title: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-1, -8, -13) in chronic periapical lesions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are proteolytic enzymes capable of degrading almost all extracellular matrix and basement membrane components in many destructive pathological processes, such as chronic inflammation and bone-destructive lesions. The aim of this study was to determinate the correlation between concentration of collagenases (MMP-1, -8, -13) in chronic periapical lesions and their dimension calculated with software predilection through X-ray.
  
  
  METHODS
  Chronic periapical tissues were collected by periapical surgery from 60 teeth with clinically and radiographically verified different chronic periapical lesions (20 granulomas, 20 diffuse periapical lesions, 10 cysts). Ten normal pulps used as controls were obtained by extirpation of the pulp of impacted third molars after their surgery. For rapid analysis of MMP-1, -8, -13 collagenase activities in the examined material Chemicon Collagenase Activity Assay Kit were used. From the X-ray trough software predilection (Image Tool3 Program) of the volume of chronic periapical tissue, correlation between concentration of MMPs in the periapical lesions and their dimension was confirmed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Different concentrations of collagenases (MMP-1, -8 and -13) in chronic periapical process from different inflammation types showed different activity of MMPs. The obtained results showed the highest values of collagenases concentration (MMP-1, -8, -13) in chronic diffuse lesions (5.39 ng/ml). Low values of concentration of MMPs accompanied less serious lesions, whereas chronical periapical lesions of large dimension had high concentration of MMPs, which was proportional to progression of the lesion and destruction of bone tissue.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study confirmed the destructive role of collagenases (MMP-1, -8 and -13) in inflammation process, which directly depends on the concentration of MMPs in pathologically changed tissue.
authors.affiliation: School for Dental Medicine, Clinic for Oral Surgery, Skopje, FYR Macedonia. tatijana_78@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andonovska
authors.forename: Cena
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dimova
authors.forename: Saso
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panov
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D053509:Matrix Metalloproteinase 13 / Q000378:metabolism; D020784:Matrix Metalloproteinase 8 / Q000378:metabolism; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D053509:Matrix Metalloproteinase 13; D020782:Matrix Metalloproteinases; D020784:Matrix Metalloproteinase 8; D020781:Matrix Metalloproteinase 1