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  • Title: Implantation of Endothelial Cells with Mesenchymal Stem Cells Accelerates Dental Pulp Tissue Regeneration/Healing in Pulpotomized Rat Molars.
    Author: Sueyama Y, Kaneko T, Ito T, Kaneko R, Okiji T.
    Journal: J Endod; 2017 Jun; 43(6):943-948. PubMed ID: 28416308.
    Abstract:
    INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to examine whether the implantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with endothelial cells (ECs) accelerates pulp tissue regeneration/healing and induces dentin bridge formation in a rat model of molar coronal pulp regeneration. METHODS: The maxillary first molars of Wistar rats were subjected to pulpotomy. Then, pulp chambers were implanted with biodegradable hydrogel-made scaffolds carrying MSCs together or without dermal microvascular ECs, and the cavities were sealed with mineral trioxide aggregate. After 14 days, pulp samples were analyzed by immunohistochemistry; messenger RNA expression of B-cell lymphoma 2 (Bcl-2), chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 1 (Cxcl1), CXC receptor 2 (Cxcr2), and dentin sialophosphoprotein (Dspp) by quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and protein expression of nestin and vascular endothelial growth factor by Western blotting. RESULTS: Teeth coimplanted with MSCs and ECs showed pulp healing with complete dentin bridge formation, whereas those implanted with MSCs alone had incomplete dentin bridges. Bcl-2, Cxcl1, Cxcr2, and Dspp messenger RNA levels were significantly up-regulated in the pulp of MSC/EC-implanted teeth compared with those in MSC-implanted teeth. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed the expression of nestin in odontoblastlike cells under dentin bridges in the MSC/EC coimplanted group. The density of CD31-expressing ECs and the expression of nestin and vascular endothelial growth factor proteins were significantly up-regulated in the MSC/EC-implanted pulp compared with the MSC-implanted pulp. CONCLUSIONS: The implantation of ECs with MSCs accelerated pulp tissue regeneration/healing and dentin bridge formation, up-regulated the expression of proangiogenic factors, and increased the density of ECs in pulpotomized rat molars.
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