Jung JE, Song MJ, Shin S, Choi YJ, Kim KH, Chung CJ. Local myogenic pulp-derived cell injection enhances craniofacial muscle regeneration in vivo.
Orthod Craniofac Res 2018;
20:35-43. [PMID:
28102011 DOI:
10.1111/ocr.12138]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES
To enhance myogenic differentiation in pulp cells isolated from extracted premolars by epigenetic modification using a DNA demethylation agent, 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (5-Aza), and to evaluate the potent stimulatory effect of 5-Aza-treated pulp cell injection for craniofacial muscle regeneration in vivo.
SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION
Pulp cells were isolated from premolars extracted for orthodontic purposes from four adults (age range, 18-22.1 years).
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Levels of myogenic differentiation and functional contraction response in vitro were compared between pulp cells with or without pre-treatment of 5-Aza. Changes in muscle regeneration in response to green fluorescent protein (GFP)-labelled myogenic pulp cell injection in vivo were evaluated using a cardiotoxin (CTX)-induced muscle injury model of the gastrocnemius as well as the masseter muscle in mice.
RESULTS
Pre-treatment of 5-Aza in pulp cells stimulated myotube formation, myogenic differentiation in terms of desmin and myogenin expression, and the level of collagen gel contraction. The local injection of 5-Aza pre-treated myogenic pulp cells was engrafted into the host tissue and indicated signs of enhanced muscle regeneration in both the gastrocnemius and the masseter muscles.
CONCLUSION
The epigenetic modification of pulp cells from extracted premolars and the local injection of myogenic pulp cells may stimulate craniofacial muscles regeneration in vivo.
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