Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (6): 951-956.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.06.001

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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell injection for treatment of β-ray-irradiated skin injury in rats

Shen Guo-liang, Su Ben-xuan, Lin Wei, Qi Qiang, Zhao Xiao-yu, Lu Xing-an   

  1. Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Received:2012-06-13 Revised:2012-07-11 Online:2013-02-05 Published:2013-02-05
  • About author:Shen Guo-liang☆, Doctor, Chief physician, Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215006, Jiangsu Province, China sdfyysgl@163.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: The β-ray-irradiated skin injury is difficult to heal and there is no effective treatment method for β-ray-irradiated skin injury.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in treatment of β-ray-irradiated skin injury in rats.
METHODS: Three Sprague-Dawley female rats were killed to isolate and culture the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, then the cells were labeled with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole to prepare the bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells suspension after passaged to the fifth generation. Forty-seven Sprague- Dawley female rats of 3 months old and clean grade were randomly divided into three groups: treatment group, control group, and normal group. In the treatment group, single dosage (45 Gy) of β-ray irradiation produced by linear accelerator was applied on buttock skin (40 mm×30 mm) in rats, and the acute deep Ⅱ β-ray-irradiated skin injury model was established. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell suspension was injected in the subcutaneous and dermal layers after the wound appeared. The rats in the control group were irradiated as those in the treatment group, and placebo was injected when the wound appeared, with the same method as the treatment group. Rats in the normal group were not irradiated. The pathological changes of wound tissue of rats in each group were observed at 1, 2, 3 and 4 weeks after treatment under light microscope, and the concentration of CD31, CK4 and fibroblast growth factor was detected by immunohistochemistry.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The wound healing time in the treatment group was shorter than that in the control group (P < 0.05). Immunohistochemistry showed the number of CD31, CK4 and fibroblast growth factor positive cells in the treatment group at 1-4 weeks after bone mesenchymal stem cell suspension injection was significantly greater than that in the control group (P < 0.05). It indicates that bone mesenchymal stem cell injection can promote the wound healing of β-ray-irradiated skin injury and reduce wound healing time.

Key words: stem cells, bone marrow-derived stem cells, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, &beta, ray, skin injury, wound, wound healing, rats, fibroblasts, tissue regeneration, tissue engineering, other grants-supported paper, stem cell photographs-containing paper

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