Bone resorption and local interleukin-1α and interleukin-1β synthesis induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide

• Published in: Journal of periodontal research Vol. 36; no. 1; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Nishida, Eiji, Hara, Yoshitaka, Kaneko, Takashi, Ikeda, Yasuo, Ukai, Takashi, Kato, Ihachi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Copenhagen Munksgaard International Publishers 01.02.2001; Blackwell
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; bone resorption; Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology; IL-1α; IL-1β; lipopolysaccharide; Medical sciences; Non tumoral diseases; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Porphyromonas gingivalis; Pathophysiology; Stomatology; Induction; Cytokine; Rodentia; Interleukin 1α; Resorption; Interleukin 1β; Experimental study; Premises; Bacteroidaceae; Pasteurellaceae; In vivo; Vertebrata; Periodontal disease; Mammalia; Mouse; Animal; Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans; Production; Lipopolysaccharide; Bacteria; Bone
• ISSN: 0022-3484; 1600-0765
• DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0765.2001.00637.x

Different types of periodontopathic bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) exert various biological activities in vitro. However, whether or not these activities also occur in vivo remains unclear. Thus the present study investigates bone resorption, as well as local IL‐1α and IL‐1β synthesis induced by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS in the periodontal tissue of mice. Both types of LPS were injected into mouse gingiva every 48 h and the animals were sacrificed 6 h after the 1st, 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 20th, or 24th injection. Bone resorption in the injected gingiva was histopathologically and histomorphometrically investigated and local concentrations of IL‐1α and IL‐1β were detected using an enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay. The active resorption ratio was significantly higher in the group given the 10th injection of LPS from A. actinomycetemcomitans than in the group given P. gingivalis LPS. Furthermore, A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS stimulated significantly more synthesis of IL‐1α than P. gingivalis LPS after the 4th and 10th injections, and of IL‐1β after the 4th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th and 20th injections. These results suggest that A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS is a more potent inducer of bone resorption and synthesis of IL‐1α and IL‐1β in the short term than P. gingivalis LPS.