Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (30): 4888-4893.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0990

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Mechanisms of staurosporine intervention in tissue-engineered self-assembly construct contraction of the temporomandibular joint disc

Luo Yin-yue1, 2, Li Hong-yan1, Bao Guang-jie1, 2, 3, Kang Hong1   

  1. 1Institute of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China; 2Key Lab of Stomatology of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China; 3Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases of Gansu Province, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China
  • Received:2018-05-26 Online:2018-10-28 Published:2018-10-28
  • Contact: Bao Guang-jie, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Institute of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China; Key Lab of Stomatology of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China; Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases of Gansu Province, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China
  • About author:Luo Yin-yue, Master candidate, Institute of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu Province, China; Key Lab of Stomatology of State Ethnic Affairs Commission, Northwest University for Nationalities, Lanzhou 730030, Gansu Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81660189; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, No. 2yp2015014

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The mechanism of construct contraction in the process of self-assembly of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disc cells is still unknown. Some studies have suggested that it may be related to the contractile effect of cytoskeleton actin.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of staurosporine on actin and extracellular matrix (ECM) metabolism of TMJ disc cells in vitro and to elucidate the possible mechanism underlying the self-assembly construct contraction.
METHODS: PubMed, Web of Science and CNKI database (2000-2018) were retrieved by the first author with the key words of “staurosporine, temporomandibular joint disc tissue engineering, chondrocyte tissue engineering, self-assembly” in English and Chinese, respectively, to search relevant articles about the use of staurosporine in the tissue engineering of temporomandibular joint disc.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Possible contraction causes of TMJ cell self-assembly construct include: contraction of articular disc cells in vitro, differences in cell types, nutritional disorders of the construct, overexpression of actin, and reduced extracellular matrix. Staurosporine reduces the expression of actin cytoskeleton, inhibits cell contraction and up-regulates the amount of important matrix proteins, collagen, aggrecan, and cartilage oligomeric matrix proteins in the extracellular matrix, thereby suppressing the contraction of the self-assembly construct.

Key words: Extracellular Matrix, Temporomandibular Joint Disk, Actins, Tissue Engineering

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