Balance of inflammatory response in stable gingivitis and progressive periodontitis lesions.
The balance between inflammatory mediators and their counter-regulatory molecules may be crucial for determining the outcome of immune pathology of periodontal diseases. Based on clinical and immunological findings, the immune response in stable gingivitis lesion is supposed to be in balance, whereas the response is skewed towards the predominance of proinflammatory reactivity in progressive periodontitis lesion. However, this hypothesis has not been verified. Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare the gene expression profile of inflammatory mediators including proinflammatory cytokines and other inflammatory molecules, and anti-inflammatory cytokines by using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction in gingivitis and periodontitis lesions showing distinct clinical entities. For inflammatory mediators, interleukin (IL)-1beta, interferon (IFN)-gamma and receptor activator of nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB ligand tended to be higher in periodontitis, whereas tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha and IL-12 p40 showed no difference. Heat-shock protein 60 (HSP60) expression was up-regulated significantly in periodontitis. For anti-inflammatory cytokines, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1 expression tended to be higher in periodontitis compared with gingivitis, whereas no difference was observed for IL-10 and IL-4. These findings support further our previous finding that autoimmune response to HSP60 may exert in periodontitis lesion, and suggest that perhaps subtle differences in the balance of cytokines may result in different disease expression.
Laboratory of Periodontology and Immunology, Department of Oral Health and Welfare, Niigata University Faculty of Dentistry, Niigata, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018834:Chaperonin 60 / Q000032:analysis; D002908:Chronic Disease; D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D005891:Gingivitis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000032:analysis; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000032:analysis; D016753:Interleukin-10 / Q000032:analysis; D018664:Interleukin-12 / Q000032:analysis; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000032:analysis; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D008875:Middle Aged; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000032:analysis; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000276:immunology*; D053245:RANK Ligand; D053246:Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000032:analysis; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000032:analysis; D015854:Up-Regulation
D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018834:Chaperonin 60; D016207:Cytokines; D007375:Interleukin-1; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D053245:RANK Ligand; D053246:Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-kappa B; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; C505686:TNFRSF11A protein, human; C505688:TNFSF11 protein, human; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D016753:Interleukin-10; D018664:Interleukin-12; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma