Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2017, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (5): 809-814.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2017.05.025

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Simvastatin regulates endogenous stem cells to reconstruct the degenerative intervertebral disc

Huang Ze-nan, Feng Xin-min, Wang Jing-cheng, Chen Tao, Bi Song-chao, Zhang Liang   

  1. Clinical Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Online:2017-02-18 Published:2017-03-20
  • Contact: Zhang Liang, Associate chief physician, Lecturer, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, Jiangsu Province, China
  • About author:Huang Ze-nan, Studying for master’s degree, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225001, Jiangsu Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81401830; the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, No. 2015M571714; the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, No. BK 20140496

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Statins can promote the mRNA expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2, aggrecan and type II collagen in intervertebral disc cells, and they also can reverse the phenotype of dedifferentiated nucleus pulposus cells to slow disc degeneration process.
OBJECTIVE: To review the research progress of simvastatin modulating the biological characteristics and mobilizing endogenous stem cells for the repair of intervertebral disc degeneration. 
METHODS: The first author retrieved the PubMed and CNKI databases for relevant articles published before January 2016 using the key words of “disc degeneration factor, Simvastatin AND stem cells, endogenous stem cells AND disc degeneration” in English and Chinese, respectively. Initially, 102 relevant articles were retrieved, but only 48 articles were included in result analysis following elimination of duplicate studies.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: By summarizing a large number of studies on the treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration worldwide, we found that simvastatin may modulate the biological characteristics and function of nucleus pulposus mesenchymal stem cells via promoting the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α for the endogenous stem cell-based therapy of intervertebral disc degeneration.

 

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

Key words: Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Intervertebral Disk, Tissue Engineering

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