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SPINE
卷 26, 期 14, 页码 1522-1527出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200107150-00004
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lumbar disc herniation; macrophage; matrix metalloproteinases; cytokines; disc resorption
Study Design. Herniated lumbar disc specimens were cocultured with peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and cells isolated from extruded disc were cultured to study the production of matrix metalloproteinases. Objective. To investigate the role of peripheral blood mononuclear cells infiltrating extruded discs and disc-derived cells in the production of matrix metalloproteinases. Summary of Background Data. Magnetic resonance imaging analysis of herniated disc patients revealed a progressive decrease in the size of herniated discs; Spontaneous:regression of herniated disc is associated with infiltrating macrophages, and matrix metalloproteinases have been implicated in this phenomenon. However, the correlation between infiltrating macrophages and the production of matrix metatloproteinases has received little research attention, Methods. Each disc specimen was incubated with homologous peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The numbers of peripheral blood mononuclear cells attached to the surfaces of herniated discs were counted and the culture media was assayed for MMP-3. The cells isolated from herniated discs were incubated with cytokines and the production of matrix metalloproteinases was measured. Total RNA was extracted from herniated discs and RT-PCR was carried out. Results. Significantly larger numbers of peripheral blood mononuclear cells were attached to he surfaces,of extruded discs, and higher amounts of MMP-3 were detected than those of control discs. The culture medium of extruded discs showed higher MMP-1 and MMP-3 production than those from controls. Significant enhancement of MMP-1 and MMP-3 mRNA expression was observed in the disc-derived cells stimulated with cytokines. Conclusion. These results suggest that peripheral blood mononuclear cells infiltrating extruded discs may secrete a variety of biologic materials capable of further recruiting monocytes into herniated discs in an autocrine fashion. Disc cells stimulated with cytokines showed enhanced production of matrix metalloproteinases, which might play an important role in spontaneous regression of disc materials.
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