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Corresponding author: Nasim Chiniforush ( n-chiniforush@sina.tums.ac.ir ) © 2022 Shabnam Aghayan, Asma Yazdanfar, Ehsan Seyedjafari, Mohammad Noroozian, Roxana Ioana Bordea, Nasim Chiniforush.
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Aghayan S, Yazdanfar A, Seyedjafari E, Noroozian M, Ioana Bordea R, Chiniforush N (2022) Evaluation of indocyanine-mediated photodynamic therapy cytotoxicity on human osteoblast-like cells: an in vitro study. Folia Medica 64(6): 932-937. https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.64.e67475
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Introduction: Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is an adjunctive non-invasive procedure for the management of periodontal tissue infection and deep periodontal pocket decontamination. However, the effects of this procedure on periodontal cells like osteoblasts that play a role in periodontal tissue repair and regeneration is not yet clear.
Aim: This study aimed to investigate aPDT based on indocyanine green (ICG) on MG-63 osteoblast-like cells in vitro.
Materials and methods: MG-63 cells were treated in 9 different groups: 1) Control (untreated cells), 2) ICG alone at a concentration of 1000 µg/mL, 3) ICG alone at a concentration of 2000 µg/mL, 4) diode laser irradiation alone for 30 s, 5) laser irradiation for 30 s combined with ICG with a concentration of 1000 µg/mL, 6) laser irradiation for 30 s combined with ICG at a concentration of 2000 µg/mL, 7) laser irradiation alone for 60 s, 8) laser irradiation for 60 s combined with ICG at a concentration of 1000 µg/mL, and 9) laser irradiation for 60 s combined with ICG at a concentration of 2000 µg/mL. Cell viability was assessed by MTT assay in different groups.
Results: In groups that were treated with 2000 µg/mL of ICG or diode laser irradiation at fluency of 39 J/cm2 for 60 s alone or in combination during ICG-aPDT, osteoblast-like cells viability decreased, remarkably.
Conclusions: IGC-mediated aPDT with 1000 µg/mL of ICG combined with diode laser irradiation at fluency of 39 J/cm2 for 30 s is safe for MG-63 human osteoblast-like cells; however, higher concentration of ICG or laser irradiation time will increase cells death. There is still a need for more in vivo studies.
antimicrobial photodynamic therapy, cell viability, cytotoxicity, diode laser, indocyanine green, MG-63 cells, osteoblast cells
Periodontal disease is known as a common oral inflammatory pathological condition in response to a chronic infection that engages the soft tissue and hard tissue that support the teeth and its prognosis depends on factors such as bacterial biofilm, patient’s response to inflammation and some other risk factors.[
aPDT is a non-invasive technique that produces reactive oxygen radicals to damage living agents such as bacteria or microbes. A light-activated molecule or photosensitizer (PS) has a major role during this process. After being exposed to light, it changes to an excited state and causes the release of reactive oxygen species when it decays. An adequate combination of light and PS as well as PS properties such as high absorption coefficient, long triplet state of appropriate energy and high photostability take part in aPDT results.[
Low power lasers have biological effects including accelerating wound healing, collagen synthesis and neovascularization in periodontal tissue. Diode laser is known to enhance the periodontal ligament fibroblasts survival and has been successfully used for the treatment of periodontal diseases; it also has been used as a light source during aPDT.[
Indocyanine green (ICG) is a water-soluble dye with a strong absorption band around 800 nm near the infrared region that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) for some medical diagnostic procedures.[
There are still many questions about aPDT parameters including type of PS, PS concentration, light dose, time and energy and its effect on periodontal cells survival, especially the osteoblast cells that play a role in bone regenerative therapies for replacing damaged and lost bone tissue with functional bone, so understanding the effect of IGC-mediated aPDT on osteoblast proliferation or differentiation would be beneficial.[8,12-14]
The present study aimed at investigating the effect of aPDT with ICG and diode laser with a wavelength of 808 nm on MG-63 osteoblast-like cells viability and to find optimal ICG concentration and laser beam irradiation time in vitro.
MG-63 human osteoblast-like cells (code NCBI: C555) were obtained from the National Cell Bank of Iran, Pasteur Institute (Iran, Tehran). Cells were cultured in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium/Nutrient Mixture F-12 (Gibco, Grand Island, USA) without phenol red supplemented by 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and 1% antibiotic antimycotic solution (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) in the standard atmosphere (5% CO2, 95% humidity, 37°C). Culture media was changed every 3 days. Trypsinization was done with 0.25% trypsin-EDTA solution (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) after cells reached confluence. Cell densities were 5×103 cells per well in 24-well microplates (Greiner Bio-One, Germany). After seeding, cells were maintained for 24 hours in the incubator for adhesion before any treatment.[
ICG powder (Green +I, Novateb Pars, Iran) was dissolved in 0.5 mL sterile PBS and to obtain a fresh stock solution (2000 µg/mL). It was kept in the dark and was diluted to the desired concentrations (1000 µg/mL) just before performing the experiments.[
An 808-nm diode laser (DX82, Konftec, Taiwan) with an output of 250 mW in continuous mode was used in this experiment. Laser power was measured and checked with a power meter (Coherent, USA) before and after each treatment during the study, instantly. The laser probe was moved 1 mm above the microplate and light was distributed homogeneously on four wells of a 24-well plate at a time. Power density throughout the target area measured using a power meter (Coherent, USA). The tests wells were separated from each other by wells that were filled by methylene blue. Black paper sheet was placed under the plates to reduce laser beam scattering. The plates were protected from room light during all procedures.
The culture medium was aspirated and cells were washed with buffered PBS (Ph=7.4) twice, then 100 pL ICG solution with desired concentration was added to microplate and cells were incubated for 5 min in incubator (37°C, 95% humidity and 5% CO2) in dark conditions before laser application. At the end of incubation period, the cells in the presence of ICG solution in microplates were immediately exposed to the diode laser at 250 mW for 30 s (19.5 J/cm2) or 60 s (39 J/cm2) at room temperature (25±2°C).
Following nine groups were tested:
These energy doses of irradiation were chosen based on our previous studies and literature.[
MTT assay (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA) was employed to calculate cells viability rate. MTT assay is a colorimetric test that is based on the ability of mitochondrial dehydrogenase enzyme from vital cells to metabolize yellow MTT solution to violet formazan crystals. 10 gL of MTT solution (5 mg/ml) was added to each well containing 100 gL medium. After 4 hours of incubation (37°C, 95% humidity and 5% CO2) in darkness, the formazan crystals were dissolved with 150 gL of DMSO, and the absorbance was measured at 570 nm with microplate reader (iMark, Bio-Rad Lab., USA).[
All of the experiments were carried out in triplicate. The results are represented as mean values ± standard deviations (means ± SD). Statistical analysis was done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) v. 22.0 (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL). Data were found to be normally distributed based on the Shapiro-Wilk test. To determine the significant differences between the groups and possible interaction between ICG and laser irradiation two-way analysis of variance (two way ANOVA) followed by the Tukey test was performed. Differences were considered to be significant at p<0.001, p<0.05, respectively.
The ICG toxicity alone without laser irradiation or dark toxicity was assessed with a concentration of 1000 µg/mL and 2000 µg/mL. Higher ICG concentration caused more cell death, significantly (p=0.004).
Laser irradiation with 808 nm wavelength, 250 mW power was evaluated at 30 s and 60 s. Higher laser irradiation time caused more cell death, significantly (p=0.008).
For light-combined experiments, cells were incubated for 5 min with different ICG concentrations (0, 1000, 2000 µg/mL) and then irradiated with laser light (Fig.
Based on Tukey analysis, the highest cytotoxicity was seen in the group with 2000 µg/mL concentration of ICG combined with 60 s laser irradiation time.
aPDT has been developed as a promising, non-invasive treatment method in treating some skin-related cancers, age-related macular degeneration and infectious diseases.[
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There is still a need for an in vivo study to evaluate aPDT’s applicability in clinical periodontics and to find the ideal ICG concentration and laser dose.
aPDT with ICG concentration of 1000 µg/mL and an 808-nm diode laser for 30 seconds was safe for MG-63 osteoblast-like cells. However, higher ICG concentrations like 2000 µg/mL or 808-nm diode laser radiation for 60 s would increase cell death. As a result, aPDT is suggested based on ICG at a concentration of 1000 µg/mL with 808 nm low power laser radiation for 30 s.