Experimental study of tendon-bone healing using bone mesenchymal stem cells in a bone tunnel and their labeling and tracing / 中国矫形外科杂志

ABSTRACT

[Objective]To evaluate the effect of bone mesenchymal stem cells(BMSCs) on healing of tendon-bone junction in a bone tunnel and to provide experimental evidence of labeling and tracing the stem cell.[Method]BMSCs from rats were harvested by adherent separation screening method and labeled by SPIO and DiI.Thirty-nine 8-week-old rats were randomly divided into two groups,21 rats injected with double-labeled BMSCs and Pluronic F-127 as experimental group and 18 rats injected with Pluronic F-127 alone as control group.In each group,biomechanical analysis was carried out to assess the effect of healing at 2,4 and 8 weeks.The transplanted BMSCs were traced by fluorescence microscope at 2,4,8 weeks and 7.0T MR instantly,3 and 7days after operation.[Result]BMSCs were labeled effectively by SPIO and DiI.DiI-labeled positive cells were observed between tendon and bone with fluorescence microscope at 2,4 and 8 weeks.No significant signal changes of tendon-bone interface could be observed by 7.0 T MR.Biomechanically,maximum pullout load had no statistical difference between experimental group and control group at 2 weeks.At 4 and 8 weeks,the experimental group had significantly higher maximum pullout load compared with control group(P