ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:How to control the orderly formation of colage in skin repair and scarring process is worthy of attention. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) combined with insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) on the proliferation and colagen synthesis of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem celsin vitro. METHODS:Rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels were isolated and cultured to induce adipogenic differentiation assessed by oil red O staining and osteogenic differentiation identified by alizarin red stainingin vitro. Passage 3 cels were cultured in the medium containing bFGF, IGF-1, combination of them or the control fluid, respectively. MTT assay was used to detect cel proliferation at 12, 24, 48, 72 and 96 hours of culture. The expression of type I colagen and type III colagen were detected by RT-PCR and western blot after 10 days of incubation. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:Compared with the control group, bFGF or IGF-1 alone significantly promoted the proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels, and inhibited the expression of type I colagen and type III colagen. After combined use of bFGF and IGF-1, the proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels was improved more significantly, and the expression of type I colagen and type III colagen returned to normal levels. These findings indicate that the combination of IGF-1 and bFGF can promote proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels and restrain the expression of type I colagen and type III colagen, which may be helpful for control and repair of scar formation during wound healing.