RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid

Hyaluronic acid was proposed to support soft tissue recession surgery and guided tissue regeneration. The molecular mechanisms through which hyaluronic acid modulates the response of connective tissue cells remain elusive. To elucidate the impact of hyaluronic acid on the connective tissue cells, we...

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Main Authors: Layla Panahipour, Atefe Imani, Natália dos Santos Sanches, Hannes Kühtreiber, Michael Mildner, Reinhard Gruber
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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Atefe Imani
Natália dos Santos Sanches
Hannes Kühtreiber
Michael Mildner
Reinhard Gruber
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description Hyaluronic acid was proposed to support soft tissue recession surgery and guided tissue regeneration. The molecular mechanisms through which hyaluronic acid modulates the response of connective tissue cells remain elusive. To elucidate the impact of hyaluronic acid on the connective tissue cells, we used bulk RNA sequencing to determine the changes in the genetic signature of gingival fibroblasts exposed to 1.6% cross-linked hyaluronic acid and 0.2% natural hyaluronic acid. Transcriptome-wide changes were modest. Even when implementing a minimum of 1.5 log2 fold-change and a significance threshold of 1.0 −log10, only a dozenth of genes were differentially expressed. Upregulated genes were PLK3, SLC16A6, IL6, HBEGF, DGKE, DUSP4, PTGS2, FOXC2, ATAD2B, NFATC2, and downregulated genes were MMP24 and PLXNA2. RT-PCR analysis supported the impact of hyaluronic acid on increasing the expression of a selected gene panel. The findings from bulk RNA sequencing suggest that gingival fibroblasts experience weak changes in their transcriptome when exposed to hyaluronic acid.
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spelling doaj-art-990601332aab438eaa13535d232bf7122025-08-20T02:53:18ZengMDPI AGBioengineering2306-53542024-12-011112130710.3390/bioengineering11121307RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic AcidLayla Panahipour0Atefe Imani1Natália dos Santos Sanches2Hannes Kühtreiber3Michael Mildner4Reinhard Gruber5Department of Oral Biology, University Clinic of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2a, 1090 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Oral Biology, University Clinic of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2a, 1090 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Oral Biology, University Clinic of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2a, 1090 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, AustriaDepartment of Oral Biology, University Clinic of Dentistry, Medical University of Vienna, Sensengasse 2a, 1090 Vienna, AustriaHyaluronic acid was proposed to support soft tissue recession surgery and guided tissue regeneration. The molecular mechanisms through which hyaluronic acid modulates the response of connective tissue cells remain elusive. To elucidate the impact of hyaluronic acid on the connective tissue cells, we used bulk RNA sequencing to determine the changes in the genetic signature of gingival fibroblasts exposed to 1.6% cross-linked hyaluronic acid and 0.2% natural hyaluronic acid. Transcriptome-wide changes were modest. Even when implementing a minimum of 1.5 log2 fold-change and a significance threshold of 1.0 −log10, only a dozenth of genes were differentially expressed. Upregulated genes were PLK3, SLC16A6, IL6, HBEGF, DGKE, DUSP4, PTGS2, FOXC2, ATAD2B, NFATC2, and downregulated genes were MMP24 and PLXNA2. RT-PCR analysis supported the impact of hyaluronic acid on increasing the expression of a selected gene panel. The findings from bulk RNA sequencing suggest that gingival fibroblasts experience weak changes in their transcriptome when exposed to hyaluronic acid.https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/11/12/1307hyaluronic acidgingival fibroblastsmacrophagesbulk RNAseqguided bone regenerationsoft tissue augmentation
spellingShingle Layla Panahipour
Atefe Imani
Natália dos Santos Sanches
Hannes Kühtreiber
Michael Mildner
Reinhard Gruber
RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid
Bioengineering
hyaluronic acid
gingival fibroblasts
macrophages
bulk RNAseq
guided bone regeneration
soft tissue augmentation
title RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid
title_full RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid
title_fullStr RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid
title_full_unstemmed RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid
title_short RNA Sequencing Revealed a Weak Response of Gingival Fibroblasts Exposed to Hyaluronic Acid
title_sort rna sequencing revealed a weak response of gingival fibroblasts exposed to hyaluronic acid
topic hyaluronic acid
gingival fibroblasts
macrophages
bulk RNAseq
guided bone regeneration
soft tissue augmentation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/11/12/1307
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