scholarly journals Chitin Nerve Conduits with Three-Dimensional Spheroids of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from SD Rats Promote Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 3957
Author(s):  
Ci Li ◽  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Song-Yang Liu ◽  
Feng-Shi Zhang ◽  
Teng Wan ◽  
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Peripheral nerve injury (PNI) is an unresolved medical problem with limited therapeutic effects. Epineurium neurorrhaphy is an important method for the treatment of PNI in clinical application, but it is accompanied by inevitable complications such as the misconnection of nerve fibers and neuroma formation. Conduits small gap tubulization has been proved to be an effective suture method to replace the epineurium neurorrhaphy. In this study, a chitin conduit was used to bridge the peripheral nerve stumps. The micromorphology, mechanical property, and biocompatibility of chitin conduits were characterized. The results showed chitin was a high-quality biological material for constructing nerve conduits. In addition, previous reports demonstrated that mesenchymal stem cells culture as spheroids can improve the therapeutic potential. In the present study, we used a hanging drop protocol to prepare bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) spheroids. Meanwhile, spherical stem cells could express higher stemness-related genes. In the PNI rat models with small gap tubulization, the transformation of BMSCs spheroids, but not BMSCs monolayer, improved sciatic nerve regeneration. Therefore, combining BMSCs spheroids with chitin nerve conduits shows application potential in promoting peripheral nerve regeneration.

2021 ◽  
pp. 102482
Author(s):  
Tito Sumarwoto ◽  
Heri Suroto ◽  
Ferdiansyah Mahyudin ◽  
Dwikora Novembri Utomo ◽  
Romaniyanto ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 514 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Wang ◽  
Zhe Zhao ◽  
Zhiwu Ren ◽  
Bin Zhao ◽  
Li Zhang ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruslan Masgutov ◽  
Galina Masgutova ◽  
Adelya Mullakhmetova ◽  
Margarita Zhuravleva ◽  
Anna Shulman ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 026022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Víctor Carriel ◽  
Juan Garrido-Gómez ◽  
Pedro Hernández-Cortés ◽  
Ingrid Garzón ◽  
Salomé García-García ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. e0254968
Author(s):  
Hiroki Tanaka ◽  
Ryosuke Kakinoki ◽  
Yukitoshi Kaizawa ◽  
Hirofumi Yurie ◽  
Ryosuke Ikeguchi ◽  
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Previously, we showed silicone nerve conduits containing a vascular bundle and decellularized allogenic basal laminae (DABLs) seeded with bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) demonstrated successful nerve regeneration. Nerve conduits should be flexible and biodegradable for clinical use. In the current study, we used nerve conduits made of polyglycoric acid (PGA) fiber mesh, which is flexible, biodegradable and capillary-permeable. DABLs were created using chemical surfactants to remove almost all cell debris. In part 1, capillary infiltration capability of the PGA tube was examined. Capillary infiltration into regenerated neural tissue was compared between the PGA tube with blood vessels attached extratubularly (extratubularly vascularized tube) and that containing blood vessels intratubularly (intratubularly vascularized tube). No significant difference was found in capillary formation or nerve regeneration between these two tubes. In part 2, a 20 mm gap created in a rat sciatic nerve model was bridged using the extratubularly vascularized PGA tube containing the DABLs with implantation of isogenic cultured BMSCs (TubeC+ group), that containing the DABLs without implantation of the BMSCs (TubeC- group), and 20 mm-long fresh autologous nerve graft (Auto group). Nerve regeneration in these three groups was assessed electrophysiologically and histomorphometrically. At 24 weeks, there was no significant difference in any electrophysiological parameters between TubeC+ and Auto groups, although all histological parameters in Auto group were significantly greater than those in TubeC+ and TubeC- groups, and TubeC+ group demonstrated significant better nerve regeneration than TubeC- group. The transplanted DABLs showed no signs of immunological rejection and some transplanted BMSCs were differentiated into cells with Schwann cell-like phenotype, which might have promoted nerve regeneration within the conduit. This study indicated that the TubeC+ nerve conduit may become an alternative to nerve autograft.


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