Review Article

Regulation of Redox Homeostasis by Nonthermal Biocompatible Plasma Discharge in Stem Cell Differentiation

Table 1

Summary of NBP characteristics, extra- and intracellular ROS/RNS species, and involvement of molecules and signaling pathways in various biological samples of in vitro and in vivo NBP applications.

Device typeGasOESExtracellular RONSIntracellular RONSScavengerCellEffectNBP-activated pathway or moleculesNBP-reduced effectsRef.

JetN2NO, N2NONOcPTIOOsteoprogenitor cell lineOsteogenesisALP, COL-1[36]
JetHeO I, NO, N2, O3NOhPDL MSCsOsteogenesisALP enzyme[37]
JetN2NO, N2, O2+AnimalMyogenesisp38, MYH3, MHC, MypG, MyoD[38]
JetOH, O2, O, NONONOHgbMurine-immortalized neural stem cell line C17.2
Primary rat neural stem cells (isolated from the hippocampus)
Neurogenesisβ-Tublin III, APC,Nestin[39]
JetHeOH, O2-H2O2Osteoprogenitor cells (MC3T3-E1 cell line)OsteogenesisALP enzyme, ALP, OCN[40]
DBDAirH2O2H2O2, O2•-NAC, TEMPOLPreosteocytic cell line (MLO-A5); N1511 chondrocyte cell lineOsteogenesis & chondrogenesis[35]
DBDN2NO, N2,OHH2O2, NOOsteoprogenitor cell lineOsteogenesisp38, FoxO1[46]
DBDN2 and airExcited O INOO2•- (mitochondrial), H2O2 (cytosolic)MitoTEMPO- Trolox, NAC-Mouse neuroblastoma Neuro 2ANeurogenesisERK, Trk, Ras[55]
DBDHeROS RNSROS NOBHAHuman adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs)ProliferationAKT, ERK, NF-κB[47]
JetAirOH, O I, N2O2-, OH, H2O2OH, H2O2Mannitol, catalase and sodium pyruvateBrain and lung cancer cell linesApoptosisERK Bak, bax, caspase,H2AX,bcl-2[82]
DBDHeCervical cancer cell lineInhibition of migrationMMP9 ERK, JNK (cell migration)[52]
JetOH, O, O+ (~1013/m3 ROS density)Total ROSNACHead and neck cancer cellsApoptosisJNK, p38, caspase 3Migration invasion[78]
JetOH, O, O+Total ROSNACColorectal cancer cellApoptosisp38, JNK, ERK, β-cateninCyclin D1[79]
JetO I, NO, O+ FNS, N2, OHTotal ROSNACThyroid cancer cellApoptosisJNK, p38, caspase 3[43]
JetAirH2O2, Ox, OH-, O2, NOxH2O2, NOH2O2, NONAC cPTIOCervical cancer cellsApoptosisJNK, p38[80]
JetHeOH, N2, O ITotal ROS, NONACMelanoma cancer cellsApoptosisTNF, ASK-1, JNK, p38 r-H2AX, casp3/7[81]
JetArOH, O I, NO, N2H2O2NACOvarian cancer cell, human primary mesothelial cells, BALB/C miceCancer cell migrationMMP9 inhibits JNK and p38[53]
JetArH2O2Immune cell linesERK, p38, JNK HSP27 (THP-1)[83]
JetAirTotal ROSNAC catalaseBreast carcinomaApoptosisPTENpAKT, STAT3 pathway, IL-6R pathway[92]
DBDAirOH, O I, N2Total ROSNACGlioblastoma and lung adenocarcinoma cell lines, BALB/c miceMigration, growthE-cadherin (epithelial maker)PI3K/Akt, N-cadherin, Slug, Zeb-1[102]
JetHe and O2ROS density with ~1013/m3Total ROSNACHead and neck cancer cell linesGrowth inhibitionAkt degradation[94]