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In vivo and in vitro Effects of Zinc Oxide-Eugenol (ZOE) on Biosynthesis of Cyclo-oxygenase Products in Rat Dental Pulp

S. Hashimoto

Institute of Radioisotopes, The Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

K. Uchiyama

Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

M. Maeda

Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

K. Ishitsuka

Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

K. Furumoto

Institute of Radioisotopes, , The Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

Y. Nakamura

Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry at Tokyo, The Nippon Dental University, 1-9-20, Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102, Japan

To determine the in vivo effects of a zinc oxide-eugenol mixture (ZOE) on the cyclo-oxygenase system in dental pulp, we used radioimmunoassay to measure the levels of prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), 13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PG (DHK-PG), thromboxane B2 (TXB2), and 6-keto-PGF1{alpha} in the dental pulp of rats. When the dental pulp was irritated by a hole made in the dentin of the mandibular incisors without use of any coolants, the levels of these cyclo-oxygenase products in the pulp were increased to, respectively, 2.8, 1.7, 10.0, and 2.6 times those in the normal pulp at six hr after treatment. In contrast, these increases in cyclo-oxygenase products disappeared immediately when the artificial cavity in the dentin was filled with ZOE (P/L; 1 g/0.25 mL), but were not altered when the cavity was filled with zinc oxide-water (ZOW, 1 g/1.5 mL). Most of the eugenol portion of ZOE was released into the pulp within two hr after the cavity was filled with ZOE. The maximal eugenol content was 35 pmol per mg of pulp. Furthermore, when the cavity was filled either with ZOE or by the addition of 10 µmol/L eugenol to the pulp homogenate, biosynthesis of 14C-6-keto-PGF1{alpha}, PGF2{alpha}, and PGE 2 from 14C-arachidonic acid in the homogenate was inhibited. These results suggest that eugenol released from ZOE in the cavity prepared in the dentin inhibited the biosynthesis of cyclo-oxygenase products during pulp irritation.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 67, No. 8, 1092-1096 (1988)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345880670080601
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