Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.

Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola are strongly associated with chronic periodontitis. These bacteria have been co-localized in subgingival plaque and demonstrated to exhibit symbiosis in growth in vitro and synergistic virulence upon co-infection in animal models of disease. Here we s...

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Autores principales: Kheng H Tan, Christine A Seers, Stuart G Dashper, Helen L Mitchell, James S Pyke, Vincent Meuric, Nada Slakeski, Steven M Cleal, Jenny L Chambers, Malcolm J McConville, Eric C Reynolds
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:9b45a54bde574be896440d0d9b95ffc22021-11-18T06:06:52ZPorphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.1553-73661553-737410.1371/journal.ppat.1003955https://doaj.org/article/9b45a54bde574be896440d0d9b95ffc22014-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24603978/pdf/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1553-7366https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7374Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola are strongly associated with chronic periodontitis. These bacteria have been co-localized in subgingival plaque and demonstrated to exhibit symbiosis in growth in vitro and synergistic virulence upon co-infection in animal models of disease. Here we show that during continuous co-culture a P. gingivalis:T. denticola cell ratio of 6∶1 was maintained with a respective increase of 54% and 30% in cell numbers when compared with mono-culture. Co-culture caused significant changes in global gene expression in both species with altered expression of 184 T. denticola and 134 P. gingivalis genes. P. gingivalis genes encoding a predicted thiamine biosynthesis pathway were up-regulated whilst genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis were down-regulated. T. denticola genes encoding virulence factors including dentilisin and glycine catabolic pathways were significantly up-regulated during co-culture. Metabolic labeling using 13C-glycine showed that T. denticola rapidly metabolized this amino acid resulting in the production of acetate and lactate. P. gingivalis may be an important source of free glycine for T. denticola as mono-cultures of P. gingivalis and T. denticola were found to produce and consume free glycine, respectively; free glycine production by P. gingivalis was stimulated by T. denticola conditioned medium and glycine supplementation of T. denticola medium increased final cell density 1.7-fold. Collectively these data show P. gingivalis and T. denticola respond metabolically to the presence of each other with T. denticola displaying responses that help explain enhanced virulence of co-infections.Kheng H TanChristine A SeersStuart G DashperHelen L MitchellJames S PykeVincent MeuricNada SlakeskiSteven M ClealJenny L ChambersMalcolm J McConvilleEric C ReynoldsPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleImmunologic diseases. AllergyRC581-607Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENPLoS Pathogens, Vol 10, Iss 3, p e1003955 (2014)
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topic Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle Immunologic diseases. Allergy
RC581-607
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Kheng H Tan
Christine A Seers
Stuart G Dashper
Helen L Mitchell
James S Pyke
Vincent Meuric
Nada Slakeski
Steven M Cleal
Jenny L Chambers
Malcolm J McConville
Eric C Reynolds
Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
description Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola are strongly associated with chronic periodontitis. These bacteria have been co-localized in subgingival plaque and demonstrated to exhibit symbiosis in growth in vitro and synergistic virulence upon co-infection in animal models of disease. Here we show that during continuous co-culture a P. gingivalis:T. denticola cell ratio of 6∶1 was maintained with a respective increase of 54% and 30% in cell numbers when compared with mono-culture. Co-culture caused significant changes in global gene expression in both species with altered expression of 184 T. denticola and 134 P. gingivalis genes. P. gingivalis genes encoding a predicted thiamine biosynthesis pathway were up-regulated whilst genes involved in fatty acid biosynthesis were down-regulated. T. denticola genes encoding virulence factors including dentilisin and glycine catabolic pathways were significantly up-regulated during co-culture. Metabolic labeling using 13C-glycine showed that T. denticola rapidly metabolized this amino acid resulting in the production of acetate and lactate. P. gingivalis may be an important source of free glycine for T. denticola as mono-cultures of P. gingivalis and T. denticola were found to produce and consume free glycine, respectively; free glycine production by P. gingivalis was stimulated by T. denticola conditioned medium and glycine supplementation of T. denticola medium increased final cell density 1.7-fold. Collectively these data show P. gingivalis and T. denticola respond metabolically to the presence of each other with T. denticola displaying responses that help explain enhanced virulence of co-infections.
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author Kheng H Tan
Christine A Seers
Stuart G Dashper
Helen L Mitchell
James S Pyke
Vincent Meuric
Nada Slakeski
Steven M Cleal
Jenny L Chambers
Malcolm J McConville
Eric C Reynolds
author_facet Kheng H Tan
Christine A Seers
Stuart G Dashper
Helen L Mitchell
James S Pyke
Vincent Meuric
Nada Slakeski
Steven M Cleal
Jenny L Chambers
Malcolm J McConville
Eric C Reynolds
author_sort Kheng H Tan
title Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
title_short Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
title_full Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
title_fullStr Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
title_full_unstemmed Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
title_sort porphyromonas gingivalis and treponema denticola exhibit metabolic symbioses.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2014
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