Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (25): 4060-4067.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2100

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Insights into immunoregulatory properties of dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells in oral diseases 

Wang Zhen1, Li Xiaolan1, Liu Jianguo1, 2    

  1. 1School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563099, Guizhou Province, China; 2Guizhou Province Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research and Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563006, Guizhou Province, China

  • Received:2019-11-22 Revised:2019-11-29 Accepted:2020-02-12 Online:2020-09-08 Published:2020-08-26
  • Contact: Liu Jianguo, MD, Professor, School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563099, Guizhou Province, China; Guizhou Province Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research and Key Laboratory of Oral Disease Research, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563006, Guizhou Province, China
  • About author:Wang Zhen, Master candidate, School of Stomatology, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi 563099, Guizhou Province, China
  • Supported by:

    Key Discipline Construction Project of Guizhou Provincial High Institutions of Higher Education, No. ZDXK[2017]5 ; Provincial and Municipal Science and Technology Cooperation Special Fund (Subsidy Plan), No. (2014)41)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Mesenchymal stem cells have strong immunoregulatory capabilities. The immunoregulatory characteristics of dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells are closely related to the occurrence and development of oral diseases. However, the specific mechanism of this immunomodulatory effect on the disease is unknown. Therefore, the application of the immunomodulatory properties of dental derived mesenchymal stem cells may play an important role in the treatment and prevention of oral diseases in the future.

OBJECTIVE: To review the role of the Immunomodulatory properties of dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells in oral diseases from the three following aspects: the mutual regulation mechanism of mesenchymal stem cells derived from different oral tissues and activated immune cells, and the effects of various cytokines and oral pathogens on the immunoregulatory capacity of dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

METHODS: CNKI and PubMed databases were retrieved for relevant literature published from January 2000 to June 2019. The search terms were “tooth-derived mesenchymal stem cells, immunomodulatory properties, immune cells, oral diseases, Porphyromonas gingivalis, periodontitis, dental plaque, dental caries, toll-like receptors” in Chinese and English, respectively. A total of 221 articles were obtained, 64 of which met the standards for result analysis.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In the past 20 years since the dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells were isolated, researchers have conducted a large number of in vitro experiments on the interaction between several oral tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells and activated immune cells. The mechanism of action between them has been preliminarily discussed. Different inflammatory mediators and cytokines can differentially activate various immunomodulatory proteins in mesenchymal stem cells, and thus activate their immunomodulatory activities. Therefore, exploration on specific stimuli that activate mesenchymal stem cells and oral pathogenic bacteria to activate dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells may improve the application efficiency of dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells at different stages of the tissue healing process. It will make a breakthrough in the way that the disease is treated.

Key words:

dental-derived mesenchymal stem cells,  immunomodulatory properties,  oral pathogens,  Toll-like receptors

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