Periodontitis is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects about 45 %-50 % of adults worldwide, but the efficacy of current clinical therapies is unsatisfactory due to the complicated periodontal immune microenvironment. Thus, developing drugs that can regulate innate immune cells (e.g., macrophages) is a potent strategy to treat periodontitis. Here, we report that phloretin, a food plant-derived natural compound, is sufficient to alleviate periodontitis through immune regulation. In vivo, phloretin treatment could significantly reduce alveolar bone resorption and periodontal inflammation in mouse periodontitis models. In vitro, phloretin could suppress proinflammatory (M1-like) polarization and cytokine release in macrophages induced by LPS. Mechanistically, the immune regulatory role of phloretin in macrophages may be due to its metabolic regulation effect. Phloretin might restore the balance of M1/M2 macrophage transition in periodontitis by inhibiting HIF-1α-mediated glycolysis and PI3k/Akt pathways, thereby reducing the proinflammatory effect and immune disorder caused by over-activated M1 macrophages. Together, this study highlights that natural compound, such as phloretin, can restore periodontal immune homeostasis by metabolic regulation of macrophages, which may provide novel insight into the treatment of periodontitis.
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