Resveratrol attenuates oxidative stress during experimental periodontitis in rats exposed to cigarette smoke inhalation.

Objectives: This study aimed at investigating the effect of the systemic administration of resveratrol (RESV) on oxidative stress during experimental periodontitis in rats subjected to cigarette smoke inhalation.

Material And Methods: Experimental periodontitis (EP) was induced in 26 male Wistar rats by the insertion of a ligature around one of the first mandibular and maxillary molars. The animals were assigned randomly to the following groups: cigarette smoke inhalation (CSI; 3 times/d, 8 minutes/d) + resveratrol (10 mg/Kg), that is, SMK + RESV (n = 13) and cigarette smoke inhalation + placebo, that is, SMK + PLAC (n = 13).

Resveratrol Reverts Epigenetic and Transcription Changes Caused by Smoke Inhalation on Bone-Related Genes in Rats.

We investigated the effects of cigarette smoke (CS) and resveratrol intake on the modulation of bone repair-related genes through epigenetic mechanisms at the global and gene-specific levels, after 30 days of calvarial defects were created, in rats. The samples were assigned to three groups as follows: no CS, CS, and CS/resveratrol. After evaluation of global (5 hmC) changes and epigenetic and transcription regulation at gene-specific levels, CS group showed increased 5 hmC and Tets transcripts with demethylation at Rankl and Trap promoters (p ≤ 0.