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Original Articles

Distribution and quantification of activated platelets in platelet-rich fibrin matrices

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Pages 110-115 | Received 23 Aug 2020, Accepted 19 Nov 2020, Published online: 07 Dec 2020
 

Abstract

Platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) has been widely applied in regenerative therapy owing to its simple preparation protocol. To date, the original protocol for preparing leukocyte-rich (L)-PRF has been modified to produce derivatives such as advanced (A)-PRF, concentrated growth factors (CGF), and horizontal (H)-PRF. However, these derivatives have not been rigorously compared to explore possible differences. We previously developed and validated a nondestructive near-infrared (NIR) imaging method to quantitatively examine the platelet distribution in PRF matrices. To further evaluate the characteristics of platelets in PRF, we herein examined the distribution of activated platelets. Four types of PRF matrices were prepared under different centrifugal conditions from blood samples obtained from the same healthy donors. After fixation and compression, the matrices were stained immunohistochemically without sectioning and visualized using an NIR imager. Qualitative morphological analysis revealed that whole platelets were distributed widely and homogeneously in H-PRF and A-PRF, but localized along the distal tube surface in L-PRF and CGF. Activated platelets were distributed as were whole platelets in A-PRF, L-PRF, and CGF, but localized mainly in the “buffy coat” region in H-PRF. Quantitative analysis revealed that there was no significant difference in the ratio of activated to whole platelets between PRF derivatives. These findings suggest that platelet activation is similarly induced in fibrin matrices regardless of centrifugal speed or rotor angulation. However, only the H-PRF group was distinguishable from the other PRF derivatives in terms of activated platelet distribution.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.S., H.A., and T.K.; methodology, T.K.; validation, T.T. and Y.K.; formal analysis, R.M.; investigation, A.S., H.A., H.K., T.T., T.W., K.I., Y.K., and T.K.; data curation, T.T. and K.I.; writing—original draft preparation, A.S., T.T., and T.K.; writing—review and editing, R.M. and T.K.; supervision, Y.K.; project administration, T.W.; funding acquisition, T.K. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Declaration Of Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [18K09595].

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