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- Title
Subgingival Microbiome in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients with Periodontitis.
- Authors
Chen, Yi-Jing; Hung, Wei-Chun; Chou, Yu-Hsiang; Lai, Chern-Hsiung; Peng, Po; Jhou, Pei-Syuan; Tsai, Min-Ru; Sheu, Jim Jinn-Chyuan; Yen, Jeng-Hsien
- Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and periodontitis are suggested to be closely linked based on microbial dysbiosis, but limited subgingival bacteria have been proven in the pathogenesis of RA. We enrolled 30 RA patients and 25 controls and divided them into three groups with matched age, gender, and diabetes statuses: group AM (all of the matched participants), group PD (periodontally diseased), and group PH (periodontally healthy). Their subgingival microbial composition was determined by V3–V4 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Significant differences in subgingival microbial clustering between the RA patients and controls were observed in groups AM and PD. Among the taxa enriched in RA, Aminipila butyrica and Peptococcus simiae were the only two species displaying positive correlation to the level of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs) in both of the groups. Surprisingly, the median of relative abundances of A. butyrica and P. simiae were 0% in the controls of group PD. Furthermore, a gene encoding arginine deiminase with the capability to produce citrulline was addressed in the complete genome sequence of A. butyrica. This is the first study to elucidate the important roles of A. butyrica and P. simiae as periodontal bacteria leading to RA possibly through the induction of ACPA production.
- Subjects
RHEUMATOID arthritis; WHOLE genome sequencing; ARGININE deiminase; PERIODONTITIS; AGE groups
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022, Vol 23, Issue 17, p9883
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms23179883