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Infect Immun. 1990 February; 58(2): 406-411

Suppression of bactericidal activity of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes by Bacteroides gingivalis.

Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.

ABSTRACT

The direct effects of the culture supernatant of oral microorganisms on the bactericidal activity of human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) were investigated. The bactericidal activity of PMNs, which were preincubated with the supernatant of Bacteroides gingivalis, Bacteroides intermedius, Bacteroides melaninogenicus or phosphate-buffered saline, was examined by counting the surviving bacteria. B. gingivalis-treated PMNs were found to have a diminished ability for killing bacteria in the presence or absence of serum. The chemiluminescence response of PMNs, which were preincubated with the culture supernatant of B. gingivalis, was strikingly reduced compared with that of PMNs preincubated with phosphate-buffered saline or other bacterial culture supernatants. The production of superoxide anion (O2-) by PMNs stimulated with either formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine or phorbol myristate acetate was reduced in both cases after the PMNs were preincubated with the culture supernatant of B. gingivalis. However, it was observed that there was more reduction in superoxide anion (O2-) production stimulated with formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine compared with that stimulated with phorbol myristate acetate. These results suggest that B. gingivalis releases a factor which interferes with the bactericidal activity of PMNs by modulating the generation of reactive oxygen species. These suppressive effects on bactericidal activity may be important in the pathogenesis of this microorganism.

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