Effect of aging on BCG immunostimulation of Porphyromonas gingivalis infection in mice.

The need for population care increases with the age of the population. Pneumonia is the fourth leading cause of death in Japan, yet the risk of pneumonia could be reduced by eliminating opportunistic infection sources such as oral bacteria (e.g.

The participation of nitric oxide in peritoneal exudate cell cytotoxicity of mice by Fusobacterium nucleatum.

Previously we reported that mice infected recurrently with live Fusobacterium nucleatum(Fn) synthesize a significant amount of NO between 12 hr and 24 hr after Fn injection. Fn is a gram-negative rod periodontal pathogen. NO could not be induced by heat-killed Fn or in untreated mice.

The reduction of Fusobacterium nucleatum in mice is irrelevant to the nitric oxide induced by iNOS.

Previously we reported that mice infected recurrently with live Fusobacterim nucleatum (Fn) synthesize a significant amount of NO between 12 hr and 24 hr after the Fn injection. We now investigated whether the NO has the capability of killing Fn, a gram-negative rod periodontal pathogen. The mice were divided into three groups: treated with live bacteria (LB), treated with heat-killed bacteria (HKB) and untreated: normal (N).