Smooth and textured silicone surfaces of modified gel mammary prostheses cause a different impact on fibroproliferative properties of dermal fibroblasts.
Our study addressed the question of whether surface properties of modern standard gel prostheses may have a measurable impact on the fibrogenic properties of cultured human dermal fibroblasts. Fibroblasts were isolated from breast implants by using the explant culture technique and incubated either on smooth or on textured silicone elastomere surfaces. Fibroblast growth was observed 4 weeks following incubation. Expression of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1 was measured after cell culture. Incubated fibroblasts on textured surfaces showed a fivefold lower growth rate during all experiments. TGF-β1 expression was lowered in smooth surface fibroblasts compared with textured surface cultures. Our results show that smooth and textured silicone surfaces of modified gel breast implants have a different impact on the fibroproliferative properties of dermal fibroblasts. These preliminary results seem promising and we aim to further perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of the inflammatory processes in the environment of the implant and their link to the TGF-β pathway.
Seyhan
Harun
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Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Krankenhausstrasse 12, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany.
Kopp
Jürgen
J
Beier
Justus P
JP
Vogel
Melanie
M
Akkermann
Oke
O
Kneser
Ulrich
U
Schwartz
Stephan
S
Hartmann
Arndt
A
Horch
Raymund E
RE
D018427:Breast Implants; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism*; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism; D005782:Gels; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012828:Silicones; D012867:Skin / Q000166:cytology; D013499:Surface Properties; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000378:metabolism
D005782:Gels; D012828:Silicones; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D012313:RNA