Salivary proteomic profile of dogs with and without dental calculus.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dogs' saliva is a complex mixture of inorganic and organic constituents, rich in proteins. Therefore, knowing the saliva composition of these animals is extremely important to identify the presence of proteins that may be involved in physiological and pathological mechanisms of their oral cavity. The present study aimed to characterize the proteomic profile of saliva from dogs with and without dental calculus.

Results

Saliva samples were collected from 20 dogs. Before the collection, a visual clinical examination was performed and 8 subjects (40%) did not present any signs of dental calculus, while 12 (60%) presented dental calculus. After saliva collection, the samples were submitted to protein quantification (mBCA), and then they were prepared for analysis by nL

SUBMITTER: Bringel M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7437026 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature