Articular cartilage has poor intrinsic capacity for regeneration because of its avascularity and very slow cellular turnover. Defects deriving from trauma or joint disease tend to be repaired with fibrocartilage rather than hyaline cartilage. Consequent degenerative processes are related to the width and depth of the defect. Since mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) deriving from patients affected by osteoarthritis have a lower proliferative and chondrogenic activity, the systemic or local delivery of heterologous cells may enhance regeneration or inhibit the progressive loss of joint tissue. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are very promising, since they can self-renew for prolonged periods without differentiation and can differentiate into tissues from all the 3 germ layers. To date only a few experiments have used ESCs for the study of the cartilage regeneration in animal models and most of them used laboratory animals. Sheep, due to their anatomical, physiological and immunological similarity to humans, represent a valid model for translational studies. This experiment aimed to evaluate if the local delivery of male sheep embryonic stem-like (ES-like) cells into osteochondral defects in the femoral condyles of adult sheep can enhance the regeneration of articular cartilage. Twenty-two ewes were divided into 5 groups (1, 2, 6, 12 and 24 months after surgery). Newly formed tissue was evaluated by macroscopic, histological, immunohistochemical (collagen type II) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assays.

Treatment with embryonic stem-like cells into osteochondral defects in sheep femoral condyles / Rocca, Stefano; Masala, Gerolamo; Sanna Passino, Eraldo; Pilichi, Susanna; Dattena, Maria; Mara, Laura; Casu, Sara; Manunta, Maria L.; Pool, Roy R.; Sanna, Daniela; Manunta, Andrea. - In: BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH. - ISSN 1746-6148. - 10:(2014), p. 301.301. [10.1186/s12917-014-0301-9]

Treatment with embryonic stem-like cells into osteochondral defects in sheep femoral condyles

Rocca, Stefano;Masala, Gerolamo;Sanna Passino, Eraldo;Manunta, Maria L.;Sanna, Daniela;Manunta, Andrea
2014-01-01

Abstract

Articular cartilage has poor intrinsic capacity for regeneration because of its avascularity and very slow cellular turnover. Defects deriving from trauma or joint disease tend to be repaired with fibrocartilage rather than hyaline cartilage. Consequent degenerative processes are related to the width and depth of the defect. Since mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) deriving from patients affected by osteoarthritis have a lower proliferative and chondrogenic activity, the systemic or local delivery of heterologous cells may enhance regeneration or inhibit the progressive loss of joint tissue. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are very promising, since they can self-renew for prolonged periods without differentiation and can differentiate into tissues from all the 3 germ layers. To date only a few experiments have used ESCs for the study of the cartilage regeneration in animal models and most of them used laboratory animals. Sheep, due to their anatomical, physiological and immunological similarity to humans, represent a valid model for translational studies. This experiment aimed to evaluate if the local delivery of male sheep embryonic stem-like (ES-like) cells into osteochondral defects in the femoral condyles of adult sheep can enhance the regeneration of articular cartilage. Twenty-two ewes were divided into 5 groups (1, 2, 6, 12 and 24 months after surgery). Newly formed tissue was evaluated by macroscopic, histological, immunohistochemical (collagen type II) and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) assays.
2014
Treatment with embryonic stem-like cells into osteochondral defects in sheep femoral condyles / Rocca, Stefano; Masala, Gerolamo; Sanna Passino, Eraldo; Pilichi, Susanna; Dattena, Maria; Mara, Laura; Casu, Sara; Manunta, Maria L.; Pool, Roy R.; Sanna, Daniela; Manunta, Andrea. - In: BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH. - ISSN 1746-6148. - 10:(2014), p. 301.301. [10.1186/s12917-014-0301-9]
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