Low-Intensity Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field Accelerates Osteogenic Transformation of Human Dermal Fibroblasts by Enhancing Cell Pluripotency.

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Plastic & Esthetic Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.

Published: December 2023

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  • Autologous human fibroblasts can differentiate into bone cells for regeneration, but their efficiency is currently limited.
  • A study tested low-intensity pulsed electric fields (nsPEF) and found that a 5 kV/cm intensity significantly improved cell growth and bone-related marker expression, enhancing osteogenic differentiation.
  • However, higher intensities (25 kV/cm and 50 kV/cm) negatively impacted both cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation, suggesting that the 5 kV/cm setting is optimal for promoting these processes.

Article Abstract

Autologous human fibroblasts have the potential to differentiate into the osteogenic lineage under specific conditions and can be utilized for bone regeneration. However, their efficiency is currently unsatisfactory. Recently, low-intensity nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF) stimulation has been demonstrated to enhance cell pluripotency by activating epigenetic regulatory pathways. In this study, human dermal fibroblasts were exposed to different intensities of nsPEF to assess whether these exposures resulted in changes in proliferation rate, calcium salt deposition, and expression of differentiation-related markers in different experimental groups. The results showed a significant increase in cell proliferation, pluripotency, bone marker expression, and osteogenic differentiation efficiency when stimulating cells with 5 kV/cm of nsPEF. However, cell proliferation and differentiation significantly decreased at 25 kV/cm. Additionally, the proliferation and efficiency of osteogenic differentiation were reduced when the nsPEF intensity was increased to 50 kV/cm. Treatment with a 5 kV/cm of nsPEF led to increased and concentrated expression of Yes-Associated Protein (YAP) in the nucleus. These observations suggest that human dermal fibroblasts possess a heightened potential to differentiate into osteogenic cells when activated with nsPEF at 5 kV/cm. Consequently, the nsPEF strengthening strategy shows promise for fibroblast-based tissue-engineered bone repair research.

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