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Chlorhexidine (CHX) mouthrinses are known to have a beneficial effect in the management of periodontal disease. The present study was designed to investigate the antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and matrix metalloproteinases-8 (MMP-8) inhibition efficacy of eight commercially available CHX mouthrinses from the Dominican Republic. Methods: The study samples are categorized into two categories, eight commercially available CHX mouthrinses were case sample group, and positive and negative controls used in the study are categorized as control sample group. Antibacterial activity of the samples was evaluated on bacterial strains obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC, Rockville, MD USA) which were Porphyromonas gingivalis, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Eikenella corrodens, and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans. Results: The study samples 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 8 showed significant higher antibacterial efficacy and sample 4 and 7 were less effective. Samples 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 showed higher antibacterial efficacy with no bacterial colonies formation in dilution assay method, whereas sample 8 showed smaller colonies of bacterial growth. The halo diameter found to be average in sample 8 with 13 mm, whereas sample 9 showed 12.5 + 3.48 mm, sample 1 was with a mean of 11.79 + 3.51 mm. The smaller halo diameter and minimal antibacterial activity were observed in samples 4 (mean of 3.5 + 5.95 mm) and 7 (3.5 + 7.70 mm). All eight samples showed statistically significant higher MMP-8 inhibition activity with P < 0.0001. Conclusion: Commercially available CHX digluconate mouthrinses showed the difference in plaque inhibition with 0.12 and 0.15% concentration.
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Objective To investigate the effect of MMP-8 on cornea. Methods Fifteen C57BL/6J healthy mice were selected. The right eyes corneal stroma was injected by 10μL MMP-8 as the experimental group and the left eyes were injected by same amount of normal saline as the control group. At 0,4,8 h, the two-photon microscope second harmonic generation imaging technology was used to scan mice corneal stroma layer by layer in vivo. The obtained images were performed the 3D reconstruction by Imaris software and the signal intensity of the images were calculated. At 4,8 h, the corneal opacity degree was evaluated under slit lamp. At 8 h,mice were killed and corneas were collected to determine the hydroxyproline concentration. Results The cornea stromal fiber signal strengthes at 0 h in the experimental group and control group were (89.7±11.2) and (85.3±7.0),which at 4 h were (14.5±3.4) and (46.6±14. 0) respectively,which at 8 h were (11.0±4.6) and (34.6±12.5) respectively. The cornea stromal signal strength at 4,8 h in the experiemental group was significantly decreased compared with that in the control group (P<0.05) ;the cornea at 4 ,8 h in the experimental group was significantly turbid than that in the control group (P<0.05);the cornea hydroxyproline concentrations detected at 8h in the experiemental group and control group were (0.433±0. 090) μg/mg and (0. 590±0. 133) μg/mg respectively,the experimental group was significantly lower than the control group (F=7. 193,P=0. 014). Conclusion MMP-8 has obvious degradation and destroy effect on mice corneal stroma collagen,which leads to the decrease of corneal opacity.
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40 cases(control group)with aggressive periodontitis (AgP)received scaling and root planning (SRP)and 38 cases(test group)received SRP followed by oral administration of amoxicillin plus metronidazole for 7 d.Gingival crevicular fluid samples were exam-ined for the levels of MMP-1,MMP-8 and tissue TIMP-1 by ELISA before therapy,3 and 6 months after therapy,TIMP-1 /MMP-1 and TIMP-1 /MMP-8 ratios were calculated.The levels of MMP-1 and MMP-8 were decreased in both groups (P <0.05)at 3 and 6 months after therapy.TIMP-1 /MMP-1 and TIMP-1 /MMP-8 ratios were increased in the 2 groups(P <0.05)after treatment,3 months after therapy the ratio in test group was higher than that in control group(P <0.05).