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  • Title: Vitamin B-complex application promotes secondary palate development in a palate organ model of the A/WySnJ mouse.
    Author: Scheller K, Orce y Tiggers J, Schubert J.
    Journal: J Oral Maxillofac Surg; 2013 Jan; 71(1):143-50. PubMed ID: 22695017.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: This study analyzed the direct influence of vitamin B-complex supplements (Polybion N, Merck Pharma GmbH, Germany) in medium on secondary palatal development in palatal organ cultures of A/WySnJ mice. Because of positive clinical experiences with prophylactic vitamin B substitution in mothers of cleft-related families, the direct influence of the vitamin B-complex on palatal tissue was analyzed. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The inbred A/WySnJ mouse strain shows a highly spontaneous, genetically determined clefting rate of 20% to 44%. One hundred seventy-seven A/WySnJ fetuses were microdissected on gestational day 14.3 before the occurrence of palatal fusion. Palatal organ cultures were prepared and incubated in chemically defined serum-free medium with different concentrations (0.1% and 1.0%) of the vitamin B-complex Polybion N for 72 hours. Palatal development was analyzed microscopically according to the 6-step visual scale that describes the approximation of palatal shelves during development. RESULTS: At the beginning of the experiment (gestational day 14.3), the palatal development of all specimens used for in vitro organ culture showed a clear approach of the palatal shelves at stage II (2.25±0.78). Seventy-two hours after in vitro cultivation, the palatal shelves of the organ cultures supplemented with the vitamin B-complex showed significant growth (0.1%, P=.00017; 1.0%, P=.00078), whereas the untreated control group remained at initial developmental stage II (P=.291). CONCLUSIONS: The results of this in vitro study suggest a significant positive influence of vitamin B supplementation on palatal shelf development in organ culture. Further studies will focus on the vitamin B concentration in the amniotic fluid of dams with or without cleft in their offspring.
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