中国组织工程研究 ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (20): 3626-3634.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.20.003

• 软骨组织构建 cartilage tissue construction • 上一篇    下一篇

体外传代培养兔关节软骨细胞的去分化现象

徐  磊,叶朝阳,周  燕,谭文松   

  1. 华东理工大学生物反应器工程国家重点实验室,上海市  200237
  • 收稿日期:2012-09-29 修回日期:2012-11-19 出版日期:2013-05-14 发布日期:2013-05-14
  • 通讯作者: 叶朝阳,博士,副教授,华东理工大学生物反应器工程国家重点实验室,上海市 200237 zhaoyangye@ecust.edu.cn
  • 作者简介:徐磊★,女,1988年生,河南省三门峡市人,汉族, 2012年华东理工大学毕业,硕士,主要从事软骨组织工程研究。 xulei502211964@yahoo.com.cn
  • 基金资助:

    教育部留学回国人员科研启动基金。

Rabbit articular chondrocyte dedifferentiation during in vitro expansion 

Xu Lei, Ye Zhao-yang, Zhou Yan, Tan Wen-song   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai  200237, China
  • Received:2012-09-29 Revised:2012-11-19 Online:2013-05-14 Published:2013-05-14
  • Contact: Ye Zhao-yang, Ph.D., Associate professor, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China zhaoyangye@ecust.edu.cn
  • About author:Xu Lei★, Master, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China xulei502211964@yahoo.com.cn
  • Supported by:

    by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry

摘要:

背景:兔是软骨组织工程研究中应用非常广泛的实验动物模型,关节软骨细胞的去分化现象已经被广泛认可。
目的:观察体外传代培养过程中兔关节软骨细胞的去分化现象。
方法:将从新西兰大白兔膝关节分离获取的原代软骨细胞进行传代培养至第7代,对细胞生长、形态、基质分泌以及基因表达等方面分别采用细胞计数,显微镜观察,F机动蛋白染色、番红O染色,糖胺聚糖定量测定以及半定量聚合链式反应进行鉴定和比较。
结果与结论:光学显微镜下,兔关节软骨细胞在体外传代培养过程中细胞形态由小且圆形或多角形,逐步转变大且为成纤维细胞样的梭形形态,对F机动蛋白的染色进一步佐证了这样的形态变化。细胞计数结果表明,细胞增殖能力随代次增加显著下降,特别是第3代以后的软骨细胞基本无明显增殖;经过番红O染色以及定量测定糖胺聚糖的含量,发现软骨特性胞外基质分泌量从第2代细胞开始就呈现显著的降低。半定量聚合链式反应检测结果表明,随着传代次数的增加,特别是第3代以后,软骨相关特征分子(包括Ⅱ型胶原、聚集蛋白聚糖、软骨寡聚基质蛋白和SOX9等)基因表达水平下调;而与去分化相关的特征分子Ⅰ型胶原和多能蛋白聚糖基因表达水平上调,同时,细胞表面分子CD90基因表达上调,而CD14基因表达未见明显变化。结果证实,兔软骨细胞在体外传代过程中可出现快速地去分化现象,呈现出特征基因表达水平的变化,第3代以内的软骨细胞适合应用于软骨组织再生修复。

关键词: 组织构建, 软骨组织构建, 关节软骨损伤, 软骨组织工程, 兔, 软骨细胞, 传代培养, 去分化, 细胞形态, 细胞生长, 组织学染色, 基因表达, 部级基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Rabbits have been extensively utilized in cartilage tissue engineering as experimental models. However, research efforts remain limited concerning the dedifferentiation of rabbit articular chondrocytes.  
OBJECTIVE: To explore the dedifferentiation of rabbit articular chondrocytes during in vitro expansion.
METHODS: Chondrocytes were isolated from articular cartilage of New Zealand white rabbits and subcultured in vitro until passage 7. Cells were analyzed regarding cell growth, morphology, deposition of cartilaginous extracellular matrix and gene expression using cells counting method, microscopic examination, F-actin staining, safranine-O staining, quantitative determination of glycosaminoglycans and semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction, respectively
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Under light microscope, rabbit articular chondrocytes changed from small round or polygonal shape into fibroblast-like morphology during the in vitro subculture, which was further confirmed with F-actin staining using phalloidin. Results of cell counting showed that, cell proliferation significantly declined with passage generations, especially after passage 3, articular chondrocytes were not proliferating. Safranine-O staining and glycosaminoglycans quantification demonstrated that, the capacity of producing cartilaginous extracellular matrix decreased dramatically as early as passage 2. Semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that, the gene expression of collagen Ⅱ, aggrecan, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and SOX9 was downregulated especially for cells after passage 3, while the expression of collagen I and versican was upregulated. In addition, the CD90 expression increased and CD14 expression remained unaltered. Rabbit articular chondrocytes dedifferentiate quickly upon in vitro expansion with distinct variation of gene expression profile, and cells within passage 3 are appropriate for applications in cartilage repair.

Key words: tissue construction, cartilage tissue construction, articular cartilage damage, cartilage tissue engineering, rabbit, chondrocytes, in vitro expansion, dedifferentiation, cell morphology, cell growth, histological staining, gene expression, ministerial grants-supported paper

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