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- Title
Topical treatment with probiotic Lactobacillus brevis CD2 inhibits experimental periodontal inflammation and bone loss.
- Authors
Maekawa, T.; Hajishengallis, G.
- Abstract
Background and Objective An increasing body of evidence suggests that the use of probiotic bacteria is a promising intervention approach for the treatment of inflammatory diseases with a polymicrobial etiology. The objective of this study was to determine whether Lactobacillus brevis CD2 could inhibit periodontal inflammation and bone loss in experimental periodontitis. Material and Methods Periodontitis was induced by placing a silk ligature around the second maxillary molar of mice treated with L. brevis CD2 (8 × 105 CFU in 1 mm2 lyopatch) or placebo, which were placed between the gingiva and the buccal mucosa near the ligated teeth. The mice were killed after 5 d and bone loss was measured morphometrically, gingival expression of proinflammatory cytokines was determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, and CFU counts of periodontitis-associated bacteria were determined after aerobic and anaerobic culture. To determine the role of arginine deiminase released by L. brevis CD2, soluble extracts with or without formamidine (arginine deiminase inhibitor) were tested in in vitro cellular activation assays. Results Mice topically treated with L. brevis CD2 displayed significantly decreased bone loss and lower expression of tumor necrosis factor, and interleukin-1β, -6 and -17A as compared to placebo-treated mice. Moreover, L. brevis CD2-treated mice displayed lower counts of anaerobic bacteria but higher counts of aerobic bacteria than placebo-treated mice. In in vitro assays, the anti-inflammatory effects of soluble L. brevis CD2 extracts were heavily dependent on the presence of functional arginine deiminase, an enzyme that can inhibit nitric oxide synthesis. Conclusion These data provide proof-of-concept that the probiotic L. brevis CD2 can inhibit periodontitis through modulatory effects on the host response and the periodontal microbiota.
- Subjects
PENNSYLVANIA; PERIODONTITIS; BONE resorption; THERAPEUTIC use of probiotics; ACADEMIC medical centers; ALVEOLAR process; ANALYSIS of variance; ANIMAL experimentation; BIOLOGICAL models; BLOOD testing; MICE; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; POLYMERASE chain reaction; RESEARCH funding; T-test (Statistics); CUTANEOUS therapeutics; PROBIOTICS; REVERSE transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; DATA analysis software; PREVENTION
- Publication
Journal of Periodontal Research, 2014, Vol 49, Issue 6, p785
- ISSN
0022-3484
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/jre.12164