Résumé
BACKGROUND:There are no available therapies for spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury, and stem cel transplantation is a focused topics. OBJECTIVE:To observe the therapeutic effect of hypoxia-inducible facotr-1α gene-modified umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cels (UC-MSCs) transplantedvia the infrarenal abdominal aorta on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. METHODS:Thirty adult female Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups, with 10 rats in each group. The infrarenal abdominal aorta of rats was occluded surgicaly for 1 hour, and then the spinal cord reperfusion was restored. At 2 hours after reperfusion, 1 mL of 10% PBS, UC-MSCs suspension and hypoxia-inducible factor-1α-modified UC-MSCs suspension was injectedvia the infrarenal abdominal aorta, respectively, in the three groups. At 1, 6, 12 days after injection, Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scores were recorded and western blot assay was used to detect hypoxia-inducible factor-1α protein expression in the spinal cord. The motor-evoked potential was determined at 12 days after injection. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the control group, the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scores were significantly higher (P < 0.05), the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α protein in the spinal cord tissue was significantly increased (P < 0.05), the motor-evoked potential latency was shortened (P < 0.05) and the amplitude was increased (P< 0 .05) in the untransfected group and transfection group. Compared with the untransfected group, the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scores were significantly higher (P < 0.05), the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1α protein in the spinal cord tissue was significantly increased (P < 0.05), the motor-evoked potential latency was shortened (P < 0.05) and the amplitude was increased (P < 0 .05) in the transfection group. Above al, umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cel transplantation modified by hypoxia-inducible factor 1α has better effects on spinal cord ischemia-reperfusion injury.