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Modulation of Gingival Fibroblast Minocycline Accumulation by Biological Mediators
J.D. Walters*,
R.J. Nakkula and
P. Maney
Section of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, The Ohio State University Health Sciences Center, 305 West 12th Avenue, PO Box 182357, Columbus, OH 43218-2357, USA;

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Figure 1. Stimulation of fibroblast minocycline accumulation by FGF-2 and PDGF. Confluent fibroblast cultures were starved for 20 hrs and treated with the indicated growth factor concentrations for 1 or 6 hrs. Cell DNA content did not increase significantly under these experimental conditions. After brief incubation at 37°C, 40 µg/mL minocycline was added, and uptake was monitored for 3 min. The data represent the mean ± SEM of 5 individual experiments. Both agents produced a significant treatment effect after 1 and 6 hrs (P < 0.003, repeated-measures ANOVA). Conditions that produced a significant increase in minocycline accumulation compared with controls (P > 0.05, Dunnetts test) are indicated by *.
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Figure 3. Enhanced accumulation of tetracyclines by PMA-activated fibroblasts. Confluent fibroblast cultures were starved for 20 hrs and treated with 3 to 100 nM PMA for 15 min prior to assaying transport of minocycline, doxycycline, and tetracycline. The data represent the mean ± SEM of 6 individual experiments. PMA produced a significant treatment effect on the accumulation of all 3 agents (P 0.002, repeated-measures ANOVA). PMA concentrations indicated by * induced a significant increase in antibiotic accumulation (P > 0.05, Dunnetts test).
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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 84, No. 4,
320-323 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/154405910508400405

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