In vitro Fusion of the Posterior Frontal Calvarial Suture in the Mouse.
- Author:
Tai Suk ROH
1
;
Dong Kyun RAH
;
Chul PARK
;
Beyoung Yun PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Yongdong Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. rohts@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:In Vitro ; Original Article
- Keywords:
Cranial suture;
TGF beta;
Dura mater;
Suture fusion
- MeSH:
Animals;
Cranial Sutures;
Dura Mater;
Mice*;
Sutures*;
Transforming Growth Factor beta
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
2000;27(6):670-674
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The mechanism underlying cranial suture fusion remains yet unknown. An in vitro tissue culture model of cranial sutures permits exclusion of biomechanical factors that may affect the fusion and patency of cranial sutures. The posterior frontal cranial sutures were placed in a tissue culture model. The experimental groups consisted of control group, and two groups cultured in TGF-beta enriched medium with and without the underlying dura mater. Results showed in vitro fusion of the explanted cranial sutures in vitro 39 days postnatal. Cranial suture fusion was accelerated in the TGF- beta < treated group with intact dura mater(postnatal 32days). Cranial suture fusion in the TGF- beta treated dura denuded group occurred, though in a delayed manner compared to the dura intact group.
