期刊
OSTEOARTHRITIS AND CARTILAGE
卷 24, 期 12, 页码 2135-2140出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.06.022
关键词
Human; Mesenchymal stem cells; Exosomes; Cartilage; Osteochondral; Regeneration
资金
- National Medical Research Council Singapore [R221000080511]
Objective: Clinical and animal studies have demonstrated the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapies in cartilage repair. As the efficacy of many MSC-based therapies has been attributed to paracrine secretion, particularly extracellular vesicles/exosomes, we determine here if weekly intra-articular injections of human embryonic MSC-derived exosomes would repair and regenerate osteochondral defects in a rat model. Methods: In this study, osteochondral defects were created on the trochlear grooves of both distal femurs in 12 adult rats. In each animal, one defect was treated with 100 mu g exosomes and the contralateral defect treated with phosphate buffered saline (PBS). Intra-articular injections of exosomes or PBS were administered after surgery and thereafter weekly for a period of 12 weeks. Three unoperated age matched animals served as native controls. Analyses were performed by histology, immunohistochemistry, and scoring at 6 and 12 weeks after surgery. Results: Generally, exosome-treated defects showed enhanced gross appearance and improved histological scores than the contralateral PBS-treated defects. By 12 weeks, exosome-treated defects displayed complete restoration of cartilage and subchondral bone with characteristic features including a hyaline cartilage with good surface regularity, complete bonding to adjacent cartilage, and extracellular matrix deposition that closely resemble that of age-matched unoperated control. In contrast, there were only fibrous repair tissues found in the contralateral PBS-treated defects. Conclusion: This study demonstrates for the first time the efficacy of human embryonic MSC exosomes in cartilage repair, and the utility of MSC exosomes as a ready-to-use and 'cell-free' therapeutic alternative to cell-based MSC therapy. (C) 2016 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Osteoarthritis Research Society International.
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