title: Reactive oxygen species generation in gingival fibroblasts of Down syndrome patients detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy.
abstract: Oral manifestations of Down syndrome include high susceptibility to gingival inflammation with early onset and rapidly progressive periodontitis. The influence of reactive oxygen species (ROS) on periodontitis of Down syndrome is unclear. The aim of this study was to characterize ROS formation in Down syndrome-gingival fibroblasts (DS-GF) using electron spin resonance (ESR) spin trapping with 5,5-dimetyl-1-pyrolline-N-oxide (DMPO), and to determine whether ROS generation plays a role in the pathogenesis of periodontitis in Down syndrome patients. We observed formation of the DMPO-OH spin adduct, indicating HO* generation from cultured DS-GF and non-DS-GF. The increased HO* generation in cultured DS-GF was strongly decreased in the presence of the H2O2 scavenger, catalase, or the iron chelator, desferal. This may due to the enzymatic ability of over-expressed CuZn-superoxide dismutase in Down syndrome to catalyze the formation of H2O2 from O2*-, thereby increasing the availability of substrate H2O2 for the iron-dependent generation of HO* via the Fenton reaction, suggesting that HO* generated from DS-GF may be involved in progressive periodontitis of Down syndrome.
authors: Department of Clinical Care Medicine, Division of Dentistry for Special Patients, Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan.
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