Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (14): 2185-2190.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.14.009

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Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for repair of rat femoral defects at high altitude

Wang Kun1,2, Fu Xiao-ping1, Yang Zhi-hua2, Zheng Ying2, Gao Zhan2, Gao Cai-yan2, Mai Chao-ping2, Ha Xiao-qin2   

  1. 1College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu Province, China; 2Department of Clinical Laboratory, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
  • Received:2014-02-11 Online:2014-04-02 Published:2014-04-02
  • Contact: Ha Xia-qin, M.D., Chief physician, Department of Clinical Laboratory, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
  • About author:Wang Kun, Studying for master’s degree, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070, Gansu Province, China; Department of Clinical Laboratory, Lanzhou General Hospital of Lanzhou Command, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Military Twelfth Five-Year Plan of Chinese PLA, No. CWS11C229

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Stem cell transplantation can provide a good way to accelerate wound healing for tissue defects under negative environmental impacts at high altitude, such as plateau bone defects.
OBJECTIVE: To research the therapeutic effects of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell treatment on rat femoral defects in high altitude.
METHODS: The bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were separated from the femur and tibia of male Wistar rats, and the passage 3 cells were identified by detecting their surface antigen. Eighty female Wistar rats were operated for experimental femoral defects and randomly allocated into fours equal groups, namely, plain control group, plain transplantation group, plateau control group, and plateau transplantation group. Thirty days after treatment, rats were under X-ray to observe the repairment of femoral defects, and tissues from femoral defect 
area were sampled to detect the levels of alkaline phosphatase at 10, 20, 30 days, respectively.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The rats in the plateau transplantation group B showed significantly faster repair of femoral defect and higher level of alkaline phosphatase than those in the plateau control group (P < 0.05). The rats in the plain control group also had better healing of femoral defect and higher level of alkaline phosphatase than those in the plain control group (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the healing of femoral defect and level of alkaline phosphatase were better in the plain transplantation group than the plateau transplantation group. These findings indicate that intramuscular transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells can significantly increase the regional content of alkaline phosphatase, promote the healing of femoral defects on the plateau, but the repairing speed of femoral defects in plateau is slower than that on the plain.


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


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Key words: stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, bone marrow, femoral fractures, alkaline phosphatase

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