Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Department of Community Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Nov 16;24(22):16393. doi: 10.3390/ijms242216393.
is a subgingival periodontal bacterium constituting the subgingival pathogenic polymicrobial milieu during periodontitis (PD). miRNAs play a pivotal role in maintaining periodontal tissue homeostasis at the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and epigenetic levels. The aim of this study was to characterize the global microRNAs (miRNA, miR) expression kinetics in 8- and 16-week-old -infected C57BL/6J mouse mandibles and to identify the miRNA bacterial biomarkers of disease process at specific time points. We examined the differential expression (DE) of miRNAs in mouse mandibles ( = 10) using high-throughput NanoString nCounter miRNA expression panels, which provided significant advantages over specific candidate miRNA or pathway analyses. All the -infected mice at two specific time points showed bacterial colonization (100%) in the gingival surface, along with a significant increase in alveolar bone resorption (ABR) ( < 0.0001). We performed a NanoString analysis of specific miRNA signatures, miRNA target pathways, and gene network analysis. A total of 115 miRNAs were DE in the mandible tissue during 8 and 16 weeks The infection, compared with sham infection, and the majority (99) of DE miRNAs were downregulated. nCounter miRNA expression kinetics identified 67 downregulated miRNAs (e.g., miR-375, miR-200c, miR-200b, miR-34b-5p, miR-141) during an 8-week infection, whereas 16 upregulated miRNAs (e.g., miR-1902, miR-let-7c, miR-146a) and 32 downregulated miRNAs (e.g., miR-2135, miR-720, miR-376c) were identified during a 16-week infection. Two miRNAs, miR-375 and miR-200c, were highly downregulated with >twofold change during an 8-week infection. Six miRNAs in the 8-week infection (miR-200b, miR-141, miR-205, miR-423-3p, miR-141-3p, miR-34a-5p) and two miRNAs in the 16-week infection (miR-27a-3p, miR-15a-5p) that were downregulated have also been reported in the gingival tissue and saliva of periodontitis patients. This preclinical in vivo study identified -specific miRNAs (miR-let-7c, miR-210, miR-146a, miR-423-5p, miR-24, miR-218, miR-26b, miR-23a-3p) and these miRs have also been reported in the gingival tissues and saliva of periodontitis patients. Further, several DE miRNAs that are significantly upregulated (e.g., miR-101b, miR-218, miR-127, miR-24) are also associated with many systemic diseases such as atherosclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, diabetes, obesity, and several cancers. In addition to DE analysis, we utilized the XGBoost (eXtreme Gradient boost) and Random Forest machine learning (ML) algorithms to assess the impact that the number of miRNA copies has on predicting whether a mouse is infected. XGBoost found that miR-339-5p was most predictive for mice infection at 16 weeks. miR-592-5p was most predictive for mice infection at 8 weeks and also when the 8-week and 16-week results were grouped together. Random Forest predicted miR-592 as most predictive at 8 weeks as well as the combined 8-week and 16-week results, but miR-423-5p was most predictive at 16 weeks. In conclusion, the expression levels of miR-375 and miR-200c family differed significantly during disease process, and these miRNAs establishes a link between and development of periodontitis genesis, offering new insights regarding the pathobiology of this bacterium.
是一种龈下牙周致病菌,构成牙周炎(PD)期间龈下致病性多微生物环境。miRNAs 在维持牙周组织的转录、转录后和表观遗传水平的组织内稳态方面发挥着关键作用。本研究的目的是描述在 8 周和 16 周感染的 C57BL/6J 小鼠下颌骨中的全局 microRNAs(miRNA,miR)表达动力学,并确定疾病过程特定时间点的细菌生物标志物。我们使用高通量 NanoString nCounter miRNA 表达谱分析了小鼠下颌骨(n = 10)中的差异表达(DE)miRNAs,这与特定候选 miRNA 或途径分析相比具有显著优势。在两个特定时间点,所有感染的小鼠均显示牙龈表面有细菌定植(100%),同时牙槽骨吸收(ABR)显著增加(<0.0001)。我们进行了特定 miRNA 特征、miRNA 靶途径和基因网络分析的 NanoString 分析。与假感染相比,在 8 和 16 周的感染中,下颌骨组织中有 115 个 miRNA 发生了 DE,其中大多数(99%)DE miRNA 下调。nCounter miRNA 表达动力学在 8 周感染期间确定了 67 个下调 miRNA(例如 miR-375、miR-200c、miR-200b、miR-34b-5p、miR-141),而在 16 周感染期间,有 16 个上调 miRNA(例如 miR-1902、miR-let-7c、miR-146a)和 32 个下调 miRNA(例如 miR-2135、miR-720、miR-376c)。两个 miRNA,miR-375 和 miR-200c,在 8 周感染期间下调超过两倍。在 8 周感染中有 6 个 miRNA(miR-200b、miR-141、miR-205、miR-423-3p、miR-141-3p、miR-34a-5p)和在 16 周感染中有 2 个 miRNA(miR-27a-3p、miR-15a-5p)下调,这些 miRNA 也在牙周炎患者的牙龈组织和唾液中报道过。这项临床前体内研究鉴定了与牙周炎相关的特异性 miRNA(miR-let-7c、miR-210、miR-146a、miR-423-5p、miR-24、miR-218、miR-26b、miR-23a-3p),并且这些 miRs 也在牙周炎患者的牙龈组织和唾液中报道过。此外,一些显著上调的 DE miRNA(例如 miR-101b、miR-218、miR-127、miR-24)也与许多系统性疾病有关,如动脉粥样硬化、阿尔茨海默病、类风湿性关节炎、骨关节炎、糖尿病、肥胖症和几种癌症。除了 DE 分析,我们还利用 XGBoost(极端梯度提升)和随机森林机器学习(ML)算法来评估 miRNA 拷贝数对预测小鼠感染的影响。XGBoost 发现 miR-339-5p 对 16 周的小鼠感染最具预测性。miR-592-5p 对 8 周的小鼠感染最具预测性,也对 8 周和 16 周的结果进行分组时最具预测性。随机森林预测 miR-592 在 8 周时以及 8 周和 16 周的合并结果时最具预测性,但 miR-423-5p 在 16 周时最具预测性。总之,miR-375 和 miR-200c 家族在疾病过程中的表达水平差异显著,这些 miRNA 建立了与牙周炎发生的之间的联系,为该细菌的病理生物学提供了新的见解。
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