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JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 80, Issue 6, Pages 1545-1549Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/00220345010800061301
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MMP; MMP inhibitor; caries; saliva; dentin
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Previous studies suggest that salivary and pulp-derived host enzymes, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), may be involved in dentin caries pathogenesis. To study the inhibition of acid-activated human salivary MMPs by non-antimicrobial chemically modified tetracyclines (CMTs), we used a functional activity assay with I-125-labeled gelatin as a substrate. To address the role of MMPs in the progression of fissure caries in vivo, we administered the MMP inhibitors CMT-3 and zoledronate to young rats per os for 7 weeks, 5 days a week. Caries lesions were visualized by Schiff reagent in sagittally sectioned mandibular molars. Marked reduction in gelatinolytic activity of human salivary MMPs was observed with CMT-3. CMT-3 and zoledronate, both alone and in combination, also reduced dentin caries progression in the rats. These results suggest that MMPs have an important role in dentin caries pathogenesis, and that MMP inhibitors may prove to be useful in the prevention of caries progression.
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