Shanghai Journal of Stomatology ›› 2016, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (4): 396-402.

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The effect of rat dental papilla cells on macrophage secretion of cytokines though paracrine mechanism

LI Xin, HONG Hong, ZHANG Yan qing, WEI Xi   

  1. Department of Endodontics and Conservative Dentistry, Guanghua School and Hospital of Stomatology and Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University. Guangzhou 510021, Guangdong Province, China
  • Received:2015-11-11 Online:2016-08-25 Published:2016-09-06

Abstract: PURPOSE: To investigate the immunomodulatory effects of rat dental papilla cells (RDPCs) on lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-induced macrophages. METHODS: Dental papilla tissues from SD rats were isolated and cultured. Cells were passaged and purified using different digesting method. After osteogenic differentiation of rat dental papilla cells, mineralized nodules were assessed by Alizarin red S staining. Oil red-O staining was used to observe the lipid after adipogenic differentiation of rat dental papilla cells. The effect of rat dental papilla cells conditioned medium (RDPC-CM) on macrophages proliferation was assessed using a cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8). LPS-stimulated macrophages were treated with RDPC-CM and the level of IL-1β, TNF-α, IL-6 and nitric oxide (NO) in the supernatants were evaluated by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Greiss reagent. The results were analyzed by using SPSS 13.0 software package. RESULTS: RDPCs were found around dental papilla piece after 24h of cultures, the cells could be purified using different digesting methods. Aliarin red staining and Oil red-O staining certified the presence of mineralized nodules and lipid in rat dental papilla cells, respectively. CCK-8 assay results showed that the proliferation of macrophages was not affected by RDPC-CM. ELISA and Griess reagent assay revealed a significantly decreased level of TNF-α in the supernatants of LPS-stimulated macrophages upon RDPC-CM treatment compared with the control, but not the levels of IL-6, IL-1β and NO.

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