In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.

Non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma (NTAPP) has been widely studied for clinical applications, e.g., disinfection, wound healing, cancer therapy, hemostasis, and bone regeneration. It is being revealed that the physical and chemical actions of plasma have enabled these clinical applications. Bas...

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Main Authors: Katusmasa Nakazawa, Hiromitsu Toyoda, Tomoya Manaka, Kumi Orita, Yoshihiro Hirakawa, Kosuke Saito, Ryosuke Iio, Akiyoshi Shimatani, Yoshitaka Ban, Hana Yao, Ryosuke Otsuki, Yamato Torii, Jun-Seok Oh, Tatsuru Shirafuji, Hiroaki Nakamura
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301216&type=printable
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author Katusmasa Nakazawa
Hiromitsu Toyoda
Tomoya Manaka
Kumi Orita
Yoshihiro Hirakawa
Kosuke Saito
Ryosuke Iio
Akiyoshi Shimatani
Yoshitaka Ban
Hana Yao
Ryosuke Otsuki
Yamato Torii
Jun-Seok Oh
Tatsuru Shirafuji
Hiroaki Nakamura
author_facet Katusmasa Nakazawa
Hiromitsu Toyoda
Tomoya Manaka
Kumi Orita
Yoshihiro Hirakawa
Kosuke Saito
Ryosuke Iio
Akiyoshi Shimatani
Yoshitaka Ban
Hana Yao
Ryosuke Otsuki
Yamato Torii
Jun-Seok Oh
Tatsuru Shirafuji
Hiroaki Nakamura
author_sort Katusmasa Nakazawa
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description Non-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma (NTAPP) has been widely studied for clinical applications, e.g., disinfection, wound healing, cancer therapy, hemostasis, and bone regeneration. It is being revealed that the physical and chemical actions of plasma have enabled these clinical applications. Based on our previous report regarding plasma-stimulated bone regeneration, this study focused on Achilles tendon repair by NTAPP. This is the first study to reveal that exposure to NTAPP can accelerate Achilles tendon repair using a well-established Achilles tendon injury rat model. Histological evaluation using the Stoll's and histological scores showed a significant improvement at 2 and 4 weeks, with type I collagen content being substantial at the early time point of 2 weeks post-surgery. Notably, the replacement of type III collagen with type I collagen occurred more frequently in the plasma-treated groups at the early stage of repair. Tensile strength test results showed that the maximum breaking strength in the plasma-treated group at two weeks was significantly higher than that in the untreated group. Overall, our results indicate that a single event of NTAPP treatment during the surgery can contribute to an early recovery of an injured tendon.
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spelling doaj-art-b292e591ded941a3874d2a6739b96d522025-08-20T01:56:41ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01195e030121610.1371/journal.pone.0301216In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.Katusmasa NakazawaHiromitsu ToyodaTomoya ManakaKumi OritaYoshihiro HirakawaKosuke SaitoRyosuke IioAkiyoshi ShimataniYoshitaka BanHana YaoRyosuke OtsukiYamato ToriiJun-Seok OhTatsuru ShirafujiHiroaki NakamuraNon-thermal atmospheric-pressure plasma (NTAPP) has been widely studied for clinical applications, e.g., disinfection, wound healing, cancer therapy, hemostasis, and bone regeneration. It is being revealed that the physical and chemical actions of plasma have enabled these clinical applications. Based on our previous report regarding plasma-stimulated bone regeneration, this study focused on Achilles tendon repair by NTAPP. This is the first study to reveal that exposure to NTAPP can accelerate Achilles tendon repair using a well-established Achilles tendon injury rat model. Histological evaluation using the Stoll's and histological scores showed a significant improvement at 2 and 4 weeks, with type I collagen content being substantial at the early time point of 2 weeks post-surgery. Notably, the replacement of type III collagen with type I collagen occurred more frequently in the plasma-treated groups at the early stage of repair. Tensile strength test results showed that the maximum breaking strength in the plasma-treated group at two weeks was significantly higher than that in the untreated group. Overall, our results indicate that a single event of NTAPP treatment during the surgery can contribute to an early recovery of an injured tendon.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301216&type=printable
spellingShingle Katusmasa Nakazawa
Hiromitsu Toyoda
Tomoya Manaka
Kumi Orita
Yoshihiro Hirakawa
Kosuke Saito
Ryosuke Iio
Akiyoshi Shimatani
Yoshitaka Ban
Hana Yao
Ryosuke Otsuki
Yamato Torii
Jun-Seok Oh
Tatsuru Shirafuji
Hiroaki Nakamura
In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.
PLoS ONE
title In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.
title_full In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.
title_fullStr In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.
title_full_unstemmed In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.
title_short In vivo study on the repair of rat Achilles tendon injury treated with non-thermal atmospheric-pressure helium microplasma jet.
title_sort in vivo study on the repair of rat achilles tendon injury treated with non thermal atmospheric pressure helium microplasma jet
url https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301216&type=printable
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