Tada Hiroyuki, Sugawara Shunji, Nemoto Eiji, Takahashi Nobuhiro, Imamura Takahisa, Potempa Jan, Travis James, Shimauchi Hidetoshi, Takada Haruhiko
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Japan.
Infect Immun. 2002 Jun;70(6):3304-7. doi: 10.1128/IAI.70.6.3304-3307.2002.
Arginine-specific cysteine proteinases (gingipains-R) from periodontopathic Porphyromonas gingivalis cleaved CD14, a bacterial pattern recognition receptor, on human gingival fibroblasts (HGF). Consequently, gingipains-R reduced lipopolysaccharide-induced interleukin-8 production by HGF, indicating that gingipains-R inhibited CD14-dependent HGF activation and are involved in immune evasion by the bacterium in periodontal tissues.
来自牙周病原菌牙龈卟啉单胞菌的精氨酸特异性半胱氨酸蛋白酶(牙龈蛋白酶-R)可切割人牙龈成纤维细胞(HGF)上的细菌模式识别受体CD14。因此,牙龈蛋白酶-R可减少HGF产生的脂多糖诱导的白细胞介素-8,这表明牙龈蛋白酶-R抑制了CD14依赖性HGF激活,并参与了该细菌在牙周组织中的免疫逃逸。