Sweep 1.3 Flashcards
Important acute phase proteins
Complement components: opsonization, lysis, chemotaxis (CTX) Protease inhibitors (2-macroglobulin) C-reactive protein (CRP): opsonization Fibrinogen: coagulation factor, CTX Plasminogen: degrades blood clots
S. sanguis and P. gingivalis can induce
thrombo-embolic events (Herzberg & Meyer, 1996). This action is mediated by collagen-like platelet aggregation associated proteins made by bacteria.
A. actinomycetemcomitans LPS enhances
foam cell formation by macrophages incubated in vitro with LDL (Morishita et al, 2013)
Gingipains from P. gingivalis up-regulate expression of
angiopoetin 2 (pro-inflammatory action) and down-regulate expression of antiopoetin 1 (anti-inflammatory) in human aortic smooth muscle cells. This change in gene expression increases migration of smooth muscle cells and promotes atherosclerosis (Zhang et al, 2015)
Subjects with severe periodontitis are more likely to have elevated
HbA1c levels than subjects in health or with moderate periodontitis.
If you remove plaque and lesion, the signal for turning on basal layer of epithelium
goes away. You stop producing pro-inflammatory cytokines.
Early lesion
Accumulation of
lymphoid cells immediately subjacent to JE
Early lesion
Cytopathic alteration in
resident fibroblasts
Further loss of collagen network
Early lesion
Early proliferation of
basal cells of JE
Inflammatory changes are clinically evident
Established lesion histopathology
Increased swelling clinically evident
Increased fluid exudation, leukocyte migration
Plasma cells increase around blood vessels and in coronal CT
Collagen loss continues as infiltrate expands
Established lesion
In addition to macrophages and serum proteins,
T and B cells and plasma cells are present
Established lesion
Activated T cells produce
cytokines (IL-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 13, TNF-) and chemotactic substances (MCP, MIP and RANTES)
Established lesion
Plasma cells produce
Ig and cytokines (IL-6 and TNF-)
Established lesion
Fibroblasts produce
MMPs and TIMPs
TIMP =
tissue inhibitor metalloproteinase – counter proteinaise, balance still shifts to protenolysis.
Conversion of JE to PE
The JE and sulcular epithelium proliferate, migrate deep into CT
The sulcus deepens and the coronal portion of the JE is converted into permeable pocket epithelium (PE)
The PE is not attached to tooth surface
The PE is loaded with PMNs
Switch from T- to B-cell predominance signals conversion from
gingivitis to periodontitis