Rat BMSCs and whole blood were harvested from 40 adult male Spraque-Dawly rats. Rat BMSCs were expanded in an osteogenic medium and seeded on inert collagenous bovine bone matrix (ICBM). Growth factors released from degranulated PC (GFs) containing TGF-尾1 1 (25 ng/ml)-10 ng (250 ng/ml) and rhBMP-2 400 ng (10 渭g/ml) were suspended in 40 渭l platelet poor plasma (PPP) and applied on the ICBM-rBMSC constructs or ICBM only, respectively. The constructs were then transplanted in autologous hosts for 4 weeks. Concurrently, osteoblastic differentiation of rBMSCs on ICBM-rBMSC-PPP constructs was characterized in聽vitro.
Rat BMSCs in osteogenic medium exhibited phenotypes of mature osteoblasts. The amount of newly formed bone among groups of ICBM-rBMSC-PPP with and without GFs was not significantly different (p > 0.05) and was significantly lower than a group of ICBM-PPP-BMP-2 (p < 0.05).
Autogenous GFs had no effect on the capacity of rBMSCs to form new bone. The ability to measure the bone formation capacity of transplanted autologous cells and growth factors in a small animal model was demonstrated.