Porphyromonas gingivalis

Porphyromonas gingivalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Bacteroidota
Class: Bacteroidia
Order: Bacteroidales
Family: Porphyromonadaceae
Genus: Porphyromonas
Species:
P. gingivalis
Binomial name
Porphyromonas gingivalis
(Coykendall et al. 1980) Shah and Collins 1988

Porphyromonas gingivalis belongs to the phylum Bacteroidota and is a nonmotile, Gram-negative, rod-shaped, anaerobic, pathogenic bacterium. It forms black colonies on blood agar.

It is found in the oral cavity, where it is implicated in periodontal disease,[1] as well as in the upper gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory tract, and the colon. It has been isolated from women with bacterial vaginosis.[2]

Collagen degradation observed in chronic periodontal disease results in part from the collagenase enzymes of this species. It has been shown in an in vitro study that P. gingivalis can invade human gingival fibroblasts and can survive in the presence of antibiotics.[3] P. gingivalis invades gingival epithelial cells in high numbers, in which case both bacteria and epithelial cells survive for extended periods of time. High levels of specific antibodies can be detected in patients harboring P. gingivalis.

P. gingivalis infection has been linked to Alzheimer's disease[4] and rheumatoid arthritis. It contains the enzyme peptidyl-arginine deiminase, which is involved in citrullination.[5] Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have increased incidence of periodontal disease;[6] antibodies against the bacterium are significantly more common in these patients.[7]

P. gingivalis is divided into K-serotypes based upon capsular antigenicity of the various types.[8]

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  2. ^ Africa CW, Nel J, Stemmet M (July 2014). "Anaerobes and bacterial vaginosis in pregnancy: virulence factors contributing to vaginal colonisation". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 11 (7): 6979–7000. doi:10.3390/ijerph110706979. PMC 4113856. PMID 25014248.
  3. ^ Irshad M, van der Reijden WA, Crielaard W, Laine ML (December 2012). "In vitro invasion and survival of Porphyromonas gingivalis in gingival fibroblasts; role of the capsule". Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 60 (6): 469–76. doi:10.1007/s00005-012-0196-8. PMID 22949096. S2CID 14254746.
  4. ^ Dominy SS, Lynch C, Ermini F, Benedyk M, Marczyk A, Konradi A, et al. (January 2019). "Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer's disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors". Science Advances. 5 (1): eaau3333. Bibcode:2019SciA....5.3333D. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aau3333. PMC 6357742. PMID 30746447.
  5. ^ Wegner N, Wait R, Sroka A, Eick S, Nguyen KA, Lundberg K, et al. (September 2010). "Peptidylarginine deiminase from Porphyromonas gingivalis citrullinates human fibrinogen and α-enolase: implications for autoimmunity in rheumatoid arthritis". Arthritis and Rheumatism. 62 (9): 2662–72. doi:10.1002/art.27552. PMC 2941529. PMID 20506214.
  6. ^ Berthelot JM, Le Goff B (December 2010). "Rheumatoid arthritis and periodontal disease". Joint Bone Spine. 77 (6): 537–41. doi:10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.04.015. PMID 20646949.
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  8. ^ American Academy of Periodontology 2010 In-Service Exam, question A-85