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STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY
Volume 2, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/scrt43
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- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan [20890065]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21592515, 22791960, 20890065] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Background: The purpose of this study was to characterize the radiobiological properties of stem/progenitor cells derived from apical papilla-derived cells (APDCs) compared to bulk APDCs. Methods: APDCs were isolated from freshly extracted human third molars with immature apices. Multipotent spheres, which are thought to contain an enriched population of stem/progenitor cells, were formed from the APDCs, using a neurosphere culture technique. After g-irradiation, papillary sphere-forming cells (PSFCs) and bulk APDCs were subjected to radiosensitivity and hard tissue-forming assays. Results: Compared to bulk APDCs, the PSFCs exhibited a radioresistant phenotype and a higher capacity for DNA double strand break repair. Irradiation induced a significant increase in a senescence-like phenotype in both cell types. Neither type of cells exhibited a significant induction of apoptotic changes after 8 Gy of irradiation. Ability to form hard tissue in vivo was significantly decreased in PSFCs, but not in APDCs following 4 Gy of irradiation. Conclusions: We demonstrated for the first time that stem/progenitor cells derived from APDCs exhibit a radioresistant phenotype; however, the hard tissue forming ability in vivo, but not bulk APDCs, was significantly reduced after irradiation.
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