The spatial transcriptomic landscape of human gingiva in health and periodontitis

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The gingiva is a key oral barrier that protects oral tissues from various stimuli. A loss of gingival tissue homeostasis causes periodontitis, one of the most prevalent inflammatory diseases in humans. The human gingiva exists as a complex cell network comprising specialized structures. To understand the tissue-specific pathophysiology of the gingiva, we applied a recently developed spatial enhanced resolution omics-sequencing (Stereo-seq) technique to obtain a spatial transcriptome (ST) atlas of the gingiva in healthy individuals and periodontitis patients. By utilizing Stereo-seq, we identified the major cell types present in the gingiva, which included epithelial cells, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, and immune cells, as well as subgroups of epithelial cells and immune cells. We further observed that inflammation-related signalling pathways, such as the JAK-STAT and NF-κB signalling pathways, were significantly upregulated in the endothelial cells of the gingiva of periodontitis patients compared with those of healthy individuals. Additionally, we characterized the spatial distribution of periodontitis risk genes in the gingiva and found that the expression of IFI16 was significantly increased in endothelial cells of inflamed gingiva. In conclusion, our Stereo-seq findings may facilitate the development of innovative therapeutic strategies for periodontitis by mapping periodontitis-relevant genes and pathways and effector cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:67

Enthalten in:

Science China. Life sciences - 67(2024), 4 vom: 01. Apr., Seite 720-732

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shen, Zongshan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Ran [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yunjia [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jiayao [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Mengjun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chunhua [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Lingling [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jichen [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhengmei [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Songlin [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Bin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Gingiva
Journal Article
Periodontal disease
Periodontitis risk genes
Spatial transcriptomics

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11427-023-2467-1

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36662976X