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- Title
Infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis Increases Phosphate-Induced Calcification of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.
- Authors
Park, Hyun-Joo; Kim, Yeon; Kim, Mi-Kyoung; Park, Hae-Ryoun; Kim, Hyung-Joon; Bae, Soo-Kyung; Bae, Moon-Kyoung
- Abstract
Accumulating evidence suggests a link between periodontal disease and cardiovascular diseases. Vascular calcification is the pathological precipitation of phosphate and calcium in the vasculature and is closely associated with increased cardiovascular risk and mortality. In this study, we have demonstrated that the infection with Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis), one of the major periodontal pathogens, increases inorganic phosphate-induced vascular calcification through the phenotype transition, apoptosis, and matrix vesicle release of vascular smooth muscle cells. Moreover, P. gingivalis infection accelerated the phosphate-induced calcium deposition in cultured rat aorta ex vivo. Taken together, our findings indicate that P. gingivalis contributes to the periodontal infection-related vascular diseases associated with vascular calcification.
- Subjects
PORPHYROMONAS gingivalis; PORPHYROMONAS gingivalis infections; VASCULAR smooth muscle; MUSCLE cells; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases
- Publication
Cells (2073-4409), 2020, Vol 9, Issue 12, p2694
- ISSN
2073-4409
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/cells9122694