TGF-β1 level in platelet-rich plasma in patients with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system

Cell and Organ Transplantology. 2019; 7(2):113-116.
DOI: 10.22494/cot.v7i2.104

TGF-β1 level in platelet-rich plasma in patients with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system

Holiuk Ye.¹, Yavorovska V.², Bezdeneznykh N.³, Kozak T.³, Saulenko K.¹¹The Scientific and Practice Center of Tissue and Cellular Therapy, State Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
²Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
³Kavetsky Institute of Experimental Pathology, Oncology and Radiobiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

Abstract
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is plasma with high concentration of platelets compared with whole blood. The therapeutic effect of platelet-rich plasma is based on the effect of growth factors contained in α-granules of platelets. Transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) is a growth factor of TGF-β superfamily which an amount is considerable in platelets and have the important role in musculoskeletal system regeneration.
Materials and methods. In this study using the ELISA, we determined the content of TGF-β1 in platelet-rich plasma in 14 patients with various musculoskeletal disorders, aged from 21 to 79.
Results. The level of TGF-β1 in platelet-rich plasma was found to be 194.57 ± 25.76 ng/ml, which was 30 times higher than its control content (platelet-poor plasma), where its content was 6.52 ± 3.26 ng/ml. No statistically significant difference was observed between TGF-β1 levels in platelet-rich plasma in the patients of different age and gender.
Conclusions. It has been established that platelet-rich plasma can serve as a source of TGF-β1 for therapeutic purposes. TGF-β1 content in platelet-rich plasma has been shown to be independent of gender and age and, therefore, a wide range of patients may be treated with it.

Key words: platelet-rich plasma; TGF-β1; diseases of the musculoskeletal system

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Holiuk Ye, Yavorovska V, Bezdeneznykh N, Kozak T, Saulenko K. TGF-β1 level in platelet-rich plasma in patients with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system. Cell and Organ Transplantology. 2019; 7(2):113-116. doi:10.22494/cot.v7i2.104

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