Mechanosensitivity of dental pulp stem cells is related to their osteogenic maturity.
For engineering bone tissue, mechanosensitive cells are needed for bone (re)modelling. Local bone mass and architecture are affected by mechanical loading, which provokes a cellular response via loading-induced interstitial fluid flow. We studied whether human dental pulp-derived mesenchymal stem cells (PDSCs) portraying mature (PDSC-mature) or immature (PDSC-immature) bone cell characteristics are responsive to pulsating fluid flow (PFF) in vitro. We also assessed bone formation by PDSCs on hydroxyapatite-tricalcium phosphate granules after subcutaneous implantation in mice. Cultured PDSC-mature exhibited higher osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase gene expression and activity than PDSC-immature. Pulsating fluid flow (PFF) stimulated nitric oxide production within 5 min by PDSC-mature but not by PDSC-immature. In PDSC-mature, PFF induced prostaglandin E(2) production, and cyclooxygenase 2 gene expression was higher than in PDSC-immature. Implantation of PDSC-mature resulted in more osteoid deposition and lamellar bone formation than PDSC-immature. We conclude that PDSCs with a mature osteogenic phenotype are more responsive to pulsating fluid shear stress than osteogenically immature PDSCs and produce more bone in vivo. These data suggest that PDSCs with a mature osteogenic phenotype might be preferable for bone tissue engineering to restore, for example, maxillofacial defects, because they might be able to perform mature bone cell-specific functions during bone adaptation to mechanical loading in vivo.
Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark.
David C E
DC
Kraft
Dorthe A
DA
Bindslev
Birte
B
Melsen
Basem M
BM
Abdallah
Moustapha
M
Kassem
Jenneke
J
Klein-Nulend
D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D016723:Bone Remodeling / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D003799:Dental Stress Analysis; D015194:Diffusion Chambers, Culture / Q000379:methods; D015232:Dinoprostone / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008297:Male; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D015675:Osteocalcin / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D033081:Shear Strength; D055815:Young Adult
D015675:Osteocalcin; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D051546:Cyclooxygenase 2; D015232:Dinoprostone