PMID- 34081782 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210913 LR - 20220621 IS - 1365-2591 (Electronic) IS - 0143-2885 (Linking) VI - 54 IP - 10 DP - 2021 Oct TI - Assessment of the cytotoxic effects and chemical composition of the insoluble precipitate formed from sodium hypochlorite and chlorhexidine gluconate. PG - 1892-1901 LID - 10.1111/iej.13583 [doi] AB - AIM: To investigate (1) the cytotoxic potential of the brown precipitate (BP) formed with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) and chlorhexidine gluconate (CHX), using both a small animal model of Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) and cultured human gingival fibroblasts; and (2) the chemical composition of BP using Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS). METHODOLOGY: Brown precipitate was obtained by mixing equal volumes of 6% NaOCl and 2% CHX and separating the BP from clear supernatant by centrifugation. The brown precipitate was weighed and solubilized in dimethyl sulfoxide for cytotoxicity experiments. The cytotoxic effect of BP was assessed using C. elegans larvae and primary immortalized human gingival fibroblasts-hTERT (hTERT-hNOF) cells. Various dilutions of BP (25 ng/microL-150 ng/microL), supernatant (0.15% v/v), NaOCl (1:100-1:1000 dilutions of 6% NaOCl) or CHX (1:500-1:1000 dilutions of 2% CHX) along with vehicle control (0.5% v/v ethanol and 0.15% v/v DMSO) or untreated control (growth medium) were tested on C. elegans larvae and hTERT-hNOF cells. Viability was assessed in C. elegans larvae using stereomicroscopy and in hTERT-hNOF cells using dehydrogenase-based colorimetric assay. ToF-SIMS was used to assess the chemical composition of BP in comparison with CHX and para-chloroaniline (PCA). The C. elegans and cell line data were analysed using Log-Rank test and Student's t-test, respectively (p < .05). RESULTS: BP-75 ng/microL and BP-150 ng/microL were significantly more toxic to C. elegans larvae than the untreated, vehicle, supernatant or CHX treatment groups (p < .0001). Similarly, in hTERT-hNOF cells, BP-50 ng/microL, BP-75 ng/microL and BP-150 ng/microL induced significant cytotoxicity within 2 h compared with untreated, vehicle, supernatant and CHX treatments (p < .05). ToF-SIMS analysis of BP revealed ion composition characteristic of both CHX and the carcinogen PCA. CONCLUSIONS: Brown precipitate was toxic in both C. elegans larvae and hTERT-hNOF cells. The ToF-SIMS analysis of BP revealed ions characteristic of CHX and PCA that could account for the toxicities observed in C. elegans larvae and human gingival fibroblasts. Because of the insoluble and toxic nature of BP, consecutive use of CHX and NaOCl irrigants should be avoided in root canal treatment. CI - (c) 2021 British Endodontic Society. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. FAU - Jeong, Ji Wook AU - Jeong JW AD - Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Sarmast, Nima D AU - Sarmast ND AD - Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Terlier, Tanguy AU - Terlier T AD - SIMS Laboratory, Shared Equipment Authority, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - van der Hoeven, Ransome AU - van der Hoeven R AD - Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Holland, Julian N AU - Holland JN AD - Office of Research, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. FAU - Parikh, Neha AU - Parikh N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7864-3020 AD - Department of Diagnostic and Biomedical Sciences, School of Dentistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. LA - eng GR - American Association of Endodontists Foundation/ GR - American Association of Dental Research-Houston Section/ GR - CBET-1626418/National Science Foundation/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210701 PL - England TA - Int Endod J JT - International endodontic journal JID - 8004996 RN - 0 (Root Canal Irrigants) RN - DY38VHM5OD (Sodium Hypochlorite) RN - MOR84MUD8E (chlorhexidine gluconate) RN - R4KO0DY52L (Chlorhexidine) CIN - Int Endod J. 2022 Jun;55(6):685-688. PMID: 35511028 CIN - Int Endod J. 2022 Jun;55(6):689-691. PMID: 35511029 MH - Animals MH - Caenorhabditis elegans MH - Chlorhexidine/analogs & derivatives/toxicity MH - Humans MH - *Root Canal Irrigants MH - *Sodium Hypochlorite/toxicity OTO - NOTNLM OT - brown precipitate OT - chlorhexidine OT - eukaryotic model OT - para-chloroaniline OT - sodium hypochlorite OT - toxicity EDAT- 2021/06/04 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/14 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/03 17:21 PHST- 2021/05/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/02/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/03 17:21 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/iej.13583 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int Endod J. 2021 Oct;54(10):1892-1901. doi: 10.1111/iej.13583. Epub 2021 Jul 1.