In Vivo Crevicular Leucocyte Response in Humans to a Chemotactic Challenge: Effects of Periodontal Diseases
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Periodontology
- Vol. 55 (1) , 1-8
- https://doi.org/10.1902/jop.1984.55.1.1
Abstract
An in vivo assay was recently developed to monitor the crevicular leucocyte response to chemotactic agents, e.g., casein and N‐formyl peptides. This method was used to monitor humans with little or no gingival disease (C group), gingivitis (G group), chronic periodontitis (CP group) and localized juvenile periodontitis (LJP group). Casein (0.2 μ1, 2 mg/ml) was placed into an isolated gingival crevice of each subject with a calibrated wire loop and the time recorded (t = 0). Leucocytes were counted in crevicular washes (10 μl) 15 minutes later and every 5 minutes thereafter up to t = 50 minutes. This protocol was repeated for the crevice of an adjacent tooth except that the crevicular fluid flow response to the chemotactic challenge was monitored. The C, G and CP subjects showed a similar pattern of response to the chemoattractant with a single “peak” of leucocytes at approximately t = 25 minutes. However, the peak cell count was much greater in the G and CP groups than in the C group. LJPs showed an abnormal pattern with two leucocyte peaks, one at approximately 25 minutes and the other at 45 minutes. Both peaks tended to be higher than the single peak seen in Cs but were significantly lower than that in Gs or CPs, even at similar levels of inflammation. In addition, the peak leucocyte response (to casein) in LJPs did not increase with increasing leucocyte counts in the unchallenged (resting) crevice, whereas a positive relationship was seen in the other groups of subjects. These data suggest that this new assay may provide important diagnostic information on in vivo neutrophil migration in the gingival crevice and on susceptibility to periodontal disease.Keywords
Funding Information
- Research Foundation for the State University of New York
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