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BIOENGINEERING-BASEL
卷 8, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering8010012
关键词
muscle; regeneration; RNU; decellularized tissue scaffold; Foxn1; nude rat
资金
- MTF Biologics and Department of Defense [W81XWH-08-1-0704, W81XWH-18-1-0352]
The study compared the effects of implanting allogeneic acellular skeletal muscle grafts in immunodeficient rats and immunocompetent rats, showing an increase in newly regenerated muscle fibers and higher macrophage staining in the immunodeficient rats. However, there were no significant differences in animal gait and muscle force recovery between the two groups. Ultimately, more research is needed to understand how host responses to biomaterials vary based on the animal model used.
Products developed for skeletal muscle regeneration frequently incorporate allogeneic and xenogeneic materials to elicit a regenerative response to heal skeletal muscle wounds. To avoid graft rejection in preclinical studies, immunodeficient rodents are used. Whether the immunodeficiency alters the host response to the material in skeletal muscle has not been studied. In this study, we hypothesized that an allogeneic acellular skeletal muscle grafts implanted in an immunodeficient rat (RNU, Foxn1-deficient) would exhibit better new muscle fiber formation compared to grafts implanted in immunocompetent Sprague Dawley (SD) rats. Decellularized SD skeletal muscle matrix (DMM) was implanted in the gastrocnemius (N = 8 rats/group). 56 days after surgery, animal gait was examined and animals were euthanized. Muscle force was assessed and fiber number as well as immune cell infiltrate was measured by histomorphometry and immunohistochemistry. Animal gait and percent recovery of muscle force were unchanged in both groups, but newly regenerated muscle fibers increased in RNU rats. Macrophage staining for CD68 was higher in RNU rats than in SD rats. These data show differences in muscle regeneration between animal models using the same biomaterial treatment, but these differences could not be ascribed to the immune response. Overall, our data provide awareness that more studies are needed to understand how host responses to biomaterials differ based on the animal model used.
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