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Cigarette Smoke Exposure in Mice using a Whole-Body Inhalation System
Published on: October 22, 2020
Cigarette smoke inhalation modulates gene expression in sites of bone healing: a study in rats
Ana Paula Oliveira Giorgetti1, João Batista César Neto, Karina Gonzales Silvério Ruiz
1Periodontics Division, Department of Prosthodontics and Periodontics, School of Dentistry at Piracicaba, State University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil. anagetti@hotmail.com
Objective:
The aim of this study was to assess the effect of cigarette smoke inhalation (CSI) on gene expression in alveolar bone healing sites.
Study Design:
Wistar rats were randomly assigned to the groups: control [animals not exposed to CSI (n = 20)] and test [animals exposed to CSI, starting 3 days before teeth extraction and maintained until killing them (n = 20)]. First mandibular molars were bilaterally extracted, and the expression of alkaline phosphatase, bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) 2 and 7, receptor activator of nuclear factor κB ligand, osteoprotegerin, and d2 isoform of vacuolar adenosine triphosphatase V(0) domain were assessed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in the newly formed tissue in the sockets.
Results:
Overall, data analysis demonstrated that CSI significantly affected the expression pattern of all of the studied genes except BMP-7.
Conclusion:
The expression of key genes for bone healing may be affected by CSI in tooth extraction sites.
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