Periodontal disease and the oral microbiota in new-onset rheumatoid arthritis

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study design

case-control

Citation

PMID PubMed identifier for scientific articles.

22576262

DOI Digital object identifier for electronic documents.

10.1002/art.34539

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Authors

Scher JU, Ubeda C, Equinda M, Khanin R, Buischi Y, Viale A, Lipuma L, Attur M, Pillinger MH, Weissmann G, Littman DR, Pamer EG, Bretz WA, Abramson SB

Journal

Arthritis and rheumatism

Year

2012

OBJECTIVE: To profile the abundance and diversity of subgingival oral microbiota in patients with never-treated, new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Periodontal disease (PD) status, clinical activity, and sociodemographic factors were determined in patients with new-onset RA, patients with chronic RA, and healthy subjects. Multiplexed-454 pyrosequencing was used to compare the composition of subgingival microbiota and establish correlations between the presence/abundance of bacteria and disease phenotypes. Anti-Porphyromonas gingivalis antibody testing was performed to assess prior exposure to the bacterial pathogen P gingivalis. RESULTS: The more advanced forms of periodontitis were already present at disease onset in patients with new-onset RA. The subgingival microbiota observed in patients with new-onset RA was distinct from that found in healthy controls. In most cases, however, these microbial differences could be attributed to the severity of PD and were not inherent to RA. The presence and abundance of P gingivalis were also directly associated with the severity of PD and were not unique to RA. The presence of P gingivalis was not correlated with anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) titers. Overall exposure to P gingivalis was similar between patients with new-onset RA and controls, observed in 78% of patients and 83% of controls. The presence and abundance of Anaeroglobus geminatus correlated with the presence of ACPAs/rheumatoid factor. Prevotella and Leptotrichia species were the only characteristic taxa observed in patients with new-onset RA irrespective of PD status. CONCLUSION: Patients with new-onset RA exhibited a high prevalence of PD at disease onset, despite their young age and paucity of smoking history. The subgingival microbiota profile in patients with new-onset RA was similar to that in patients with chronic RA and healthy subjects whose PD was of comparable severity. Although colonization with P gingivalis correlated with the severity of PD, overall exposure to P gingivalis was similar among the groups. The role of A geminatus and Prevotella/Leptotrichia species in this process merits further study.

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Subjects

Location of subjects: United States of America

Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.: Homo sapiens

Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology: Subgingival dental plaque Subgingival plaque,Subgingival dental plaque

Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology: arthritis arthritic joint disease,arthritides,arthritis,inflammation of skeletal joint,inflammatory disorder of joint,skeletal joint inflammation

Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies: healthy controls

Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies: Rheumatoid Arthritis

Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group: Rheumatoid Arthritis patients

Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group: 18

Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group: 65

Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any): 3 months

Lab analysis

Sequencing type: 16S

16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene: V1-V2

Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance: Roche454

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).: relative abundances

Statistical test: T-Test

Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any): 0.05

MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?: Yes

Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study: age, ethnic group, sex

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Description: Oral microbiota differ significantly among patients with new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (NORA), patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis (CRA), and healthy control participants, and between individuals with healthy gingiva versus periodontal diseases (PD), at the level of both genus and species/operational taxonomic unit (OTU).

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Anaeroglobus
Capnocytophaga
Corynebacterium
Leptotrichia
Prevotella
Selenomonas

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Description: Oral microbiota differ significantly among patients with new-onset rheumatoid arthritis (NORA), patients with chronic rheumatoid arthritis (CRA), and healthy control participants, and between individuals with healthy gingiva versus periodontal diseases (PD), at the level of both genus and species/operational taxonomic unit (OTU).

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Corynebacterium

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