Effect of Low-Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound after Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Injection to Treat Osteochondral Defects: An In Vivo Study

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• 作者：Shoki Yamaguchi^&lowast ; ; ^&dagger ; ; Tomoki Aoyama^&Dagger ; ; Akira Ito^&dagger ; ; ^§ ; ; Momoko Nagai^‖ ; Hirotaka Iijima^&lowast ; ; ^&dagger ; ; Junichi Tajino^&lowast ; ; Xiangkai Zhang^&lowast ; ; Kiyan Wataru^&lowast ; ; Hiroshi Kuroki^&lowast ; ; ^{kuroki.hiroshi.6s@kyoto-u.ac.jp" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound ; Mesenchymal stromal cells ; Cartilage ; Rat ; Osteochondral defect ; Subchondral bone
• 刊名：Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：42
• 期：12
• 页码：2903-2913
• 全文大小：3046 K

文摘

We investigated the effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) treatment combined with mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) injection for cartilage repair and subchondral bone reconstitution for treatment of osteochondral defects. An osteochondral defect was created on both femur grooves of Wistar rats. Four weeks later, bone marrow MSCs were injected into the right knee joint. The rats were divided into two intervention groups: without or with LIPUS irradiation. Cartilage repair was evaluated histologically based on the Wakitani cartilage repair score. Subchondral bone reconstitution was evaluated as bone volume (BV)/tissue volume (TV) by micro-computed tomography analysis. MSC injection improved the cartilage repair score, and LIPUS irradiation improved BV/TV. Combination treatment promoted both cartilage repair and BV/TV improvement. Thus, MSC injection combined with LIPUS irradiation is more effective than either treatment alone in promoting concurrent cartilage repair and subchondral reconstitution.