Purpose: We aimed at verifying whether resveratrol can decrease cell proliferation and change osteogenic differentiation of cells obtained from patients with type 1 neurofibromatosis (NF1).
Methods: Deciduous dental pulp derived stem cells were isolated from NF1 patient and healthy volunteer. These cells were subjected to increasing concentrations of resveratrol and evaluated for proliferation and mineralization of osteogenic differentiation.
Results: The results showed that resveratrol reduced the difference in proliferation between CNT and NF1 cells in a dose-dependent manner and this property was more prominent in affected cells than in healthy cells. Resveratrol showed no statistically significant changes in mineralization in osteogenic differentiation of NF1 cells, at low doses tested.
Conclusions: In conclusion, in a dose-dependent manner, resveratrol displays interesting properties that could be applied in a possible treatment aimed at decreasing cellular proliferation in neurofibromatosis. Furthermore, it is selective concerning healthy cells and not affecting cell differentiation. Further research to cell selectivity, differentiation to other tissue types, and cell cytotoxicity are needed.
Keywords: Deciduous dental pulp stem cells; Neurofibromatosis; Osteogenic differentiation; Proliferation; Resveratrol; Stem cells.