Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (25): 4616-4622.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.25.008

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Biocompatibility of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and acellular muscle bioscaffolds   

Zhang Tao1, Wen Yi-min1, Li Han2, Wei Xiang-ke2   

  1. 1 Department of Spinal Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Command of PLA, Lanzhou  730050, Gansu Province, China
    2 Second Clinical Medical College of Lanzhou University, Lanzhuo  730000, Gansu Province, China
  • Received:2012-09-10 Revised:2013-03-08 Online:2013-06-18 Published:2013-06-18
  • Contact: Wen Yi-min, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Department of Spinal Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Command of PLA, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China wenyimin007@163.com
  • About author:Zhang Tao★, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Spinal Surgery, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Military Command of PLA, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China 526199753@qq.com
  • Supported by:

    “Eleventh Five-Year” Planning Project of Medical Science and Technology Research, No. 06MA081

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Acellular muscle bioscaffold combined with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell transplantation is an important method for the treatment of spinal cord injury. But the compatibility between acellular muscle bioscaffolds and human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, and whether the human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells can distribute evenly in the acellular muscle bioscaffolds have not been confirmed.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the compatibility of acellular muscle bioscaffolds and human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: The rat acellular muscle bioscaffolds were prepared with improved chemical method, and the passage 3 human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were divided into three groups after labeled with Hoechest33342: cell+scaffold group, cell+scaffold in vivo group and cell group. The morphology of the acellular muscle bioscaffolds was observed with hematoxylin-eosin staining and Masson staining, and the adsorption and growth conditions of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were observed under fluorescence inverted phase contrast microscope and scanning electron microscope.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells were fully attached to and actively grew on the acellular muscle bioscaffold, and distributed evenly. There was no significant difference in the number of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells between the cell+scaffold in vivo group and cell+scaffold group at 1-7 days after transplantation (P > 0.05). At the 14 days after transplantation, the number of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the cell+scaffold in vivo group was larger than that in the cell+scaffold group (P < 0.05). There is a good compatibility between human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and acellular muscle bioscaffold, and the in vivo environment is more conducive to cell proliferation and integration of cells and scaffolds.

Key words: biomaterials, material biocompatibility, bioscaffold, muscle basal lamina, fluorescence labeling, compatibility, tissue engineering, other grants-supported paper

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