Three dimensional induction of autologous mesenchymal stem cell and the effects on depressing long-term degeneration of tissue-engineering cartilage / 中华外科杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVES</b>To induce autologous bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cell (aMSC) into chondrocyte, and to confirm the effects of 3 dimensional (3D) dynamic inducing in vitro and their long-term animal model repairing in vivo.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>aMSC were separated from rabbits bone marrow aspirates, then respectively experienced 3D dynamic inducing in alginate drops in modified rotating wall bioreactor culture or in two dimensional (2D) inducing (culture flask) for 10 d. The induced cells were harvest and then mixed with fibrin sealant (FS) to repair rabbit knee femoral trochlea cartilage defects model. After 8, 12, 24, 48 weeks animals were euthanized. Gross appearance, histological appearances were examined.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Flask culture groups showed a little chondrocyte differentiation, 3D inducing group showed obviously chondrocyte differentiation, improved collagen II and proteoglycan production. For 3D inducing ones in vivo, the cartilage defects were smoothly repaired by white translucent hard tissue with obvious hyaline-like cartilage histological appearance after 8, 12 weeks, and the defects boundary were hard to be identified with hyaline like cartilage with sustained histological appearance and score after 24, 48 weeks. For 2D ones in vivo, the cartilage defects were smoothly repaired after 8 weeks by hyaline like cartilage which showed accelerated degeneration after 24 weeks and lose cartilage performance completely after 48 weeks.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>3D dynamic inducing may assist aMSC on differentiating into chondrocyte, improve its long-term in vivo repairing effects, and enlighten its further applications in tissue engineering cartilage.</p>

Compositional variation of fibrous callus and joint cartilage in different internal environments / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the compositional variation of fibrous callus in the fracture site and the joint cavity and joint cartilage after being transplanted in the muscle pouch.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Thirty 2 month old New Zealand white rabbits (weighing 1-1.5 kg) were randomly divided into two groups: a callus transplantation group (Group A, n=15) and a cartilage transplantation group (Group B, n=15). In Group A, closed radius fracture was made and the autologous fibrous callus was transplanted in the right knee joint cavity at 12 days postoperatively. In Group B, the right knee joint cartilage of the animals was transplanted in the autologous back muscle pouches under anesthesia. Then all the animals were killed by overdose anesthetic 3 weeks after transplantation. And the transplanted fibrous callus, the healed bones in the fracture sites and the transplanted joint cartilage were obtained for assessment of compositional variation.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Pure fibrous composition was found in the callus at the fracture sites in Group A at 12 days postoperatively. And for 11 out of the 15 animals, the fibrous callus was transformed into cartilaginous tissues after 3 weeks of transplantation, but the fibrous callus was absent in the other 4 animals. The fibrous calluses at the original site and the fracture locus were differentiated into bony tissues. Bony tissue transformation was found in the transplanted joint cartilages in the muscle pouch of all the animals in Group B.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The fracture sites or joint cavity may facilitate callus differentiation in different ways: the former is helpful for osteogenesis while the latter for the development and maintenance of cartilages, and the muscle pouch is inclined to induce the osteogenic phenotype for cartilages.</p>

Qualitative evaluation on literatures related with treatment of lung cancer with combined use of chemotherapy and Chinese herbs / 中国中西医结合杂志

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To evaluate the quality of clinical literatures related with treatment of lung cancer with combined use of chemotherapy and Chinese herbs in respect of the scientific research design adapted.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>According to the "Scale for Quality and Information Evaluation of TCM Clinical Research Literature" formulated by the group of methodology of this article, the literatures related with lung cancer published between 1979 to 2000 were evaluated in respect of the randomization and controlling of the trial.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The method of randomization was not described in 93.7% of the literatures; problems or mistakes of randomized allocation existed in 2.5%, with no record about the state of dropped out or absconded cases in follow-up study in 29.1%, also no record about case screening was found in all the literatures. Besides, the blind trial method was seldom used, also some problems of key links concerning samples homogeneity and conclusion reasoning presented. All these bugs could influence quality of the randomized control trial.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Randomized control trial has been applied progressively in TCM clinical researches of lung cancer, however, there are still problems such as insufficiency of samples, and improving of the reliability and quality of the trial is needed.</p>

Reciprocal action between BMP-2 and BMP-3 in cultured fibroblast in vitro / 中华创伤杂志(英文版)

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To explore reciprocal action between BMP-2 (bone morphogenetic protein-2) and BMP-3 for better understanding of the mechanism of BMP during bone fracture union.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>rhBMP-2 was added into the cultured fibroblasts with the concentration of 1,200 ng/ml. The expression of BMP-3 in fibroblasts was detected by immunohistochemistry. Eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3-BMP-3 was transfected into the fibroblasts. After the effective expression of BMP-3 was identified, BMP-2 was also detected by immunohistochemistry in BMP-3 expression cells. The fibroblasts transfected with empty vector pcDNA3 were used as the control.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Exogenous rhBMP-2 could promote the expression of BMP-3 in fibroblasts. BMP-3 also could be detected in these cells.</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>BMP-2 and BMP-3 could reciprocally adjust the expression in fibroblasts.</p>