PMID- 28586321 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180319 LR - 20190606 IS - 1643-3750 (Electronic) IS - 1234-1010 (Print) IS - 1234-1010 (Linking) VI - 23 DP - 2017 Jun 6 TI - Treatment of Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury of the Skin Flap Using Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hUC-MSCs) Transfected with "F-5" Gene. PG - 2751-2764 AB - BACKGROUND Recent studies have shown that skin flap transplantation technique plays an important role in surgical procedures. However, there are many problems in the process of skin flap transplantation surgeries, especially ischemia-reperfusion injury, which directly affects the survival rate of the skin flap and patient prognosis after surgeries. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this study, we used a new method of the "stem cells-gene" combination therapy. The "F-5" gene fragment of heat shock protein 90-alpha (Hsp90-alpha) was transfected into human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) by genetic engineering technique. RESULTS The synergistic effects of "F-5" gene and hUC-MSCs in the treatment of ischemia-reperfusion injury of the skin flap were confirmed by histochemical and immunohistochemical methods. CONCLUSIONS This study showed that the hUC-MSCs transfected with "F-5" gene can effectively improve the repair of ischemia-reperfusion injury. FAU - Leng, Xiangfeng AU - Leng X AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Fan, Yongle AU - Fan Y AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Wang, Yating AU - Wang Y AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Sun, Jian AU - Sun J AD - Department of Nephrology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Cai, Xia AU - Cai X AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Hu, Chunnan AU - Hu C AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Ding, Xiaoying AU - Ding X AD - Tianjin University, Tianjin, China (mainland). FAU - Hu, Xiaoying AU - Hu X AD - The Eighth People's Hospital of Qingdao, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). FAU - Chen, Zhengyu AU - Chen Z AD - Department of Plastic Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong, China (mainland). LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20170606 PL - United States TA - Med Sci Monit JT - Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research JID - 9609063 RN - 0 (HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Fluorescence MH - HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins/*genetics MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Ischemia/*therapy MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology MH - Necrosis MH - Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1/metabolism MH - Rats, Wistar MH - Reperfusion Injury/*therapy MH - Skin/*blood supply/pathology MH - Surgical Flaps/*blood supply MH - Transfection MH - Umbilical Cord/*cytology PMC - PMC5469319 COIS- Conflict of interest The authors have declared that there is no conflict of interest in this study. EDAT- 2017/06/07 06:00 MHDA- 2018/03/20 06:00 PMCR- 2017/06/06 CRDT- 2017/06/07 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/07 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/06/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/03/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/06/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 905216 [pii] AID - 10.12659/msm.905216 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Med Sci Monit. 2017 Jun 6;23:2751-2764. doi: 10.12659/msm.905216.