中国组织工程研究 ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (25): 4056-4061.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1791

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人骨关节炎软骨细胞的体外分离与培养

魏 钰,魏 民   

  1. 中国人民解放军总医院,北京市 100000
  • 修回日期:2019-04-27 出版日期:2019-09-08 发布日期:2019-09-08
  • 通讯作者: 魏民,副主任医师,副教授,中国人民解放军总医院,北京市 100000
  • 作者简介:魏钰,男,1989年生,汉族,中国人民解放军总医院骨科硕士研究生,医师,主要从事运动医学方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金面上项目(81473710, 81873175),项目负责人:魏民

In vitro isolation and culture of chondrocytes from human osteoarthritis patients

Wei Yu, Wei Min   

  1. Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
  • Revised:2019-04-27 Online:2019-09-08 Published:2019-09-08
  • Contact: Wei Min, Associate chief physician, Associate professor, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
  • About author:Wei Yu, Master candidate, Physician, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100000, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Projects), No. 81473710 and 81873175 (both to WM)

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文题释义:
骨关节炎:
是骨科常见的由多因素导致的慢性关节疾病,其病变特点是关节软骨的退行性变和关节周围继发性骨质增生,多累及负重大、活动多的关节,如膝关节、髋关节、脊柱等部位。好发于50岁以上人群,女性略多于男性,流行病学调查显示:60岁以上人群中约70%、80岁以上人群中约有90%有骨关节炎的放射学表现,其中10%-30%有临床症状。
软骨细胞:是成熟软骨组织内唯一的细胞类型。它在软骨损伤以及重塑过程中起到维持内环境平衡的作用。胶原是细胞外基质的重要组成部分,其中90%-95%成分为Ⅱ型胶原。Ⅱ型胶原质和量的改变是软骨细胞丧失其正常生物特性的直接原因,其变化与骨关节炎有着密切关系。

 

摘要
背景:
大量针对骨关节炎细胞水平的研究仍集中在动物模型关节软骨细胞的体外培养。动物模型引发的退变效应与人骨关节炎的发生并不完全一致。如何利用人骨关节炎软骨组织构建体外细胞模型并研究其特征性蛋白变化趋势,是模拟体内骨关节炎软骨退变过程的关键。
目的:探讨人骨关节炎软骨细胞的体外分离、培养方法,观察原代至第3代人骨关节软骨细胞的形态学特性和相关蛋白表达变化。
方法:取6例因重度骨关节炎行关节置换术患者的废弃软骨组织(获得中国人民解放军总医院医学伦理委员会批准,伦理批号为S2017-23-7),男2例,女4例;年龄62-72岁,平均(68.3±3.39)岁,采用一步酶消化法(Ⅱ型胶原酶)分离培养人骨关节炎软骨细胞,并进行传代培养,从而构建体外人骨关节炎软骨细胞培养体系。倒置相差显微镜观察各代细胞形态;苏木精-伊红染色、甲苯胺蓝染色及Ⅱ型胶原免疫荧光染色方法进行细胞鉴定。采用Western blot法检测各代软骨细胞于70%融合率时Col2a、Aggrecan与MMP-13的表达。
结果与结论:经过Ⅱ型胶原酶消化后,培养1周左右可见组织块周围爬出散在的细胞,3周左右可传代进行下一步研究;形态学、苏木精-伊红染色、甲苯胺蓝染色与Ⅱ型胶原免疫荧光染色证明培养出的细胞为人软骨细胞。第3代软骨细胞Col2a、Aggrecan的相对表达量与原代比较有明显降低(P < 0.01),且随着培养代数增加表达逐渐降低;MMP-13随着培养代数的增加表达逐渐增强(P < 0.01)。结果表明,Ⅱ型胶原酶一步消化法可成功从标本中分离出骨关节炎软骨细胞并传代培养。体外培养的骨关节炎软骨细胞去分化特性随着传代次数增加而逐渐增强,功能性蛋白表达整体下降。3代以内的软骨细胞符合人骨关节炎时软骨退变的表现,可能是用于实验研究的最佳选择。


中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程
ORCID: 0000-0001-5894-8206(魏钰)

关键词: 骨关节炎, 关节置换, 人软骨细胞, 一步酶消化法, Ⅱ型胶原酶, Ⅱ型胶原, 聚集蛋白聚糖, 国家自然科学基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Numerous studies addressing cells in osteoarthritis still focus on the in vitro culture of articular chondrocytes in animal models. Degeneration in the animal models is not completely consistent with that in human osteoarthritis. How to construct an in vitro cell model using chondrocytes from human osteoarthritis and to study changing trend of its characteristic proteins is the key to simulating the cartilage degeneration in human osteoarthritis in vivo.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the in vitro isolation and culture of human chondrocytes from osteoarthritis patients, to observe the morphological characteristics of human osteoarthritis chondrocytes from primary to third generation, and to study the changes in biological characteristics of chondrocyte-related proteins in different generation.
METHODS: The study protocol was in line with the ethic requirements of Chinese PLA General Hospital with the approval No. S2017-23-7. Six cases undergoing arthroplasty for severe osteoarthritis (2 males and 4 females, age 62-72 years old with a mean age of (68.3±3.39) years) were enrolled. The chondrocytes from abandoned cartilage tissue in these patients were isolated and cultured by one-step enzymatic digestion (type II collagenase), and then subcultured, so as to construct an in vitro chondrocyte culture system for osteoarthritis. The morphology of cells at different generations was observed by inverted phase contrast microscope. Hematoxylin-eosin staining, toluidine blue staining and type II collagen immunofluorescence staining were used for cell identification. Western blot was used to detect the expressions of Col2a, Aggrecan and matrix metalloproteinase-13 in each generation of chondrocytes at the fusion rate of 70%.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After digestion using type II collagenase, the cells scattered around the tissue mass could be observed at about 1 week of culture, and these cells could be subcultured for further study after about 3 weeks. Morphological observation, hematoxylin-eosin staining, toluidine blue staining and type II collagen immunofluorescence staining proved that human chondrocytes were successfully cultured. The relative expression of Col2a and Aggrecan in chondrocytes at the third generation was significantly decreased as compared with that in primary cells (P < 0.01), and the expression gradually decreased with the subculture times. Matrix metalloproteinase-13 expression gradually increased with the increase of subculture times (P < 0.01). In conclusion, chondrocytes can be successfully isolated from the osteoarthritis specimens by one-step digestion of type II collagenase and then subcultured. The dedifferentiation of osteoarthritis chondrocytes in vitro increases with the increase of subculture times and the expression of functional proteins decreases as a whole. The chondrocytes within three generations present with cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis and may be the best choice for experimental studies.

Key words: osteoarthritis, joint replacement, human chondrocytes, one-step enzymatic digestion, type II collagenase, type II collagen, aggrecan, National Natural Science Foundation of China

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