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ArticleTissue engineering and regenerative medicine2022

Temporal Modulation of DNA Methylation and Gene Expression in Monolayer and 3D Spheroids of Dental Pulp Stem Cells during Osteogenic Differentiation: A Comparative Study.

Shalini Raik, Reetu Thakur, Vidya Rattan, Navin Kumar, Arnab Pal, Shalmoli Bhattacharyya

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Shalini RaikDepartment of Biophysics, Post Graduate Institution of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Reetu ThakurDepartment of Biochemistry, Post Graduate Institution of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 160012, India.
Vidya RattanUnit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Oral Health Sciences, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India.
Navin KumarDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab, India.
Arnab PalDepartment of Biochemistry, Post Graduate Institution of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 160012, India. pal.arnab@pgimer.edu.in.
Shalmoli BhattacharyyaDepartment of Biophysics, Post Graduate Institution of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, 160012, India. shalmoli2007@yahoo.co.in.ORCID 0000-0003-4189-4453
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · INIndian Institute of Technology Ropar · IN

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Abstract

backgroundHuman mesenchymal stem cells are being used for various regenerative applications in past decades. This study chronicled a temporal profile of the transcriptional pattern and promoter methylation status of the osteogenic related gene in dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) derived from 3-dimensional spheroid culture (3D) vis a vis 2-dimensional (2D) monolayer culture upon osteogenic induction.

methodsBiomimetic properties of osteogenesis were determined by alkaline phosphatase assay and alizarin red staining. Gene expression and promoter methylation status of osteogenic genes such as runt-related transcription factor-2, collagen1α1, osteocalcin (OCN), and DLX5 (distal-homeobox) were performed by qPCR assay and bisulfite sequencing, respectively. Furthermore, µ-Computed tomography (micro-CT) was performed to examine the new bone formation in critical-sized rat calvarial bone defect model.

resultsOur results indicated a greater inclination of spheroid culture-derived DPSCs toward osteogenic lineage than the monolayer culture. The bisulfite sequencing of the promoter region of osteogenic genes revealed sustenance of low methylation levels in DPSCs during the progression of osteogenic differentiation. However, the significant difference in the methylation pattern between 2D and 3D derived DPSCs were identified only for OCN gene promoter. We observed differences in the mRNA expression pattern of epigenetic writers such as DNA methyltransferases (DNMTs) and methyl-cytosine dioxygenases (TET) between the two culture conditions. Further, the DPSC spheroids showed enhanced new bone formation ability in an animal model of bone defect compared to the cells cultivated in a 2D platform which further substantiated our in-vitro observations.

conclusionThe distinct cellular microenvironment induced changes in DNA methylation pattern and expression of epigenetic regulators such as DNMTs and TETs genes may lead to increase expression of osteogenic markers in 3D spheroid culture of DPSCs which make DPSCs spheroids suitable for osteogenic regeneration compared to monolayers.

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DNA MethylationOsteogenesisAnimalsCells, CulturedDental PulpGene ExpressionHumansOsteocalcinRatsStem CellsSulfiteshydrogen sulfiteOsteocalcinSulfites3-Dimensional spheroid cultureBisulfite sequencingBone regenerationOsteogenic differentiationPromoter methylation

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PMID36221017
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