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Interleukin-6 and microRNA profiles induced by oral bacteria in human atheroma derived and healthy smooth muscle cells.

Tanja Pessi, Leena E Viiri, Emma Raitoharju, Nagora Astola, Ilkka Seppälä, Melanie Waldenberger, Kari Lounatmaa, Alun H Davies, Terho Lehtimäki, Pekka J Karhunen and 1 more

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Article in SpringerPlus, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Tanja PessiPirkanmaa Hospital District, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland ; Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, UK ; Medical School, Tampere University, Tampere, FIN-33014 Finland.
Leena E ViiriKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, UK.
Emma RaitoharjuPirkanmaa Hospital District, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland.
Nagora AstolaKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, UK.
Ilkka SeppäläPirkanmaa Hospital District, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland.
Melanie WaldenbergerResearch Unit of Molecular Epidemiology, Helmholtz Zentrum, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany ; Institute of Epidemiology II, Helmholtz Zentrum, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany.
Kari LounatmaaLounatmaa Ltd, Helsinki, Finland.
Alun H DaviesKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, UK.
Terho LehtimäkiPirkanmaa Hospital District, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland.
Pekka J KarhunenPirkanmaa Hospital District, University of Tampere School of Medicine and Fimlab Laboratories Ltd, Tampere, Finland.
Claudia MonacoKennedy Institute of Rheumatology, University of Oxford, London, UK.
University of Oxford · GBFimlab (Finland) · FITampere University · FIHelmholtz Zentrum München · DE

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/11/46/28979
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAtherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease with possible contributions from bacterial antigens. We aimed to investigate the role of oral bacteria as inducers of inflammatory cascades in smooth muscle cells from carotid endarterectomy patients (AthSMCs) and healthy controls (HSMCs).

findingsInactivated Streptococcus mitis, S. sanguinis, S. gorgonii, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis were used to stimulate inflammation in HSMCs and AthSMCs. Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNFα) was used as a positive control in all stimulations. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels were determined from cell culture supernatants and microRNA expression profiles from cells after 24 h of bacterial stimulation. Genome wide expression (GWE) analyses were performed after 5 h stimulation. All studied bacteria induced pro inflammatory IL-6 production in both SMCs. The most powerful inducer of IL-6 was A. actinomycetemcomitans (p < 0.001). Of the 84 studied miRNAs, expression of 9 miRNAs differed significantly (p ≤ 0.001) between HSMCs and AthSMCs stimulated with inactivated bacteria or TNFα. The data was divided into two groups: high IL-6 producers (A. actinomytectemcomititans and TNFα) and low IL-6 producers (streptococcal strains and P. gingivalis). The expression of 4 miRNAs (miR-181-5p, -186-5p, -28-5p and -155-5p) differed statistically significantly (p < 0.001) between healthy HSMCs and AthSMCs in the low IL-6 producer group. According to multidimensional scaling, two gene expression clusters were seen: one in HSMCs and one AthSMCs.

conclusionsOur results suggest that inactivated oral bacteria induce inflammation that is differently regulated in healthy and atherosclerotic SMCs.

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AtherosclerosisGenome wide expressionInflammationmicroRNAOral bacteriaSmooth muscle cells

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