Development of Oral Care Chip, a novel device for quantitative detection of the oral microbiota associated with periodontal disease

PLoS One. 2020 Feb 28;15(2):e0229485. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0229485. eCollection 2020.

Abstract

Periodontal disease, the most prevalent infectious disease in the world, is caused by biofilms formed in periodontal pockets. No specific bacterial species that can cause periodontitis alone has been found in any study to date. Several periodontopathic bacteria are associated with the progress of periodontal disease. Consequently, it is hypothesized that dysbiosis of subgingival microbiota may be a cause of periodontal disease. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between the subgingival microbiota and the clinical status of periodontal pockets in a quantitative and clinically applicable way with the newly developed Oral Care Chip. The Oral Care Chip is a DNA microarray tool with improved quantitative performance, that can be used in combination with competitive PCR to quantitatively detect 17 species of subgingival bacteria. Cluster analysis based on the similarity of each bacterial quantity was performed on 204 subgingival plaque samples collected from periodontitis patients and healthy volunteers. A significant difference in the number of total bacteria, Treponema denticola, Campylobacter rectus, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Streptococcus intermedia bacteria in any combination of the three clusters indicated that these bacteria gradually increased in number from the stage before the pocket depth deepened. Conversely, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Prevotella intermedia, and Streptococcus constellatus, which had significant differences only in limited clusters, were thought to increase in number as the pocket depth deepened, after periodontal pocket formation. Furthermore, in clusters where healthy or mild periodontal disease sites were classified, there was no statistically significant difference in pocket depth, but the number of bacteria gradually increased from the stage before the pocket depth increased. This means that quantitative changes in these bacteria can be a predictor of the progress of periodontal tissue destruction, and this novel microbiological test using the Oral Care Chip could be effective at detecting dysbiosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bacteria / isolation & purification*
  • Campylobacter rectus / isolation & purification
  • DNA, Bacterial / analysis*
  • Female
  • Fusobacterium nucleatum / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Microbiota*
  • Middle Aged
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / methods*
  • Periodontal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Periodontal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Periodontal Index
  • Periodontal Pocket / microbiology*
  • Porphyromonas gingivalis / isolation & purification
  • Prevotella intermedia / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcus constellatus / isolation & purification
  • Tannerella forsythia / isolation & purification
  • Treponema denticola / isolation & purification
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Grants and funding

A research grant was provided by Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation based on the joint research agreement between Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and Osaka University. The funder provided support in the form of salaries for authors who belong to Mitsubishi Chemical Company [AN, HO, NT], but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.