Bone marrow concentrate for autologous transplantation in minipigs

2013 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Herten ◽  
M. Sager ◽  
L. Benga ◽  
J. C. Fischer ◽  
M. Jäger ◽  
...  

SummaryAutologous bone marrow plays an increasing role in the treatment of bone, cartilage and tendon healing disorders. Cell-based therapies display promising results in the support of local regeneration, especially therapies using intra-operative one-step treatments with autologous progenitor cells. In the present study, bone marrow-derived cells were concentrated in a point-of-care device and investigated for their mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) characteristics and their osteogenic potential.Bone marrow was harvested from the iliac crest of 16 minipigs. The mononucleated cells (MNC) were concentrated by gradient density centrifugation, cultivated, characterized by flow cytometry and stimulated into osteoblasts, adipocytes, and chondrocytes. Cell differentiation was investigated by histological and immunohistological staining of relevant lineage markers. The proliferation capacity was determined via colony forming units of fibroblast and of osteogenic alkaline-phosphatase-positive-cells.The MNC could be enriched 3.5-fold in nucleated cell concentrate in comparison to bone marrow. Flow cytometry analysis revealed a positive signal for the MSC markers. Cells could be differentiated into the three lines confirming the MSC character. The cellular osteogenic potential correlated significantly with the percentage of newly formed bone in vivo in a porcine metaphyseal long-bone defect model.This study demonstrates that bone marrow concentrate from minipigs display cells with MSC character and their osteogenic differentiation potential can be used for osseous defect repair in autologous transplantations.

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Rocío Chuguransky ◽  
Ana María Cortizo ◽  
Antonio Desmond McCarthy

Bisphosphonates such as alendronate are antiosteoporotic drugs that inhibit the activity of bone-resorbing osteoclasts and secondarily promote osteoblastic function. Diabetes increases bone-matrix-associated advanced glycation end products (AGEs) that impair bone marrow progenitor cell (BMPC) osteogenic potential and decrease bone quality. Here we investigated the in vitro effect of alendronate and/or AGEs on the osteoblastogenic, adipogenic, and chondrogenic potential of BMPC isolated from nondiabetic untreated rats. We also evaluated the in vivo effect of alendronate (administered orally to rats with insulin-deficient Diabetes) on long-bone microarchitecture and BMPC multilineage potential. In vitro, the osteogenesis (Runx2, alkaline phosphatase, type 1 collagen, and mineralization) and chondrogenesis (glycosaminoglycan production) of BMPC were both decreased by AGEs, while coincubation with alendronate prevented these effects. The adipogenesis of BMPC (PPARγ, intracellular triglycerides, and lipase) was increased by AGEs, and this was prevented by coincubation with alendronate. In vivo, experimental Diabetes (a) decreased femoral trabecular bone area, osteocyte density, and osteoclastic TRAP activity; (b) increased bone marrow adiposity; and (c) deregulated BMPC phenotypic potential (increasing adipogenesis and decreasing osteogenesis and chondrogenesis). Orally administered alendronate prevented all these Diabetes-induced effects on bone. Thus, alendronate could improve bone alterations in diabetic rats by preventing the antiosteogenic, antichondrogenic, and proadipocytic effects of AGEs on BMPC.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (24) ◽  
pp. 9759
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Arthur ◽  
Stan Gronthos

There has been an escalation in reports over the last decade examining the efficacy of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (BMSC) in bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine-based applications. The multipotent differentiation potential, myelosupportive capacity, anti-inflammatory and immune-modulatory properties of BMSC underpins their versatile nature as therapeutic agents. This review addresses the current limitations and challenges of exogenous autologous and allogeneic BMSC based regenerative skeletal therapies in combination with bioactive molecules, cellular derivatives, genetic manipulation, biocompatible hydrogels, solid and composite scaffolds. The review highlights the current approaches and recent developments in utilizing endogenous BMSC activation or exogenous BMSC for the repair of long bone and vertebrae fractures due to osteoporosis or trauma. Current advances employing BMSC based therapies for bone regeneration of craniofacial defects is also discussed. Moreover, this review discusses the latest developments utilizing BMSC therapies in the preclinical and clinical settings, including the treatment of bone related diseases such as Osteogenesis Imperfecta.


Blood ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 901-908 ◽  
Author(s):  
TY Neben ◽  
J Loebelenz ◽  
L Hayes ◽  
K McCarthy ◽  
J Stoudemire ◽  
...  

Abstract The effects of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) on in vivo mouse megakaryocytopoeisis were examined. Normal C57Bl/6 mice and splenectomized C57Bl/6 mice were treated for 7 days with 150 micrograms/kg rhIL-11 administered subcutaneously. In normal mice, peripheral platelet counts were elevated compared with vehicle-treated controls after 3 days of rhIL-11 treatment and remained elevated until day 10. Splenectomized mice treated with rhIL-11 showed elevated peripheral platelet counts that were similar in magnitude to normal rhIL-11-treated mice. However, on day 10 the platelet counts in rhIL-11- treated, splenectomized mice were no longer elevated. Analysis of bone marrow megakaryocyte ploidy by two-color flow cytometry showed an increase, relative to controls, in the percentage of 32N megakaryocytes in both normal and splenectomized animals treated with rhIL-11. In normal mice, the number of spleen megakaryocyte colony-forming cells (MEG-CFC) were increased twofold to threefold relative to controls after 3 and 7 days of rhIL-11 treatment, whereas the number of bone marrow MEG-CFC were increased only on day 7. The number of MEG-CFC in the bone marrow of rhIL-11-treated, splenectomized mice was increased twofold compared with controls on both days 3 and 7 of the study. These data show that in vivo treatment of normal or splenectomized mice with rhIL-11 increased megakaryocyte progenitors, stimulated endoreplication of bone marrow megakaryocytes, and increased peripheral platelet counts. In addition, results in splenectomized mice showed that splenic hematopoiesis was not essential for the observed increases in peripheral platelets in response to rhIL-11 administration.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Hrishikesh Desai ◽  
Kirtiraj G ◽  
Abhay P

Background : Open tibial fractures are notorious fractures because the open wound leaves us with limited options and means multiple operations with long intervals for the patient. The usual method of treatment of contaminated, late presenting and complicated fractures is a temporary external fixator followed by conversion into a costly definitive procedure once the wound has healed. The secondary definitive procedure also means extra cost in an already economically stressed patient.In our set up we have to often let patients leave with a plaster cast after removing the external fixator for economic constrains. Per cetaceous autologous bone marrow injection while the patient is on external fixator is one alternative that we have tried to deal with this problem hoping for a primary union without any costly intervention. Materials and methods : We had 42 cases of open tibial fractures which were treated with external fixator and per cutaneous bone marrow injection while 38 other cases which were used as control with only the external fixator and no injections. We included open fractures of only Gustilo Anderson type II,IIIA and B for our study. Study was conducted between period of June 2012 and December 2013 at SBKS medical college . Results : In group one, 34 of the 42 patients had a radiological union before 12 weeks while another 2 in 16 weeks. For group 2 , only 16 of the 38patients had radiological union at 12 weeks and no more at 16 weeks. The average time of union for group 1 was 10 weeks while of group 2 was 12 weeks .Function of the union cases of both the groups was similar in all aspects including distance of walking and ability to carry out daily activities. Conclusion : Per cutaneous autologous bone marrow injections are cheap , easily available and successful alternative to a secondary procedure for open tibial fractures on external fixators.


Lupus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
X Yang ◽  
J Yang ◽  
X Li ◽  
W Ma ◽  
H Zou

Background The objective of this paper is to analyze the role of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) on the differentiation of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in lupus-prone mice. Methods Bone marrow cells were isolated from C57BL/6 (B6) mice and cultured in vitro, and surface markers were identified by flow cytometry. Naïve CD4+ T cells, splenocytes and Tfh cells were isolated from B6 mice spleens and co-cultured with BM-MSCs. The proliferation and the differentiation of CD4+ T cells and Tfh cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Lupus-prone MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice were treated via intravenous injection with expanded BM-MSCs, the differentiation of Tfh cells was detected, and the relief of lupus nephritis was analyzed. Results MSCs could be successfully induced from bone marrow cells, and cultured BM-MSCs could inhibit T cell proliferation dose-dependently. BM-MSCs could prevent Tfh cell development from naïve CD4+ T cells and splenocytes. BM-MSCs could inhibit IL-21 gene expression and cytokine production and inhibit isolated Tfh cells and STAT3 phosphorylation. In vivo study proved that BM-MSCs intravenous injection could effectively inhibit Tfh cell expansion and IL-21 production, alleviate lupus nephritis, and prolong the survival rate of lupus-prone mice. Conclusions BM-MSCs could effectively inhibit the differentiation of Tfh cells both in vitro and in vivo. BM-MSC treatment could relieve lupus nephritis, which indicates that BM-MSCs might be a promising therapeutic method for the treatment of SLE.


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