Recellularized nerve allografts with differentiated mesenchymal stem cells promote peripheral nerve regeneration.
Summary of "Recellularized nerve allografts with differentiated mesenchymal stem cells promote peripheral nerve regeneration."
Chemical-extracted acellular nerve allografting, containing the natural nerve structure and elementary nerve extracellular matrix (ECM), has been used for peripheral nerve-defect treatment experimentally and clinically. However, functional outcome with acellular nerve allografting decreases with increased size of gap in nerve defects. Cell-based therapy is a good strategy for repairing long nerve defects. Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) can be induced to differentiate into cells with Schwann cell-like properties (BMSC-SCs or ADSC-SCs), which have myelin-forming ability in vitro and secrete trophic nerve growth factors. Here, we aimed to determine whether BMSC-SCs or ADSC-SCs are a promising cell type for enriching acellular grafts in nerve repair. We evaluated axonal regeneration distance by immunofluorescence staining after 2-week implantation. We used functional and histomorphometric analysis to evaluate 3-month regeneration of the novel cell-supplemented tissue-engineered nerve graft used to bridge a 15-mm-long sciatic nerve gap in rats. Introducing BMSC-SCs or ADSC-SCs to the acellular nerve graft promoted sciatic nerve regeneration and functional recovery. Nerve regeneration with BMSC-SCs or ADSC-SCs was comparable to that with autografting and Schwann cells alone and better than that with acellular nerve allografting alone. Differentiated bone-marrow-or adipose-derived MSCs may be a promising cell source for tissue-engineered nerve grafts and promote functional recovery after peripheral nerve injury.
Affiliation
Institute of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Fuxing Road 28, Haidian District, Beijing 100853, China.
Journal Details
This article was published in the following journal.
Name: Neuroscience letters
ISSN: 1872-7972
Pages: 96-101
Links
- PubMed Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22405891
- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2012.02.066
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