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Article: Oral Treponeme Major Surface Protein: Sequence Diversity and Distributions within Periodontal Niches

TitleOral Treponeme Major Surface Protein: Sequence Diversity and Distributions within Periodontal Niches
Authors
KeywordsBacterial virulence factor
Dentistry
Oral microbiome
Phylogeny
Protein signal peptide
Issue Date2017
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=2041-1006&site=1
Citation
Molecular Oral Microbiology, 2017, v. 32 n. 6, p. 455-474 How to Cite?
AbstractTreponema denticola and other species (phylotypes) of oral spirochetes are widely-considered to play important etiological roles in periodontitis and other oral infections. The major surface protein (Msp) of T. denticola is directly implicated in several pathological mechanisms. Here, we have analyzed msp sequence diversity across 68 strains of oral phylogroup 1 and 2 treponemes; including reference strains of T. denticola, Treponema putidum, Treponema medium, ‘Treponema vincentii’, and ‘Treponema sinensis’. All encoded Msp proteins contained highly-conserved, taxon-specific signal peptides, and shared a predicted ‘three-domain’ structure. A clone-based strategy employing ‘msp-specific’ PCR primers was used to analyze msp gene sequence diversity present in subgingival plaque samples collected from a group of chronic periodontitis subjects (n=10), versus periodontitis-free controls (n=10). We obtained 626 clinical msp gene sequences, which were assigned to 21 distinct ‘clinical msp genotypes’ (95% sequence identity cut-off). The most frequently-detected clinical msp genotype corresponded to T. denticola ATCC 35405T, but this was not correlated to disease status. UniFrac and libshuff analysis revealed that periodontitis subjects and periodontitis-free controls harboured significantly different communities of treponeme clinical msp genotypes (p<0.001). Subjects with periodontitis had higher levels of clinical msp genotype diversity than periodontitis-free controls (Mann Whitney U-test, p<0.05). The relative proportions of ‘T. vincentii’ clinical msp genotypes were significantly higher in the control group than in the periodontitis group (p=0.018). In conclusion, our data clearly shows that healthy as well as diseased individuals commonly harbour a wide diversity of Treponema clinical msp genotypes within their subgingival niches.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/242174
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.841
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dc.contributor.authorYou, M-
dc.contributor.authorChan, YK-
dc.contributor.authorLacap-Bugler, DC-
dc.contributor.authorHuo, YB-
dc.contributor.authorGao, W-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, WK-
dc.contributor.authorWatt, RM-
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-24T01:36:21Z-
dc.date.available2017-07-24T01:36:21Z-
dc.date.issued2017-
dc.identifier.citationMolecular Oral Microbiology, 2017, v. 32 n. 6, p. 455-474-
dc.identifier.issn2041-1006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/242174-
dc.description.abstractTreponema denticola and other species (phylotypes) of oral spirochetes are widely-considered to play important etiological roles in periodontitis and other oral infections. The major surface protein (Msp) of T. denticola is directly implicated in several pathological mechanisms. Here, we have analyzed msp sequence diversity across 68 strains of oral phylogroup 1 and 2 treponemes; including reference strains of T. denticola, Treponema putidum, Treponema medium, ‘Treponema vincentii’, and ‘Treponema sinensis’. All encoded Msp proteins contained highly-conserved, taxon-specific signal peptides, and shared a predicted ‘three-domain’ structure. A clone-based strategy employing ‘msp-specific’ PCR primers was used to analyze msp gene sequence diversity present in subgingival plaque samples collected from a group of chronic periodontitis subjects (n=10), versus periodontitis-free controls (n=10). We obtained 626 clinical msp gene sequences, which were assigned to 21 distinct ‘clinical msp genotypes’ (95% sequence identity cut-off). The most frequently-detected clinical msp genotype corresponded to T. denticola ATCC 35405T, but this was not correlated to disease status. UniFrac and libshuff analysis revealed that periodontitis subjects and periodontitis-free controls harboured significantly different communities of treponeme clinical msp genotypes (p<0.001). Subjects with periodontitis had higher levels of clinical msp genotype diversity than periodontitis-free controls (Mann Whitney U-test, p<0.05). The relative proportions of ‘T. vincentii’ clinical msp genotypes were significantly higher in the control group than in the periodontitis group (p=0.018). In conclusion, our data clearly shows that healthy as well as diseased individuals commonly harbour a wide diversity of Treponema clinical msp genotypes within their subgingival niches.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=2041-1006&site=1-
dc.relation.ispartofMolecular Oral Microbiology-
dc.subjectBacterial virulence factor-
dc.subjectDentistry-
dc.subjectOral microbiome-
dc.subjectPhylogeny-
dc.subjectProtein signal peptide-
dc.titleOral Treponeme Major Surface Protein: Sequence Diversity and Distributions within Periodontal Niches-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChan, YK: yukicyk@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, WK: ewkleung@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailWatt, RM: rmwatt@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChan, YK=rp02228-
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, WK=rp00019-
dc.identifier.authorityWatt, RM=rp00043-
dc.description.naturelink_to_subscribed_fulltext-
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/omi.12185-
dc.identifier.pmid28453906-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85021341132-
dc.identifier.hkuros273201-
dc.identifier.volume32-
dc.identifier.issue6-
dc.identifier.spage455-
dc.identifier.epage474-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000422627000003-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl2041-1006-

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