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Article: Diversity of Treponema denticola and Other Oral Treponeme Lineages in Subjects with Periodontitis and Gingivitis

TitleDiversity of Treponema denticola and Other Oral Treponeme Lineages in Subjects with Periodontitis and Gingivitis
Authors
KeywordsTreponema denticola
UMP kinase
bacterial infection
etiology
gingivitis
Issue Date2021
PublisherAmerican Society for Microbiology: Open Access Journals. The Journal's web site is located at https://journals.asm.org/journal/spectrum
Citation
Microbiology Spectrum, 2021, v. 9 n. 2, p. article no. e00701-21 How to Cite?
AbstractMore than 75 species/species-level phylotypes belonging to the genus Treponema inhabit the human oral cavity. Treponema denticola is commonly associated with periodontal disease, but the etiological roles and ecological distributions of other oral treponemes remain more obscure. Here, we compared the clinical distributions of phylogroup 1 and 2 oral treponemes in subgingival plaque sampled from Chinese subjects with periodontitis (n = 10) and gingivitis (n = 8) via sequence analysis of the highly conserved pyrH housekeeping gene. Two PCR primer sets that targeted oral phylogroup 1 and 2 treponeme pyrH genes were used to construct plasmid clone amplicon libraries for each subject, and the libraries were sequenced for bioinformatic analysis. A total of 1,204 quality-filtered, full-length pyrH gene sequences were obtained from the cohort (median number, 61.5 cloned pyrH sequences per subject; range, 59 to 83), which were assigned to 34 pyrH genotypes (designated pyrH001 to pyrH034; 97% sequence identity cutoff). Eighteen pyrH genotypes (536 pyrH sequences) corresponded to phylogroup 1 treponeme taxa (including Treponema vincentii and Treponema medium). Sixteen pyrH genotypes (668 pyrH sequences) corresponded to T. denticola and other phylogroup 2 treponemes. Samples from periodontitis subjects contained a greater diversity of phylogroup 2 pyrH genotypes than did samples from gingivitis subjects (Mann-Whitney U test). One T. denticola pyrH genotype (pyrH001) was highly prevalent, detected in 10/10 periodontitis and 6/8 gingivitis subjects. Several subjects harbored multiple T. denticola pyrH genotypes. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling and permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) revealed no significant differences in overall pyrH genotype compositions between periodontitis and gingivitis subjects. Taken together, our results show that subjects with periodontitis and gingivitis commonly harbor highly taxonomically diverse communities of oral treponemes. IMPORTANCE Periodontal diseases, such as periodontitis, are highly complex, multifactorial inflammatory infectious diseases affecting the gums and tooth-supporting structures. They are caused by chronic accumulations of dental plaque below the gum line that typically comprise hundreds of different bacterial species. Certain species of spiral-shaped bacteria known as treponemes, most notably Treponema denticola, are proposed to play key roles in the development and progression of periodontal disease. In our study, we characterized the genetic lineages of T. denticola, Treponema vincentii, Treponema medium, and related species of treponeme bacteria that were present in dental plaque samples from Chinese subjects with periodontal disease. Our results revealed that individual subjects commonly harbored multiple genetic lineages (strains) of T. denticola and other species of treponeme bacteria. Taken together, our results indicate that highly diverse and complex populations of oral treponemes may be present in dental plaque, which may potentially play important roles affecting periodontal health status.
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dc.contributor.authorZeng, H-
dc.contributor.authorChan, Y-
dc.contributor.authorGao, W-
dc.contributor.authorLeung, WK-
dc.contributor.authorWatt, RM-
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-01T07:52:12Z-
dc.date.available2021-12-01T07:52:12Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationMicrobiology Spectrum, 2021, v. 9 n. 2, p. article no. e00701-21-
dc.identifier.issn2165-0497-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/308351-
dc.description.abstractMore than 75 species/species-level phylotypes belonging to the genus Treponema inhabit the human oral cavity. Treponema denticola is commonly associated with periodontal disease, but the etiological roles and ecological distributions of other oral treponemes remain more obscure. Here, we compared the clinical distributions of phylogroup 1 and 2 oral treponemes in subgingival plaque sampled from Chinese subjects with periodontitis (n = 10) and gingivitis (n = 8) via sequence analysis of the highly conserved pyrH housekeeping gene. Two PCR primer sets that targeted oral phylogroup 1 and 2 treponeme pyrH genes were used to construct plasmid clone amplicon libraries for each subject, and the libraries were sequenced for bioinformatic analysis. A total of 1,204 quality-filtered, full-length pyrH gene sequences were obtained from the cohort (median number, 61.5 cloned pyrH sequences per subject; range, 59 to 83), which were assigned to 34 pyrH genotypes (designated pyrH001 to pyrH034; 97% sequence identity cutoff). Eighteen pyrH genotypes (536 pyrH sequences) corresponded to phylogroup 1 treponeme taxa (including Treponema vincentii and Treponema medium). Sixteen pyrH genotypes (668 pyrH sequences) corresponded to T. denticola and other phylogroup 2 treponemes. Samples from periodontitis subjects contained a greater diversity of phylogroup 2 pyrH genotypes than did samples from gingivitis subjects (Mann-Whitney U test). One T. denticola pyrH genotype (pyrH001) was highly prevalent, detected in 10/10 periodontitis and 6/8 gingivitis subjects. Several subjects harbored multiple T. denticola pyrH genotypes. Nonmetric multidimensional scaling and permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) revealed no significant differences in overall pyrH genotype compositions between periodontitis and gingivitis subjects. Taken together, our results show that subjects with periodontitis and gingivitis commonly harbor highly taxonomically diverse communities of oral treponemes. IMPORTANCE Periodontal diseases, such as periodontitis, are highly complex, multifactorial inflammatory infectious diseases affecting the gums and tooth-supporting structures. They are caused by chronic accumulations of dental plaque below the gum line that typically comprise hundreds of different bacterial species. Certain species of spiral-shaped bacteria known as treponemes, most notably Treponema denticola, are proposed to play key roles in the development and progression of periodontal disease. In our study, we characterized the genetic lineages of T. denticola, Treponema vincentii, Treponema medium, and related species of treponeme bacteria that were present in dental plaque samples from Chinese subjects with periodontal disease. Our results revealed that individual subjects commonly harbored multiple genetic lineages (strains) of T. denticola and other species of treponeme bacteria. Taken together, our results indicate that highly diverse and complex populations of oral treponemes may be present in dental plaque, which may potentially play important roles affecting periodontal health status.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Microbiology: Open Access Journals. The Journal's web site is located at https://journals.asm.org/journal/spectrum-
dc.relation.ispartofMicrobiology Spectrum-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectTreponema denticola-
dc.subjectUMP kinase-
dc.subjectbacterial infection-
dc.subjectetiology-
dc.subjectgingivitis-
dc.titleDiversity of Treponema denticola and Other Oral Treponeme Lineages in Subjects with Periodontitis and Gingivitis-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailChan, Y: yukicyk@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailLeung, WK: ewkleung@hkucc.hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailWatt, RM: rmwatt@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityChan, Y=rp02228-
dc.identifier.authorityLeung, WK=rp00019-
dc.identifier.authorityWatt, RM=rp00043-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1128/Spectrum.00701-21-
dc.identifier.pmid34585987-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC8557910-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85119135057-
dc.identifier.hkuros330575-
dc.identifier.volume9-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. e00701-
dc.identifier.epage21-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000728629300090-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-

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