JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
The effect of 5-fluorouracil on Dupuytren fibroblast proliferation and differentiation.
Chirurgie de la Main 2000 Februrary
INTRODUCTION: Dupuytren's disease is a proliferative disease with contractile properties, prone to recur after surgery. Intra-operatively applied 5-fluorouracil has been used to avoid scar problems in the eye after glaucoma filtration surgery and was therefore investigated as a means to inhibit proliferation and myofibroblast differentiation in Dupuytren fibroblasts in vitro.
METHOD: Primary cell lines were obtained by explants from Dupuytren's tissue (n = 6), non-diseased palmar fascia from patients with Dupuytren's disease (n = 3) and carpal ligament from patients undergoing carpal tunnel release (n = 3). The effect of 5-fluorouracil on proliferation was assessed by cell counting. Myofibroblast differentiation, an intergral part of Dupuytren's contracture, was investigated by staining for alpha smooth muscle actin, a marker for contractile cells, using immunohisto-chemical methods.
RESULTS: A single exposure to 5-fluorouracil caused a sustained inhibition of proliferation in Dupuytren's and non-diseased fascia cultures, whilst the effect on carpal ligament cultures was transient. Untreated Dupuytren's fibroblasts exhibited the highest myofibroblast differentiation, whilst differentiation in non-diseased fascia cultures was shown to be proportional to cell density and virtually non-existent in carpal ligament cultures. After 5-fluorouracil exposure, the differentiation was significantly reduced in Dupuytren's fibroblasts cultures, reduced at high cell densities in non-diseased fascia and unchanged in carpal ligament cell cultures.
DISCUSSION: 5-fluorouracil inhibits both proliferation and myofibroblast differentiation in Dupuytren's cell cultures and may have a potential use as an adjuvant treatment to Dupuytren surgery in order to reduce the rate of recurrence and contracture.
METHOD: Primary cell lines were obtained by explants from Dupuytren's tissue (n = 6), non-diseased palmar fascia from patients with Dupuytren's disease (n = 3) and carpal ligament from patients undergoing carpal tunnel release (n = 3). The effect of 5-fluorouracil on proliferation was assessed by cell counting. Myofibroblast differentiation, an intergral part of Dupuytren's contracture, was investigated by staining for alpha smooth muscle actin, a marker for contractile cells, using immunohisto-chemical methods.
RESULTS: A single exposure to 5-fluorouracil caused a sustained inhibition of proliferation in Dupuytren's and non-diseased fascia cultures, whilst the effect on carpal ligament cultures was transient. Untreated Dupuytren's fibroblasts exhibited the highest myofibroblast differentiation, whilst differentiation in non-diseased fascia cultures was shown to be proportional to cell density and virtually non-existent in carpal ligament cultures. After 5-fluorouracil exposure, the differentiation was significantly reduced in Dupuytren's fibroblasts cultures, reduced at high cell densities in non-diseased fascia and unchanged in carpal ligament cell cultures.
DISCUSSION: 5-fluorouracil inhibits both proliferation and myofibroblast differentiation in Dupuytren's cell cultures and may have a potential use as an adjuvant treatment to Dupuytren surgery in order to reduce the rate of recurrence and contracture.
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