PMID- 22664543 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120830 LR - 20211021 IS - 1940-087X (Electronic) IS - 1940-087X (Linking) IP - 63 DP - 2012 May 25 TI - Use of human perivascular stem cells for bone regeneration. PG - e2952 LID - 2952 [pii] LID - 10.3791/2952 [doi] AB - Human perivascular stem cells (PSCs) can be isolated in sufficient numbers from multiple tissues for purposes of skeletal tissue engineering. PSCs are a FACS-sorted population of 'pericytes' (CD146+CD34-CD45-) and 'adventitial cells' (CD146-CD34+CD45-), each of which we have previously reported to have properties of mesenchymal stem cells. PSCs, like MSCs, are able to undergo osteogenic differentiation, as well as secrete pro-osteogenic cytokines. In the present protocol, we demonstrate the osteogenicity of PSCs in several animal models including a muscle pouch implantation in SCID (severe combined immunodeficient) mice, a SCID mouse calvarial defect and a femoral segmental defect (FSD) in athymic rats. The thigh muscle pouch model is used to assess ectopic bone formation. Calvarial defects are centered on the parietal bone and are standardly 4 mm in diameter (critically sized). FSDs are bicortical and are stabilized with a polyethylene bar and K-wires. The FSD described is also a critical size defect, which does not significantly heal on its own. In contrast, if stem cells or growth factors are added to the defect site, significant bone regeneration can be appreciated. The overall goal of PSC xenografting is to demonstrate the osteogenic capability of this cell type in both ectopic and orthotopic bone regeneration models. FAU - James, Aaron W AU - James AW AD - Dental and Craniofacial Research Institute and Section of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, UCLA, USA. FAU - Zara, Janette N AU - Zara JN FAU - Corselli, Mirko AU - Corselli M FAU - Chiang, Michael AU - Chiang M FAU - Yuan, Wei AU - Yuan W FAU - Nguyen, Virginia AU - Nguyen V FAU - Askarinam, Asal AU - Askarinam A FAU - Goyal, Raghav AU - Goyal R FAU - Siu, Ronald K AU - Siu RK FAU - Scott, Victoria AU - Scott V FAU - Lee, Min AU - Lee M FAU - Ting, Kang AU - Ting K FAU - Peault, Bruno AU - Peault B FAU - Soo, Chia AU - Soo C LA - eng GR - T32 DE007296/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - G1000816/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - R01 DE01607/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - 5T32DE007296-14/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 DE0177711/DE/NIDCR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Video-Audio Media DEP - 20120525 PL - United States TA - J Vis Exp JT - Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE JID - 101313252 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Bone Regeneration MH - Femur/pathology MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Mice, SCID MH - Models, Animal MH - Pericytes/*cytology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Nude MH - Skull/pathology MH - Stem Cells/*cytology MH - Tissue Engineering/*methods MH - Tissue Scaffolds PMC - PMC3466949 EDAT- 2012/06/06 06:00 MHDA- 2012/08/31 06:00 PMCR- 2012/05/25 CRDT- 2012/06/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/08/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/05/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2952 [pii] AID - 10.3791/2952 [doi] PST - epublish SO - J Vis Exp. 2012 May 25;(63):e2952. doi: 10.3791/2952.