Porphyromonas gingivalis induces penetration of lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan through the gingival epithelium via degradation of coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor
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Abstract
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a major pathogen of human periodontitis and dysregulates innate immunity at the gingival epithelial surface. We previously reported that the bacterium specifically degrades junctional adhesion molecule 1 (JAM1), causing gingival epithelial barrier breakdown. However, the functions of other JAM family protein(s) in epithelial barrier dysregulation caused by P. gingivalis are not fully understood. The present results show that gingipains, Arg-specific or Lys-specific cysteine proteases produced by P. gingivalis, specifically degrade coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CXADR), a JAM family protein, at R145 and K235 in gingival epithelial cells. In contrast, a gingipain-deficient P. gingivalis strain was found to be impaired in regard to degradation of CXADR. Furthermore, knockdown of CXADR in artificial gingival epithelium increased permeability to dextran 40 kDa, lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan, whereas overexpression of CXADR in a gingival epithelial tissue model prevented penetration by those agents following P. gingivalis infection. Together, these results suggest that P. gingivalis gingipains breach the stratified squamous epithelium barrier by degrading CXADR as well as JAM1, which allows for efficient transfer of bacterial virulence factors into subepithelial tissues.
Takeaways
P. gingivalis, a periodontal pathogen, degraded coxsackievirus and adenovirus receptor (CXADR), a JAM family protein, in gingival epithelial tissues.
P. gingivalis gingipains, cysteine proteases, degraded CXADR at R145 and K235.
CXADR degradation by P. gingivalis caused increased permeability to lipopolysaccharide and peptidoglycan through gingival epithelial tissues.
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