Tiwary R, Amarpal, Aithal HP, Kinjavdekar P, Pawde AM, Singh R. Effect of IGF-1 and Uncultured Autologous
Bone-Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cells on Repair of Osteochondral Defect in Rabbits.
Cartilage 2014;
5:43-54. [PMID:
26069684 PMCID:
PMC4297094 DOI:
10.1177/1947603513499366]
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Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the utility of bone-marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMNCs) and insulin like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in articular cartilage repair.
DESIGN
An osteochondral defect of 3 mm diameter and 5 mm depth was created in patellar groove of the left knee joint in each of 36 New Zealand White rabbits. The defect was filled with RPMI-1640 medium in group A (control), autologous BMNCs in group B, and autologous BMNCs plus IGF-1 in group C (n = 12). Healing of the defect was assessed by gross, scanning electron microscopic, radiographic, and histological examinations up to 90 days.
RESULTS
Gross and scanning electron microscopic examination of the healing site revealed superior gross morphology and surface architecture of the healing tissue in the animals of group C as compared to other groups. Radiographically on day 90, the defect area was not distinguishable from the surrounding area in group C, but a small circular defect area was still evident in groups A and B. The regenerated tissue was mostly hyaline in group C and fibrocartilage in groups A and B. The cells were well organized and showed better deposition of proteoglycans in groups C and B than in group A.
CONCLUSIONS
It was concluded that implantation of bone-marrow-derived nucleated cells may facilitate the healing of osteochondral defects; however, the combination of BMNCs and IGF-1 induces faster and histologically better healing than the BMNCs alone.
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