title: N-acetyl cysteine (NAC)-assisted detoxification of PMMA resin.
abstract: Despite its proven cytotoxicity, poly-methyl methacrylate (PMMA) resin is one of the most frequently and extensively used materials in dental practice. This study hypothesized that an anti-oxidant amino acid, N-acetyl cysteine (NAC), has the potential to detoxify this material. Ten percent of the rat dental pulp cells were viable when cultured on the PMMA resin for 24 hours, while over 70% of the cells were viable on the NAC-added resin. Nearly all suppressed alkaline phosphatase activity, matrix mineralizing capability, and odontoblastic gene expression, such as dentin sialoprotein, on the untreated control resin was recovered by NAC in a concentration-dependent manner. A Ca/P ratio of 1.65 was found in the extracellular matrix of cultures on NAC-added resin, while that in the untreated resin culture was 0.70. The addition of NAC to PMMA resin significantly ameliorated its cytotoxicity to the dental pulp cells and restored their odontoblast-like cell phenotype to a biologically significant degree.
authors: Laboratory of Bone and Implant Sciences, The Jane and Jerry Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology, Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, Biomaterials and Hospital Dentistry, UCLA School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1668, USA.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Yamada
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authors: N
authors: Kojima
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Paranjpe
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Att
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authors: Aita
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authors: Jewett
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authors: Ogawa
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D001711:Biotransformation; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic / Q000187:drug effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D024042:Collagen Type I / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008297:Male; D009804:Odontoblasts / Q000187:drug effects; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000032:analysis; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate / Q000633:toxicity*; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein
chemical_list: D000111:Acetylcysteine; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000975:Antioxidants; D002118:Calcium; D024042:Collagen Type I; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010758:Phosphorus; D019904:Polymethyl Methacrylate; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D000099311:Dentin Sialophosphoprotein