Abstract
In spinal surgery, considerable blood loss is increasingly treated with the local application of tranexamic acid (TXA). However, little is known about its cytotoxicity and effect on human fibroblasts. This study was to identify the effect of TXA solution on human fibroblast at different concentrations and exposure times invitro. To mimic the actual clinical situation, human fibroblasts were subjected to both limited and chronic exposure to various clinically relevant concentrations of TXA to mimic different ways of topical administration. At time points after treatment, the viability, proliferation, apoptosis, collagen synthesis, adhesion, and migration of fibroblasts were analyzed invitro. Limited exposure (10 minutes) to a high concentration of TXA (100 mg/mL) did not affect the viability, proliferation, and apoptosis of fibroblasts, and chronic exposure to low concentration of TXA (≤12.5 mg/mL) exerted little effect on viability, proliferation, apoptosis, collagen synthesis, adhesion, and migration of human fibroblasts (P > 0.05). However, the chronic exposure to a high concentration of TXA (≥25 mg/mL) can inhibit the viability, proliferation, collagen synthesis, adhesion and migration, and induce apoptosis of fibroblasts. Although limited exposure to high concentration of TXA and chronic exposure to low concentration of TXA exerted little effect on fibroblasts, chronic exposure to high concentration of TXA can lead to fibroblast injury.
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