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Dental follicle stem cells rescue the regenerative capacity of inflamed rat dental pulp through a paracrine pathway

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Title
Dental follicle stem cells rescue the regenerative capacity of inflamed rat dental pulp through a paracrine pathway
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, August 2020
DOI 10.1186/s13287-020-01841-1
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Hong Hong, Xiaochuan Chen, Kun Li, Nan Wang, Mengjie Li, Bo Yang, Xiaoqi Yu, Xi Wei

Abstract

Pulpitis is a common dental disease characterized by sustained inflammation and impaired pulp self-repair. Mesenchymal stem cell-based minimally invasive vital pulp therapy (MSC-miVPT) is a potential treatment method, but its application is limited by the difficulty in acquiring MSCs. We recently revealed the immunomodulatory effects of rat dental follicle stem cells (rDFSCs) on acute lung injury. The present study focused on the paracrine effects of rDFSCs on the inflammation and regeneration of rat injured dental pulp to detect whether DFSCs are a potential candidate for MSC-miVPT. Conditioned medium from rDFSCs (rDFSC-CM) was applied to lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced inflammatory rat dental pulp cells (rDPCs). The inflammation and regeneration of rDPCs were detected by RT-qPCR, Western blotting, immunofluorescence staining, Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, flow cytometry, wound-healing assay, and Masson's staining. The effects of rDFSC-CM on inflamed rat dental pulp were further evaluated by hematoxylin-eosin and immunohistochemical staining. rDFSC-CM downregulated the ERK1/2 and NF-κB signaling pathways, which resulted in suppression of the expression of IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α and promotion of the expression of IL-4 and TGF-β, and these findings lead to the attenuation of rDPC inflammation. rDFSC-CM enhanced the in vitro proliferation, migration, and odontogenic differentiation of inflammatory rDPCs and their in vivo ectopic dentinogenesis. Furthermore, rDFSC-CM inhibited inflammatory cell infiltration in rat pulpitis and triggered Runx2 expression in some of the odontoblast-like cells surrounding the injured site, and these effects were conducive to the repair of inflamed dental pulp. rDFSC-CM exhibits therapeutic potential by rescuing the regeneration of the inflamed rat dental pulp through an immunomodulatory mechanism, indicating the application prospects of DFSCs in biological regenerative endodontics.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 9 18%
Student > Bachelor 6 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 8%
Researcher 4 8%
Lecturer 1 2%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 24 48%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 34%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 4%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Neuroscience 2 4%
Other 2 4%
Unknown 23 46%
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#15,622,436
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#1,365
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#40
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