Project description:Genotyping studies suggest that there is genetic variability among P. gingivalis strains, however the extent of variability remains unclear, and the regions of variability have only partially been identified. We previously used heteroduplex analysis of the ribosomal operon intergenic spacer region (ISR) to type P. gingivalis strains in several diverse populations, identifying 6 predominant heteroduplex types and many minor ones. In addition we used ISR sequence analysis to determine the relatedness of P. gingivalis strains to one another, and demonstrated a link between ISR sequence phylogeny and the disease-associated phenotype of P. gingivalis strains. The availability of whole genome microarrays based on the genomic sequence of strain W83 has allowed a more comprehensive analysis of P. gingivalis strain variability, using the entire genome. The objectives of this study were to define the phylogeny of P. gingivalis strains using the entire genome, to compare the phylogeny based on genome content to the phylogeny based on a single locus (ISR), and to identify genes that are associated with the strongly disease-associated strain W83 that could be important for virulence. Keywords: Comparative genomic hybridization
Project description:Genotyping studies suggest that there is genetic variability among P. gingivalis strains, however the extent of variability remains unclear, and the regions of variability have only partially been identified. We previously used heteroduplex analysis of the ribosomal operon intergenic spacer region (ISR) to type P. gingivalis strains in several diverse populations, identifying 6 predominant heteroduplex types and many minor ones. In addition we used ISR sequence analysis to determine the relatedness of P. gingivalis strains to one another, and demonstrated a link between ISR sequence phylogeny and the disease-associated phenotype of P. gingivalis strains. The availability of whole genome microarrays based on the genomic sequence of strain W83 has allowed a more comprehensive analysis of P. gingivalis strain variability, using the entire genome. The objectives of this study were to define the phylogeny of P. gingivalis strains using the entire genome, to compare the phylogeny based on genome content to the phylogeny based on a single locus (ISR), and to identify genes that are associated with the strongly disease-associated strain W83 that could be important for virulence. Keywords: Comparative genomic hybridization Comparative genomic analysis of 7 clinically prevalent P. gingivalis strains was performed, using whole genome microarrays based on the sequence of strain W83. Strain W83 was the reference strains and there were 6 test strains. Flip-dye replicates were performed.
Project description:The role of ECF sigma factors PG0162, PG01660 were involved in virulence regulationin Porphyromonas gingivalis was published Yuetan Dou, Devon Osbourne, Rachelle McKenzie, Hansel M Fletcher. (2010) Involvement of extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in virulence regulation in Porphyromonas gingivalis W83. FEMS Microbiology Letter, 312(1):24-32.
Project description:Wild type Porphyromonas gingivalis strain ATCC33277 (V3176) and PG1626 - deficient mutant (V3177) were grown in iron replete conditions was used to compare to Porphyromonas gingivalis strains grown in iron chelated conditions.
Project description:Porphyrmonas gingivalis is an oral pathogen associated with the inflammatory disease periodontitis. The colonization of oral epithelial surfaces by P. gingivalis may also lead to the autoimmune disease rheumatoid arthritis. One of the hallmarks of rheumatoid arthritis is the loss of tolerance against citrullinated proteins. Citrullination is a post-translational modification of arginine residues, leading to a change in structure and function of the respective protein. This modification is catalysed by peptidylarginine deiminases (PAD). Interestingly, P. gingivalis secretes a citrullinating enzyme, known as P. gingivalis PAD (PPAD), which targets bacterial and human proteins. Since the extent of P. gingivalis protein citrullination by PPAD was not yet known, the present study was aimed at identifying the extracellular proteome and citrullinome of P. gingivalis. To this end, extracellular proteins of two reference strains, two PPAD-deficient mutants and three clinical isolates of P. gingivalis were analysed by mass spectrometry. The results uncovered substantial heterogeneity in the extracellular proteome and citrullinome of P. gingivalis, especially in relation to the extracellular detection of typical cytoplasmic proteins. In contrast, major virulence factors were identified in all investigated isolates although their citrullination was shown to vary. This may be related to post-translational processing of the PPAD enzyme.
Project description:CGH was used to compare the genomes of a non-invading P. gingivalis strain to the database W83 strain (invader). For hybridization and scanning, TIGR microarrays and protocols were used. The results were independently processed using two different software packages. We used P. gingivalis microarrays in comparative genomics to specifically address the P. gingivalis invasive genotype using invasive and non-invasive phenotypes.
Project description:CGH was used to compare the genomes of a non-invading P. gingivalis strain to the database W83 strain (invader). For hybridization and scanning, TIGR microarrays and protocols were used. The results were independently processed using two different software packages.
Project description:The aim of the study was to identify the role of flavodoxin gene in the virulence of P. gingivalis W83.The mRNA profiles of P. gingivalis W83 and flavodoxin mutant strain were generated by deep sequencing, in triplicate, using Illumina sequencing platform. Differential expression analysis of two groups (Three biological replicates per group) was performed using the DESeq R package. In total, 376 genes met the DEGs criteria (194 upregulated genes and 182 down-regulated genes). The KEGG pathway analysis indicated the DEGs were significantly enriched in three KEGG pathways, comprising pathways associated with Peroxisome, Two-component system and Quorum sensing.Importantly, we found that the flavodoxin gene can regulate the type IX secretion system and oxidative stress system in P. gingivalis W83. The knowledge obtained will help us to deeply understand the role of flavodoxin gene in the P. gingivalis W83 genome.