title: Immunization with Porphyromonas gingivalis capsular polysaccharide prevents P. gingivalis-elicited oral bone loss in a murine model.
abstract: The capsular polysaccharide (CPS) of the periodontal pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis is an important virulence factor for this organism. We purified P. gingivalis CPS, immunized mice with this antigen, and assessed the vaccine potential of P. gingivalis CPS by using the murine oral challenge model. Animals immunized with P. gingivalis CPS developed elevated levels of immunoglobulin M (IgM) and IgG in serum that reacted with whole P. gingivalis organisms. The mice immunized with P. gingivalis CPS were protected from P. gingivalis-elicited oral bone loss. These data demonstrate that P. gingivalis CPS is a vaccine candidate for prevention of P. gingivalis-elicited oral bone loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Oral Biology, Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Dario
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Arthur O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Tzianabos
authors.forename: Caroline A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Genco
authors.forename: Frank C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Gibson
mesh_terms: D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D016667:Bacterial Capsules / Q000276:immunology*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D016866:Bacteroidaceae Infections / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines; D007074:Immunoglobulin G