明胶三维微球装载人脐带间充质干细胞修复慢性肌腱病

Three-dimensional gelatin microspheres loaded human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells for chronic tendinopathy repair

背景:肌腱组织因缺少血管而修复困难,如何促进肌腱的恢复和提高肌腱损伤后干细胞治疗的效果,一直是临床及科研的研究热点和重点。目的:将人脐带间充质干细胞与明胶微载体支架结合构建组织工程化干细胞,通过体外实验与大鼠体内实验观察明胶微载体培养的人脐带间充质干细胞对肌腱病的治疗效果及作用机制。方法:(1)体外细胞实验:将人脐带间充质干细胞接种于三维明胶微载体后观察细胞活性以及存活情况,以常规培养的人脐带间充质干细胞作为对照;(2)动物体内实验:将成年SD大鼠随机分为正常组、肌腱病组、2D组(肌腱病+常规培养人脐带间充质干细胞)、3D组(肌腱病+明胶微载体三维培养的人脐带间充质干细胞),每组6只,治疗4周后进行动物行为学检测以及跟腱病理组织形态观察。结果与结论:(1)体外细胞实验:接种于明胶微载体的人脐带间充质干细胞存活率高,且随着时间延长细胞增殖速率增加;与对照组相比,三维明胶微载体培养的细胞活性更好;(2)动物体内实验:治疗4周后,与肌腱病组比较,3D组大鼠下肢功能恢复良好及组织病理学评分显著改善,而2D组也可一定程度改善肌腱病损伤,但效果不及3D组;(3)结果表明,三维明胶微载体培养的人脐带间充质干细胞可以促进肌腱损伤组织修复再生,且修复效果优于常规培养人脐带间充质干细胞。

BACKGROUND:The absence of blood vessels in tendon tissue makes tendon repair challenging.Therefore,improving tendon healing and raising the efficacy of stem cell and other therapeutic cell transplantation after tendon damage have become hotspots for research in both clinical and scientific contexts.OBJECTIVE:The stem cells and gelatin microcarrier scaffold were joined to form tissue engineered stem cells.Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells cultured in gelatin microcarriers were used to investigate the therapeutic impact and mode of action on tendinopathy healing in rats in vitro and In vivo.METHODS:(1)In vitro cell experiments:After seeding human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells with three-dimensional gelatin microcarriers,the cell vitality and survival were assessed.Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells conventionally cultured were cultured as controls.(2)In vivo experiment:Adult SD rats were randomly assigned to normal group,tendinopathy group,2D group(tendinopathy+conventional culture of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells),and 3D group(tendinopathy+gelatin microcarrier three-dimensional culture of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells),with 6 rats in each group.Four weeks after therapy,animal behavior tests and histopathologic morphology of the Achilles tendon was examined.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1)In vitro cell experiments:the seeded human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells on gelatin microcarriers showed high viability and as time went on,the stem cell proliferation level grew.Compared with the control group,3D stem cell culture preserved cell viability.(2)In vivo experiment:Following a 4-week treatment,the 3D stem cell culture group showed a significant improvement in both functional recovery of the lower limbs and histopathological scores when compared to the tendinopathy group.The 2D stem cell culture group also showed improvement in tendinopathy injury,but its effect is not as much as the 3D stem cell culture group.(3)The outcomes demonstrate that human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells cultured with three-dimensional gelatin microcarrier can promote the repair and regeneration of tendon injury tissue,and the repair effect is better than that of conventional human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells.