Aberrant pulmonary immune response of obese mice to periodontal infection
Abstract: Obesity and periodontitis constitute mutual risk factors in respiratory disorders; this study aimed to explore the pulmonary immune response to periodontal infection using combined animal models with diet-induced obesity (DIO). Thirty-two C57 BL/6J mice were randomly divided into low-fat (LF) or high-fat (HF) diet groups and fed an LF diet as a control or an HF diet to induce obesity. The 30-week mice in the diet group were divided into periodontal ligation group (10 days using Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 33277) or sham-ligation group. The expressions of the macrophage-specific maker (F4/80), macrophage chemotactic protein1 (MCP1), and inflammatory cytokines in lung tissues were analyzed. The mRNA and protein levels of F4/80, MCP1, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 expressions were significantly upregulated by obesity in lung tissues. However, the mRNA and protein levels of F4/80, MCP1, and IL-6 were downregulated by periodontitis in DIO mice relative to that of the HF control group. Periodontitis increased tumor necrosis factor-α level of lung tissues under LF, while IL-10 was not affected by obesity regardless of periodontitis. Periodontitis may aggravate pulmonary immune response in obese rodents. This may relate to the imbalance of the pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine status of lung lesions, which tends to attenuate the infiltration of alveolar macrophages.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Aberrant pulmonary immune response of obese mice to periodontal infection ; volume:17 ; number:1 ; year:2022 ; pages:991-1000 ; extent:10
Open life sciences ; 17, Heft 1 (2022), 991-1000 (gesamt 10)
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Zhou, Wei
Xuan, Dongying
Yu, Ting
Zhang, Jincai
- DOI
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10.1515/biol-2022-0089
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022081811370386164592
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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Beteiligte
- Zhou, Wei
- Xuan, Dongying
- Yu, Ting
- Zhang, Jincai