Journal: eBioMedicine

Article Title: Parvimonas micra exacerbates periodontitis by infiltrating host cells through TmpC and circumventing lysosomal elimination via AppA

doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2026.106187

Figure Lengend Snippet: P. micra interacts with PDLSCs through TmpC-integrin α v β 3 axis. ( A ) Schematic representation of His pull-down. ( B ) Co-IP assay showing the interaction between purified His-TmpC and integrin α v β 3 of PDLSCs. ( C ) Sensorgrams of integrin α v β 3 binding to immobilised TmpC and K D value. ( D ) The interaction between TmpC (blue), integrin α v (green) and integrin β 3 (red), as predicted by molecular docking. ( E–F ) Bacterial attachment assay revealing altered bacterial recovery rate in PDLSCs treated with siIntegrin α v+ β 3 ( E ) or Cyclo ( F ). ( G–H ) Flow cytometry showing the percentages of invaded PDLSCs treated with siIntegrin α v+ β 3 ( G ) or Cyclo ( H ). ( I ) Knockdown of integrin α v β 3 altered downstream pFAK and the activation of NF-κB and ERK1/2 signalling pathways triggered by P. micra . β-actin was set as control. ( J ) Western blot showing altered activation of NF-κB and ERK1/2 signalling pathways triggered by P. micra in PDLSCs pretreated with Cyclo. β-actin was set as control. ( K ) Representative image and quantification of ALP staining in Cyclo-pretreated PDLSCs infected with P. micra WT or P. micra ΔtmpC . ( L ) Representative image and quantification of ARS staining of PDLSCs with blocked TmpC-integrin α v β 3 interaction. ( M ) Western blot of Col1, ALPL, Runx2 in Cyclo-pretreated PDLSCs infected with P. micra WT or P. micra ΔtmpC . GAPDH was set as control. ( N ) Flow cytometric analysis of FDAA-labelled P. micra internalisation in Cyclo-pretreated PDLSCs. ( O ) Schematic diagram showing the experimental design and timeline of rat models infected with P. micra and/or treated with Cyclo. ( P ) Quantitative analyses of CEJ-ABC, BV/TV, BMD and Tb.Sp. of the alveolar bone. Data are represented as the mean ± SD of three independent experiments ( n = 3) in (E–N) and six independent experiments ( n = 6) in (P). P values were determined by two-tailed unpaired Student's t -test in (E–H) and one-way ANOVA test in (I–N, P). ∗, p < 0.05; ∗∗, p < 0.01; ∗∗∗, p < 0.001; ns, not significant.

Article Snippet: Commercially available integrin α v β 3 (R&D Systems, 3050-AV-050) was diluted in sodium acetate (pH 5.0) and passed over the sensor chip in various concentrations from 0 μM to 160 μM, with the 5 μM concentration as internal control.

Techniques: Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay, Purification, Binding Assay, Flow Cytometry, Knockdown, Activation Assay, Control, Western Blot, Staining, Infection, Two Tailed Test