Kyudai Oral Bioscience 2014
—8th International Symposium —February 28th - March 1st, 2014
Fukuoka Recent Hotel, Fukuoka, JapanPROGRAM & ABSTRACTS

Kyushu University Faculty of Dental Science

〇会期：平成 26 年 2 月 28 日〜 3 月1日
2 月 28日（金）13:00〜19:00、懇親会 19:00〜21:00
3 月 1日（土） 9:00〜16:45〇会場：福岡リーセントホテル 舞鶴の間 BC（２階）：下図参照
住所：福岡市東区箱崎 2-52-1
電話：092‐641‐7741〇主催：九州大学大学院 歯学研究院
歯学研究院研究プロジェクト「口腔組織の再生・再建医療」、「口腔健康科学」

文部科学省 特別教育研究経費「歯学連携ネットワークによる口腔からＱＯＬ向上を目指す研究」

連絡先： 中西 博
九州大学大学院 歯学研究院
口腔機能分子科学分野〒812‐8582 福岡市東区馬出3-1-1
電話：092‐642‐6413
ファックス：092‐642‐6415
Ｅ-mail：nakan@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp

表紙写真:アルツハイマー病患者脳の老人斑に集積するミクログリア
老人斑（赤色蛍光:Aβ）、ミクログリア（緑色光:CR3/43）
Cover illustration: Accumulation of microglia (green: CR3/43)
surrounding senile plaques (red: Aβ).
From Wu et al. Neurobiol Aging, 34:2715-2725, 2013.
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Information for Speakers■ Presentation Instruments
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■ Making Presentations
・For the speakers in S1-1〜S1-6, please bring your own personal computer tothe Computer Operating Desk (on the left hand side facing toward inside thepresentation venue) at 12:40.
・For the speaker in Special Lecture, please bring your own personal computer
to the Computer Operating Desk at 16:20 (after Session 1).
・For the speakers in S3-1〜S3-6, please bring your own personal computer tothe Computer Operating Desk at 8:40.
・For the speakers in Session 4-1〜4-6, please bring your own personal
computer to the Computer Operating Desk at 13:10.
・All speakers are requested to operate the computer by themselves.
・Your cooperation in finishing your presentation within the allotted time isappreciated.
・After your presentation, please reclaim your computer from the Computer
Operating Desk.

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PROGRAM3

February 28 (Fri)MAIZURU Room BC (2nd Floor)

Opening remarks
13:00 - 13:05 Hiroshi Nakanishi (vice Dean)
13:05 - 13:10 Akifumi Akamine (Dean, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University)■Session 1: Dental and Craniofacial Morphogenesis and Tissue Regeneration
Chairperson: Takayoshi Yamaza (Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Oral Anatomy)
13:10 - 13:40 S1-1 Hiroshi Egusa
Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Osaka University Graduate School of
Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
13:40 - 14:10 S1-2 Keishi Otsu
Division of Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Department of
Anatomy, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan
14:10 - 14:40 S1-3 Kentaro Akiyama
Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Okayama
University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry and Pharmaceutical
Sciences, Okayama, Japan
14:40 - 14:50 Coffee Break
Chairperson: Kazuaki Nonaka (Department of Pediatric Dentistry)
14:50 - 15:20 S1-4 Han-Sun Jung
Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
15:20 - 15:50 S1-5 Takayoshi Yamaza
Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Oral Anatomy, Faculty of Dental
Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
15:50 - 16:20 S1-6 Fang JingxianSouthern Medical University, Guangdong Provincial Stomatological Hospital,
China
16:20 - 16:30 Break4

■Special Lecture

Chairperson: Hiroshi Nakanishi (Department of Aging Science and Pharmacology)
16:30 - 17:00 SL Hidetaka Sakai
Laboratory of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University,
Fukuoka, Japan
17:00 - 17:10 Coffee Break■ Session 2: PhD Student Session
Chairpersons: Xinwen Zhang (D4) & Shingo Takai (D3)
17:10 - 17:20 S2-1 Junko Obata
Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry
17:20 - 17:30 S2-2 Daigaku Hasegawa
Department of Endodontology and Operative Dentistry
17:30 - 17:40 S2-3 Yoko Hashimoto
Department of Periodontology
17:40 - 17:50 S2-4 Junjun Ni
Department of Aging Science and Pharmacology
17:50 - 18:00 S2-5 Makiko Kihara
Laboratory of Oral Pathology
18:00 - 18:10 Break
18:10 - 18:20 S2-6 Takahito Otani
Laboratory Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
18:20 - 18:30 S2-7 Ryosuke Kondo
Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry
18:30 - 18:40 S2-8 Misa Shin
Section of Oral Neuroscience
18:40 - 18:50 S2-9 Shinsuke Ieda
Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology
18:50 - 19:00 S2-10 Khairul Anuar Shariff
Department of Biomaterials
19:00 - 21:00 Getting Together Party

CRYSTAL Room (2nd Floor)5March 1 (Sat) MAIZURU Room BC (2nd Floor)■ Session 3: Oral-Systemic Medicine
Chairperson: Seiji Nakamura (Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology)
9:00 - 9:30

S3-1 Kazuhisa Yamazaki
Division of Oral Science for Health Care, Niigata University Graduate School of
Medical and Dental Sciences,Niigata, Japan

9:30 - 10:00

S3-2 Naozumi Ishimaru
Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Health Biosciences,
The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan

10:00 - 10:30 S3-3 Masafumi Moriyama
Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu
University, Fukuoka, Japan
10:30 - 10:40 Coffee Break
Chairperson: Fusanori Nishimura (Department of Periodontology)
10:40 - 11:10 S3-4 Fusanori Nishimura
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University,
Fukuoka, Japan
11:10 - 11:40 S3-5 Andy Y-T. Teng
College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
11:40 - 12:10 S3-6 Rangsini Mahanonda
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University,
Bangkok, Thailand
12:10 - 13:30 Lunch

For the Invited Speakers: Restaurant SARAFURU (1st Floor)

6■ Session 4: Oral Health Science
Chairperson: Hiroshi Nakanishi (Department of Aging Science and Pharmacology)
13:30 - 14:00 S4-1 Kenji Matsushita
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
14:00 - 14:30 S4-2 Zhou Wu
Department of Aging Science and Pharmacology, Faculty of Dental Science,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
14:30 - 15:00 S4-3 Aiqin Zhu
Institution of Geriatric Qinghai Provincial Hospital, Qinghai, China
15:00 - 15:10 Coffee Break
Chairperson: Yoshihisa Yamashita (Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry)
15:10 - 15:45 S4-4 Mariko Naito
Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular
Microbiology and Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of
Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
15:45 - 16:20 S4-5 Atsuo Amano
Department of Preventive Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of
Dentistry, Osaka, Japan
16:20 - 16:40 S4-6 Michiko Furuta
Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Science,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
16:40 - 16:45 Closing Remarks

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ABSTRACTS

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Session 1
Dental and Craniofacial Morphogenesis
and Tissue Regeneration

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S1-1
Application of iPS Cells in Bone Biology
Hiroshi Egusa
Department of Fixed Prosthodontics
Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells can be generated through the reprogramming of somatic cells
from different tissues by forced expression of defined exogenous factors. These iPS cells efficiently
generated from accessible tissues have the potential to be used for various clinical applications. The
oral gingiva is an easily obtainable tissue for dentists, and cells can be isolated from patients withminimal discomfort. We successfully generated iPS cells from adult mouse or human gingival
fibroblasts via transduction of the Yamanaka factors without c-Myc oncogene. Gingival fibroblasts
demonstrate a higher reprogramming efficiency than the skin fibroblasts which have been
conventionally used for the generation of iPS cells. These iPS cells were capable of osteogenic
differentiation, which could form new bone in the animal models. The generation of iPS cells fromthe gingiva is expected to provide a breakthrough, especially in the dental sciences, because it offers
a promising method for the facile production of pluripotent stem cells by dental researchers. In thispresentation, generation and basic aspects of osteogenic capacity of the gingiva-derived iPS cells
will be discussed, with an emphasis on potential applications of the iPS cell technologies to bone
biology and bioengineering.

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S1-2
Differentiation of induced Pluripotent Stem Cells into Odontogenic Lineage for
Tooth Regeneration
Keishi Otsu, Mika Sakano, Naoki Fujiwara,and Hidemitsu Harada
Division of Developmental Biology & Regenerative Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Iwate
Medical University, Iwate, JapanThe studies of tissue regeneration have been dramatically developed with the advancement of stem
cell biology in the last decade. Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are prepared by returning thedifferentiated somatic cells of the patients to the undifferentiated state by introduction of several
genes. This technique allows us to obtain pluripotent stem cells without the use of embryonic cells
to overcome the rejection and ethical problem. In this presentation, we will introduce our recent
approach to investigate the potential of iPS cells for tooth regeneration. We developed an efficient
culture protocol to induce neural crest like cells (NCLC) from mouse iPS cells. In recombination
cultures between NCLC and mouse dental epithelium, NCLC exhibited a gene expression pattern
involving dental mesenchymal cells. Some NCLC also expressed odontoblasts marker, dentin
sialoprotein. Further, the recombinants formed the calcified tooth germ structure without teratomas
formation after transplantation under kidney capsule. The conditioned medium of mouse dental
epithelium enhanced the differentiation of NCLC into odontoblasts. These results suggest that iPS
cells will be promising cell sources for the tooth regeneration and become a powerful research tool
for tooth development studies.

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S1-3
MSCs Based Immunotherapy
Kentaro Akiyama
Department of Oral Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine, Okayama University Graduate
School of Medicine and Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) are a population of hierarchical postnatal stem cell with thepotential to differentiate into mesodermal lineage-derived cells such as osteoblasts, chondrocytes,
and adipocytes. Therefore, numerous numbers of MSCs based tissue engineering studies are
performed. More recently, immunomodulation property has been considered as an important factor
to assess MSC’s character. In fact, the interaction between immune system such as T cells andMSCs are gradually discovered with accumulation of some evidence during last decade. Until now,
we found disorder of MSCs contribute to the development of a variety of diseases including
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Sclerosis (SS). Thus, systemically injected
allogeneic MSCs could influence host immune system and lead the establishment of
immunotolerance in diseases.
Although MSCs based immunotherapy become one of promising therapy for refractory immune
disease, the detailed mechanism was not fully understood. In this time, I would like to share withyou about our new findings; a new mechanism about MSC-induced T cell apoptosis throughFas/FasL signaling is required for MSC-mediated therapeutic effects in SS and experimental colitis.

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S1-4
Adhesion Junctions and Cellular Architecture Regulate
Epithelial Morphogenesis in Response to FGF Signaling
Han-Sung Jung
Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry,
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Number of mutations has elucidated specifically to affect morphogenesis by changing processes likecell division, cell fate and differentiation. We learned how different variables affect arrangements
and shapes of cells, and in turn contribute to organ morphogenesis. Diversity of tooth shape is aused model to facilitate learning organ morphogenesis. We compared two species of rodents, gerbils
and mice, which display different dental patterns. Our present results reveal that sharp cusps inmouse and the flat loph in gerbils due to the invagination of inner dental epithelium in intercuspal
region occurs only in mouse. The expression of F-actin goes along with inner dental epithelium in
gerbil and is discontinuous in mouse. The stratum intermedium-expressing E-cadherin and β-catenin
are dense in gerbil and rare in mouse. Fibronectin accumulates in the basal lamina in the invaginatedregion in mouse but not in gerbil. Inhibition of Rac1 in gerbil is able to convert the tooth shape fromlophs to cusps. Conversely, both Inhibition of RhoA by Y-27632 and inhibition of fibronectin byanti-fibronectin have the ability to convert the tooth shape from cusps to lophs. Furthermore, theFgf4 expression pattern resembles a flat sheet along the inner enamel epithelium in gerbil and isrestrict to secondary enamel knots in mouse. Treatment with SU5402 in gerbil increases theexpression of E-cadherin and cytoplasm β-catenin in inner dental epithelium, increase apicalcontrition, and leads to the invagination of inner dental epithelium. Together, these results
demonstrate for the first time that the RhoA/Rac1 pathway controls the invagination of the inner
dental epithelium in response to FGF signaling. It is conceivable that the RhoA/Rac1 pathway
influences epithelial invagination through its effect on actin polymerization dynamics, E-cadherin
integrity and fibronectin accumulated.

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S1-5
Dental Stem Cell based Translational Medicine

Takayoshi Yamaza

Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Oral Anatomy,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Recent stem cell technology has developed a new stem cell polpulation, dental stem cells. Dental
stem cells are isolated from oral tissues including dental pulp, periodontal ligament, gingiva, andjaw bones and share mesenchymal stem cell characteristics; high cell proliferation capacity andmultipotency into several lineaged cells, such as odontoblasts, cementoblasts, osteoblasts,chondrocytes, ligament cells, adipocytes, neural cells, endothelial cells, hepatocytes, andimmunomodulatory property to regulate B- and T-lymphocytes, macropages, dendritic cells andnatural killer cells. Therefore, numerous attention has been focused on dental stem cells for tissue
engineering and cell-based therapy. Among dental stem cells, we have focused on the regenerative
properties of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHED) and challenged to thetranslational application. In this presentation, we will introduce basic characteristics and potential ofdental stem cells, discuss the potency of dental stem cells to regenerative medicine.

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S1-6
Zebrafish as Model for Craniofacial Research
Fang JingxianSouthern Medical University,
Guangdong Provincial Stomatological Hospital, China

Zebrafish had been widely used as a scientific research model nowadays, because of high fecundity,
low maintenance cost, transparency and clear genetic background. In order to establish an effective
craniofacial research model and to translate our previous Miller syndrome research from human toanimal, Tupel long fin has been pharmacologically inhibited by leflunomide and brequinar (two
DHODH inhibitors) for 5 days. Growth and behavior changes have been investigated. Results
suggested that after inhibition, growth retardation occurred, some bone and cartilage are missing,and behavior has been changed as well.

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Special Lecture

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SL
Induction of Dental Epithelial Cell Differentiation Marker Gene Expression in
Non-odontogenic Human Keratinocytes by Transfection with Thymosin beta 4

Hidetaka Sakai

Laboratory of Oral Pathology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Previous studies have shown that the recombination of cells liberated from developing tooth germs
develop into teeth. However, it is difficult to use human developing tooth germ as a source of cells
because of ethical issues. Previous studies have reported that thymosin beta 4 (Tmsb4x) is closely
related to the initiation and development of the tooth germ. We herein attempted to establish
odontogenic epithelial cells from non-odontogenic HaCaT cells by transfection with TMSB4X.
TMSB4X-transfected cells formed nodules that were positive for Alizarin-red S (ALZ) and vonKossa staining (calcium phosphate deposits) when cultured in calcification-inducing medium. Three
selected clones showing larger amounts of calcium deposits than the other clones, expressed PITX2,
Cytokeratin 14, and Sonic Hedgehog. The upregulation of odontogenesis-related genes, such as
runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), Amelogenin (AMELX), Ameloblastin (AMBN) and
Enamelin (ENAM) was also detected. These proteins were immunohistochemically observed in
nodules positive for the ALZ and von Kossa staining. RUNX2-positive selected TMSB4Xtransfected cells implanted into the dorsal subcutaneous tissue of nude mice formed matrix deposits.
Immunohistochemically, AMELX, AMBN and ENAM were observed in the matrix deposits. This
study demonstrated the possibility of induction of dental epithelial cell differentiation marker gene
expression in non-odontogenic HaCaT cells by TMSB4X.

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Session 2
PhD Student Session

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S2-1
Identification of Microbiota in Carious Dentin Lesions using 16S rRNA gene
Sequencing Analysis

Junko Obata1,2, Toru Takeshita1, Yukie Shibata1, Masako Unemori2, Akifumi
Akamine2, Yoshihisa Yamashita11Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth andDevelopment, 2Department of Endodontology and Operative Dentistry, Division of Oral
Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Molecular analysis recently revealed the combined predominance of Lactobacillus and Prevotella indentinal caries lesions, whereas mutans streptococci had long been assumed to be the main
pathogens responsible for human dental caries. This seeming contradiction should be explored indifferent ethnicities and races. In the present study, the bacterial communities in the carious dentinof Japanese subjects were analyzed comprehensively using next-generation sequencing. Carious
dentin lesion samples were collected from 32 subjects aged 4–76 years, and bacterial DNA wasextracted. The 16S rRNA genes, amplified from the extracted DNA with universal primers, weresequenced with a pyrosequencer to generate 92,520 reads consisting of 297 oral taxons in the
Human Oral Microbiome Database and 1,858 species-level OTUs. The bacterial composition wasclassified into clusters I, II, and III according to the relative abundance (high, middle, and low) of
Lactobacillus. The bacterial composition in cluster II was further classified into two subclusters: IIA,
composed of relatively high proportions of Olsenella and Propionibacterium, and IIB,
subdominated by heterogeneous genera. The bacterial communities in cluster III were characterized
by the predominance of Atopobium (cluster IIIA), Prevotella (cluster IIIB), and Propionibacteriumand Streptococcus or Actinomyces (cluster IIIC). Clusters IIA, IIIA, and IIIC, mainly related to
Atopobium and Propionibacterium, were novel combinations of microbiota in carious dentin lesions
and may be characteristic of the Japanese population. Clone library analysis revealed that
Atopobium sp. HOT-416 and P. acidifaciens were specific species associated with dentinal caries
among these genera in a Japanese population.

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S2-2
The Effects of Wnt5a on Human Periodontal Ligament Cells

Daigaku Hasegawa1, Naohisa Wada2, Hidefumi Maeda2, Shinichiro Yoshida1,
Satoshi Monnouchi1, Katsuaki Koori2, Sayuri Hamano1,
Hiromi Mitarai1 and Akifumi Akamine1,2

1

Department of Endodontology and Operative Dentistry,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University

2

Department of Endodontology, Kyushu University Hospital

Wnt5a, a member of the noncanonical Wnt proteins, is known to play important roles in thedevelopmental process of various organs and postnatal cell functions. However, little is known
about the effects of Wnt5a on human periodontal ligament cells. In this study, we examined the
localization and the potential functions of Wnt5a in periodontal ligament (PDL) tissue and cells.
Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that Wnt5a was expressed specifically and predominantly
in rat PDL tissue. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blotting analysis demonstrated thathuman PDL cells (HPDLCs) expressed Wnt5a and its receptors, Ror2, Fzd2, Fzd4 and Fzd5. In
addition, the expression of Wnt5a and its receptors in HPDLCs was up-regulated by exposure tomechanical stress.
Wnt5a stimulation significantly enhanced proliferation and migration of HPDLCs. Wnt5a
suppressed osteoblastic differentiation of HPDLCs cultured in osteogenic induction medium, while
Wnt5a significantly up-regulated PDL-related gene expression and collagen production in HPDLCs.
Inhibition assays using siRNA for periostin and neutralizing antibody for TGFβ1 suppressed theWnt5a-induced PDL-related gene expression and collagen production in HPDLCs.
In conclusion, Wnt5a that is present in the PDL tissue and up-regulated by mechanical stresspromoted PDL-related gene expression and collagen production in human PDL cells throughTGFβ1-mediated up-regulation of periostin expression. Therefore, Wnt5a may be involved in themechanisms to maintain the homeostasis of PDL tissue.

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The Molecular Mechanism of Sphingosine-1-phosphate Signaling
on Adipocyte Differentiation
Yoko Hashimoto, Etsuko Matsuzaki, Katsumasa Higashi, Aiko Takano,
Fusanori Nishimura
Department of Periodontology, Division of Oral Rehabilitation,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University
Sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) is a well-known signaling sphingolipid and an importantbioactive lipid mediator. Signaling through cell surface G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs),
termed S1P1-S1P5, mediates most of the biological effects of S1P. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)
can differentiate into multiple cell types including adipocytes, osteoblasts, chondrocytes, andsmooth muscle cells. Particularly, the adipogenic differentiation program is well-orchestrated,which is triggered by binding of adipogenic hormones, such as insulin and glucocorticoids, to
GPCRs, leading to induce cAMP accumulation and PKA activity, followed by thetranscriptional activation of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) and peroxisome
proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ). These master adipogenic transcription factors
regulate their target genes such as fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4).
It has been reported that S1P inhibits cAMP accumulation through GPCR (S1P1) in
cardiomyocytes. However, the effect of signaling pathway relating to S1P on MSC
differentiation into adipocyte is yet unknown. In this study, we investigated the molecularaction of S1P signaling pathway on adipocyte differentiation of MSC using C3H10T1/2 cells.
During adipogenic differentiation of C3H10T1/2 cells, S1P inhibited the relative amounts of
PPARγ, and FABP4 both at mRNA and protein levels in a time- and dose-dependent manner.
S1P also decreased the formation of lipid droplets, suggesting that S1P inhibits adipogenic
differentiation of MSC. We next examined the effect of Rosiglitazone, the directional PPARγ
agonist, on adipogenic differentiation to see whether S1P action targeted to PPARγ. Although
S1P did not affect the expression levels of C/EBPβ and PPARγ, S1P suppressed FABP4 mRNAand protein expression, indicating that the target molecule of S1P is present on upstream of
PPARγ.
Furthermore, increased expression of C/EBPβ mRNA during adipogenic differentiation wasdiminished by addition of S1P as well as by inhibition of PKA. These results suggest that S1P
plays a negative role on adipogenic differentiation of MSC, probably by interacting with an
upstream molecule of PKA.

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Microglial Cathepsin B Contributes to Hypoxic/Ischemic Brain Injury
through Promotion of M1 Polarization
Junjun Ni, Zhou Wu, Ryo Okada, Hiroshi Nakanishi
Department of Aging Science and Pharmacology, Kyushu University
It is widely accepted that activated microglia exert dual functions: pro-inflammatory (M1) andanti-inflammatory (M2) functions. The in vivo status of microglia is regulated microglial polarity
between two states. However, the mechanisms regulating microglial polarity remain unclear. Here,
we provide evidence that cathepsin B (CatB), a typical cysteine lysosomal protease, is an M1amplifier in microglia.
Neonatal wild-type mice subjected to hypoxic/ischemia (H/I) showed an extensive brain injury.
CatB was significantly increased exclusively in microglia after H/I. It was also noted that the mean
expression levels of both polarization markers for M1 (IL-1β, iNOS and TNF-α) and M2 (arginase1,
IL-4, YM1 and IL-10) in microglia isolated from H/I-subjected wild-type mouse brains weresignificantly increased after H/I. On the other hand, in neonatal CatB-deficient mice, H/I-induced
brain injury was significantly reduced. Although microglia in CatB-deficient mice showed activatedmorphology, the mean expression levels of M1 polarization markers in microglia isolated from
CatB-deficient mouse brains were significantly lower than those of wild-type mice.
These observations suggest that CatB promotes microglial polarization into M1, thus CatB
deficiency reduces H/I-induced brain injury in neonatal mice. Therefore, CatB-specific inhibitors
may represent a useful new strategy for treating ischemic brain injury.

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S2-5
Itm2a Expression during the Tooth Germ Development

Makiko Kihara1, 2, Tamotsu Kiyoshima1, Kengo Nagata1,
Hiroko Wada1,Hiroaki Fujiwara1, Kana Hasegawa1, 3, Hirotaka Someya1, 4,
Ichiro Takahashi2 and Hidetaka Sakai1

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Laboratory of Oral Pathology, 2Section of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics,

Department of Endodontology and Operative Dentistry, 4Section of Implant and Rehabilitative
Dentistry, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University

Itm2a is a type II transmembrane protein belonging to the BRICHOS superfamily. Our previous
study reported that Itm2a was one of genes highly expressed in murine mandible on embryonic day
12.0 (E12.0) compared with that on E10.5. Thus far, however, the expression pattern andintracellular localization of Itm2a mRNA and protein have not yet been fully elucidated. We
investigated the temporospatial expression pattern of Itm2a mRNA and protein in the developing
lower first molar of the murine embryos and neonates, and the subcellular localization of Itm2a inmurine dental epithelial (mDE6) cells. The in situ and protein signals of Itm2a were first observedin outer and inner enamel epithelia at cap stage. At the bell stage, these signals of Itm2a weremainly detected in the inner enamel epithelium of the enamel organ. After the initiation of thematrix formation, Itm2a in situ and protein signals expressed in ameloblasts and odontoblasts. Itm2ashowed a punctate pattern in the cytoplasm of the mDE6 cells. The perinuclear-localized Itm2acolocalized with the Golgi apparatus marker, GM130, frequently. Colocalization of Itm2a with theendosome marker, clathrin, near the Golgi apparatus, was observed in part. A tiny amount of Itm2aoverlapped with lysosomes and endoplasmic reticulum. In cytoplasm, there was minimal or no
overlap between the Itm2a-EGFP signals with the other organelle markers for endoplasmic
reticulum, endosome, lysosome and mitochondria used in this study. After stimulation by BMP2,
nuclear translocations of Itm2a were observed, but not EGF. These findings suggest that Itm2a may
participate in cell differentiation during the initiation of tooth germ and the targeting of proteinsassociated with enamel and dentin matrices in the secretory pathway.

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Osteocalcin Signaling in Adipocyte Differentiation and Functional Regulation
Takahito Otani1, Hiroshi Takeuchi2, Akiko Mizokami1,
Koki Nagano1,Jing Gao1 and Masato Hirata1
1

Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University,

2

Division of Applied Pharmacology, Kyushu Dental University

Osteocalcin is a noncollagenous bone matrix protein regulating hydroxyapatite size and shapethrough its vitamin K-dependent γ-carboxylated form (GlaOC). On the other hand, a small portionof osteocalcin molecules remain uncarboxylated. This uncarboxylated form of osteocalcin (ucOC)
has recently been reported to play a key role in energy metabolism. In the present research, we
examined the effects of ucOC on adipose tissue using 3T3-L1 adipocytes and epididymal white
adipose tissue (eWAT) of mice. We initially identified the expression of Gprc6a which is a putative
ucOC receptor in 3T3-L1 adipocytes by RT-PCR. We then examined the effect of OC on the
production and secretion of adiponectin from adipocytes, regulating the metabolism of lipids andglucose. ucOC, but not GlaOC promoted the phosphorylation of ERK and the expression of aperoxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) which is a master regulator of adipogenesis,
and then the expression of adiponectin was also upregulated by ucOC in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. To
investigate the implication of Gprc6a in these phenomena, we inhibited the expression of thisreceptor by siRNA, and validated a reduction of the phosphorylation of ERK and the expressions ofadiponectin and PPARγ induced by ucOC. In addition, the expressions of adiponectin and PPARγ
were inhibited by both MEK and PKA inhibitors. Also, ucOC increased the intracellular cyclic AMP
concentration, and dibutyryl cyclic AMP, a cell permeable cyclic AMP analog mimicked the effects
of ucOC in 3T3-L1 adipocytes. The phosphorylation of CREB was also promoted by ucOC, but
inhibited by both MEK and PKA inhibitors, as a result of transactivation by PKA via MEK
activation. Furthermore, we identified that Rap1 connected ERK and PKA pathways by detecting
Rap1 activation in ucOC signaling.
As in vivo experiments, mice were treated orally with ucOC at 10 µg/kg 3 times a week for 10
weeks since 3 weeks of the age. We found that eWAT of mice administered with ucOC promoted thephosphorylation of ERK or the expressions of PPARγ and adiponectin.
These results suggest that ucOC via Gprc6a increases the intracellular cyclic AMP concentration,
leading PKA activation and then transactivation of ERK via Rap1 activation, followed by theexpressions of PPARγ and adiponectin.
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Effect of Systemically Transplanted Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Epithelial
Sealing around Dental Implants

Ryosuke Kondo1, Ikiru Atsuta1, Yasunori Ayukawa1,
Takayoshi Yamaza2, Yuri Matsuura1, Kiyoshi Koyano1

1Section of Implant and Rehabilitative Dentistry, Division of Oral Rehabilitation,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University
2

Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Oral Anatomy,
Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are an attractive cell source in regenerative medicine because of
their multi-differentiation capacity and regulatory functions, specifically at sites of inflammation.
Here, we investigated the effect of systemic MSC transplantation on peri-implant epithelial sealing.
MSCs were isolated from the bone marrow of donor rats and expanded in culture. Right maxillary
first molars were extracted from experimental rats and replaced with experimental titanium implants.
After 24h, MSCs were systemically injected into recipient rats via the tail vein. The injected MSCs
accumulated at the injured gingival mucosa, following which peri-implants epithelium (PIE) formed
from the oral sulcular epithelium earlier than control rats. Furthermore, in the MSC-implant group, alaminin-332 (Ln)-positive layer was detected along the interface of the PIE-implant at 4 weeks.
Conversely, Ln was only observed in the apical region and connective tissue region in the control
group. At 16 weeks, the MSC-implant group exhibited markedly less PIE down-growth than thecontrol group. We also identified an increase in the number of attached oral epithelial cells (OECs)
upon direct or indirect co-culture with MSCs, and OEC apoptosis increased in co-culture with
MSCs. Systemic MSC transplantation may be effective for enhancing epithelial sealing aroundtitanium implants and reducing apical PIE down-growth.

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S2-8
Involvement of CCK in Normal Gustatory Responses to Bitter Compounds

Misa Shin1,2, Keiko Yasumatsu1 , Shingo Takai1, Noriatsu Shigemura1 ,Soichi Takiguchi 3 , Seiji Nakamura2, Yuzo Ninomiya1
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Section of Oral Neuroscience, Graduate School of Dental Science, Kyushu University

Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic andSurgical Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University
3

Institute for Clinical Research, National Kyushu Cancer, Fukuoka

Taste receptor cells detect chemicals in the oral cavity and transmit the information to taste
nerve fibers. However, the molecular mechanism for the taste signal transmission has not fully beenclarified. ATP is shown to be released from type Ⅱ taste cells (sweet, bitter and umami taste cell)and may serve as a neurotransmitter between receptor cells and primary afferent nerve fibers (Finger
et al., 2005).
Recent studies demonstrated that bitter receptors (T2Rs) are expressed in the gut endocrine
cells and CCK is secreted from the endocrine cells by bitter taste stimuli. Also in the taste tissue,
CCK is shown to be expressed in a subset of taste cells which co-express gustducin, an alpha Gprotein, involved in signal transduction for bitter, sweet and umami tastes. Therefore, wehypothesized that CCK may also function as a transmitter and/or a modulator in taste buds.
Here we tested potential expression of CCK, CCKR (A, B) in taste bud cells and the geniculate
ganglion of wild-type mice. To elucidate the function of CCK in the gustatory signaling, we nextcompared CT nerve responses of wild-type, CCKAR-KO, CCKBR-KO and CCKR-WKO mice.
Additionally, we examined potential changes of CT nerve activities in response to direct stimulationof circulating CCK injected from the femoral vein to CT nerve fibers.
As a result, we found that CCK and CCKR (A, B) are expressed in a subset of the taste cells
and cell bodies of the geniculate ganglion. Furthermore, it is found that the i.v. injection of CCK
increased activities of CT nerve in a dose-dependent manner.
Collectively, these findings suggest that CCK may be involved in the normal signal transmission forbitter taste from taste cells to nerve fibers.

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S2-9
Exhaustive Analysis of Fungal Populations from Patients with Oral Candidiasis
Shinsuke Ieda1, Masafumi Moriyama1, Megumi Kiyota2, Toru Takeshita3,
Jun-Nosuke Hayashida1, Takashi Maehara1, Takanori Nakamura2,
Yoshihisa Yamashita3, and Seiji Nakamura1
1

Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology, Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical

Sciences, Faculty of Dental Science, 2The Research Support Center, Graduate School of Medical
Science, 3Dental Department, Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral
Health, Growth and Development, Kyushu University

Objectives: There is increasing interest in oral hygiene of elderly people, who subject to various oral
mucosal diseases such as oral candidiasis. Several studies reported that oral candidiasis is closely
associated with the changes in oral fungal flora and caused primarily by Candida species in the oral
mucosa. Identification of fungal flora at the species level may be useful to initiate an early andappropriate treatment of those patients. Conventional methods used by fungal culture are timeconsuming and not always conclusive. In contract, molecular genetic analysis of internal transcribedspacer (ITS) regions of ribosomal DNA is rapid, reproducible and easy to be performed. We thus
investigated the fungal flora of patients with oral candidiasis and its change before/after treatmentsfor oral candidiasis by using this method.
Methods: Twenty-seven patients with oral candidiasis and 23 with healthy controls were studied.
Fungal DNA of oral swabs taken from tongue and saliva were extracted and were examined bylength heterogeneity polymerization chain reaction (LH-PCR) and nucleotide sequence analyses of
the ITS1-5.8S rRNA-ITS2 region.
Results: As the results of LH-PCR, fungi in patients with oral candidiasis showed increased
diversity and abundance compared with controls. Candida albicans was dominant in both patientsand controls. Furthermore, 54 fungal populations were detected in patients with oral candidiasis and
47 in controls. Out of them, 39 populations were common and 15 were specific to patients and 8
were specific to controls. With regard to previously-unidentified fungi, the nucleotide sequence
analysis identified some novel fungal populations. In addition, these fungi have reduced after
treatment for oral candidiasis.
Conclusion: These results suggest that particular unidentified fungi or fungal flora might be related
to the pathogenesis of oral candidiasis. Further studies including nucleotide sequence are needed tofigure out and characterize virulent fungal species.

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S2-10Interconnected Porous Calcium Phosphate Forming Cement consisting of α-TCP
Foam Granules

Khairul Anuar Shariff, Kanji Tsuru, Kunio Ishikawa

Department of Biomaterials, Faculty of Dental Science,
Kyushu University

Interconnected porous calcium phosphate forming cement is thought to be an ideal material as
artificial bone substitute and scaffold for bone tissue regeneration, since its interconnected poresprovide space that enables cells’ growth and penetration into it. In this study, the feasibility tofabricate interconnected porous calcium phosphate forming cement was evaluated based on thesetting reaction of α-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP) foam granules. α-TCP foam granules wereprepared using polyurethane foam as a template. When α-TCP foam granules were exposed withcalcium phosphate acidic solution, α-TCP foam granular was found to set at room temperature.
Interconnected porous structure was kept after the setting reaction. X-ray diffraction analysis
revealed that dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (DCPD) was formed at the surface of α-TCP foam
granular. SEM observation revealed that dicalcium phosphate dihydrate provides bridge between αTCP foam granular. It is concluded that these methods may be useful to fabricate interconnected
porous calcium phosphate for bone tissue regeneration.

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Session 3
Oral-Systemic Medicine

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S3-1
Periodontitis and Systemic Disease -New Insights into the MechanismsKazuhisa Yamazaki
Laboratory of Periodontology and Oral Immunology, Division of Oral Science for Health Care,
Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Periodontitis has been implicated as a risk factor for metabolic disorders such as type 2 diabetes,
atherosclerotic vascular diseases, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Hypothesized underlying
mechanisms by which periodontitis affect these diseases include a disseminated bacteremia from theperiodontal plaque bacteria and/or elevated circulating inflammatory cytokines that are produced
locally in the inflamed gingival tissues. However, there is no direct evidence that either aperiodontal bacteria-associated bacteremia and/or periodontitis tissue-derived inflammatory
cytokines are involved in the course of these systemic metabolic diseases. Recent evidence suggeststhat the gut microbiome plays an important role not only in metabolic homeostasis but also in
immune and inflammatory responses. High-fat diet-induced alterations of the gut microbiome resultin increased gut permeability and subsequent metabolic endotoxemia, which induces an
inflammatory response in various tissues. Because the saliva of patients with periodontitis contains
oral bacteria, including periodontopathic bacteria, which can be swallowed into the gastrointestinal
tract, the composition of the gut microbiota could be influenced by these periodontopathic bacteria.
We hypothesize that this phenomenon can induces changes in the gut microbiota leading to ametabolic endotoxemia and an increase in the incidence and progression of metabolic disorders. To
test this hypothesis, C57BL/6 mice were orally administered Porphyromonas gingivalis (P.
gingivalis), a representative periodontopathic bacteria. Changes in the gut microbiota were analyzed
by meta-analysis of 16S rRNA gene expression, insulin and glucose intolerance, and by levels oftissue inflammation. The results demonstrated that P. gingivalis administration significantly
increased the proportion of the phylum Bacteroidetes in the ileum whereas the phylum Firmicutes
was decreased. Operational taxonomy unit (OTU)-based bacterial diversity analysis revealed thatthe population belonging to Bacteroidales was significantly elevated in P. gingivalis-administeredmice compared with sham-administered mice. Interestingly, this change coincided with increases ininsulin resistance, adipose tissue and liver inflammation, and elevated levels of serum inflammatory
markers. Furthermore, in P. gingivalis-administered mice, blood endotoxin levels tended to behigher, whereas gene expression of tight junction proteins in the ileum was significantly decreased
compared with sham-administered mice. These results provide a new paradigm for theinterrelationship between periodontal diseases and systemic diseases.
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S3-2
Molecular Pathogenesis of Sjögren’s Syndrome
Naozumi Ishimaru
Department of Oral Molecular Pathology, Institute of Health Biosciences,
The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune disease targeting exocrine glands such as the salivary
and lacrimal glands, causing patients with SS to experience dryness of the mouth and dry eyes. SS ischaracterized by a 9:1 ratio of women to men, and almost all SS patients are postmenopausal
women. We have demonstrated that estrogen deficiency caused by ovariectomy exacerbates
autoimmune lesions in a murine model of SS. In addition, we reported that retinoblastomaassociated protein 48 (RbAp48) induces tissue-specific apoptosis in the salivary and lacrimal glandsof SS mice depending on the level of estrogen deficiency. Moreover, we observed that transgenic
expression of RbAp48 in exocrine glands causes the development of autoimmune exocrinopathy,
resembling SS. Although postmenopausal estrogen deficiency triggers the breakdown of immune
tolerance and induces autoimmune disease, multiple direct or indirect factors that are affected by thechange in estrogen level impede efforts to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in
autoimmunity.
Aromatase is a converting enzyme from androgens to estrogens. In the present study, we usedfemale aromatase gene knockout (ArKO) mice as a model of estrogen deficiency to investigate themolecular mechanism that underlies the onset and development of autoimmunity. Histologicalanalyses showed that inflammatory lesions in the lacrimal and salivary glands of ArKO miceincreased with age. Adoptive transfer of spleen cells from ArKO mice into recombination activating
gene 2 knockout mice failed to induce the autoimmune lesions. Expression of mRNA encoding
proinflammatory cytokines and monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) increased in white
adipose tissue (WAT) of ArKO mice and was significantly higher than that in wild-type mice.
Moreover, an increased number of inflammatory M1-macrophages was observed in WAT andsalivary glands of ArKO mice. Furthermore, the autoimmune lesions in a murine model of Sjögren’s
syndrome were exacerbated by administration of an aromatase inhibitor. These results suggest that
adiposity in the target organ may disrupt peripheral immune tolerance leading to the development of
autoimmunity.

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S3-3
T Helper Subsets in Sjögren’s Syndrome and IgG4-related Dacryoadenitis andSialoadenitis, so-called Mikulicz’s Disease
Masafumi Moriyama, Sachiko Furukawa, Akihiko Tanaka, Takashi Maehara,
Jun-Nosuke Hayashida, Keiko Ohyama, Miho Ohta, and Seiji Nakamura
Section of Oral and Maxillofacial Oncology,
Division of Maxillofacial Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences,
Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a systemic disease characterized by the elevation of serum IgG4
and infiltration of IgG4-positive plasma cells in multiple target organs, including pancreas, kidney,biliary tract, lung, lymph node and salivary gland. Until just a decade ago, Mikulicz’s disease (MD)has been considered a subtype of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) based on histopathological similarities.
However, it is now recognized that MD is an IgG4-RD distinguishable from SS and called as IgG4related dacryoadenitis and sialoadenitis (IgG4-DS). Regarding immunological aspects, it isgenerally accepted that CD4þ T helper (Th) cells play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of SS. Since
it is well known that IgG4 is induced by Th2 cytokines such as IL-4 and IL-13, IgG4-DS is
speculated to be a unique inflammatory disorder characterized by Th2 immune reactions. However,
the involvement of Th cells in the pathogenesis of IgG4-DS remains to be clarified. Exploring therole of Th cell subsets in IgG4-DS is a highly promising field of investigation. In this study, we
focus on the selective localization and respective functions of Th cell subsets and discuss thedifferences between SS and IgG4-DS to clarify the pathogenic mechanisms of these diseases.

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S3-4
Cellular and Molecular Pathogenesis of Periodontal Microinflammation
Fusanori Nishimura
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dental Science,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
In the past decade, periodontal disease has been recognized as not merely a local infectious disease,
but as chronic, subclinical, inflammatory disease for the host. Such micro-inflammation has been
proposed to influence insulin sensitivity known as insulin resistance, atherosclerotic changes, andeven renal dysfunction. Thus, it is very important to elucidate molecular mechanisms as to why
local periodontal inflammation is amplified to the level of influencing our overall systemic health.
Recently, macrophages have been suggested to infiltrate into adipose tissues, and to interact withadipocytes, thereby exacerbating adipose tissue inflammation. Furthermore, both cell types appear
to express toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4), and oxLDL has been found to act as endogenous ligand for
TLR4. Based on these findings, we hypothesized that, in cases of infectious diseases such as severe
periodontal disease and gut infection, classical exogenous ligand for TLR4 may further exacerbate
inflammatory responses in adipose tissue, thereby contributing to the induction of many unwantedside effects such as insulin resistance. To prove this, we established co-culture system between
adipocytes and macrophages and stimulated these cells with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We
found that stimulation of the cells with LPS markedly up-regulated inflammatory gene expression in
adipocytes as well as protein productions from co-cultures. Some of these effects were confirmed invivo model by using both genetically induced and environmentally induced obese model mice as
well. Furthermore, we recently obtained important findings as to how host responses at local
inflammation caused by local irritants extended to adipose tissues via circulation by using geneknockout mouse model. Current understanding on these mechanisms will be discussed in thecontext of developing new “order-made” diagnostic strategies to avoid such unwanted side effects.

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S3-5
Intriguing Myeloid DC Precursor and CD4+T-cell Interactions
as a Model to Study the Innate-vs.-Adaptive Immunity
associated with Osteoclastogenesis and Bone Loss
Andy Y-T. Teng
Center for Osteo-immunology & Biotechnology Research (COBR)
College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan
Lab. of Microbial Immunity, Div. of Periodontology, Eastman Institute for Oral Health (EIOH)
School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Rochester, Rochester, USA
Background: Dendritic cells (DC) are innate immune effectors, critically involved in regulating Tcell immunity. DC/T-cell interactions play a pivotal role in the inflammatory conditions, such as
destructive bone disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis. Inflammation-induced boneloss is a well-established osteo-immune phenomenon, whereby the frequency and activity ofosteoclasts (OC) become elevated under inflammatory conditions in response to various challenges
including signaling of osteotropic cytokines. Besides being professional antigen presenting cells,
DC share common precursors with OC, which infiltrate bony tissues during inflammation.
RANKL/RANK-OPG triad is known to be the central paradigm involving in regulating theosteoclastogenesis & bone remodeling. Methods: My lab has developed a working model, withwhich immature myeloid dendritic cell precursors (being CD11c+ MHC-II-/lo CD11b- F4/80- CD31Ly-6C- CT-R- Cath-K-) can act like OC precursors/OCp (called: DDOC) in response to RANKL plus
inflammatory stimuli vs. activation signals (Blood 2009, Infect Immun 2009, Periodontology 2000,
2010). Herein, the cellular & molecular interactions between DDOC/T-cells (e.g., Treg & Th17
cells) and osteotropic cytokines (i.e., TGF-β, IL-17, etc.) that modulate the innate-vs.-adaptive
immune responses for osteoclastogenesis are dissected and discussed. Results: The resulting data
showed that: i) neutralization of TGF-β activity by Mab (or si-RNA) abolished DDOC development
in co-cultures (p<0.03) and in-vivo post-adoptive transfer (p<0.02), based on TRAP & resorptive-pit
assays; ii) transfection of TGFβ-RII lentiviral vectors containing knock-down sh-RNA into
CD11c+DDOC yielded a significant inhibition of bone resorption and osteoclatogenesis in-vitro &via post-adoptive transfer (p<0.05); iii) addition of Foxp3+CD4+Treg cells into CD11c+DDOC withsonicated Aggregatibactor actinomycetemcomitans-Aa Ag in co-cultures resulted in strongly
reduced TRAP expression and osteoclastogenesis vs. bone resorption in-vitro, & the calvarias in
NOD/SCID mice, respectively (p<0.05), where such effects were significantly abolished by IL-17
administered (p<0.05); iv) while TRAF6-signaling was essential for RANKL-mediated DDOC
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development for osteoclastogensis, TGF-β signals rescued the phenotype detected in DDOC
transduced by TRAF6-KO vector (p=0.037); whereas such defected phenotype was moresignificantly rescued in IL-17-treated co-cultures (or by Th17 cells), as compared to that of TGF-βtreatment (p<0.03). Conclusion: our findings strongly suggest that: i) the immature CD11c+DC
precursor and CD4+T-cell interactions are intriguing, which may serve as a unique model toinvestigate specific-links of the innate-adaptive immunity associated with osteoclastogenesis andbone loss for bone remodeling. In addition, cytokine TGF-β & IL-17 (or Th17 cells) can interact
with RANKL via TRAF6 or unclear pathways in DDOC-OCp & OC to modulate osteoclastogenesis,
whose signaling interactions may be further defined, depending on which key environmental factors
are in action. Project supported by NIH-DE015786, USA; National Health Research InstituteEX101-S34199N & National Science Committee NSC-101-2314-B-037-050-MY3, Taiwan.
Keyword 1:

myeloid CD11c+dendritic cell-osteoclast (DDOC) & osteoclastogenesis

Keyword 2:

T-cells/Treg-Th17 cells

Keyword 3:

Innate-adaptive immunity

Keyword 4:

RANKL-RANK/OPG & cytokine signaling

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S3-6
α-Defensin-induced MxA Expression in Healthy Human Periodontal Tissue
Rangsini Mahanonda
Department of Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry,
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Although periodontal tissue is continually challenged by microbial plaque, it is generally maintainedin a healthy state. To understand the basis for this, we investigated innate antiviral immunity inhuman periodontal tissue. The expression of mRNA encoding different antiviral proteins, myxovirus
resistance A (MxA), protein kinase R (PKR), oligoadenylate synthetase (OAS), and secretory
leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI) were detected in both healthy tissue and that with periodontitis.
Immunostaining data consistently showed higher MxA protein expression in the epithelial layer ofhealthy gingiva as compared with tissue with periodontitis. Human MxA is thought to be induced bytype I and III IFNs but neither cytokine type was detected in healthy periodontal tissues. Treatment
in vitro of primary human gingival epithelial cells (HGECs) with α-defensins, but not with theantimicrobial peptides β-defensins or LL-37, led to MxA protein expression. α-defensin was also
detected in healthy periodontal tissue. In addition, MxA in α-defensin-treated HGECs was
associated with protection against avian influenza H5N1infection and silencing of the MxA geneusing MxA-targeted-siRNA abolished this antiviral activity. To our knowledge, this is the first study
to uncover a novel pathway of human MxA induction, which is initiated by an endogenous
antimicrobial peptide, namely α-defensin. This pathway may play an important role in the first lineof antiviral defense in periodontal tissue.

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Oral Health Science

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S4-1
Periodontal Disease as a Possible Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease
Kenji Matsushita
National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Aichi, Japan
Periodontitis is a localized infectious disease caused by oral bacteria, such as Porphyromonas
gingivalis. Recently, associations between periodontitis and systemic diseases such as diabetes andatherosclerosis have been demonstrated. It has also been reported that bacterial infections might
contribute to the onset and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD); however, evidence is sparseregarding the causative relationship. In this study, we used a transgenic mouse model of AD toinvestigate whether periodontitis, evoked by P. gingivalis, modulates the pathological features ofthis neurodegenerative disease. We found that cognitive functions were significantly impaired in
J20 mice inoculated with P. gingivalis compared to those in control J20 mice. Additionally, brain
levels of Aβ1-40 and Aβ1-42 were higher in inoculated J20 mice than in control J20 mice. Aβ
deposition in the hippocampus and cortex was also significantly greater in inoculated J20 mice thanin control J20 mice. Furthermore, brain levels of proinflammatory cytokines, including IL-1β and
TNF-α, were higher in inoculated mice than in control mice.

These results suggest that

periodontitis, evoked by P. gingivalis, may exacerbate brain amyloid deposition and trigger brain
inflammation, leading to enhanced cognitive impairment.

Possible mechanisms by which

periodontitis modifies AD are 1) proinflammatory molecules such as proinflammatory cytokinesand bacterial toxins (e.g., lipopolysaccharides) originating in the oral cavity might affect the brain
via systemic circulation and/or neural pathways and 2) periodontopathic bacteria, including P.g.,
invade the brain and directly affect the pathogenesis of AD. Periodontal infections are treatable, andtreatment of those infections may be effective for preventing and delaying the progression of AD.

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S4-2
Systemic Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS Induces Microglial Activation andAmyloid β Accumulation in the Brain
Zhou Wu
Department of Aging Science and Pharmacology, Faculty of Dental Science,
Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
Chronic systemic inflammation can influence the brain functions through induction ofneuroinflammation. Recently, accumulating evidence suggests a possible link between periodontitis
and Alzheimer disease (AD). For example, the severity of periodontitis in elderly people has apositive relationship with the cognitive impairments. Furthermore, LPS from Porphyromonas
gingivalis (P. gingivalis) has been detected in the brain of AD patients. However, a link between
periodontitis and AD remains hypothetical.
Microglia, brain-resident mononuclear phagocytes, are well accepted as the primary cells that
respond to peripheral inflammatory stimulation. It is also known that microglia are the main cellularsource of oxidation products and inflammatory molecules in the brain during aging. Recently, we
have found that amyloid β can induce interleukin-1β secretion from microglia isolated from thebrains of aged mice, but not young mice, explaining the reason why senescence is an importantfactor for AD (Wu et al., Neurobiol Aging, 2013). Furthermore, systemic inflammation caused by
adjuvant arthritis promotes the phenotypic changes in microglia to induce exaggerated
neuroinflammation in middle-aged rats, but not in young rats, resulting in deficits of the
hippocampal long-term potentiation, a cellular basis of learning and memory (Liu et al.,Neuroscience, 2012). These observations suggest that chronic systemic inflammation accelerates“microglia aging”, which enables microglia to be hypersensitive to secondary responses in the brain(Nakanishi & Wu, Behav Brain Res, 2009). Therefore, both senescence and chronic systemic
inflammation are considered to be potent accelerators of “microglia aging”.
In this symposium, I will review our “microglia aging” hypothesis, and introduce our recent
works on systemic P. gingivalis LPS-induced microglial activation and amyloid β accumulation in
the brain. I will also discuss a possible link between periodontitis and AD associated with cognitive
impairments. I believe that better understanding of “microglial aging” will help to develop strategies
for preventing the cognitive impairments during aging and aging-related neurodegenerative diseases
such as AD.

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S4-3
Effects of Nature Materials on Alzheimer’s disease
Aiqin Zhu and Shizheng Wu
Institution of Geriatric Qinghai Provincial Hospital, Qinghai, China

By the year 2030, roughly 20% of the population will be over 65 years of age in the world. The
cognitive impairment is coming to the worldly problem with the mean life expectancy continual
increasing. Recently, much attention has been paid to the association of hypoxia with cognitive
impairments, because the brain is highly vulnerable to hypoxic stress due to its high oxygen
requirement. The negative effect of hypoxia on cognitive function has been well described.
However, less has been shown regarding cognitive dysfunction resulting from hypoxia produced byexposure to different altitudes. People living in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau experience chronic hypoxia athigh altitude. We have found that healthy individuals in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau are excursions
with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which is frequently seen as a prodromal stage of
Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Current medical researches on the cognitive impairments pay a special
attention on nature materials, because their traditional usages. Ratanasampil (RNSP), one of themost important Tibetan medicines with 70 components, is used to treat cerebrovascular diseases
such as cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction. In addition, propolis is a resinous substanceproduced by honeybees as a defense against intruders, which has been used as therapeutic properties
since ancient times. In this talk, I will introduce our previous studies that RNSP improves learningand memory in a mouse model of AD (Tg2576), and that RNSP also improves the cognitive
functions in mild-to-moderate AD patients. Furthermore, propolis improves the cognitive functions
in patients of MCI at high altitude, because timely intervention MCI may effectively prevents theprocessing of AD. We will discuss the working mechanism of the nature materials on the cognitive
impairments and give an idea of nature materials may benefit to improve the learning and memory
ability of elderly people for preventing cognitive impairments.

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S4-4
The Impact of Genomics on Research in Periodontal B acteria
Mariko Naito
Division of Microbiology and Oral Infection, Department of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan

Progress in technology always brings us a great impact. In these days, the development and spreadof the next generation sequencing platform have made the whole genome analysis to be a generalexperiment. In periodontal pathogens, complete whole genome sequence has been determined from
6 major periodontal bacteria. Our group has been determined the complete whole genome sequenceof Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC 33277, type strain, and carried out a genomic comparison withother strains of Por. gingivalis. About 20 % of total genes were strain specific ones. They might beclosely associated with difference in virulence among Por. gingivalis strains. Whole genome
comparison also identified the specific features of Por. gingivalis. The extensive genomic
rearrangements were observed among strains. Many of which have been induced by various mobile
genetic elements, such as insertion sequence, conjugative transposon (CTn) and transposon.
CTnPg1, identified in Por. gingivalis ATCC 33277, is the first intact CTn reported for genus
Porphyromonas. CTnPg1 can transfer to another strain of Por. gingivalis, and also can transfer tothe closely related genera Bacteroides and Prevotella. Several oral anaerobic bacteria have CTnPg1like CTns. Those suggested the CTnPg1 family is widely distributed in oral and intestinal anaerobic
bacteria and plays an important role in horizontal gene transfer among those bacteria and cancontribute to genetic diversity. Whole genome sequence shows that Por. gingivalis has no wellknown secretion systems, type I to VI. The comparison of the whole genome sequences amongclose related bacteria, we found out a novel secretion system, type IX secretion system (T9SS), in P.
gingivalis that translocates virulence factors across the outer membrane. T9SS also found in otherperiodontal pathogen, Pre. intermedia and Tannerella forsythia. We expected that T9SS might be agood target for new periodontal drug development.

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S4-5
Unique Strategic System of Porphyromonas gingivalis in Periodontitis
Atsuo Amano
Department of Preventive Dentistry,
Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka, Japan

Gingival epithelial cells function as an innate host defense system to prevent intrusion by
periodontal bacteria. Nevertheless, Porphyromonas gingivalis, the most well-known periodontal
pathogen, can enter gingival epithelial cells and pass through the epithelial barrier into deeper
tissues. P. gingivalis fimbriae specifically interact with α5β1-integrin of epithelial cells. The
bacterium is then subsequently captured by cellular pseudopodia, which enables invagination
through the endosomal pathway. Following passage through the epithelial barrier, intracellular P.
gingivalis impairs integrin-related signaling molecules, paxillin, and focal adhesion kinase, which
disables cellular migration and proliferation. Thereafter some intracellular bacteria are sorted tolytic compartments, including autolysosomes and late endosomes/lysosomes, while a considerable
number of the remaining organisms are sorted to recycling endosomes, leading to bacterial exit from
infected cells to neighboring cells, a mechanism of cell-to-cell spreading in periodontal tissue.
Most Gram-negative bacteria including P. gingivalis produce outer membrane vesicles (MVs)
which are natural vehicles, or bacterial “bombs,” for directed intercellular transport of bacterial
virulence factors into host cells and tissues. P. gingivalis-MVs retain a full complement of outermembrane constituents including LPS, gingipains and fimbriae. Although P. gingivalis-MVs are
suspected to invade various host cells, it is absolutely unknown how P. gingivalis-MVs invade thecells. We analyzed the invasion of host cells and cellular impairment by P. gingivalis-MVs. The
remarkable strategies used by P. gingivalis to destruct periodontal tissues will be introduced.

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S4-6
Gender-specific Associations of Periodontal Disease with Serum Antibody Titeragainst Porphyromonas gingivalis and Systemic Inflammation
Michiko Furuta
Section of Preventive and Public Health Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth andDevelopment, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

It has been reported that serum antibody titer against Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis) andsystemic inflammation are elevated in individuals with periodontal disease. However, it remains
unclear whether they lead to periodontal and systemic deterioration in each gender, as periodontal
and systemic status is influenced by gender. The present study investigates the gender-specificprobable effects of titer against P. gingivalis and systemic inflammation on periodontal disease or
systemic health status in a longitudinal study. At two time points over an 8-year period (in 2003 and2011), 414 individuals (mean age, 58.1 ± 11.0 years, 296 males and 118 females) were surveyed.
81.2% of males with periodontal disease in 2003 and 50.0% of females with periodontal disease in2003 persisted periodontal disease 8 years later. Among periodontally healthy males in 2003, 25.7%
developed periodontal disease 8 years later, while for females, 21.2% developed periodontal disease
8 years later. Poisson regression analyses showed that persistence of periodontal disease 8 years
later in females was significantly associated with antibody titer against P. gingivalis (prevalence
ratio, PR 2.58; 95% confidence interval, CI: 1.05–6.35) and hsCRP (PR 3.59; 95% CI: 1.36–9.51).
Levels of hsCRP were significantly related to development of periodontal disease 8 years later inperiodontally healthy females in 2003 (PR 3.56; 95% CI: 1.53– 8.29). Males did not have asignificant association among titer against P. gingivalis, systemic inflammation and periodontal
disease. These findings suggest that immune response to P. gingivalis infection and systemic
inflammation showed a stronger association with periodontal disease in females than in males.

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