Innate immune recognition of invasive bacteria accelerates atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Frank C. Gibson, Charlie Hong, Hsin Hua Chou, Hiromichi Yumoto, Jiqiu Chen, Egil Lien, Jodie Wong, Caroline Attardo Genco

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Background - Infectious diseases have emerged as potential risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Epidemiological studies support a connection between periodontal disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth, and CVD. Methods and Results - To directly test the connection between periodontal disease and atherosclerosis, apoE-/- mice were orally challenged with the periodontal disease pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis or an invasion-impaired P gingivalis fimbriae-deficient mutant (FimA-). Both wild-type P gingivalis and the FimA- mutant were detected in blood and aortic arch tissue of apoE-/- mice by PCR after challenge. ApoE-/- mice challenged with wild-type P gingivalis presented with increased atherosclerotic plaque and expressed the innate immune response markers Toll-like receptor (TLR)-2 and TLR-4 in aortic tissue. Despite detection of the FimA- mutant in the blood and in aortic arch tissue, apoE -/- mice challenged with the FimA- mutant did not present with periodontal disease, upregulation of TLRs, or accelerated atherosclerosis. Furthermore, we demonstrate that immunization to control P gingivalis-elicited periodontal disease concomitantly prevents P gingivalis-accelerated atherosclerosis. Conclusions - We conclude that invasive P gingivalis accelerates atherosclerosis.
原文英語
頁(從 - 到)2801-2806
頁數6
期刊Circulation
109
發行號22
DOIs
出版狀態已發佈 - 6月 8 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • 心臟病學與心血管醫學
  • 生理學(醫學)

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