Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2020, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (32): 5102-5107.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2857

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Expression of bone growth factor in rats with infectious bone defects after treatment with bone migration

Guo Yande1, Zeng Gaofeng2, Wei Shoufeng1, Zhang Qiong2, Zhou Quan1, Zhang Chuanyang1, Zong Shaohui1   

  1. 1Department of Spine Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China; 2School of Public Healthy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Received:2019-11-08 Revised:2019-11-15 Accepted:2019-12-20 Online:2020-11-18 Published:2020-09-24
  • Contact: Zong Shaohui, MD, Professor, Chief physician, Doctoral supervisor, Department of Spine Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Zeng Gaofeng, MD, Professor, Doctoral supervisor, School of Public Healthy, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • About author:Guo Yande, Master candidate, Department of Spine Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning 530021, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
  • Supported by:
    the Major Research and Development Plan of Guangxi, No. AB17195001; High-level Innovation Team and Outstanding Scholars Program in Guangxi Colleges and Universities; Guangxi Medical High-level Key Talents “139” Plan

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that bone healing is a pathophysiological process that completes repair, regeneration and reconstruction in which multiple growth factors are involved. Insulin-like growth factors-1

(IGF-1) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) are two important bone growth factors in the process of bone healing.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the expression of IGF and bFGF before and after bone migration in rats with infectious bone defects.

METHODS: Thirty-six Sprague-Dawley rats were selected, and then each rat was made an infectious bone defect of 4 mm long at the lower end of tibia. After 2 weeks, the rats were randomly divided into two groups: an operation group and a control group. After debridement, stents were installed with no bone migration in the control group, and bone migration was performed in the operation group. X-ray observation was performed at the 2nd week after stenting. The healing of infectious bone defects and the expression of IGF and b-FGF in the two groups were detected by hematoxylin-eosin staining and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay at the 2nd, 3rd and 4th weeks. The experimental protocol was approved by the Animal Experimental Ethics Committee of Guangxi Medical University (approval No. 201903036).

RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: X-ray findings showed callus formation in the defect area at the 2nd week postoperatively, and no swelling in the surrounding soft tissue with good healing effects. Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed less fibrous tissues, more osteoblasts, denser trabeculae, and more mesenchymal cells and new capillaries in the operation group than the control group. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay findings showed that the expression of IGF-1 was significantly increased in the operation group compared with the control group in the 2nd and 3rd weeks postoperatively (P < 0.05); the expression of bFGF was significantly different from that in the control group at the 2nd week postoperatively (P < 0.05). In conclusion, IGF-1 and b-FGF is up-regulated in rats after bone migration, which suggests that the up-regulation of IGF-1 and bFGF may be one of the reasons for promoting the healing of infectious bone defects.

Key words: bone, bone defect, growth factor, infectious bone defect, model, mouse, experiment

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