PMID- 22528865 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120904 LR - 20181201 IS - 1559-0283 (Electronic) IS - 1085-9195 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Biological characteristics and effect of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) grafting with blood plasma on bone regeneration in rats. PG - 171-81 LID - 10.1007/s12013-012-9354-1 [doi] AB - We evaluated the biological characteristics/effect of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) grafting with blood plasma on bone regeneration in rat tibia nonunion. SD rats (142) were randomly divided into four groups: fracture group (positive control); nonunion group (negative control); hUC-MSCs grafting with blood plasma group; and hUC-MSCs grafting with saline group. Rats were administered tetracycline (30 mg/kg) and calcein blue (5 mg/kg) 8 days before killing. The animals were killed under deep anesthesia at 4 and 8 weeks post fracture for radiological evaluation and histological/immunohistological studies. The hUC-MSCs grafting with blood plasma group was similar to fracture group: the fracture line blurred in 4 weeks and disappeared in 8 weeks postoperatively. Histological/immunohistological studies showed that hUC-MSCs were of low immunogenicity which merged in rat bone tissue, differentiated into osteogenic lineages, and completed the healing of nonunion. After stem cell transplantation, regardless of whether plasma or saline was used, new multi-center bone formation was observed; fracture site density was better in stem cell grafting with blood plasma group. We, therefore, concluded that the biological characteristics of hUC-MSCs-treated nonunion were different from the standard fracture healing process, and the proliferative and localization capacity of hUC-MSCs might benefit from the use of blood plasma. FAU - Qu, Zhiguo AU - Qu Z AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Siping Central Hospital, Siping, Jilin, China. FAU - Guo, Libin AU - Guo L FAU - Fang, Guojun AU - Fang G FAU - Cui, Zhenghong AU - Cui Z FAU - Guo, Shengnan AU - Guo S FAU - Liu, Ying AU - Liu Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Cell Biochem Biophys JT - Cell biochemistry and biophysics JID - 9701934 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (BMP2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/metabolism MH - *Bone Regeneration MH - Bony Callus/pathology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Fractures, Malunited/pathology/*therapy MH - Humans MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - Radiography MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Tibia/diagnostic imaging/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Tibial Fractures/pathology/therapy MH - Umbilical Cord/*cytology EDAT- 2012/04/25 06:00 MHDA- 2012/09/05 06:00 CRDT- 2012/04/25 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/04/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/09/05 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s12013-012-9354-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Biochem Biophys. 2012 Jun;63(2):171-81. doi: 10.1007/s12013-012-9354-1.