Direct Interaction between Gingival Fibroblasts and Lymphoid Cells Induces Inflammatory Cytokine mRNA Expression in Gingival Fibroblasts

Abstract

In inflamed periodontal lesions, dense infiltration of lymphocytes is usually observed in the extravascular periodontal connective tissue, adjacent to gingival fibroblasts. Our previous study revealed that activated lymphocytes can adhesively interact with gingival fibroblasts in vitro. In the present study, we investigated whether gingival fibroblasts are activated through direct interaction with lymphoid cells by monitoring the expression of inflammatory cytokine mRNA in human gingival fibroblasts (HGF). Co-culture with various human lymphoid cells in vitro resulted in a marked increase in the expression of IL-la, IL-1β, and IL-6 mRNA by the HGF. In addition, expression of the mRNA of the IL-1β-converting enzyme (ICE), which is essential to produce the mature form of IL-1β, was constitutively observed in the HGF, suggesting that mature IL-lp is produced by these cells. When HGF were cultured with the culture supernatant of the lymphoid cells, the increase in the inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression was not observed. Similarly, when HGF and lymphoid cells were cultured in the same well but separated by a membrane which prevented direct contact between the cells, no increase in inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression was observed. These results strongly indicate that direct interaction between these heterotypic cell types transduces activation signals into HGF that induce an increase in inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression. Furthermore, IL-1β mRNA expression in the HGF was synergistically increased when HGF directly interacted with lymphoid cells in the presence of exogeneous IL-1β. The present study demonstrates that direct interaction between HGF and lymphoid cells stimulates HGF to increase inflammatory cytokine mRNA expression, and raises the possibility that heterotypic cell-cell interaction may facilitate local inflammatory reactions.

Keywords

gingival fibroblast lymphocyte adhesive interaction inflammatory cytokine IL-1β

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