Secretion of salivary enzymes in cats with spontaneous inflammatory-dystrophic lesions of the parodontium
Barabash, R.D.; Levitskiĭ, A.P.; Konovets, V.M.
Fiziolohichnyi Zhurnal 23(1): 92-97
1977
ISSN/ISBN: 0015-3311 PMID: 863003 Document Number: 118758
The secretion of 10 digestive salivary enzymes was studied in 51 cats with intact periodontium and spontaneous periodontal disease of different forms and degree of gravity. Alkaline RNAase and kallikrein-like proteases secretion is determined to increase significantly in periodontal disease. In the salivary glands the content of RNAases and lysozyme increases, and the amount of BAEE[N-.alpha.-benzoyl-1-arginine-ethylester]-esterases and hyaluronidase decreases. The most pronounced disturbances of salivary gland function were found in the dystrophic form of periodontal disease. The parotid gland is the main source of salivary lysozyme, and the submandibular glands are the source of salivary BAEE-esterases and hyaluronidase in cats.