ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the adhesion, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of rabbits' mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cultured in demineralized bone matrix coated with OB-Cadherin. Method The second generation of MSC s were seeded onto the OB-Cadherin cover over allogenic frozen-dried demineralized bone matrix(FDBM) and the FDBM without OB-Cadhefin as control, and then both were cultured separably in vitro. The densities of seeded cells, the adhesion rate were measured, and their ALP activity was assayed in order to take it as an index of cell adhesion, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation. The growth and adhension of MSCs on the FDBM was observed and evaluated microscopically and electronic scanning microscopically. Data were ex-pressed as means and standard deviation (x±s), and were analyzed with SPSS 12.0. Independent-Sanples T-test and Paired t test was used, and P<0.05 indicated statistically significant. Results There was no significant dif-ference in cell proliferation between modified FDBM and unmodified FDBM cultured fot 7, 14, 21 d. ays. After culture for 20 hours, the adhesion rate in the control group was (35.56±1.75)%, the densities of seeded cells were less than 2.7×104. The adhesion rate of cells in the modified group was consistent at 80%, whereas the densities of seeded cells were as high as 5.0×105 compared with control group (P<0.01). After cultured for 20 hours, the efficiency of cell adhesion in the modified FDBM was higher than that in the unmodified FDBM. After cultured for 7 days, the cultured MSC on modified FDBM expressed higher AIP activity, and after cultured for 14 days, the ALP activity on modified FDBM was much higher than that on unmodified FDBM (p<0.01). After cultured for 14 days, osteocalcin immunohistochemical positive rate of modified group was (71±11)%, while that of the control group was(49±8)% with significant difference Conclusion OB-Cadherin enhances cell adhesion to FDBM and promotes MSC to differentiate to osteoblast, but no obvious effects d OB-Cadherin on cell proliferation were observed.