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ArticleJournal of inflammation research2021

Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Regulates the Biological Behavior of Oral Mucosal Fibroblasts by Inducing Cell Autophagy and Its Mechanism.

Jie Wang, Lina Yang, Jialing You, Dada Wen, Bo Yang, Canhua Jiang

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Article in Journal of inflammation research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jie WangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China.
Lina YangDepartment of Immunology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China.
Jialing YouDepartment of Immunology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China.
Dada WenDepartment of Immunology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China.
Bo YangDepartment of Immunology, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China.
Canhua JiangDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410078, People's Republic of China.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore the effect of platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) on oral mucosal fibroblast autophagy and further elucidate the molecular mechanism by which PDGF-BB regulates the biological behavior of oral mucosal fibroblasts by inducing autophagy.

methodsPrimary oral mucosal fibroblasts were isolated and cultured by the tissue block and trypsin methods and identified by indirect immunofluorescence vimentin detection. We detected the autophagy marker Beclin-1 and fibrosis marker Col-I of the primary oral mucosal fibroblasts at different time points after stimulating the fibroblasts with different PDGF-BB concentrations by Western blotting and determined the best experimental concentration and stimulation time of PDGF-BB. Then, indirect immunofluorescence, Western blotting, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used to detect the effect of PDGF-BB on the expression of autophagy-related and fibrotic proteins before and after 3-methyladenine (3-MA) intervention. Additionally, the effect of 3-MA on the proliferation and migration of primary oral mucosal fibroblasts stimulated by PDGF-BB was detected by the MTT method and a scratch experiment. The effect of PDGF-BB on Beclin-1 and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase class 3 (PI3KC3) interaction was detected by co-immunoprecipitation.

resultsThe results demonstrated that PDGF-BB could induce autophagy of the oral mucosal fibroblasts, showing a certain time and dose correlation. It induced cell autophagy through Beclin-1 and PI3KC3 interaction to promote the proliferation, migration, conversion, and collagen synthesis of the fibroblasts. However, 3-MA inhibited the combination of Beclin-1 and PI3KC3 and weakened the fibroblasts' proliferation, migration, conversion, and collagen synthesis activities.

conclusionOverall, PDGF-BB induces autophagy through the Beclin-1 pathway to regulate the biological behavior of oral mucosal fibroblasts.

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3-MAautophagybiological behaviorPDGF-BBprimary oral mucosal fibroblastssignaling pathway

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