We sought to compare the characteristics and clinical significance of neutrophil extracellular traps in gingival samples from patients with periodontitis and those with gingivitis. The clinical indexes of gingival samples from patients with periodontitis and gingivitis were measured; the expression of TNF-alpha and IL-8 was measured by real-time fluorescent quantitative PCR; and the expression of TLR-8 and MMP-9 was measured by western blotting assays. Chemotaxis, phagocytosis and phagocytic activity of neutrophils were measured. Compared with the healthy group, the expression of TNF-α and IL-8 in the periodontitis group and the gingivitis group increased significantly (p < 0.05), and TNF-α in the gingivitis group was significantly lower than that in the healthy group (p < 0.05). The expression of IL-8 in the periodontitis group was significantly higher than that in the periodontitis group (p < 0.05). Furthermore, the expression of TLR-8 and MMP-9 in the periodontitis group was different from that in the gingivitis group and the healthy group, and the expression of TLR-8 and MMP-9 in the gingivitis group was significantly different from that in the healthy group (p < 0.05). In addition, the neutrophil mobility index in healthy people was 3.02 ± 0.53, that in the periodontitis group was 2.21 ± 0.13, and that in the gingivitis group was 2.31 ± 0.12. In conclusion, the chemotaxis of neutrophils in gingival samples of patients with periodontitis and gingivitis was decreased, the phagocytotic ability and activity of neutrophils were reduced, and the release of the extracellular trap-releasing inducible factors TNF-alpha and IL-8 also declined.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of miR-210 abnormal expression on Porphyromonas gingivalis lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-treated primary human periodontal ligament cells (PDLCs). The miR-210 level was identified in gingival tissues from patients with chronic periodontitis (CP) and healthy subjects as well as LPS-treated PDLCs by qRT-PCR. Cell viability, apoptotic cells, expression of proteins associated with apoptosis, and release of inflammatory factors in LPS-treated PDLCs were measured using MTT assay, flow cytometry assay, western blotting and ELISA, respectively. Effects of miR-210 abnormal expression on cell viability, cell apoptosis and inflammation factors in LPS-treated PDLCs were evaluated. Afterwards, the target gene of miR-210 was identified, and the involvement of p38MAPK/NF-jB pathway with the effects of miR-210 was finally studied. The miR-210 level was significantly down-regulated in gingival tissues from CP patients as well as LPS-treated PDLCs. LPS-induced decrease of cell viability, increase of apoptosis, and release of TNF-a, IL-1b, IL-6 and IL-8 were attenuated by miR-210 overexpression. We found that hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-3a was a target of miR-210, and HIF-3a overexpression partly reversed the effects of miR-210 up-regulation on cell viability, cell apoptosis and inflammation factors expression in LPS-treated PDLCs. Moreover, the phosphorylation levels of key kinases in the NF-jB and p38MAPK pathways were reduced by miR-210 via targeting HIF-3a in LPS-treated PDLCs. MiR-210 attenuated LPS-induced periodontitis, and the LPS-induced activation of the NF-jB and p38MAPK pathways was attenuated by miR-210 via targeting HIF-3a in PDLCs.
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