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- Title
Allicin May Promote Reversal of T-Cell Dysfunction in Periodontitis via the PD-1 Pathway.
- Authors
Patil, Shankargouda; Sayed, Mohammed E.; Mugri, Maryam H.; Alsharif, Khalaf F.; Salman, Arif; Bhandi, Shilpa; Baeshen, Hosam Ali; Balaji, Thodur Madapusi; Yadalam, Pradeep Kumar; Varadarajan, Saranya; Radha, R. Srimathi R.; Awan, Kamran Habib; Patil, Vikrant R.; Raj, A. Thirumal
- Abstract
We evaluated the role of allicin in periodontitis using an in silico and in vitro design. An in silico docking analysis was performed to assess the plausible interactions between allicin and PD-L1. The cytokine profile of gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) samples obtained from periodontitis patients was estimated by cytometric bead array. CD3+ lymphocytes isolated from the peripheral blood were sorted and characterized using immunomagnetic techniques. Cultured and expanded lymphocytes were treated with the GCF samples to induce T-cell exhaustion. Optimum concentrations of allicin were added to exhausted lymphocytes to compare the expression of TIM-3 and LAG-3 gene expression at baseline and post-treatment. Allicin was found to bind to the PD-L1 molecule as revealed by the in-silico experiment, which is possibly an inhibitory interaction although not proven. GCF from periodontitis patients had significantly higher concentrations of TNF-α, CCL2, IL-6, IFN-γ, and CXCL8 than controls. GCF treatment of CD3+ lymphocytes from the periodontitis patients significantly increased expression of T-cell exhaustion markers TIM-3 and LAG-3. Allicin administration with GCF treatment resulted in significant lowering of the expression of exhaustion markers. Allicin may exert an immunostimulatory role and reverse immune-destructive mechanisms such as T-cell exhaustion.
- Subjects
PROTEIN expression; PERIODONTITIS; PROGRAMMED cell death 1 receptors; GINGIVAL fluid; HEPATITIS A virus cellular receptors; LYMPHOCYTE count
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, Vol 22, Issue 17, p9162
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms22179162