Gene expression analysis of neuropeptides in oral mucosa during periodontal disease in non-human primates

John Ferrin, Sreenatha Kirakodu, David Jensen, Ahmad Al-Attar, Rebecca Peyyala, M. John Novak, Dolph Dawson, Mohanad Al-Sabbagh, Arnold J. Stromberg, Luis Orraca, Janis Gonzalez-Martinez, Armando Burgos, Jeffrey L. Ebersole, Octavio A. Gonzalez

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Abstract

Background: Neuropeptides (NPs) are innate pivotal regulators of the immunoin-flammatory response. Nevertheless, their role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease remains unknown. Changes in gene expression of 10 NPs and 16 NP receptors (NPRs) coincident with the initiation, progression, and resolution of periodontitis were determined. Methods: The ligature-induced periodontitis model was used in rhesus monkeys (n = 18). Gingival tissue samples were taken at baseline (preligatures), at 2 weeks and at 1 month (initiation), and at 3 months (progression) postligation. Ligatures were removed and samples taken 2 months later (resolution). Total RNA was isolated from tissues and NP/NPR gene expression microarray analysis was performed. Gene expression changes were validated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and immunohistochemistry. Results: Unexpectedly, the expression of pro-inflammatory NPs/NPRs did not change during periodontitis or with resolution. However, increased expression of the anti-inflammatory NPs adrenomedullin (ADM) and galanin (GAL), and the NPRs calcitonin receptor-like (CALCRL) and receptor activity-modifying protein-2 and-3 (RAMP2 and RAMP3) were observed during initiation and progression of disease. The expression of the same NPs/NPRs exhibited a significant positive correlation with both molecular (interleukin-1ß, matrix mettaloproteinase-9, and receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappa B ligand) and clinical measures of gingival inflammation and tissue destruction. Conclusion: Initiation and progression of periodontitis involve significant overex-pression of ADM, GAL, CALCRL, RAMP2, and RAMP3. These anti-inflammatory NPs/NPRs could play a role in the unresolved infection and inflammation that normally drives tissue destruction in periodontitis. Both ADM and GAL potentially are new candidates to consider as biomolecules associated with periodontal disease activity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)858-866
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Periodontology
Volume89
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018

Bibliographical note

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© 2018 American Academy of Periodontology.

Funding

We express our gratitude to the Caribbean Primate Research Center, supported by grant P40RR03640, the Microarray Core of University Kentucky for their invaluable technical assistance, and Alejandro Visallante for his statistical support. This work was supported by National Institutes of Health grants P20GM103538 and UL1TR000117. The authors of this manuscript declare no conflicts of interest related to this study.

FundersFunder number
Caribbean Primate Research CenterP40RR03640
National Institutes of Health (NIH)UL1TR000117
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of General Medical SciencesP20GM103538
National Institute of General Medical Sciences

    Keywords

    • Gene expression
    • Inflammation
    • Innate immunity
    • Neuropeptides
    • Periodontitis

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Periodontics

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