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Characterization of Treponema denticola mutants defective in the major antigenic proteins, Msp and TmpC.
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- Treponema denticola stimulates Oncostatin M cytokine release and de novo synthesis in neutrophils and macrophages.Journal of leukocyte biology · 2020Article
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- Microenvironment ofBioMed research international · 2019Article
- The C-terminal region of the major outer sheath protein of Treponema denticola inhibits neutrophil chemotaxis.Molecular oral microbiology · 2017Article
- Oral microbiome and peri-implant diseases: where are we now?Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2017Review
- The Treponema denticola FhbB Protein Is a Dominant Early Antigen That Elicits FhbB Variant-Specific Antibodies That Block Factor H Binding and Cleavage by Dentilisin.Infection and immunity · 2016Article
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Abstract
Treponema denticola, a gram-negative and anaerobic spirochete, is associated with advancing severity of chronic periodontitis. In this study, we confirmed that two major antigenic proteins were Msp and TmpC, and examined their physiological and pathological roles using gene-deletion mutants. Msp formed a large complex that localized to the outer membrane, while TmpC existed as a monomer and largely localized to the inner membrane. However, TmpC was also detected in the outer membrane fraction, but its cell-surface exposure was not detected. Msp defects increased cell-surface hydrophobicity and secretion of TNF-α from macrophage-like cells, whereas TmpC defects decreased autoagglutination and chymotrypsin-like protease activities. Both mutants adhered to gingival epithelial cells similarly to the wild-type and showed slightly decreased motility. In addition, in Msp-defective mutants, the TDE1072 protein, which is a major membrane protein, was abolished; therefore, phenotypic changes in the mutant can be, at least in part, attributed to the loss of the TDE1072 protein. Thus, the major antigenic proteins, Msp and TmpC, have significant and diverse impacts on the characteristics of T. denticola, especially cell surface properties.
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