Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (25): 3966-3972.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2103

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Transplantation of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells in the repair of hematopoietic injury in bone marrow

Gao Kunli1, 2, Xing Hongyun1, Bian Tierong3, Han Liying1   

  1. (1Department of Hematology, 2Department of General Practice, 3Medical Experiment Center, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China

  • Received:2019-10-16 Revised:2019-10-21 Accepted:2019-11-25 Online:2020-09-08 Published:2020-08-22
  • Contact: Xing Hongyun, MD, Associate chief physician, Department of Hematology, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • About author:Gao Kunli, Master, Physician, Department of Hematology, Department of General Practice, the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, Sichuan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Key Program of the Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, No. 2014ZD-002 ; the Key Program of Education Department of Sichuan Province, No. 16ZA01 

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: A large number of studies mainly concern the proliferation effect of mesenchymal stem cells on hematopoietic stem cells in vitro and that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation can reduce the death of hematopoietic cells caused by irradiation, increase the survival of bone marrow cells and repair hematopoiesis, while few of them investigate the repair of human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells transplantation on bone marrow hematopoiesis injury.  

OBJECTIVE: To explore the repair of hematopoietic microenvironment of bone marrow by human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells.

METHODS: Male BALB/c mice were randomly divided into three groups. The mice in experimental group and control group were irradiated with total dose of 6-Gy X-ray to establish a mouse model of bone marrow hematopoietic injury. The normal group contained untreated normal mice. In the experimental group, CM-DiL labeled human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells were injected into the tail vein of each mouse at 5×106 (0.2 mL). The control group and the normal group received normal saline 0.2 mL through the tail vein. The peripheral blood hematology and bone marrow hematopoietic microenvironment repair were observed at 1, 5, 7, 14 and 21 days after cell transplantation.

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Peripheral blood condition: At 1, 5 and 7 days after transplantation, the leucocyte, platelet, erythrocyte count and hemoglobin concentration in the experimental group and control group decreased progressively compared with the normal group. The most obvious decrease occurred on day 7. The trilineage recovered on day 14 after transplantation, basically returned to normal on day 21 after transplantation. Compared with the experimental group, the decrease of the trilineage in the control group was more obvious. The recovery was obvious faster in the experimental group than in the control group on day 14 after transplantation. Bone marrow smears: Bone marrow smears showed that the hematopoietic function was inhibited in the experimental group and the control group at 1, 5, 7, and 14 days after transplantation, especially on day 7. Bone marrow proliferation recovered on day 14 after transplantation. It was better in the experimental group than in the control group. On day 21 after transplantation, the hematopoietic function of bone marrow of mice in the experimental group and the control group recovered, and there was no difference between the experimental group and the control group compared with the normal group. Bone marrow pathological section: Bone marrow pathological sections showed that at 1, 5, 7, and 14 days after transplantation, the hematopoietic function of bone marrow in the experimental group and the control group was inhibited. On day 14 after transplantation, the bone marrow hematopoietic function of the experimental group and the control group began to recover, but the bone marrow proliferation of the experimental group was better than that of the control group. On day 21 after transplantation, there was no difference in the bone marrow proliferation between the experimental and the control groups and the normal group. The results suggested that human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells can promote the recovery of hematopoietic function of bone marrow. 

Key words:

human umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cells,  bone marrow hematopoiesis,  hematopoietic function,  bone marrow hyperplasia

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