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Abstract
In the gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of control and chronic adult periodontitis (CAP) patients there is a spontaneous release of O2- radicals from polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN). The addition of the exogenous stimuli phorbol myrystate acetate (PMA) decreased the O2- formation in control GCF, while in CAP patients produced a marked enhancement of O2- generation.
The circulating PMN of control subjects did not show a spontaneous O2- formation, differently from CAP patients. On the contrary, a similar O2- production was measured when the circulating PMN were stimulated with PMA.
Moreover, the antioxidant activity measured in 10μl of cell free gingival supernatant (GS) of control and CAP patients had the same values by inhibiting 12.6% and 18.9% respectively of the O2- formation supported by a xanthine/xanthine oxidase system.
Probably, the protective or destructive effect of PMN in GCF of CAP patients depends on the variations of the rate of O2- formation in respect to the intrinsic antioxidant property of GS.
