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JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC RESEARCH
卷 19, 期 1, 页码 2-10出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-0266(00)00003-6
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [R29AG015108] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIA NIH HHS [AG15108] Funding Source: Medline
Cells of the intervertebral disc have a limited capacity for matrix repair that may contribute to the onset and progression of degenerative disc changes. In this study, the biosynthetic capacity of cells isolated from specific regions of the porcine intervertebral disc was evaluated in vitro. Using a competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction technique, gene expression levels for types I and II collagen were quantified in cells cultured for up to 21 d in a three-dimensional alginate culture system and compared to levels obtained for cells in vivo. The mechanical properties of cell-alginate constructs were measured in compression and shear after periods of culture up to 16 weeks, Cells from the anulus fibrosus expressed the most type I collagen mRNA in vivo and in vitro, while cells from the transition zone expressed the most type II collagen mRNA in vivo and in vitro. Mechanical testing results indicate that a mechanically functional matrix did not form at any time during the culture period; rather, decreases of up to 50% were observed in the compressive and shear moduli of the cell-alginate constructs compared to alginate with no cells. Together with results of prior studies, these results suggest that intervertebral disc cells maintain characteristics of their phenotype when cultured in alginate, but the molecules they synthesize are not able to form a mechanically functional matrix in vitro. (C) 2001 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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