Gingipains from Porphyromonas gingivalis W83 induce cell adhesion molecule cleavage and apoptosis in endothelial cells.
The presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis in the periodontal pocket and the high levels of gingipain activity detected in gingival crevicular fluid could implicate a role for gingipains in the destruction of the highly vascular periodontal tissue. To explore the effects of these proteases on endothelial cells, we exposed bovine coronary artery endothelial cells and human microvascular endothelial cells to gingipain-active extracellular protein preparations and/or purified gingipains from P. gingivalis. Treated cells exhibited a rapid loss of cell adhesion properties that was followed by apoptotic cell death. Cleavage of N- and VE-cadherin and integrin beta1 was observed in immunoblots of cell lysates. There was a direct correlation between the kinetics of cleavage of N- and VE-cadherin and loss of cell adhesion properties. Loss of cell adhesion, as well as N- and VE-cadherin and integrin beta1 cleavage, could be inhibited or significantly delayed by preincubation of P. gingivalis W83 gingipain-active extracellular extracts with the cysteine protease inhibitor Nalpha-p-tosyl-l-lysine chloromethylketone. Furthermore, purified gingipains also induced endothelial cell detachment and apoptosis. Apoptosis-associated events, including annexin V positivity, caspase-3 activation, and cleavage of the caspase substrates poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase and topoisomerase I (Topo I), were observed in endothelial cells after detachment. All of the effects observed were correlated with the different levels of cysteine-dependent proteolytic activity of the extracts tested. Taken together, these results indicate that gingipains from P. gingivalis can alter cell adhesion molecules and induce endothelial cell death, which could have implications for the pathogenicity of this organism.
Sheets
Shaun M
SM
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA 92350, USA. ssheets04b@som.llu.edu
Potempa
Jan
J
Travis
James
J
Casiano
Carlos A
CA
Fletcher
Hansel M
HM
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D017209:Apoptosis; D015820:Cadherins / Q000378:metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000187:drug effects*; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000378:metabolism*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases / Q000378:metabolism*; D042783:Endothelial Cells / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000382:microbiology; D000080867:Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases; D006388:Hemagglutinins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D019012:Integrin beta1 / Q000378:metabolism; D008833:Microcirculation; D016966:Porphyromonas gingivalis / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000099152:Cadherin 5
D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D015703:Antigens, CD; D015820:Cadherins; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D003546:Cysteine Endopeptidases; D000080867:Gingipain Cysteine Endopeptidases; D006388:Hemagglutinins; D019012:Integrin beta1; D000099152:Cadherin 5
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