BACKGROUND:The articular cartilage has weak self-repair ability, mainly due to its lack of trophoblast cels in blood vessels and slow cel metabolism. Current treatment methods cannot restore the original function of the cartilage tissue, and cartilage tissue engineering in recent years has garnered increasing attention. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of adipose-derived stem cels transfected with bone morphogenetic protein 14 combined with type I colagen sponge scaffold on the repair of articular cartilage injury in the knee of rabbits. METHODS: Adipose-derived stem cels were isolated and cultured from rabbit subcutaneous adipose tissue, and transfected with Ad-CMV-BMP-14-IRES-hrGFP-1. Type I colagen sponge scaffold with the transfected adipose-derived stem cels was used to repair articular cartilage injury in the knee of rabbits. Twelve weeks after operation, the articular tissue was taken for gross assessment and histological evaluation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The expressions of bone morphogenetic protein 14, type II colagen and Sox-9 were higher in cels transfected with bone morphogenetic protein 14 than untransfected ones. At 12 weeks after operation, adipose-derived stem cels transfected with bone morphogenetic protein 14 combined with type I colagen sponge scaffold had good repair effect on articular cartilage injuries, and the injured cartilage tissues were smooth and had good texture, color and integration junction; adipose-derived stem cels combined with type I colagen sponge scaffold could partialy repair the injured cartilage tissues that had similar color and texture to normal tissues, and there was a remarkable boundary between the repaired tissue and normal cartilage tissue;simple type I colagen sponge scaffold was almost colapsed, and no hyaline cartilage tissue formed. These findings indicate that transfection of bone morphogenetic protein 14 can strengthen the ability of adipose-derived stem cels dramaticaly to repair cartilage injuries.

OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of Shenmai injection on the value of vascular endothelial active factors nitric oxide (NO), endothelin-1 (ET-1) of patients undergoing heart valve rveplacement and cardiac pulmonary bypass (CPB).

METHODThirty patients of cardiac valve replacement undergoing open heart surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) were randomized single-blind method divided into Shenmai injection group (SM) and control group (C) with 15 cases each. Shenmai injection group (SM) were injected Shenmai injection 0.6 mL x kg(-1) added to physiological saline 250 mL after anaesthesia before CPB, the control control group were injected only physiological saline 250 mL at the same time. Blood samples were taken before induction of anesthesia and at 0.5, 2, 6, 24 hours after terminating CPB. To calculate P(A-a) DO2 and respiratory indexs (RI) by blood gas analysis, nitric oxide (NO) and endothelin-1 (ET-1) ET-1 were measured. At the same time, the time of CPB and artery blockage were recorded.

RESULTThere was no statistical significance before operation between 2 groups to every blood index. After CPB, P(A-a) DO2 , RI and ET-1 was higher than pre-operation after CPB (P < 0.05). But P(A-a) DO2, RI and ET-I of Shenmai group were lower than control group evidently at every point after CPB (P < 0.05 or P < 0.01). The concentrations of NO were reduced obveiously after CPB (P < 0.05), but in shenmai group, the range of descent was lower than control group (P < 0.01 or P < 0.05).

CONCLUSIONThe concentrations of NO and ET-1 is connected with the lung injury after CPB. Through rise the level of NO and reduce the level of ET-1, Shenmai injection can alleviate the lung injury in some degree after CPB and improve pulmonary oxygenation function.

Adult ; Blood Gas Analysis ; Cardiopulmonary Bypass ; Drug Combinations ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; administration & dosage ; pharmacology ; Endothelial Cells ; drug effects ; metabolism ; Endothelin-1 ; blood ; Female ; Heart Valve Prosthesis ; Humans ; Injections ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Nitric Oxide ; blood

BACKGROUND: Nowadays, biological tissue engineering is a growing field of research. Biocompatibility is a key indicator for measuring tissue engineering biomaterials, which is of great significance for the replacement and repair of damaged tissues. METHODS: In this study, using gelatin, carboxymethyl chitosan, and sodium alginate, a tissue engineering material scaffold that can carry cells was successfully prepared. The material was characterized by Fourier transforms infrared spectroscopy. In addition, the prepared scaffolds have physicochemical properties, such as swelling ratio, biodegradability.we observed the biocompatibility of the hydrogel to different adult stem cells (BMSCs and ADSCs) in vivo and in vitro. Adult stem cells were planted on gelatin-carboxymethyl chitosan-sodium alginate (Gel/SA/CMCS) hydrogels for 7 days in vitro, and the survival of stem cells in vitro was observed by live/died staining. Gel/SA/CMCS hydrogels loaded with stem cells were subcutaneously transplanted into nude mice for 14 days of in vivo culture observation. The survival of adult stem cells was observed by staining for stem cell surface markers (CD29, CD90) and Ki67. RESULTS: The scaffolds had a microporous structure with an appropriate pore size (about 80 lm). Live/died staining showed that adult stem cells could stably survive in Gel/SA/CMCS hydrogels for at least 7 days. After 14 days of culture in nude mice, Ki67 staining showed that the stem cells supported by Gel/SA/CMCS hydrogel still had high proliferation activity. CONCLUSION Gel/SA/CMCSs hydrogel has a stable interpenetrating porous structure, suitable swelling performance and degradation rate, can promote and support the survival of adult stem cells in vivo and in vitro, and has good biocompatibility. Therefore, Gel/SA/CMCS hydrogel is a strong candidate for biological tissue engineering materials.