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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Platelet-Rich Fibrin Can Neutralize Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Cell Death in Gingival Fibroblasts.

Zahra Kargarpour, Jila Nasirzade, Francesca Di Summa, Layla Panahipour, Richard J Miron, Reinhard Gruber

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zahra KargarpourDepartment of Oral Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Jila NasirzadeDepartment of Oral Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Francesca Di SummaDepartment of Oral Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Layla PanahipourDepartment of Oral Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Richard J MironDepartment of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
Reinhard GruberDepartment of Oral Biology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
Medical University of Vienna · ATUniversity of Bern · CH

Funding

Austrian Science Fund 4072-B28Austrian Science Fund FWF I 4072Osteology Foundation 17-125 and 17-219
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogen peroxide is a damage signal at sites of chronic inflammation. The question arises whether platelet-rich fibrin (PRF), platelet-poor plasma (PPP), and the buffy coat can neutralize hydrogen peroxide toxicity and thereby counteract local oxidative stress. In the present study, gingival fibroblasts cells were exposed to hydrogen peroxide with and without lysates obtained from PRF membranes, PPP, heated PPP (75 °C for 10 min), and the buffy coat. Cell viability was examined by trypan blue staining, live-dead staining, and formazan crystal formation. Cell apoptosis was assessed by cleaved caspase-3 Western blot analysis. Reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was utilized to determine the impact of PRF lysates on the expression of catalase in fibroblasts. It was reported that lysates from PRF, PPP, and the buffy coat-but not heated PPP-abolished the hydrogen peroxide-induced toxicity in gingival fibroblasts. Necrosis was confirmed by a loss of membrane integrity and apoptosis was ruled out by the lack of cleavage of caspase-3. Aminotriazole, an inhibitor of catalase, reduced the cytoprotective activity of PRF lysates yet blocking of glutathione peroxidase by mercaptosuccinate did not show the same effect. PRF lysates had no impact on the expression of catalase in gingival fibroblasts. These findings suggest that PRF, PPP, and the buffy coat can neutralize hydrogen peroxide through the release of heat-sensitive catalase.

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acute toxicityapoptosiscatalasedentistryoxidative stressplatelet-rich-fibrinplateletsulcerwound healing

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PMID32604944
PMCPMC7346145
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