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Smoking‐related cotinine levels and host responses in chronic periodontitis
Author(s) -
Ebersole J. L.,
Steffen M. J.,
Thomas M. V.,
AlSabbagh M.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of periodontal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.31
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0765
pISSN - 0022-3484
DOI - 10.1111/jre.12146
Subject(s) - cotinine , periodontitis , gingivitis , medicine , saliva , nicotine , immunology , physiology , dentistry
Background and Objective Smoking has been reported to increase the risk of periodontal disease by disrupting the balance of immune responses and tissue repair processes; however, this risk varies among smokers. Cotinine levels in saliva are routinely used to measure the level of smoking, and reflect the quantity of nicotine, and other smoking‐related xenobiotics that challenge host systems. This study delineated characteristics of inflammatory mediators in saliva and serum antibody responses to both periodontal pathogens and commensal bacteria in smokers as they related to cotinine levels. Materials and Methods This case–control study ( n = 279) examined salivary inflammatory mediator responses [interleukin ( IL )‐1ß, IL ‐10, prostaglandin E2, myeloperoxidase and plasminogen activator inhibitor‐1], and serum IgG antibody responses to three periodontal pathogens ( A ggregatibacter actinomyce‐temcomitans, P orphyromonas gingivalis, T reponema denticola ) and five commensal oral microorganisms ( V eillonella parvula, S treptococcus sanguis, P revotella loescheii, A ctinomyces naeslundii, C apnocytophaga ochracea ). Results The patients were stratified into health ( n = 30), gingivitis ( n = 55) and periodontitis ( n = 184); cotinine levels correlated with reported smoking habits in health, less so with gingivitis, and were not correlated in periodontitis. Of the inflammatory mediators/acute phase proteins, only IL ‐1ß levels were positively associated ( p < 0.001) with the pack years and cotinine levels. As might be predicted, patients with periodontitis smoked more ( p < 0.001) and had higher levels of cotinine. IL ‐1ß and antibody to A . actinomycetemcomitans, P . gingivalis and T . denticola were significantly higher in the patients with periodontitis than either patients with gingivitis or who were healthy. Conclusions Generally, antibody to the pathogens and commensals was lower with decreased cotinine levels. Smoking exacerbated differences in both inflammatory mediators and three antibody in periodontal disease compared to healthy subjects.