Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/plasmamed.2020033059
Takanobu Haccho, Atsuru Kanno, H. Ichikawa, Koji Yamamoto, Y. Morita, E. Nakamachi
{"title":"Enhancement of PC12 Neurite Extension via Plasma-Activated Medium by Nonthermal Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma-Bubbling System","authors":"Takanobu Haccho, Atsuru Kanno, H. Ichikawa, Koji Yamamoto, Y. Morita, E. Nakamachi","doi":"10.1615/plasmamed.2020033059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/plasmamed.2020033059","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, an axonal extension enhancement system was developed using plasma-activated medium (PAM), which was generated through a nonthermal atmospheric-pressure plasma-bubbling system. Until recently, a number of regeneration methods for treatment of an injured central nervous system (CNS) have been proposed and examined. However, problems remain regarding quick recovery. It is also strongly required to establish an efficacious regeneration method for an injured CNS. Therefore, this study aimed to enhance the nerve axonal extension using PAM. The effectiveness of PAM in enhancing axonal extension was evaluated. First, the amounts of reactive species, such as H2O2, NO2, and NO3, in PAM were measured. Second, the stimulating effect of PAM was investigated by morphologically evaluating the PC12 cells after PAM stimulation. Experiments were conducted under 20 conditions to determine an optimal condition. Furthermore, the mechanism of enhancing PC12 neurite extension using PAM was elucidated. It was found that the Ca2+ concentration in PC12 cells was increased upon PAM stimulation and that Erk and CREB were activated, which enhanced the neurite extension. The results show that the PAM exhibited a selective cell-activation property for the treatment of CNS injuries.","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/plasmamed.2020033059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/plasmamed.2019032357
L. Ledernez, F. Engesser, M. Altenburger, G. Urban, M. Bergmann
{"title":"Effect of Transient Spark Disinfection on Various Endodontics-Relevant Bacteria","authors":"L. Ledernez, F. Engesser, M. Altenburger, G. Urban, M. Bergmann","doi":"10.1615/plasmamed.2019032357","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/plasmamed.2019032357","url":null,"abstract":": The in vitro efficacy of transient spark disinfection was examined on different types of bacteria that are relevant in endodontics, in particular Enterococcus faecalis . A device was constructed so that it could be inserted down to the apex of prepared root canals and could be applied in conventional, regenerative, and reparative endodontics. Starting with a bacterial load of 0.2 mL of undiluted 10 9 -bacteria/mL spread on a Petri dish, 3-min treatment led to a 10 6 -CFU/ cm 2 reduction in bacterial load over a surface area relevant to root canal treatment.","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/plasmamed.2019032357","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027473
L. Ledernez, Richard Bruch, M. Altenburger, M. Bergmann, G. Urban
{"title":"Transient Spark for Bacterial Cleaning of Dental Microcavities","authors":"L. Ledernez, Richard Bruch, M. Altenburger, M. Bergmann, G. Urban","doi":"10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027473","url":null,"abstract":"We present a method to disinfect microcavities such as tooth root canals. With the aim of being introduced inside of the root canal, parameters are chosen to produce reactive oxygen species that inactivate bacteria and cause little to no temperature increase within the canal. Escherichia coli spread on agar in a Petri dish.","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027473","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348598","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019026909
Maharshi Trivedi, K. Patel, Hanako Itokazu, Ngoc Van Anh Huynh, M. Kovalenko, Gary Nirenberg, Vandana Miller, A. Fridman, G. Fridman, Jacob Lahne, Jasreen K. Sekhon
{"title":"Enhancing Shelf Life of Bananas by Using Atmospheric Pressure Pulsed Cold Plasma Treatment of the Storage Atmosphere","authors":"Maharshi Trivedi, K. Patel, Hanako Itokazu, Ngoc Van Anh Huynh, M. Kovalenko, Gary Nirenberg, Vandana Miller, A. Fridman, G. Fridman, Jacob Lahne, Jasreen K. Sekhon","doi":"10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019026909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019026909","url":null,"abstract":"been tested to extend the shelf life of banana storage. Cold plasma is an environmentally friendly antimicrobial technology with the potential to enhance the shelf life of fresh fruit and vegetables. nonequilibrium atmospheric pressure microsecond-pulsed direct barrier discharge plasma (mspDBD or “cold plasma”) on the shelf life of bananas. Bananas were exposed to plasma-treated air for 1 week at room temperature and normal pressure and humidity. The change in weight, color, surface morphology, and sugar content of bananas was investigated. Plasma treatment caused no ally, mold growth was observed in untreated samples after storage, but was absent in plasmatreated samples. This study demonstrated that the mspDBD technique has the potential to prolong the shelf life of bananas compared with conventional methods by inhibiting pathogen growth in post-harvest storage conditions.","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019026909","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019029462
G. Bauer
{"title":"Cold Atmospheric Plasma and Plasma-Activated Medium: Antitumor Cell Effects with Inherent Synergistic Potential","authors":"G. Bauer","doi":"10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019029462","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019029462","url":null,"abstract":"Nitrite and H2O2, long-lived molecular species from cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) and plasma-activated medium (PAM), reach tumor target cells in vitro and in vivo. Through several steps, the interaction between nitrite and H2O2 leads to generation of singlet oxygen ( O2). O2 dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase. As a result, local inactivation of catalase by minute secondary singlet oxygen generation and catalase inactivation. This process is driven by tumor as H2O2 and nitrite have multiple functions in this process. Catalase-mediated oxidation of nitrite enhances generation of nitrogen dioxide, which is rate limiting for singlet oxygen generation. Before singlet oxygen–mediated inactivation of catalase and, subsequently, reactivated intercel2O2 into cells. CAPand PAM-dependent immunogenic cell death triggers a strong immune response in vivo","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2019029462","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027314
S. Preissner, Ann Cathrin Poehlmann, A. Schubert, A. Lehmann, T. Arnold, Olaf Nell, S. Rupf
{"title":"Ex Vivo Study Comparing Three Cold Atmospheric Plasma (CAP) Sources for Biofilm Removal on Microstructured Titanium","authors":"S. Preissner, Ann Cathrin Poehlmann, A. Schubert, A. Lehmann, T. Arnold, Olaf Nell, S. Rupf","doi":"10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027314","url":null,"abstract":"In vivo titanium discs (n = 40) mounted on splints worn for 72 h by eight volunteers. Specimens were direct plasma application, CAP III received microwave-driven pulsed plasma application (90 s of a control group received no treatment. After treatment, all specimens were rinsed for 10 s using a dental air/water spray (2 bar). The vitality of microorganisms was detected by cultivation on t test, p and CAP III ( p bial therapies for peri-implantitis.","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/PLASMAMED.2018027314","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2019-01-01DOI: 10.1615/plasmamed.2019031459
A. Gushchin, V. Grinevich, E. Kvitkova, R. Chugunov, T. Izvekova, N. Kruchinina, V. Emzhina, N. Ivantsova, V. Rybkin
{"title":"Reducing the Toxicity of Tetracycline Solutions and the Kinetics of Decomposition under the Action of DBD in Oxygen","authors":"A. Gushchin, V. Grinevich, E. Kvitkova, R. Chugunov, T. Izvekova, N. Kruchinina, V. Emzhina, N. Ivantsova, V. Rybkin","doi":"10.1615/plasmamed.2019031459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/plasmamed.2019031459","url":null,"abstract":"The effects of a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) in oxygen on the kinetics of the decomposition and of product formation of aqueous solutions of tetracycline (THC) were studied. The kinetics of THC decomposition obeyed the first kinetic order, and the degree of decomposition reached 90%. The rate constants and the energy efficiency of the decomposition process were determined. The decomposition products of THC were carboxylic acids, aldehydes, CO, and CO2. The toxic effect of water was determined by the survival rate of freshwater crustaceans Daphnia magna Straus and fish Poecillia reticulata Peters. Treatment with DBD led to a significant reduction in the toxicity of the solutions (by 94.8%).","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/plasmamed.2019031459","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67348664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2017-01-01DOI: 10.1615/PlasmaMed.2017019506
Mark J Jaroszeski, Taryn Harvey-Chapman, Andrew Hoff, Reginald Atkins, Richard J Connolly
{"title":"Direct Current Helium Plasma for <i>In vivo</i> Delivery of Plasmid DNA Encoding Erythropoietin to Murine Skin.","authors":"Mark J Jaroszeski, Taryn Harvey-Chapman, Andrew Hoff, Reginald Atkins, Richard J Connolly","doi":"10.1615/PlasmaMed.2017019506","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/PlasmaMed.2017019506","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of electric fields <i>in vivo</i> to deliver DNA, called electroporation, has the potential to broadly impact vaccination and disease treatment. The evidence for this has emerged from a large number of recently completed and ongoing clinical trials. The methods for applying electric fields to tissues traditionally involve contact between metal electrodes and the tissue. In this study, we investigated the use of helium plasma as a noncontact method for electrically treating tissue in a manner that results in the uptake and expression of foreign DNA in murine skin. More specifically, our goal was to demonstrate that DNA encoding a model-secreted protein could be delivered, detected in the blood, and remain functional to produce its known biological effect. Murine erythropoietin (EPO) was the model-secreted protein. Results clearly demonstrated that an intradermal DNA injection followed by plasma treatment for 2 min resulted in elevated levels of EPO in the blood and corresponding hemoglobin increases that were statistically significant relative to DNA injection alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"7 3","pages":"261-271"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/PlasmaMed.2017019506","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37041497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Plasma MedicinePub Date : 2016-01-01DOI: 10.1615/PlasmaMed.2016018618
Jessica M Joslin, James R McCall, Justin P Bzdek, Derek C Johnson, Brooks M Hybertson
{"title":"Aqueous Plasma Pharmacy: Preparation Methods, Chemistry, and Therapeutic Applications.","authors":"Jessica M Joslin, James R McCall, Justin P Bzdek, Derek C Johnson, Brooks M Hybertson","doi":"10.1615/PlasmaMed.2016018618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1615/PlasmaMed.2016018618","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Plasma pharmacy is a subset of the broader field of plasma medicine. Although not strictly defined, the term aqueous plasma pharmacy (APP) is used to refer to the generation and distribution of reactive plasma-generated species in an aqueous solution followed by subsequent administration for therapeutic benefits. APP attempts to harness the therapeutic effects of plasma-generated oxidant species within aqueous solution in various applications, such as disinfectant solutions, cell proliferation related to wound healing, and cancer treatment. The subsequent use of plasma-generated solutions in the APP approach facilitates the delivery of reactive plasma species to internal locations within the body. Although significant efforts in the field of plasma medicine have concentrated on employing direct plasma plume exposure to cells or tissues, here we focus specifically on plasma discharge in aqueous solution to render the solution biologically active for subsequent application. Methods of plasma discharge in solution are reviewed, along with aqueous plasma chemistry and the applications for APP. The future of the field also is discussed regarding necessary research efforts that will enable commercialization for clinical deployment.</p>","PeriodicalId":53607,"journal":{"name":"Plasma Medicine","volume":"6 2","pages":"135-177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1615/PlasmaMed.2016018618","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34929741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}