Affiliation:
1. Department of Periodontology Faculty of Dentistry Inonu University Malatya Turkey
2. Department of Physiology Faculty of Medicine Inonu University Malatya Turkey
3. Department of Periodontology School of Dentistry University of Birmingham Birmingham UK
Abstract
AbstractBackgroundMitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum are key cellular organelles and create contact sites (mitochondria‐endoplasmic reticulum contact [MERC]), which plays a major role in calcium metabolism, apoptotic processes, and inflammation. Previously, proteins that have been associated with these MERC contact sites mitofusin‐1 (MFN1) and mitofusin‐2 (MFN2) have been found to be downregulated in periodontal disease in vitro. Therefore, the aim of the current study was to evaluate MFN1 and MFN2 in gingival crevicular fluid (GCF) of patients with periodontal disease compared with healthy controls clinically.MethodsA total of 48 participants were divided into three groups including periodontally healthy (n = 16), patients with gingivitis (n = 16), and patients with stage 3 grade B periodontitis (n = 16). GCF levels of MFN1, MFN2, calcium (Ca), caspase‐1, and tumor necrosis factor‐alpha (TNF‐α) were determined via enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Results were calculated as total amount and concentration.ResultsMFN1 levels (total amount) were significantly higher in patients with periodontitis and gingivitis when compared with healthy controls (p < 0.05). However, concentration levels of MFN1, MFN2, Ca, caspase‐1, TNF‐α significantly decreased in periodontal disease groups compared with healthy controls (p < 0.05). A positive correlation was detected among all evaluated markers (p < 0.05).ConclusionThe MERC protein MFN1 may have a role in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease due to its increase in GCF of patients with periodontitis and gingivitis.
Subject
Periodontics,General Medicine
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