Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (12): 1870-1876.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.12.011

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Seeding fresh bone marrow aspirate directly on scaffolds to construct tissue-engineered ligament

Wang Hong, Tang Ming, Meng Chun-qing, Wang Han-qi, Yang Shu-hua, Du Jing-yuan, Duan De-yu, Shao Zeng-wu   

  1. Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
  • Revised:2014-01-03 Online:2014-03-19 Published:2014-03-19
  • Contact: Wang Hong, Master, Chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Wang Hong, Master, Chief physician, Department of Orthopedics, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, Hubei Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, No. 2009CDB412

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: There are several reports about the application of fresh bone marrow aspirate being injected directly to repair partial ligament injury, but the application about fresh bone marrow aspirate directly being planted on scaffolds to build tissue-engineered ligament is rarely mentioned.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the feasibility of applying fresh bone marrow aspirate planted directly on scaffolds to construct tissue-engineered ligament
METHODS: We constructed fibroin fiber/small intestinal submucosa composite scaffold, then planting fresh bone marrow directly to built bone marrow seeding group and planting seed cells (bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells) on the scaffold to built cell seeding group. The control group had no treatment. After that, we detected the density of cell adhesion, cell proliferation ability and extracellular matrix secretion. Then, the composite in the bone marrow seeding group was implanted into the broken anterior cruciate ligament in rabbits, and material biocompatibility in vivo was evaluated after 12 weeks.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: After 4 hours of incubation, bone marrow seeding group was significantly higher than the cell seeding group in cell adhesion density and proliferation rate (P < 0.05). Bone marrow seeding group and cell seeding group showed higher type I, III collagen secretion compared with the control group (P < 0.05), but the collagen secretion of bone marrow seeding group and cell seeding group showed no significant difference. Composite cell scaffold implantation in vivo did not cause fatal immune rejection and severe inflammatory reaction, and no significant ligament regeneration and vascularization occurred. These findings indicate that fresh bone marrow aspirate can be seeded directly on scaffolds to construct tissue-engineered ligament, and the short-term biocompatibility in vivo is good.


中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:生物材料;骨生物材料; 口腔生物材料; 纳米材料; 缓释材料; 材料相容性;组织工程


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Key words: biocompatible materials, stents, ligaments, bone marrow

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