MINOCYCLINE REDUCES GINGIVAL COLLAGENOLYTIC ACTIVITY DURING DIABETES - PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS AND A PROPOSED NEW MECHANISM OF ACTION
MINOCYCLINE REDUCES GINGIVAL COLLAGENOLYTIC ACTIVITY DURING DIABETES - PRELIMINARY-OBSERVATIONS AND A PROPOSED NEW MECHANISM OF ACTION
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0765.1983.tb00388.x
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
RAMAMURTHY, NS
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作者:
GOLUB, LM;LEE, HM;RAMAMURTHY, NS
Diabetes increases gingival collagenase activity, an effect that may be mediated by endogenous tissue changes and exacerbated by an overgrowth of gram-negative organisms in the gingival crevice. In an attempt to reverse this collagenolytic abnormality, an appropriate antibiotic, minocycline (a semisynthetic tetracycline), was administered to diabetic rats and humans. Adult male conventional or germfree rats were made diabetic with streptozotocin, and half of these animals were administered minocycline (20 mg/day) by tube feeding for 3-4 wk prior to sacrifice. The buccal gingiva, entire skins and mandibles were dissected and tested for collagenolytic enzyme activity, collagen content and alveolar bone loss, respectively. In a preliminary study, minocycline (200 mg/day) was administered for 7 days to an insulin-dependent diabetic adolescent human and an adult non-diabetic human; the twin brother of the diabetic was treated with penicillin. Gingival fluid collagenase activity was measured (using [3H-methyl] collagen as substrate in a new microassay) in 8 periodontal pockets in each subject before and after antibiotic therapy. Examination of collagenase digestion products by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and fluorography was also carried out. In rats, minocycline treatment: suppressed the abnormally elevated collagenolytic enzyme activity in gingiva of diabetic rats, even under germfree conditions; inhibited polymorphonuclear leukocyte collagenase activity in vitro, an effect that was reversed by the addition of Ca2+ ions (penicillin-streptomycin had no effect on the activity of this enzyme); and retarded the abnormal loss of skin collagen and alveolar bone in diabetic rats. In a preliminary study on humans, minocycline therapy reduced the collagenase activity of gingival crevicular fluid, an effect not produced by penicillin. Evidently, tetracycline therapy inhibits tissue collagenolytic enzyme activity by a mechanism at least in part unrelated to its antibacterial efficacy, and this mechanism may provide a new therapeutic approach for suppressing excessive collagen resorption which occurs during periodontal disease and which can occur during other pathologic conditions.