High-molecular-weight nerve growth factor with bletilla colloid as a carrier in the facilitation of wound healing

Jianzhong LIAO; Wei WANG; Yongxiang LUO

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:

. Growth factor starts a new epoch of the research and application of wound healing, and the effect of the combination of Chinese tradition medicine and biomedicine in wound healing is still in the discussion.

OBJECTIVE:

To observe the effect in promoting wound healing of rats with bletilla colloid, a Chinese herbal medicine, as a carrier of exogenous high molecular weight nerve growth factor (HMW-NGF).

DESIGN:

The single sample observation was adopted in the identification of activities of HMW-NGF; The randomized control experiment with animal as subjects was adopted in the observation of the effect of the HMW-NGF mixed with the bletilla colloid as a carrier in promoting wound healing.

SETTING:

Department of Orthopaedics, Shenzhen Buji People's Hospital,and Department of Orthopaedics, Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technology.MATERIALS Forty SD rats aged 90-120 days of either gender were employed, with the body mass of 220-280 g; The freeze dried preparation of cattle seminal fluid with HMW-NGF with 1mg each.

METHODS:

From September 2001 to December 2004, the experiment was carried out in the Department of Orthopaedics in Shenzhen Buji People's Hospital and Central Laboratory of Department of Orthopaedics in Tongji Hospital Affiliated to Huazhong University of Science and Technolcolloid, HMW-NGF, HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid were added into the serum-free medium (SFM), and the influences of them on the dorsal root lected and divided into 4 groups with 10 rats in each group. The rats of normal control group had no medicine on the wound. In the bletilla colloid group, the HMW-NGF group and the HMW-NGF+bletilla colloid group, incision size 2 cm was made at the back of each rat, and bletilla colloid,HMW-NGF, HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid were applied respectively on the wound, once per day. The wound area was measured at day 3 and 10 after treatment, and the wound area was calculated by the image analysator. The category and the quantity of the emigrated cells were observed with light microscope, and the healing time of the wound was observed.tion under light microscope.the DRG of chick embryo was cultured, the reaction of evection growth around the ganglion in the HMW-NGF, HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid with the dilution desity of 1106-1 108 was most significant, which was not seen in healing with HMW-NGF + bletilla colloid was significantly increased as compared with that in normal control group, the bletilla colloid group and the The healing time of the wound of the normal control group, the bletilla colloid group and the HMW-NGF group and the HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid group were (19.5±0.7), (17.3±0.6), ( 16.6±0.7 )and ( 14.9±0.4 ) days respecvation of cut sheets 3 days after treatment The quantity of polymorphonuclear leucocytes, histoleueocyteand fibroblast in the bletilla colloid group,the HMW-NGF group and the HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid group were significantly larger than that in the normal control group, and the micrangium could be seen in the HMW-NGF group and the HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid group. The observation of cut sheets 10 days after treatment The granulation tissue in the HMW-NGF group and the HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid group was compacter and had more micrangium as compared with the normal control group and the bletilla colloid group.

CONCLUSION:

HMW-NGF+ bletilla colloid has significant effect on promoting the healing of the wound at the earlier and later period, and the effect is better than that of bletilla colloid or HMW-NGF.