Evaluation of the effect of heat damage on DNA extracted from the dental pulp of restored teeth

Lucía Angeles Estrada, Adriana Martínez-Cuazitl, Mónica Maribel Mata-Miranda, César Antonio González-Díaz, Gustavo Jesús Vázquez-Zapién, Elsa Saldaña-Rivera, Virginia Sánchez-Monroy

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

1 Scopus citations

Abstract

We evaluate structural damage effects of heat on DNA obtained from the dental pulp of restored premolars. We studied three groups (A, B and C) each group comprised twenty premolars extracted from five patients. Three of the four premolars of each donator were restored with different materials: amalgam, glass ionomer and resin, and one unrestored premolar was used as control. The group A was not exposed to heat, while B and C groups were exposed to 100 °C and 300 °C, respectively. The DNA damage was evaluated as percentage of genotyping of 15 Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) and amelogenin and by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The results showed 100% genotyping in all unheated premolars; however, the increase in heat decreased genotyping percentage due to DNA degradation. The amplifications from the premolars restored with glass ionomer and those unrestored were less affected, amplifying by approximately 80% at 300 °C. FTIR revealed that DNA structural damage occurred in the phosphate region, and changes in ribose were also shown; in addition, we detected presence of β- three-calcium-phosphate (β – TCP) due to heat treatment. Moreover, the phosphate region of DNA was a good indicator of DNA integrity related to the ratio of 1230/1085 cm −1 in the second derivative (asymmetric/symmetric PO2), which was major in premolars restored with glass ionomer heated at 100 °C, and this ratio is related to less DNA alterations and better genotyping; however this changes only were detected at 100 °C, suggesting that dental restoration with this material only protects dental pulp at temperatures below 300 °C.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)54-59
Number of pages6
JournalLegal Medicine
Volume37
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019

Keywords

  • DNA fingerprinting
  • Dental pulp
  • Dental restoration
  • FTIR
  • Glass ionomer
  • STRs

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Evaluation of the effect of heat damage on DNA extracted from the dental pulp of restored teeth'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this