Hyperbaric oxygen inhibits growth but not differentiation of normal and irradiated osteoblasts Journal Article


Authors: Wong, A. K.; Schonmeyr, B. H.; Soares, M. A.; Li, S.; Mehrara, B. J.
Article Title: Hyperbaric oxygen inhibits growth but not differentiation of normal and irradiated osteoblasts
Abstract: Hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) therapy is used in the treatment of osteoradionecrosis. Although HBO is thought to improve radiation-induced hypocellularity and bone tissue hypoxia, the precise effects of HBO on bone cells such as osteoblasts have not been described. In this study, our goal was to assess the effect of HBO on irradiated and nonirradiated primary osteoblast cultures and assess for changes in growth, apoptosis, cell cycle profile, differentiation, and gene expression. We found that daily HBO treatments caused a 24% decrease in cell growth after 9 days in culture. Hyperbaric oxygen negatively affects growth by inducing osteoblast apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Hyperbaric oxygen leads to G1/S cell cycle arrest in unirradiated osteoblasts where as it causes G2/M arrest in cells that were previously irradiated with either 7 or 12 Gy of ionizing radiation. Although radiation was shown to have a dose-dependent inhibitory effect on early osteoblast differentiation as measured by alkaline phosphatase activity, HBO did not have a significant effect on osteoblast differentiation. Microarray analysis revealed that exposure to HBO leads to a differential expression of a variety of gene families including stress response pathways. In summary, although successive daily HBO treatments resulted in growth delay, osteoblast function as measured by the ability to produce alkaline phosphatase was not significantly affected. These data suggest that HBO does not have any positive effects on either normal or radiation-damaged osteoblasts in vitro. © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Keywords: controlled study; nonhuman; radiation dose; cell proliferation; animal cell; animals; cells, cultured; cell cycle; cell cycle progression; cell cycle s phase; cell function; apoptosis; gene expression; gene expression profiling; cell growth; oxygen; cell differentiation; enzyme activity; alkaline phosphatase; cell culture; microarray analysis; oligonucleotide array sequence analysis; nucleotide sequence; rat; ionizing radiation; cell cycle arrest; rats; microarray; osteoradionecrosis; bone necrosis; cell cycle g1 phase; osteoblast; osteoblasts; differentiation; rats, inbred f344; hyperbaric oxygen; hyperbaric oxygenation
Journal Title: Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
Volume: 19
Issue: 3
ISSN: 1049-2275
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins  
Date Published: 2008-05-01
Start Page: 757
End Page: 765
Language: English
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e31816aac19
PUBMED: 18520395
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: --- - "Cited By (since 1996): 4" - "Export Date: 17 November 2011" - "CODEN: JSURE" - "Molecular Sequence Numbers: GENBANK: AA818342, AI009775, AI045400, AI230737, AI237597, AI407169, AI599514, AJ001929, AW525776, BE329198, BF286548, BF287020, BF400716, BF542552, BG671677, BI279561, BI285440, BI296340, BM289736, BM388896, NM_012495, NM_013132, NM_017022, NM_017245, NM_019380, NM_021989, NM_030998, NM_031099, NM_031110, NM_031687, NM_031841, NM_057114, NM_080886;" - "Source: Scopus"
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  1. Alex K Wong
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  2. Marc Soares
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  3. Babak Mehrara
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  4. Sen Li
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