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ACTA ORTOPEDICA BRASILEIRA
卷 21, 期 6, 页码 307-309出版社
ATHA COMUNICACAO & EDITORA
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-78522013000600001
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Caffeine; Cartilage; Cell proliferation; Cell differentiation; Apoptosis
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (Fapemig)
- CNPq
Objective: To evaluate the in vitro effects of caffeine on proliferation, apoptosis and gene transcripts expression of chondrogenic differentiation in growth cartilage. Methods: The cartilaginous epiphyses of femurs of newborn rats, which were divided into two subgroups: treated with caffeine and control group, both observed over the time periods of 0, 7, 14 and 21 days. The cartilaginous epiphyses of femurs of each subgroup and each time span were subjected to histomorphometric, immunohistochemical analysis, Tunel technique and RT-PCR in real time. Results: The decrease in proliferative activity and the increase of apoptotic chondroblasts at 21 days were found regardless of the subgroup. However, the decrease in cell proliferation caused by caffeine was lower than in the control group and significantly increased the expression of gene transcripts for chondrogenic differentiation, represented by Sox-9 and Runx-2. However, the in vitro culture with caffeine revealed antagonistic effects: despite the positive effect on chondroblasts proliferation and differentiation, caffeine increased apoptosis, characterized by increased expression of caspase 3 and of the number of cells undergoing apoptosis (p<0.05). Conclusion: Caffeine presents antagonistic effects in vitro on growth cartilage, increasing the proliferation, differentiation and cell apoptosis. Experimental Study.
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