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Alterations in cellular force parameters and cell projections in Nasal polyps-derived fibroblasts
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Objective: Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP) is a disease that features a mechanical dysfunction involving chronic inflammation and altered tissue remodeling. In this study, we aim to evaluate the fibroblast morphology and its cellular traction force in primary fibroblasts cell cultures obtained from both healthy individuals (n = 7) and patients with CRSwNP (n = 8). Methods: Using a Traction-force Microscopy we analyzed parameters of Force/Tension in fibroblasts cultures in both experimental groups. Results: The analysis of the Projected Area of Cell revealed that fibroblasts derived from nasal mucosa of healthy individuals have an area on average 39.24% larger than the fibroblasts obtained from the nasal polyp tissue. We also observed that the parameters directly related to the force of the cell, Max Cumulative Force and Net Contractile Moment, presented a high Force/Tension per unit of area in the fibroblasts derived from the healthy nasal mucosa (on average 41% and 52.54% higher than the fibroblasts of the nasal polyp respectively). Conclusion: Our results demonstrate a cellular mechanism that may be associated with the mechanical dysfunction found in the Nasal Polyp tissue. The weak traction force of nasal polyp-derived fibroblast may, in lower dimensions, impact on the remodeling of nasal mucosa in CRSwNP. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Auris, nasus, larynx / Society for the Promotion of International Otolaryngology. - Tokyo
Publication
Tokyo : 2020
ISSN
0385-8146
DOI
10.1016/J.ANL.2019.06.007
Volume/pages
47 :1 (2020) , p. 98-104
ISI
000518711500013
Pubmed ID
31272842
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