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BACKGROUND: Nonunion is a common clinical complication in orthopedics, which seriously impacts the physical and mental health and quality of life of patients. In recent years, a large number of studies have found that icariin plays a significant role in promoting fracture healing and treating bone defects. Bone nonunion and fracture healing coexist, and the research on the mechanism of fracture healing actually focuses on the treatment of bone nonunion. OBJECTIVE: To review the research progress in the molecular mechanism of icariin in the treatment of bone nonunion. METHODS: The first author used “icariin, bone nonunion, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, periosteal cell, osteoblasts, osteoclast” as key words in English and Chinese to search PubMed, CNKI, WanFang and VIP databases. A total of 542 articles were retrieved and screened manually according to the selection criteria and exclusion criteria. Finally, 44 articles were included for result analysis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Icariin can effectively promote fracture healing and treat bone nonunion by promoting the proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and periosteal cells, promoting the proliferation and maturation of osteoblasts and inhibiting the osteoclast effect of osteoclasts. However, most of the experiments are still in the basic experimental research, and there is still a need for a large number of clinical studies as well as studies on related proteins and genes, to provide a new idea for the clinical use of Chinese herbs in the treatment of bone nonunion.
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BACKGROUND: The periosteum is involved in fracture healing and bone tissue repair because it contains cells with osteogenic potential, and its role in repairing bone defects has become a focus of current research. OBJECTIVE: To review the role of periosteum in fracture healing and bone tissue repair. METHODS: A computer-based online search of China National Knowledge Infrastructure database and PubMed was performed for articles regarding the role of periosteum in fracture healing and bone tissue repair published from January 1964 to December 2019. Key words included “periosteum, bone healing, periosteum cells” in English and Chinese. Finally, a total of 48 articles were included to review. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) The integrity of periosteum plays an important role in fracture healing and bone tissue repair, and has been widely used in bone tissue engineering due to its good osteogenic properties, excellent material properties and barrier effect. (2) The mechanism of periosteum in the process of distraction ostegogenesis is still controversial. It has been confirmed that absence of periosteum does not affect the osteogenic effect of mandibular defects, but the role of periosteum in osteogenic effect of limb defects remains to be further studied.
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Objective To study the role of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in the osteogenic differentiation of periosteal cellsin vitro. Methods Periosteal cells, obtained from adult tibial periosteum, were cultured by routine method in vitro, and divided into two groups. One group cultured with BMP7 and the supplements of 100 nmol dexametasone, 10 mmol b-glycerophosphate and 50 mg/mL L-ascorbic acid (BMP7 group), the other cultured with the supplements alone as the control (control group). Ultrastructure and morphological changes of periosteal cells were observed by contrast phase microscope and electron microscope. In order to test the expression of markers of osteoblastic differantiation in periosteal cells, involved mineralized node and alkaline phosphatase. Each group was tested at the time of 5 d, 10 d, 15 d, 20 d, respectively, using ALP kit stain and Von Kossa stain with 3 samples at each time. Results The periosteal cells cultured by routine method and induced into osteoblast differentiation with BMP7 were both growing well, in vitro. Microscope observations showed that the periosteal cells were spindle-shaped, well-stacked, transparent and three-dimensional in the early stage, and cube-shaped or puncheon shaped in the mitotic phase, gradually became wide shuttle and irregular shape with a lot secretion in telophase. The positive cells were visible by the ALP kit staining and Von Kossa staining of calcium nodules at 5 d, 10 d, 15 d and 20 d in both groups.A difference of positive rate at each time point was found between BMP7 group and control group at 5 d, 10 d, 15 d, 20 d, and the difference was statistically significant (P ＜ 0.01). Conclusion It displayed well regeneration and osteogenesis ability in the periosteal cell. BMP7 has definite osteo-inductive activity, which can obviously enhance the proliferation and ossifyng differentiation of periosteal cells.
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The periosteum provides a good cell source for bone formation because it possesses osteoprogenitors. In this study, the osteogenic activity of the rabbit periosteum and periosteal cells was investigated. The periosteum was harvested from the long bone surface of New Zealand White rabbits. The periosteal cells were isolated from the periosteum and expanded. In vitro examination, the morphological changes, mineralization, and osteogenicity of the periosteal cells were evaluated. The amount of osteocalcin released was measured to check the maximal activity of the cells. The periosteum and periosteal cells-scaffold composites were transplanted into athymic mice to observe the in vivo bone formation. Radiological and histological changes were checked every 2 weeks. The isolated periosteal cells were uniformly proliferated in a monolayer culture, and mineral deposition was confirmed after 10 weeks. The osteogenic markers such as osteopontin, osteonectin, type I collagen, and alkaline phosphatase were expressed from the periosteal cells after 2 weeks. Osteocalcin was expressed after 3 weeks and was maximally expressed at 4 weeks. In 3-dimensional culture, the periosteal cells were well adhered and proliferated on the poly L-lactic-co-glycolic acid scaffold. The periosteal cells-scaffold composite transplant produced of osteoid without calcification in vivo. Radiological examination showed minimal changes of bone formation during the experimental period. However, the periosteum transplant was converted to a cartilaginous structure at 2 weeks, bony calcification after 4 weeks, and complete bony trabecula and marrow space formation at 12 weeks. The radiological bone density also increased during the experimental period. The periosteum may be one of good cell sources for osseous tissue engineering. Engineered periosteal cells may be used for the treatment of nonunion, osteolysis, avascular necrosis and fusion of the spine.
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Animals , Mice , Rabbits , Alkaline Phosphatase , Bone Density , Bone Marrow , Collagen Type I , Mice, Nude , Necrosis , Osteocalcin , Osteogenesis , Osteolysis , Osteonectin , Osteopontin , Periosteum , Spine , Tissue EngineeringABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the properties of cultured periosteal cells associated with bone morphogenetic protein(BMP) to find a new treatment for bone defects.Methods The periosteal cells were cultured,expanded and passage cultured in vitro to investigate the characteristics and functional changes of rabbit periosteal cells.Animal models of 1.0cm gaps with complete removal of the bilateral radius medium bone and periosteum were induced in 24 New Zealand rabbits,which were randomly divided into 4 groups to receive the defect repair with periosteal cells combined with BMP,periosteal cells,BMP and blank control respectively.X-ray and histological examination were made periodically after operation to evaluate the effectiveness of bone formation.Results Periosteal cell morphology can be divided into three stages: cell division phase,cell growth phase and cell functional phase.Cellular configuration had no significant difference with primary cells after anagenesis.The callus can be formed after the periosteal cells were transplanted into the bone defection.The osteogenesis ability of periosteal cells combined with BMP was better than that of the BMP,and the osteogenesis ability of the BMP was better than that of the periosteal cells.The mechanism of bone regeneration for periosteal cells was similar to intramembranous ossification,and that of BMP was similar to endochondral ossification.In the periosteal cells combined with BMP group,both intramembranous and endochondral ossification existed,and the former was obvious.Conclusion Both periosteal cells and BMP can improve the repair of bone defect in vivo.Cultured periosteal cells combined with BMP had substantial ability of synergistic osteogenesis,and it was an ideal treatment for bone defection.
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We developed a culture system of osteoblasts isolated from juvenile rabbit periosteum. Having referred to certain reports about osteoblasts qualifying method, authors have performed an experimental study on morpology, histochemistry and biological properties of cultured cells. This study confirmed that the cultured cells are typical osteoblasts characteristics of:(a). Under the light microscope, the cultured cells conformed to osteoblasts morphologically; (b). Under the electron microscope, their ultrastructure was similar to those of osteoblasts——sunken muclei, dilatation of rough endoplasmic reticulum, a great deal of mitochondrion, secretory vacuole and electron dence substance in cytoplasm; (c). Rabbit periosteal osteoblasts in culture still maintain high AKP (alkaline phosphatase) activities;(d). The cultured cells have certain capacity of calcification in vitro.The cultivation could be used biologically to study characte ristics of bone metabolism, to probe into osteogenic capacity of implanting cells in vivo. Osteoblastic studies could, clinically and experimentally, be based on the culture system described in this paper.
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We have developed a in vitro culture system of osteoblasts isolated from juvenile rabbit periosteum. The cultivation could be served as an osteoblast biological model. The newly developed method has the following advantages: (a) The periosteum is easy to obtain. (b) The periosteal cambium layer contains a great deal of osteoblasts. (c) The procedure of isolating osteoblasts from periosteum is less complex than that from bone tissue. The cultivation could be regarded as a useful technique for studying the metabolism and osteogenic capacity of osteoblasts in vitro.