Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (26): 4192-4198.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.26.016

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Application of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells/sustained-release rifampin-loaded microsphere complex in an animal model of spinal tuberculosis

Huang Zheng-hui, Liu Wei, Wang Jing-li
  

  1. Department of Tuberculosis of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, Wuhan 430023, Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2017-04-06 Online:2017-09-18 Published:2017-09-28
  • Contact: Liu Wei, Department of Tuberculosis of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, Wuhan 430023, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Huang Zheng-hui, Attending physician, Department of Tuberculosis of Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, Wuhan 430023, Hubei Province, China
  • Supported by:
     the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 30973087; the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, No. 2013CFB513

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: To prepare a novel biological material that can be implanted into the lesion of bone tuberculosis, keep sustained release of anti-tuberculosis drugs around bone tuberculosis tissues for a long time, and enhance the effect on bone repair has become a hot spot for clinical studies on bone tuberculosis.
OBJECTIVE: To prepare the adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADMSCs)/sustained-release rifampin-loaded microsphere complex, and to preliminarily study its effects in a rabbit model of spinal tuberculosis.
METHODS: Rifampin-chitosan-calcium alginate sustained-release microspheres were synthesized, and co-cultured with ADMSCs to prepare an anti-tuberculosis composite for bone tissue engineering. Forty New Zealand rabbits were used to make lumbar L6 tuberculosis models. Thereafter, rat models were randomly divided into four groups and given rifampin by gavage in rifampin group, ADMSCs by paravertebral injection+rifampin by gavage in stem cell group, rifampin by gavage+implantation of the anti-tuberculosis composite material in experimental group, and no treatment in control group. The duration time of rifampin administration was 8 weeks. The anti-tuberculosis effect of the composite material was evaluated by X-ray and CT scanning observation.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: In the control group, obvious damage to lumbar vertebrae L5 and L6 was apparent; inflammatory granulation tissues formed; and the intervertebral space was narrowed. In addition, two rabbits in the control group showed obvious kyphotic deformity and five showed pasoas major swelling with low-density dark region in the psoas muscle. In the rifampin group, there were five rabbits with moderate damage of the lumbar vertebrae L5 and L6, and two rabbits with pasoas major swelling. In the stem cell group, there were two rabbits with moderate damage of the lumbar vertebrae L5 and L6, three rabbits with mild damage of the upper part of the lumbar vertebra L6, and three rabbits with pasoas major swelling. In the experimental group, only four rabbits suffered from mild damage of the upper part of the lumbar vertebra L6 but with no changes in the intervertebral space between the L5 and L6, and without pasoas major swelling. These results indicate that the composite material of ADMSCs combined with sustained-release rifampin-loaded microspheres can inhibit mycobacterial growth effectively, and reduce vertebral bone destruction, thereby giving some therapeutic actions for the animal models with spinal tuberculosis.

Key words: Delayed-Action Preparations, Stem Cells, Rifampin, Tuberculosis, Spinal

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