RESEARCH ARTICLE
Effect of Short-Time Povidone-Iodine Application on Osteoblast Proliferation and Differentiation
P.R Schmidlin1, T Imfeld1, P Sahrmann1, A Tchouboukov2, F.E Weber2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2009Volume: 3
First Page: 208
Last Page: 212
Publisher ID: TODENTJ-3-208
DOI: 10.2174/1874210600903010208
Article History:
Received Date: 04/5/2009Revision Received Date: 03/6/2009
Acceptance Date: 04/9/2009
Electronic publication date: 16/10/2009
Collection year: 2009
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Abstract
Background and Objective:
Povidone-iodine [polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine complex (PVP-I)] is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial agent, frequently used in dentistry. In this study we investigated the short- and longterm effects on osteoblast number, viability, and function after short exposure to PVP-I with and without additional bone-morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2).
Material and Methods:
Confluent osteoblast-like cell line (MC3T3-E1, subclone 24) cultures were exposed to pure PVP-I solution (7.7 mg/ml) and dilutions of 1:10, 1:100 and 1:1000 for 10 seconds and washed with phosphate buffer solution. Cell proliferation and viability was determined by MTT and differentiation status by alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity 6 days after initial plating. In a separate experiment, long-term cell proliferation, viability and function were assessed 4 weeks after PVP-I treatment by MTT and deposited calcium using an Alizarin-red staining test.
Results:
PVP-I decreased ALP activity substantially. Stimulation by BMP-2 recovered ALP activity to near control levels at 1:100 and 1:1000 dilutions of PVP-I. The MTT assay showed reduced proliferation of the preosteoblastic cells for all treatments, irrespective whether BMP-2 was used or not. Only at PVP-I dilutions of 1:1000 proliferation rate was back to normal levels (95.6±2.4 %). No adverse long-term effect of PVP-I on mineralization of the extracellular matrix (Alizarinred) for dilutions higher than 1:100 was observed. Interestingly, undiluted and 1:10 diluted PVP-I even showed a significant increase in mineral deposition, especially in the presence of BMP-2.
Conclusion:
Short-time application of PVP-I in concentrations of 1:10 and higher lead to decreased viability and impaired differentiation. However, surviving cells showed good recovery and mineralization potential.
