Studies on repair of rabbit articular cartilage defect by chondrocytes infected by adenovirus vector mediated TGF-?_1 Genes / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To investigate the effect of transforming growth factor ?1(TGF-?1) genes transfection on the proliferation and differentiation of chondrocyte by adenovirus vector,and to observe the quality in repair cartilage defect through constructing tissue-engineered cartilage.[Method]Using replicat ion defective adenovirus Adeno-X~(TM) as a carrier,Articular chondrocytes were transferred by high titers level recombinant adenovirus taking TGF-?1 genes.Ultromicrostructure,prolife ration anddifferentiation were observed by light and electron microscope,flow cytometry and so on.Induce expression of exogenous genes coding protein and cartilage cell phenotype were detected by Immunocytochemistry and Northern blot.Gross observation,histology and effect classification were used to evaluate results in repair cartilage defect by combi nation of infected chondrocytes and bone matrix gelatin(BMG).[Result]Immunocytochemistric staining showedthe expression of exogenous gene coding proteins after infection,and procollagen Ⅱ mRNA in cells was detected increasingly by Northern blot.TGF-?1 stimulated proliferation of chondrocytes in primary cultured,and resulted in recruitment of articular chondrocytes into S-G2/M phase.Chondrocytes seeded onto BMG showed high level of proliferation.Transplantation in vivo showed cartilage defect was repaired satisfactorily by Combination of BMG and infected chondrocytes,and the structure of repair tissue got close to normal articular cartilage.[Conclusion] Articular chondrocytes prolifera tion could be stimulated by adenovirus vector taking TGF-?1 genes,which could be used to constructed tissue-engineered cartilage,and applied in repairing joint cartilage defect.