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NEUROLOGY INDIA
Volume 69, Issue 6, Pages 1565-1570Publisher
WOLTERS KLUWER MEDKNOW PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.333531
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Disc height index (%); intervertebral disc; mesenchymal stem cells; mouse disc degeneration model; regeneration
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The study found that injection of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in a mouse disc degeneration model promoted disc regeneration, restored disc height, and increased collagen fiber content.
Background: Back pain and radicular pain due to disc degeneration are probably the most common problems encountered in neurosurgical practice. The experience and results of stem cell therapy in animal disc degeneration model will help us while doing clinical trials. Objective: To study the effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in an established mouse disc degeneration model. Methods: An easily reproducible mouse coccygeal (Co) 4-5 disc degenerated model by CT-guided percutaneous needle injury was established. The mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were cultured from mouse bone marrow and validated. By an established technique, 24 mice disc degenerative models were generated and divided equally into 3 groups (test, placebo, and control). The test group received MSCs with fibrin glue scaffold and placebo group received only scaffold after 6 weeks of degeneration. The control group did not receive any injection. The effects of MSCs were analyzed 8 weeks post injection. Results: The test group showed a significant change in disc height index (%) in micro CT, whereas in the placebo and control groups, there was no change. The Safranin O staining showed an increase in glycosaminoglycan content and the polarized imaging of picrosirius red staining showed restoration of the collagen fibers in annulus fibrosus, which was statistically significant. Conclusion: Intradiscal MSC injection restored disc height and promoted regeneration in the discs at the end of 8 weeks. MSC's niche depends on the microenvironment of the host tissue. These findings will be helpful for clinical trials.
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