Modulação da severidade da doença periodontal experimental por células CCR5+ / Modulation of experimental periodontal disease severity by CCR5+ cells

AUTOR(ES)

Samuel de Barros Ferreira Junior

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

The periodontal diseases (PD) affect the supportive tissues of the teeth and are triggered by periodontopathogens present in the dental biofilm. The clinical outcome is highly influenced by the host inflammatory and immune response with participation of many cellular types, that act in the local microenvironment modulating the host response to control the infection. Inflammatory cytokines, chemokines and its receptors are thought to be involved in the cellular migration to the periodontal tissues, but there is little knowledge about the mechanisms of determination of resistance or susceptibility to the PD and in the triggering of tissue damage by immune response components. This study evaluated the role of CCR5+ cells in the experimental PD induced by oral inoculation of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans in C57BL/6 wild type mice and CCR5-knockout mice. The phenotypic analysis of inflammatory infiltrate demonstrated that the most of CCR5+ cells coexpress CD3 and CXCR3, suggesting a phenotype compatible with Th1-type cells, and also co-express RANKL. In the absence of CCR5+ cells there was a significant overall reduction of inflammatory cells and RANKL+ cells influx to the periodontal tissues, reduction in the alveolar bone resorption, reduction in the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNFα-, IL-1β and IFN-γ expression, as a reduction in the expression of MMP-1, MMP-2 and MMP-13. The absence of CCR5+ cells did not impair the control of periodontal infection, despite the reduction of iNOS levels. In conclusion, these data demonstrate that the most of CCR5+ cells are Th1 cells, which act as important modulators of TNFα-, IL-1β and IFN-γ, MMP-1, MMP- 2 and MMP-13 levels, and which also express and modulate the expression of RANKL, playing an important role in the immunopathogenesis of experimental PD, without impairing the control of periodontal infection. These facts point to CCR5+ cells as potentials targets to therapeutic interventions aimed to control periodontal diseases.

ASSUNTO(S)

aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans chemokines bone resorption ccr5 receptors periodontite th1 cells reabsorção óssea cytokines quimiocinas rankl citocinas periodontitis células th1 rankl receptores ccr5

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