ABSTRACT
[Objective]To discuss the initiating and developing mechanism of OPLL,and the influence of different operations on happening and developing of OPLL.[Method]We subgroup healthy adult S-D rats into groups,did operation on C 3~6 level.The first group:laminectomy;the second group:laminectomy and muscle cutting;the third group:muscle cutting only;the fourth group:exposure only;contrasting group:no treatment.We got the tissue of posterior longitudinal,ligament at 1,2,4,and 8 weeks post-operation and quantify BMP-2 and BMP-7 by PCR method.[Result]BMP-2,BMP-7 increased significantly in the 1st,2nd and 3rd group compared with the contrastinggroup;BMP-2,BMP-7 of only exposure group had no significant difference compared with the contrasting group.[Conclusion]BMP-2 and BMP-7 play important roles in the early stage of OPLL,they could be the on-setting factors of OPLL.BMP-7 may play an important roles in the later ossification period.