Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides play an important role in the human innate immune defense system. In the oral cavity, a number of antimicrobial peptides, including defensins and LL37, are produced from various tissues such as salivary glands, gingival epithelium, tongue and buccal mucosa. These peptides are believed to function as a host defense system by controlling the activities of commensal bacteria and thus preventing the colonization and growth of pathogenic bacteria in oral cavity. Two major oral diseases, dental caries and periodontitis are known as infectious diseases. Therefore, it is of great interest to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of these diseases by investigating the interaction between cariogenic, or periodontopathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial peptides. Since these peptides have a broad antimicrobial spectrum, they are implicated as possible therapeutic agents. Therefore, in this review, we first focus on the susceptibility of oral bacteria, especially cariogenic and periodontopathogenic bacteria, to antimicrobial peptides, and then we discuss their potential diagnostic and clinical therapeutic uses.
Keywords: Antimicrobial peptides, caries, periodontitis, oral bacteria
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title: Susceptibility of Periodontopathogenic and Cariogenic Bacteria to Defensins and Potential Therapeutic Use of Defensins in Oral Diseases
Volume: 13 Issue: 30
Author(s): Hitoshi Komatsuzawa, Kazuhisa Ouhara, Toshihisa Kawai, Sakuo Yamada, Tamaki Fujiwara, Hideki Shiba, Hidemi Kurihara, Martin A. Taubman and Motoyuki Sugai
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Keywords: Antimicrobial peptides, caries, periodontitis, oral bacteria
Abstract: Antimicrobial peptides play an important role in the human innate immune defense system. In the oral cavity, a number of antimicrobial peptides, including defensins and LL37, are produced from various tissues such as salivary glands, gingival epithelium, tongue and buccal mucosa. These peptides are believed to function as a host defense system by controlling the activities of commensal bacteria and thus preventing the colonization and growth of pathogenic bacteria in oral cavity. Two major oral diseases, dental caries and periodontitis are known as infectious diseases. Therefore, it is of great interest to elucidate the mechanisms underlying the onset and progression of these diseases by investigating the interaction between cariogenic, or periodontopathogenic bacteria and antimicrobial peptides. Since these peptides have a broad antimicrobial spectrum, they are implicated as possible therapeutic agents. Therefore, in this review, we first focus on the susceptibility of oral bacteria, especially cariogenic and periodontopathogenic bacteria, to antimicrobial peptides, and then we discuss their potential diagnostic and clinical therapeutic uses.
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Komatsuzawa Hitoshi, Ouhara Kazuhisa, Kawai Toshihisa, Yamada Sakuo, Fujiwara Tamaki, Shiba Hideki, Kurihara Hidemi, Taubman A. Martin and Sugai Motoyuki, Susceptibility of Periodontopathogenic and Cariogenic Bacteria to Defensins and Potential Therapeutic Use of Defensins in Oral Diseases, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2007; 13 (30) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161207782110426
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138161207782110426 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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