can be classified into six types (I to V and Ib) based on the fimA genes that encode FimA (a subunit of fimbriae). Accumulated evidence indicates that P. gingivalis expressing Type II fimbriae (Pg-II) is the most frequent isolate from severe periodontitis cases and is more virulent than other types of P. gingivalis. However, during the Pg-II infection process, which specific virulence factors play the key role is still unclear. In this study, we examined the capabilities of three Pg-II strains to invade and modulate the inflammatory cytokine expression of human gingival epithelial cells (GECs) compared to two Pg-I strains. P. gingivalis oligo microarrays were used to compare gene expression profiles of Pg-II strains that invade GECs with Pg-I strains. The differential gene expression of Pg-II was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Our results showed that all of the Pg-II strains could induce interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-6 secretion significantly when compared to Pg-I strains. Thirty-seven genes that were specifically expressed during the pathogenic process of Pg-II were identified by a microarray assay. These findings provide a new insight at the molecular level to explain the specific pathogenic mechanism of Pg-II strains.
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- Li Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China College of Stomatology, Chengdu, PR China
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Xue X, Li J, Wang W, Sztajer H, Wagner-Döbler I. The global impact of the delta subunit RpoE of the RNA polymerase on the proteome of Streptococcus mutans. Microbiology (Reading) 2012; 158:191-206. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.047936-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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- Xiaoli Xue
- Research Group Microbial Communication, Division of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 West Beichen Road, Chaoyang District, 100101 Beijing, PR China
- Institute of Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Denickestr. 15, D-21071 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, Technical University Hamburg-Harburg, Denickestr. 15, D-21071 Hamburg, Germany
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- Research Group Microbial Communication, Division of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Research Group Microbial Communication, Division of Cell Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstr. 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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