RESEARCH ARTICLE
Correlation Between Metabolic Syndrome, Periodontitis and Reactive Oxygen Species Production. A Pilot Study
Romeo Patini1, Patrizia Gallenzi1, Gianrico Spagnuolo2, *, Massimo Cordaro1, Monica Cantiani1, Adriana Amalfitano3, Alessandro Arcovito3, Cinzia Callà3, Gertrude Mingrone4, Giuseppina Nocca3, 5
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
First Page: 621
Last Page: 627
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-11-621
DOI: 10.2174/1874210601711010621
Article History:
Received Date: 30/07/2017Revision Received Date: 8/11/2017
Acceptance Date: 21/11/2017
Electronic publication date: 12/12/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background and Objective:
Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is associated with an increased risk of periodontitis even if the mechanism is unknown. Since both MetS and periodontitis are characterized by an alteration of inflammation status, the aim of this pilot study was to determine if differences in ROS metabolism of phagocytes isolated from (A) patients with MetS, (B) patients with both MetS and mild periodontitis, (C) healthy subjects and (D) normal weight subjects with mild periodontitis, were present.
Methods:
ROS metabolism was studied by a Chemiluminescence (CL) technique: the system was made up of luminol (100 nmol/L) and cells (1 × 105) in the presence or absence of stimulus constituted by opsonized zymosan (0.5 mg). The final volume (1.0 mL) was obtained using modified KRP buffer. ROS production was measured at 25°C for 2 h, using an LB 953 luminometer (Berthold, EG & G Co, Germany). All the experiments were performed in triplicate.
Statistical Analysis:
All results are mean ± standard deviation (SD). The group of means was compared by the analysis of variance "(ANOVA)". A value of p < 0.05 was considered significant.
Results:
Results showed that basal ROS production (both from PMNs and from PBMs) of groups A, B and D was increased with respect to that obtained from group C (p <0.05).
Conclusion:
These results are congruent with literature data, although the actual clinical relevance of the phenomenon remains to be evaluated.
