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Lazzarini E, Carter PR, De Boer M, Balbi C, Altieri P, Pfeffer U, Gambini E, Varesio L, Bosco MC, Coviello D, Pompilio G, Brunelli C, Cancedda R, Ameri P, Bollini S, Mcgowan J, Uppal H, Chandran S, Sarma J, Potluri R, Octavia Y, De Kleijnen MGJ, Van Thiel BS, Ridwan Y, Te Lintel Hekkert M, Van Der Pluijm I, Essers J, Hoeijmakers JH, Duncker DJ. Mechanisms of Cancer-related Cardiomyopathy67Protection against chemotherapy cardiotoxicity by the human amniotic fluid stem cell secretome: a new tool for future paracrine therapy68Hyperlipidaemia reduces mortality in breast, prostate, lung and bowel cancer69DNA-repair in cardiomyocytes is critical for maintaining cardiac function. Cardiovasc Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvw130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Lazzarini E, Balbi C, Altieri P, Mogni M, Coviello D, Bosco M, Varesio L, Spallarossa P, Canepa M, Gambini E, Pompilio G, Cancedda R, Brunelli C, Bollini S, Ameri P. The human amniotic fluid-derived stem cell secretome protects cardiomyocytes cardiac progenitor cells against doxorubicin toxicity. Vascul Pharmacol 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vph.2015.11.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Kreuz PC, Gentili C, Samans B, Martinelli D, Krüger JP, Mittelmeier W, Endres M, Cancedda R, Kaps C. Scaffold-assisted cartilage tissue engineering using infant chondrocytes from human hip cartilage. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2013; 21:1997-2005. [PMID: 24096178 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2013.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2013] [Revised: 08/12/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Studies about cartilage repair in the hip and infant chondrocytes are rare. The aim of our study was to evaluate the use of infant articular hip chondrocytes for tissue engineering of scaffold-assisted cartilage grafts. METHOD Hip cartilage was obtained from five human donors (age 1-10 years). Expanded chondrocytes were cultured in polyglycolic acid (PGA)-fibrin scaffolds. De- and re-differentiation of chondrocytes were assessed by histological staining and gene expression analysis of typical chondrocytic marker genes. In vivo, cartilage matrix formation was assessed by histology after subcutaneous transplantation of chondrocyte-seeded PGA-fibrin scaffolds in immunocompromised mice. RESULTS The donor tissue was heterogenous showing differentiated articular cartilage and non-differentiated tissue and considerable expression of type I and II collagens. Gene expression analysis showed repression of typical chondrocyte and/or mesenchymal marker genes during cell expansion, while markers were re-induced when expanded cells were cultured in PGA-fibrin scaffolds. Cartilage formation after subcutaneous transplantation of chondrocyte loaded PGA-fibrin scaffolds in nude mice was variable, with grafts showing resorption and host cell infiltration or formation of hyaline cartilage rich in type II collagen. Addition of human platelet rich plasma (PRP) to cartilage grafts resulted robustly in formation of hyaline-like cartilage that showed type II collagen and regions with type X collagen. CONCLUSION These results suggest that culture of expanded and/or de-differentiated infant hip cartilage cells in PGA-fibrin scaffolds initiates chondrocyte re-differentiation. The heterogenous donor tissue containing immature chondrocytes bears the risk of cartilage repair failure in vivo, which may be possibly overcome by the addition of PRP.
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- P C Kreuz
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Medical Center Rostock, Doberanerstrasse 142, 18057 Rostock, Germany
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Campi G, Ricci A, Guagliardi A, Giannini C, Lagomarsino S, Cancedda R, Mastrogiacomo M, Cedola A. Early stage mineralization in tissue engineering mapped by high resolution X-ray microdiffraction. Acta Biomater 2012; 8:3411-8. [PMID: 22676918 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2012.05.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2012] [Revised: 05/20/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The specific routes of biomineralization in nature are here explored using a tissue engineering approach in which bone is formed in porous ceramic constructs seeded with bone marrow stromal cells and implanted in vivo. Unlike previous studies this model system reproduces mammalian bone formation, here investigated at high temporal resolution. Different mineralization stages were monitored at different distances from the scaffold interface so that their spatial analysis corresponded to temporal monitoring of the bone growth and mineralization processes. The micrometer spatial resolution achieved by our diffraction technique ensured highly accurate reconstruction of the different temporal mineralization steps and provided some hints to the challenging issue of the mineral deposit first formed at the organic-mineral interface. Our results indicated that in the first stage of biomineralization organic tissue provides bioavailable calcium and phosphate ions, ensuring a constant reservoir of amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) during hydroxyapatite (HA) nanocrystal formation. In this regard we suggest a new role of ACP in HA formation, with a continuous organic-mineral transition assisted by a dynamic pool of ACP. After HA nanocrystals formed, the scaffold and collagen act as templates for nanocrystal arrangement on the microscopic and nanometric scales, respectively.
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- G Campi
- Istituto di Cristallografia, CNR-IC, via Salaria Km 29.300, 00015 Monterotondo, Roma, Italy
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Komlev VS, Mastrogiacomo M, Pereira RC, Peyrin F, Rustichelli F, Cancedda R, Cancedda R. Biodegradation of porous calcium phosphate scaffolds in an ectopic bone formation model studied by X-ray computed microtomograph. Eur Cell Mater 2010; 19:136-46. [PMID: 20349404 DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v019a14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Three types of ceramic scaffolds with different composition and structure [namely synthetic 100% hydroxyapatite (HA; Engipore), synthetic calcium phosphate multiphase biomaterial containing 67% silicon stabilized tricalcium phosphate (Si-TCP; Skelite) and natural bone mineral derived scaffolds (Bio-oss)] were seeded with mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and ectopically implanted for 8 and 16 weeks in immunodeficient mice. X-ray synchrotron radiation microtomography was used to derive 3D structural information on the same scaffolds both before and after implantation. Meaningful images and morphometric parameters such as scaffold and bone volume fraction, mean thickness and thickness distribution of the different phases as a function of the implantation time, were obtained. The used imaging algorithms allowed a direct comparison and registration of the 3D structure before and after implantation of the same sub-volume of a given scaffold. In this way it was possible to directly monitor the tissue engineered bone growth and the complete or partial degradation of the scaffold. Further, the detailed kinetics studies on Skelite scaffolds implanted for different length of times from 3 days to 24 weeks, revealed in the X-ray absorption histograms two separate peaks associated to HA and TCP. It was therefore possible to observe that the progressive degradation of the Skelite scaffolds was mainly due to the resorption of TCP. The different saturation times in the tissue engineered bone growth and in the TCP resorption confirmed that the bone growth was not limited the scaffold regions that were resorbed but continued in the inward direction with respect to the pore surface.
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- V S Komlev
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro and Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica dell'Universita' di Genova, Genova, Italy
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The human innate regenerative ability is known to be limited by the intensity of the insult together with the availability of progenitor cells, which may cause certain irreparable damage. It is only recently that the paradigm of tissue engineering found its way to the treatment of irreversibly affected body structures with the challenge of reconstructing the lost part. In the current review, we underline recent trials that target engineering of human craniofacial structures, mainly bone, cartilage, and teeth. We analyze the applied engineering strategies relative to the selection of cell types to lay down a specific targeted tissue, together with their association with an escorting scaffold for a particular engineered site, and discuss their necessity to be sustained by growth factors. Challenges and expectations for facial skeletal engineering are discussed in the context of future treatment.
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- S H Zaky
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, and Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica dell'Universita' di Genova, Largo R. Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Tortelli F, Cancedda R. Three-dimensional cultures of osteogenic and chondrogenic cells: a tissue engineering approach to mimic bone and cartilage in vitro. Eur Cell Mater 2009; 17:1-14. [PMID: 19579210 DOI: 10.22203/ecm.v017a01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Capturing the complexity of bone and cartilage into three-dimensional in vitro models remains one of the most important challenges in the field of the tissue engineering. Indeed, the development and the optimization of novel culture systems may be necessary to face the next questions of bone and cartilage physiology. The models should faithfully mimic these tissues, resembling their organization, their mechanical properties and their physiological response to different stimuli. Here we review the recent advances in the field of the three-dimensional cultures of both osteogenic and chondrogenic cells. In particular, we highlight the most important studies that, to our knowledge, have investigated the response of the cells to the three-dimensional environment provided by the diverse types of scaffold.
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- F Tortelli
- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, Università di Genova, and Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa 16132, Italy
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Pereira RC, Scaranari M, Castagnola P, Grandizio M, Azevedo HS, Reis RL, Cancedda R, Gentili C. Novel injectable gel (system) as a vehicle for human articular chondrocytes in cartilage tissue regeneration. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2009; 3:97-106. [PMID: 19172577 DOI: 10.1002/term.145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We developed a novel injectable carrageenan/fibrin/hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel with in situ gelling properties to be seeded with chondrogenic cells and used for cartilage tissue engineering applications. We first analysed the distribution within the hydrogel construct and the phenotype of human articular chondrocytes (HACs) cultured for 3 weeks in vitro. We observed a statistically significant increase in the cell number during the first 2 weeks and maintenance of cell viability throughout the cell culture, together with the deposition/formation of a cartilage-specific extracellular matrix (ECM). Taking advantage of a new in vivo model that allows the integration between newly formed and preexisting cartilage in immunodeficient mice to be investigated, we showed that injectable hydrogel seeded with human articular chondrocytes was able to regenerate and repair an experimentally made lesion in bovine articular cartilage, thus demonstrating the potential of this novel cell delivery system for cartilage tissue engineering.
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- R C Pereira
- Dipartimento di Biologia, Oncologia e Genetica, University of Genova, Italy
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Zaky SH, Ottonello A, Strada P, Cancedda R, Mastrogiacomo M. Platelet lysate favours in vitro expansion of human bone marrow stromal cells for bone and cartilage engineering. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2009; 2:472-81. [PMID: 18932128 DOI: 10.1002/term.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The heterogeneous population of non-haematopoietic cells residing in the bone marrow (bone marrow stromal cells, BMSCs) and the different fractions and components obtained from platelet-rich plasma provide an invaluable source of autologous cells and growth factors for bone and other connective tissue reconstruction. In this study, we investigated the effect of an allogenic platelet lysate on human BMSCs proliferation and differentiation. Cell proliferation and number of performed cell doublings were enhanced in cultures supplemented with the platelet-derived growth factors (platelet lysate, PL), either with or without the concomitant addition of fetal bovine serum (FBS), compared to cultures performed in the presence of FBS and FGF2. Both in vitro and in vivo osteogenic differentiation were unaltered in cells maintained in medium supplemented with PL and not FBS (Only PL) and in cells maintained in medium containing FBS and FGF2. Interestingly, the in vitro cartilage formation was more effective in the pellet of BMSCs expanded in the Only PL medium. In particular, a chondrogenic differentiation was observed in pellets of some in vitro-expanded BMSCs in the Only PL medium, whereas pellets from parallel cell cultures in medium containing FBS did not respond to the chondrogenic induction. We conclude that the platelet lysate from human source is an effective and even more beneficial substitute for fetal bovine serum to support the in vitro expansion of human BMSCs for subsequent tissue-engineering applications.
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- S H Zaky
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Universita di Genova, Genova, Italy
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Giannoni P, Mastrogiacomo M, Alini M, Pearce SG, Corsi A, Santolini F, Muraglia A, Bianco P, Cancedda R. Regeneration of large bone defects in sheep using bone marrow stromal cells. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2008; 2:253-62. [DOI: 10.1002/term.90] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Mastrogiacomo M, Papadimitropoulos A, Cedola A, Peyrin F, Giannoni P, Pearce SG, Alini M, Giannini C, Guagliardi A, Cancedda R. Engineering of bone using bone marrow stromal cells and a silicon-stabilized tricalcium phosphate bioceramic: Evidence for a coupling between bone formation and scaffold resorption. Biomaterials 2007; 28:1376-84. [PMID: 17134749 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2006.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2006] [Accepted: 10/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Resorbable porous ceramic constructs, based on silicon-stabilized tricalcium phosphate, were implanted in critical-size defects of sheep tibias, either alone or after seeding with bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC). Only BMSC-loaded ceramics displayed a progressive scaffold resorption, coincident with new bone deposition. To investigate the coupled mechanisms of bone formation and scaffold resorption, X-ray computed microtomography (muCT) with synchrotron radiation was performed on BMSC-seeded ceramic cubes. These were analyzed before and after implantation in immunodeficient mice for 2 or 6 months. With increasing implantation time, scaffold thickness significantly decreased while bone thickness increased. The muCT data evidenced that all scaffolds showed a uniform density distribution before implantation. Areas of different segregated densities were instead observed, in the same scaffolds, once seeded with cells and implanted in vivo. A detailed muX-ray diffraction analysis revealed that only in the contact areas between deposited bone and scaffold, the TCP component of the biomaterial decreased much faster than the HA component. This event did not occur at areas away from the bone surface, highlighting coupling and cell-dependency of the resorption and matrix deposition mechanisms. Moreover, in scaffolds implanted without cells, both the ceramic density and the TCP:HA ratio remained unchanged with respect to the pre-implantation analysis.
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- M Mastrogiacomo
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, and Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica dell Universita di Genova, Largo R. Benzi, 10, 16132, Genova, Italy
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Cancedda R, Cedola A, Giuliani A, Komlev V, Lagomarsino S, Mastrogiacomo M, Peyrin F, Rustichelli F. Bulk and interface investigations of scaffolds and tissue-engineered bones by X-ray microtomography and X-ray microdiffraction. Biomaterials 2007; 28:2505-24. [PMID: 17292959 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2007.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2007] [Accepted: 01/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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This review is presented of recent investigations concerning the structure of ceramic scaffolds and tissue-engineered bones and focused on two techniques based on X-ray radiation, namely microtomography (microCT) and microdiffraction. Bulk 3D information, with micro-resolution, is mainly obtained by microCT, whereas microdiffraction provides useful information on interfaces to the atomic scale, i.e. of the order of the nanometer. Since most of the reported results were obtained using synchrotron radiation, a brief description of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) is presented, followed by a description of the two techniques. Then examples of microstructural investigations of scaffolds are reported together with studies on bone architecture. Finally, studies on ex vivo tissue-engineered bone and on bone microstructure in vivo are presented.
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- R Cancedda
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro and Dipartimento di Oncologia Biologia e Genetica, Universita' di Genova, Largo R. Benzi 10, Genova 16132, Italy
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Papadimitropoulos A, Mastrogiacomo M, Peyrin F, Molinari E, Komlev VS, Rustichelli F, Cancedda R. Kinetics of in vivo bone deposition by bone marrow stromal cells within a resorbable porous calcium phosphate scaffold: An X-ray computed microtomography study. Biotechnol Bioeng 2007; 98:271-81. [PMID: 17657771 DOI: 10.1002/bit.21418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Resorbable ceramic scaffolds based on Silicon stabilized tricalcium phosphate (Si-TCP) were seeded with bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) and ectopically implanted for 2, 4, and 6 months in immunodeficient mice. Qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the scaffold material was performed by X-ray synchrotron radiation computed microtomography (microCT) with a spatial resolution lower than 5 microm. Unique to these experiments was that microCT data were first collected on the scaffolds before implantation and then on the same scaffolds after they were seeded with BMSC, implanted in the mice and rescued after different times. Volume fraction, mean thickness and thickness distribution were evaluated for both new bone and scaffold phases as a function of the implantation time. New bone thickness increased from week 8 to week 16. Data for the implanted scaffolds were compared with those derived from the analysis of the same scaffolds prior to implantation and with data derived from 100% hydroxyapatite (HA) scaffold treated and analyzed in the same way. At variance with findings with the 100% HA scaffolds a significant variation in the density of the different Si-TCP scaffold regions in the pre- and post-implantation samples was observed. In particular a post-implantation decrease in the density of the scaffolds, together with major changes in the scaffold phase composition, was noticeable in areas adjacent to newly formed bone. Histology confirmed a better integration between new bone and scaffold in the Si-TCP composites in comparison to 100% HA composites where new bone and scaffold phases remained well distinct.
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- A Papadimitropoulos
- Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Telematica, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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Komlev VS, Peyrin F, Mastrogiacomo M, Cedola A, Papadimitropoulos A, Rustichelli F, Cancedda R. Kinetics ofIn VivoBone Deposition by Bone Marrow Stromal Cells into Porous Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds: An X-Ray Computed Microtomography Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 12:3449-58. [PMID: 17518681 DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.3449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In a typical bone tissue engineering application, osteogenic cells are harvested and seeded on a three-dimensional (3D) synthetic scaffold that acts as guide and stimulus for tissue growth, creating a tissue engineering construct or living biocomposite. Despite the large number of performed experiments in different laboratories, information on the kinetics of bone growth into the scaffolds is still scarce. Highly porous hydroxyapatite scaffolds were investigated before the implantation and after they were seeded with in vitro expanded bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) and implanted for 8, 16, or 24 weeks in immunodeficient mice. Synchrotron x-ray computed microtomography (microCT) was used for qualitative and quantitative 3D characterization of the scaffold material and 3D evaluation of tissue engineered bone growth kinetics after in vivo implantation. Experiments were performed taking advantage of a dedicated set up at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, Grenoble, France), which allowed quantitative imaging at a spatial resolution of about 5 microm. A peculiarity of these experiments was the fact that at first the data were obtained on the different pure scaffolds, then the same scaffolds were seeded by BMSC, implanted, and brought again to ESRF for investigating the formation of new bone. The volume fraction, average thickness, and distribution of the newly formed bone were evaluated as a function of the implantation time. New bone thickness increased from week 8 to week 16, but deposition of new bone was arrested from week 16 to week 24. Instead, mineralization of the newly deposited bone matrix continued up to week 24.
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- V S Komlev
- Dipartimento di Scienze Applicate ai Sistemi Complessi, Università Politecnica delle Marche and CNISM, Ancona, Italy
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Cedola A, Mastrogiacomo M, Burghammer M, Cancedda R, Rustichelli F, Komlev V, Lagomarsino S. X-ray microdiffraction for engineered bone study: scaffold resorption analysis. Acta Crystallogr A 2006. [DOI: 10.1107/s010876730609920x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Tavella S, Biticchi R, Morello R, Castagnola P, Musante V, Costa D, Cancedda R, Garofalo S. Forced chondrocyte expression of sonic hedgehog impairs joint formation affecting proliferation and apoptosis. Matrix Biol 2006; 25:389-97. [PMID: 16962305 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2006.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2006] [Revised: 07/03/2006] [Accepted: 07/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Proliferation and apoptosis are two fundamental processes that occur during limb development, and in particular in joint formation. To study the role of hedgehog proteins in limbs, we have misexpressed Sonic Hedgehog specifically in chondrocytes. We found that the appendicular skeleton was severely misshapen while pelvic and shoulder girdles developed normally. In particular, we detected fusion of the elbow/knee joint, no definite carpal/tarsal, metacarpal/metatarsal bones and absence of distinct phalanges, fused in a continuous cartilaginous rod. Molecular markers of joints, such as Gdf5 and sFrp2 were absent at presumptive joint sites and Tenascin C, a molecule associated with joint formation and expressed in permanent cartilage, was expressed in a wider region in transgenic animals as compared to the wild type. The ratio of proliferating to non-proliferating chondrocytes was about two times higher in transgenic developing cartilage as compared to the wild type. Accordingly, the proapoptotic gene Bax was barely detectable in the growth plate of transgenic mice and Tunel assay showed the absence of apoptosis in presumptive joints at E15.5. Taken together, these results suggest that misexpression of Sonic Hedgehog causes apoptosis and proliferation defects leading to the lack of joint cavity and fusion of selected limb skeletal elements.
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- S Tavella
- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, Universita' di Genova, Genova, Italy.
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Cedola A, Mastrogiacomo M, Burghammer M, Komlev V, Giannoni P, Favia A, Cancedda R, Rustichelli F, Lagomarsino S. Engineered bone from bone marrow stromal cells: a structural study by an advanced x-ray microdiffraction technique. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:N109-16. [PMID: 16510946 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/6/n02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The mechanism of mineralized matrix deposition was studied in a tissue engineering approach in which bone tissue is formed when porous ceramic constructs are loaded with bone marrow stromal cells and implanted in vivo. We investigated the local interaction between the mineral crystals of the engineered bone and the biomaterial by means of microdiffraction, using a set-up based on an x-ray waveguide. We demonstrated that the newly formed bone is well organized inside the scaffold pore, following the growth model of natural bone. Combining wide angle (WAXS) and small angle (SAXS) x-ray scattering with high spatial resolution, we were able to determine the orientation of the crystallographic c-axis inside the bone crystals, and the orientation of the mineral crystals and collagen micro-fibrils with respect to the scaffold. In this work we analysed six samples and for each of them two pores were studied in detail. Similar results were obtained in all cases but we report here only the most significant sample.
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- A Cedola
- Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie-CNR, V Cineto Romano 42, 00156 Roma, Italy
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BACKGROUND Large bone defects still represent a major problem in orthopedics. Traditional bone-repair treatments can be divided into two groups: the bone transport (Ilizarov technology) and the graft transplant (autologous or allogeneic bone grafts). Thus far, none of these strategies have proven to be always resolving. As an alternative, a tissue engineering approach has been proposed where osteogenic cells, bioceramic scaffolds, growth factors and physical forces concur to the bone defect repair. Different sources of osteoprogenitor cells have been suggested, bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) being in most cases the first choice. METHODS AND RESULTS In association with mineral tridimensional scaffolds, BMSC form a primary bone tissue which is highly vascularized and colonized by host hemopoietic marrow. The chemical composition of the scaffold is crucial for the osteoconductive properties and the resorbability of the material. In addition, scaffolds should have an internal structure permissive for vascular invasion. Porous bioceramics [hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate] are osteoconductive and are particularly advantageous for bone tissue engineering application as they induce neither an immune nor an inflammatory response in the implanted host. Earlier, we first reported a cell-based tissue engineering procedure to treat three patients with long bone segmental defects. Cells were loaded on a 100% HA porous ceramic. These scaffolds proved to have good osteoconductive properties resulting in a good functional recovery, but they have not been resorbed after more than 5 years from the implant. In addition, due to the high density of the mineral and the relatively low porosity (50-60%), it was very difficult to monitor the patient recovery during the post-surgery time using X-rays. CONCLUSIONS We report here some pre-clinical testing of new scaffolds. To compare these second generation ceramic scaffolds more suitable for a tissue engineering approach we had to first establish animal models and analysis procedures including the use of X-ray-computed microtomography associated with X-rays synchroton radiation.
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- M Mastrogiacomo
- Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, dell'Universita di Genova, Italy
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Cedola A, Mastrogiacomo M, Giannini C, Guagliardi A, Komlev V, Cancedda R, Rustichelli F, Lagomarsino S. Engineered bone from bone marrow stromal cells: a structural study by an advanced X-ray microdiffraction technique. Acta Crystallogr A 2005. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767305097291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Giannoni P, Pagano A, Maggi E, Arbicò R, Randazzo N, Grandizio M, Cancedda R, Dozin B. Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) for aged patients: development of the proper cell expansion conditions for possible therapeutic applications. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2005; 13:589-600. [PMID: 15979011 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2005.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2004] [Accepted: 02/19/2005] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Proliferation and chondrogenic commitment of cultured articular chondrocytes are impaired when cells derive from aged donors. In those subjects the feasibility of cell-based therapies for articular surface repair is reduced. Moreover, the use of serum as medium supplement elicits non-physiological responses in cultured chondrocytes. This study was therefore undertaken to identify the expansion culture conditions needed to sustain growth and chondrogenic commitment of chondrocytes harvested from aged human subjects. DESIGN Articular cartilage was obtained from aged (69-75 years) and from young adult subjects (27-35 years). Chondrocytes were isolated and cultured in serum-free (SF) or in serum-supplemented [fetal calf serum (FCS)] conditions. Chondrocytes were expanded in monolayer for five duplications and processed for RNA extraction and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. The differentiation potential was assessed by micromass pellet cultures before and after expansion in either culture medium, or after a prolonged exposure to serum followed by a period in SF condition. RESULTS Only SF-cultured chondrocytes reached five duplications within 25-35 days, maintaining the expression of some chondrogenic markers and without altering the levels of active matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3). Only the pellets derived from SF-expanded cultures positively stained for cartilage matrix deposition. On the contrary, exposure to serum diminished the proliferation capacities, abolished the differentiation potential in the same cells and elicited transcription of the MMP-3 gene. Shifting culture conditions from FCS to SF resumed growth rates but proper extracellular matrix deposition was only partially restored. CONCLUSIONS The SF conditions have proven valuable to prime cell proliferation and to sustain proper commitment in chondrocytes from aged patients. This culturing approach may represent a therapeutic chance extendable to a range of patients normally excluded from clinical protocols based on autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI).
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- Biorigen S.r.l., Via Peschiera 16, 16122-Genova, Italy.
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Gentili C, Tutolo G, Zerega B, Di Marco E, Cancedda R, Cancedda FD. Acute phase lipocalin Ex-FABP is involved in heart development and cell survival. J Cell Physiol 2005; 202:683-9. [PMID: 15455366 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.20165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Ex-FABP is an extracellular fatty acid binding protein, expressed during chicken embryo development in cartilage, muscle fibers, and blood granulocytes. Transfection of chondrocytes and myoblasts with anti-sense Ex-FABP cDNA results in inhibition of cell proliferation and apoptosis induction. Ex-FABP expression is dramatically enhanced by inflammatory stimuli and in pathological conditions. In this paper, by in situ whole mount and immunohistochemistry analysis we show that, at early developmental stage, Ex-FABP is diffuse in all tissues of chick embryos. Particularly high level of transcript and protein are expressed in the heart. During acute phase response (APR) induced by endotoxin LPS injection, a marked increase of Ex-FABP mRNA was observed in embryos, highest Ex-FABP expression being in heart and liver. To investigate in vivo the biological role of Ex-FABP, we have directly microinjected chicken embryos with antibody against Ex-FABP. Almost 70% of chicken embryos died and the target tissue was the heart. We detected in heart of the treated embryos a significant increase of apoptotic cells and high level of fatty acids. We propose that the accumulation of fatty acid, specific ligand of Ex-FABP, in the cell microenvironment is responsible of heart cell death, and we suggest that Ex-FABP may act as a survival protein by playing a role as scavenger for fatty acids.
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- C Gentili
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy.
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Miano M, Cancedda R, Hartmann O, Cornish J, Locatelli F, Egeler RM, Slavin S, Veys P, Ortega J, Peters C, Wynn RF, Iori AP, Fagioli F, Ljungmann P, Niethammer D, Bordigoni P, Dini G. Survey on haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for children in Europe. Bone Marrow Transplant 2005; 35 Suppl 1:S3-8. [PMID: 15812526 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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A recent report, prepared in March 2003, regarding the paediatric transplantation activity registered between 1970 and 2002 in the European Bone Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) database showed a decrease in the number of registrations in 2001 and in 2002. In order to validate this observation, the Paediatric Diseases Working Party (PDsWP) secretariat distributed a questionnaire to 395 institutions participating in the EBMT Registry. Each institution was requested to check the number of transplants they reported and to confirm or to correct the figures. As of 15 March 2004, replies had been received from 135 centres reporting a median of 48 transplants per centre over the study period, total 17 891 (58% of the total number). Among them, 55 confirmed their original figures, while 80 corrected the numbers. The overall number of autologous and allogeneic SCTs performed and not reported were 461 and 692, respectively. Most of the teams that corrected their figures stated that their data managers could provide missing data to the EBMT; 260 other teams, each reporting a median of 15 transplants during the study period, total 12 866 (42% of the total number) chose not to reply. A report prepared in March 2004, following the PDsWP survey, showed an increasing number of transplants performed on patients below 18 years of age between 1973 and 2002 and reported to the EBMT Registry (328 autologous and 628 allogeneic) as compared to the 2003 report. This first PDsWP survey, reaching more than 50% of activity in the field, illustrates that the decrease in activity we observed in the 2003 report does not correspond to a decrease in the number of transplants that were actually performed. It demonstrates the compliance of most major paediatric institutions and confirms the important role of cooperation between National Registries and EBMT Registries.
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- M Miano
- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, IRCCS G Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Gentili C, Tutolo G, Pianezzi A, Cancedda R, Descalzi Cancedda F. Cholesterol secretion and homeostasis in chondrocytes: a liver X receptor and retinoid X receptor heterodimer mediates apolipoprotein A1 expression. Matrix Biol 2005; 24:35-44. [PMID: 15749000 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2004.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2004] [Revised: 12/14/2004] [Accepted: 12/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Cholesterol is required for chondrocyte differentiation and bone formation. Apolipoprotein A1 (apoA-1) plays a major role in lipoprotein clearance and cholesterol redistribution. We report here that apoA-1 is expressed during chondrocyte differentiation in vitro and in vivo. In differentiating chondrocytes, the expression of the liver X receptor (LXR) is modulated and its expression correlates to the expression of apoA-1. The expression of other LXR target genes related to cholesterol homeostasis such as ABCA1 cholesterol transporter and sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1 (SREBP1) is similarly regulated. Small molecule ligands activating either LXR or retinoid X receptor (RXR) lead to a dramatic increase in apoA-1 mRNA and protein expression in cultured chondrocytes. These ligands strongly induce ABCA1 cholesterol transporter expression and effectively mediate cholesterol efflux from hypertrophic chondrocytes. In addition, we report that, in the same cells, the ligands down modulate Serum Amyloid A expression induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide. Our studies provide evidence that LXR/RXR mediate a fine regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in differentiating chondrocytes.
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- C Gentili
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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In adult individuals when most tissues have progressively lost the ability to regenerate, bone maintains the potential for a continuous self remodeling. The bone marrow has been so far the main recognized source of osteoprogenitor cells that contribute to the turnover of the skeletal scaffold. The possibility though exists that a pool of osteoprogenitor cells resides within other adult tissues and in particular, as reported previously, in other connective tissues such as fat and skeletal muscle. In an attempt to identify an alternative source of osteoprogenitor cells other than bone marrow we looked into the skeletal muscle. A plastic adhering cell population, from now on referred to as skeletal muscle derived cells (SMDCs), was obtained from biopsies of human skeletal muscle. SMDCs were clonogenic and displayed a fibroblast-like morphology. The isolated cell population had a mesenchymal origin as indicated by abundant expression of type I collagen, fibronectin, and vimentin and appeared heterogeneous. SMDCs were positive for alpha smooth actin, and to a lesser extent for desmin and alpha sarcomeric myosin, two specific markers of the myogenic phenotype. Surprisingly though SMDCs expressed early markers of an osteogenic commitment as indicated by positive staining for alkaline phosphatase, osteopontin, and osteonectin. Under the appropriate stimuli, these cells deposited in vitro a mineralized bone matrix and a proteoglycan rich matrix. In addition, SMDCs cultured in the presence of low serum and insulin differentiated towards adipocytes developing abundant lipid droplets in the cytoplasm. Furthermore SMDCs formed three-dimensional bone tissue in vivo when implanted in an immunodeficient mouse, and a mature cartilage rudiment when maintained as a pellet culture. In summary, we report the isolation and characterization of a cell population from the human skeletal muscle not only able to express in vitro specific markers of distinct mesenchymal lineages (adipogenic, chondrogenic, and osteogenic), but most importantly, able to complete the differentiation pathway leading to the formation of bone and cartilage. In this respect SMDCs resemble bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs).
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- M Mastrogiacomo
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy.
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Mastrogiacomo M, Komlev VS, Hausard M, Peyrin F, Turquier F, Casari S, Cedola A, Rustichelli F, Cancedda R. Synchrotron Radiation Microtomography of Bone Engineered from Bone Marrow Stromal Cells. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 10:1767-74. [PMID: 15684685 DOI: 10.1089/ten.2004.10.1767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Osteoprogenitor cells expanded in vitro and associated with porous ceramic scaffolds have been proposed as bone substitutes. Animal models have been developed to test the efficacy of various cell populations and scaffolds in promoting bone repair. Qualitative analysis of the new bone formed within the ceramic scaffold is relatively easy by conventional histology. On the other hand, quantitative data are difficult to obtain. X-ray computed microtomography was used as a possible experimental technique to obtain quantitative data on the three-dimensional structure of newly formed bone and of remaining scaffold in implants after 8 weeks in vivo. Measurements were performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility on beamline ID19 with a spatial resolution of about 5 microm. This study clearly indicates the possibility of nondestructive quantitative analysis of bone-engineered constructs. The technique appears suitable to compare different scaffolds (and possibly different cell populations) with regard to bone formation efficiency and reabsorbability of biomaterials in the immunodeficient mouse model.
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- M Mastrogiacomo
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, and Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica dell'Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
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Daga A, Muraglia A, Quarto R, Cancedda R, Corte G. Enhanced engraftment of EPO-transduced human bone marrow stromal cells transplanted in a 3D matrix in non-conditioned NOD/SCID mice. Gene Ther 2002; 9:915-21. [PMID: 12085239 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2002] [Accepted: 03/11/2002] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Intravenous infusion of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) has been proposed as a means to support hematopoiesis in bone marrow transplantation or as a vehicle for gene therapy. However, it seems that this route of injection leads to engraftment of a small proportion of BMSCs, possibly because they are unable to cross the endothelial barrier. We have transplanted human BMSCs, ex vivo expanded and transduced with a retrovirus encoding the human erythropoietin gene, either intravenously or subcutaneously with or without a tridimensional scaffold in non-conditioned NOD/SCID mice. Efficiency of engraftment was evaluated monitoring the hematocrit levels. Systemic infusion never significantly increased hematocrit levels, whereas subcutaneous transplantation of the same number of cells induced an important increase of the hematocrit (approximately 70%) for at least 2 months. A substantial increase in the length of the response was observed when cells were subcutaneously transplanted in a tridimensional scaffold. To determine whether the transient effect was due to cell loss or to reduction in expression, the cells implanted into a tridimensional scaffold were recovered, expanded in vitro, and re-implanted in a new group of mice. Again the hematocrit levels rose 2 weeks after transplantation ( approximately 70%). These results demonstrate that ex vivo expanded human BMSCs are not quantitatively transplantable by systemic infusion in non-conditioned recipients, whereas the local implantation into a tridimensional scaffold allows long-term engraftment and efficient expression of a foreign gene.
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- A Daga
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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Cancedda R, Quarto R, Bianchi G, Mastrogiacomo M, Muraglia A. Human Adult Stem/Progenitor Cells for Bone Regeneration. Int J Artif Organs 2002. [DOI: 10.1177/039139880202500725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- R. Cancedda
- Center of Advanced Biotechnologies / National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova - Italy
- Department of Oncology, Biology and Genetics, University of Genova - Italy
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- Center of Advanced Biotechnologies / National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova - Italy
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- Center of Advanced Biotechnologies / National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova - Italy
- Department of Oncology, Biology and Genetics, University of Genova - Italy
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- Center of Advanced Biotechnologies / National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova - Italy
- Department of Oncology, Biology and Genetics, University of Genova - Italy
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- Center of Advanced Biotechnologies / National Institute for Cancer Research, Genova - Italy
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Descalzi Cancedda F, Dozin B, Zerega B, Cermelli S, Cancedda R. Extracellular fatty acid binding protein (ex-FABP) is a stress protein expressed during chondrocyte and myoblast differentiation. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2002; 9 Suppl A:S118-22. [PMID: 11680675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We have isolated and characterized in our laboratory a lipocalin specifically binding unsaturated long chain fatty acids (Ex-FABP). In developing chicken embryo long bones, Ex-FABP first appears at the boundary of the cone of hypertrophic cartilage. 'In vitro' EX-FABP is highly expressed by differentiating hypertrophic chondrocytes. Ex-FABP is expressed also in the forming myotubes both 'in vivo' and 'in vitro'. In cultured chondrocytes, Ex-FABP expression is strongly induced by treatment with inflammatory agents such as the bacterial liposaccharide LPS or interleukin-6. The possible mechanism for this induction was investigated. Expression of Ex-FABP was studied in other stress conditions. DESIGN To investigate a possible mechanism for Ex-FABP induction by LPS or interleukin-6, we have cultured the cells in the presence of either hydrogen peroxide or the NO donor SNAP (S-nitrosil-acetil-D, L-penicillamine), two agents known to produce cellular stresses through the activation of specific signalling pathways. To investigate Ex-FABP expression in other stress conditions, chondrocytes were cultured for 3 days in the presence of alpha,alpha-dipyridyl, an agent inhibiting prolyl hydroxylase activity and collagen secretion. Supplement of this agent to the culture medium results in an impairment of collagen secretion and assembly and the consequent altered interaction of the cell with the surrounding extracellular matrix. In addition Ex-FABP expression was studied also in chondrocytes cultured in the absence of serum, a stress condition activating cell defence mechanisms. RESULTS We have excluded that induction of Ex-FABP expression by inflammatory agents is mediated by oxidative stress or NO production. Ex-FABP expression was induced also by changes in the hypertrophic chondrocyte microenvironment, considered either as extracellular matrix surrounding the cell in culture or as nature and concentration of growth factor in the culture medium. CONCLUSIONS No definitive data are so far available on the possible role of Ex-FABP when induced by cellular stresses. The capacity of the protein to specifically bind and transport unsaturated long chain fatty acids suggests that lipid metabolism and fatty acid utilization by the cells may be involved. Based on literature data the NRL/N-GAL (neu-related lipocalin/neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) protein was proposed as a possible mammal counterpart of the chick Ex-FABP. We have suggested that Ex-FABP and NRL/NGAL expression in forming bones and muscles is part of a 'physiological' acute phase response. Interestingly the expression of Ex-FABP and NRL/NGAL is also activated in osteoarthritic cartilage and in the case of NRL/N-GAL during neoplastic transformation of chondrogenic lineage cells.
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- F Descalzi Cancedda
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy.
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OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different growth factors on the chondrogenic potential of human bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC). DESIGN Different growth factors which have been shown to sustain the osteogenic potential of BMSC during their 'in vitro' expansion were assayed for the maintenance of the chondrogenic potential. We compared the ability of BMSC to reconstitute cartilage in vitro with their ability to form bone on hydroxyapatite microporous particles in an ectopic bone formation assay. RESULTS Among the factors assayed, fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF2) was the most effective in promoting growth of BMSC 'in vitro'. For all growth factors tested, we have found a complete overlap of the enhancement of chondrogenic and osteogenic potential. Any factor, either promoting or depressing bone formation, exerted the same effect on the chondrogenic potential of human BMSC. In particular, FGF2, either alone or in combination with other factors, strongly supported the formation of bone as well as of cartilage. CONCLUSIONS We conclude that FGF2 maintains human BMSC in an immature state allowing their 'in vitro' expansion. Expanded cells retain the chondro- osteogenic potential. Interestingly, the chondrogenic potential of BMSC 'in vitro' is directly related to their ability to form bone 'in vivo'. BMSC expanded 'ex vivo' are presently being proposed for cell therapy of bone defects. 'In vitro' chondrogenesis may be regarded as a rapid prediction assay to assess cell ability to form bone after 'in vivo' transplant.
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- M Mastrogiacomo
- Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate/Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
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Adult stem cells are self-renewing, pluripotent, and able to repopulate the tissue in which they reside. Cells endowed with these properties have been isolated from several tissues and an increasing number of reports provide evidence of their ability, following transplantation, to engraft host tissues other than those of their origin. In this setting, interest in the well-documented capacity of bone marrow stromal cells to undergo multilineage differentiation is growing. Neural and cardiomyogenic lineages have recently been proposed as additional differentiative pathways of these cells. However, culture conditions and inductive molecules can alter the behavior of bone marrow stromal cells and the microenvironment is critical for proper in vivo delivery. The maintenance of their stem properties and the possibility of reprogramming their commitment is a field of primary interest given the potential use of these cells in regenerative medicine. We discuss here how the microenvironmental cues, and the growth factors that physiologically govern commitment and subsequent differentiation, influence the properties of bone marrow stromal cells and modulate their engraftment into host tissues.
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- G Bianchi
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, and Dipartimento di Oncologia, Biologia e Genetica, Universita' di Genova, Genova Italy
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Banfi A, Podestà M, Fazzuoli L, Sertoli MR, Venturini M, Santini G, Cancedda R, Quarto R. High-dose chemotherapy shows a dose-dependent toxicity to bone marrow osteoprogenitors: a mechanism for post-bone marrow transplantation osteopenia. Cancer 2001; 92:2419-28. [PMID: 11745299 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20011101)92:9<2419::aid-cncr1591>3.0.co;2-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Osteoporosis is a sequela of hemopoietic cell transplantation with a complex multifactorial pathogenesis in which the relative role of chemotherapy and irradiation is not completely understood. Therefore, the authors investigated the toxicity of chemotherapy-only conditioning regimens on bone homeostasis and bone marrow osteoprogenitors, its dose dependency, and the mechanism of chemotherapy-induced osteopenia. METHODS Fifty-one patients with high-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma or breast carcinoma who had been treated previously with high-dose + peripheral blood progenitor cell or conventional chemotherapy or who had not received any treatment (prechemotherapy) were enrolled. The authors measured the bone marrow colony-forming unit fibroblast (CFU-f) and long-term culture-initiating cell frequency, forearm bone mineral density, serum osteotropic hormones and metabolic markers of bone formation (plasma osteocalcin), and resorption (urinary collagen I C-crosslinks). RESULTS Both high-dose chemotherapy regimens caused a 50% reduction in CFU-f frequency, independently of gonadal function status, whereas conventional chemotherapy and prechemotherapy groups were unaffected. Bone mineral density was measured in 26 non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients and again only high-dose chemotherapy caused a 10% loss in cortical bone and 20% in trabecular bone. No endocrine abnormality was found except for the secondary amenorrhea uniformly induced in the high-dose chemotherapy group. In these patients, plasma osteocalcin unexpectedly failed to increase in response to the menopausal increase in bone resorption rate, showing a selective impairment of the osteoblast compartment to cope with increased functional demand. CONCLUSIONS Chemotherapy without irradiation shows a dose-dependent toxicity to bone marrow stromal osteoprogenitors and can cause osteopenia by direct damage of the osteoblastic compartment, as a mechanism distinct from and summable to hypogonadism.
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- A Banfi
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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Banfi A, Bianchi G, Galotto M, Cancedda R, Quarto R. Bone marrow stromal damage after chemo/radiotherapy: occurrence, consequences and possibilities of treatment. Leuk Lymphoma 2001; 42:863-70. [PMID: 11697641 DOI: 10.3109/10428190109097705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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High dose chemotherapy (CT) followed by bone marrow transplant (BMT) is increasingly used for the treatment of both hematological and solid neoplasms, but an understanding of its late consequences on the marrow microenvironment is still only at its beginning. It is in fact known that marrow stroma is damaged by high-dose cytotoxic therapy and by radiation exposure. However little is known on the extent of this damage and on the self-repair ability of the stroma. The damage of the stromal microenvironment affects the long-term stem cell engraftment and the maintenance of hemopoietic functions. Furthermore, marrow stroma also represents a progenitor compartment for endosteal osteoblasts, and therefore its damage implies alterations of bone metabolism. Indeed, osteoporosis has recently been recognized as a consequence, of BMT, but only a few studies have been performed to establish the functional status of the stromal compartment after treatment with cytotoxic drugs with or without total body irradiation (TBI) and its role in post-BMT sequelae.
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- A Banfi
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro/Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy
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Dini G, Cancedda R, Locatelli F, Bosi A, Bandini G, Alessandrino EP, Porta F, Uderzo C, Messina C, Fagioli F, Arcese W, Marenco P, Fanin R, Falda M, Soligo D, La Nasa G, Giardini C, Pession A, Scimè R, Di Bartolomeo P, Bruno B, Garbarino L, Lamparelli T, Giorgiani G, Lanino E, Manzitti C, Bacigalupo A. Unrelated donor marrow transplantation: an update of the experience of the Italian Bone Marrow Group (GITMO). Haematologica 2001; 86:451-6. [PMID: 11410406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Unrelated donor bone marrow transplant (UD-BMT) has become an attractive alternative source of hematopoietic cells for patients lacking a matched sibling. The aim of this paper was to report on results of the 696 UD BMTs performed in 31 Italian institutions during the first 10 years of activity of the Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (IBMDR). EVIDENCE AND INFORMATION SOURCES In 1989 the Italian Bone Marrow Transplant Group (GITMO) established the IBMDR to facilitate donor search and marrow procurement for patients lacking an HLA identical sibling. By end of December 1999, 260,000 HLA-A, B typed volunteer donors had been cumulatively registered and 2,620 searches had been activated for Italian patients. At least one HLA-A, B, DRB1 matched donor was found for 54% of the patients and 696 UD BMTs were performed. In 50% of cases the donor was found in the IBMDR and in 50% in 15 other Registries. The average time from search activation to transplant was 6 months for disease other than CML. For CML it was 14 months. Actuarial 12-month transplant-related mortality (TRM) was 68% in patients grafted between 1979 and 1992 and 44% for patients grafted after 1993. Twenty-eight per cent of patients developed grade III or IV acute GvHD and 24% developed extensive chronic GvHD. The rate of disease free survival at three years was 57% for patients with 1st chronic phase CML, 37% for patients with 1st or 2nd CR ALL, 31% for AML or MDS patients 18 years of age and 54% for patients with inborn errors. PERSPECTIVES We conclude that the IBMDR has benefited a substantial number of patients lacking a matched sibling and has facilitated the recruitment of UDs into the international donor pool. The long time required for the search is the major obstacle to the success of this programme. This suggests that early transplant and a decrease in TRM could further improve these encouraging results.
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- G Dini
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital, l.go G. Gaslini 5, 16148 Genoa, Italy.
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Zerega B, Camardella L, Cermelli S, Sala R, Cancedda R, Descalzi Cancedda F. Avidin expression during chick chondrocyte and myoblast development in vitro and in vivo: regulation of cell proliferation. J Cell Sci 2001; 114:1473-82. [PMID: 11282023 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.114.8.1473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Avidin is a major [(35)S]methionine-labeled protein induced by bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and interleukin 6 (IL-6) in cultured chick embryo myoblasts and chondrocytes. It was identified by N-terminal sequencing of the protein purified from conditioned culture medium of LPS-stimulated myoblasts. In addition, avidin was secreted by unstimulated myoblasts and chondrocytes during in vitro differentiation; maximal expression being observed in differentiated myofibers and hypertrophic chondrocytes. In developing chick embryos, immunohistochemistry revealed avidin in skeletal muscles and growth plate hypertrophic cartilage. Avidin was secreted into culture as a biologically active tetramer. Exogenous avidin added to the medium of proliferating chondrocytes progressively inhibited cell proliferation, whereas addition of avidin to differentiating chondrocytes in suspension allowed full cell differentiation. No toxic effects for the cells were observed in both culture conditions. Western blots of samples from cytosolic extracts using alkaline-phosphatase-conjugated streptavidin showed three biotin-containing proteins. Acetyl-CoA carboxylase was identified by specific antibodies. Based on these data, we propose that avidin binds extracellular biotin and regulates cell proliferation by interfering with fatty acid biosynthesis during terminal cell differentiation and/or in response to inflammatory stimuli.
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- B Zerega
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy
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Cancedda R, Castagnola P, Cancedda FD, Dozin B, Quarto R. Developmental control of chondrogenesis and osteogenesis. Int J Dev Biol 2001; 44:707-14. [PMID: 11061435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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During vertebrate embryogenesis, bones of the vertebral column, pelvis, and upper and lower limbs, are formed on an initial cartilaginous model. This process, called endochondral ossification, is characterized by a precise series of events such as aggregation and differentiation of mesenchymal cells, and proliferation, hypertrophy and death of chondrocytes. Bone formation initiates in the collar surrounding the hypertrophic cartilage core that is eventually invaded by blood vessels and replaced by bone tissue and bone marrow. Over the last years we have extensively investigated cellular and molecular events leading to cartilage and bone formation. This has been partially accomplished by using a cell culture model developed in our laboratory. In several cases observations have been confirmed or directly made in the developing embryonic bone of normal and genetically modified chick and mouse embryos. In this article we will review our work in this field.
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- R Cancedda
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy.
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Quarto R, Mastrogiacomo M, Cancedda R, Kutepov SM, Mukhachev V, Lavroukov A, Kon E, Marcacci M. Repair of large bone defects with the use of autologous bone marrow stromal cells. N Engl J Med 2001; 344:385-6. [PMID: 11195802 DOI: 10.1056/nejm200102013440516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1053] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Vico L, Hinsenkamp M, Jones D, Marie PJ, Zallone A, Cancedda R. Osteobiology, strain, and microgravity. Part II: studies at the tissue level. Calcif Tissue Int 2001; 68:1-10. [PMID: 12037617 DOI: 10.1007/bf02684996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/1999] [Accepted: 08/03/2000] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Loading microgravity, and/or defective mechanical strain-forces have important effects on bone cells and bone quality and quantity. The complex mechanisms induced by strain and microgravity on bone cells have been reviewed in Part I of this paper. In Part II, we have considered the data on the alterations induced by unloading and microgravity on the skeleton and the mechanisms that are involved at the tissue level in animals and humans.
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- L Vico
- INSERM E9901, LBBTO, Faculte de Médecine de St Etienne, France
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Dini G, Cancedda R, Locatelli F, Bosi A, Bandini G, Alessandrino EP, Porta F, Uderzo C, Messina C, Fagioli F, Arcese W, Marenco P, Fanin R, Falda M, Soligo D, La Nasa G, Giardini C, Pession A, Scimè R, Di Bartolomeo P, Bruno B, Garbarino L, Lamparelli T, Giorgiani G, Lanino E, Manzitti C, Bacigalupo A. Unrelated donor marrow transplantation: an update of the experience of the Italian Bone Marrow Transplant Group (GITMO). Haematologica 2000; 85:30-6. [PMID: 11268321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Unrelated donor bone marrow transplant (UD-BMT) has become an attractive alternative source of hematopoietic cells for patients lacking a matched sibling. The aim of this paper was to report on results of the 696 UD BMTs performed in 31 Italian institutions during the first 10 years of activity of the Italian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (IBMDR). In 1989 the Italian Bone Marrow Transplant Group (GITMO) established the IBMDR to facilitate donor search and marrow procurement for patients lacking an HLA identical sibling. By end of December 1999, 260,000 HLA-A, B typed volunteer donors had been cumulatively registered and 2,620 searches had been activated for Italian patients. At least one HLA-A, B, DRB1 matched donor was found for 54% of the patients and 696 UD BMTs were performed. In 50% of cases the donor was found in the IBMDR and in 50% in 15 other Registries. The average time from search activation to transplant was 6 months for disease other than CML. For CML it was 14 months. Actuarial 12-month transplant-related mortality (TRM) was 68% in patients grafted between 1979 and 1992 and 44% for patients grafted after 1993. Twenty-eight per cent of patients developed grade III or IV acute GvHD and 24% developed extensive chronic GvHD. The rate of disease free survival at three years was 57% for patients with 1st chronic phase CML, 37% for patients with 1st or 2nd CR ALL, 31% for AML or MDS patients < or = 18 years of age and 54% for patients with inborn errors. We conclude that the IBMDR has benefited a substantial number of patients lacking a matched sibling and has facilitated the recruitment of UDs into the international donor pool. The long time required for the search is the major obstacle to the success of this programme. This suggests that early transplant and a decrease in TRM could further improve these encouraging results.
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- G Dini
- U.O. Ematologia-Oncologia Pediatrica, IRCCS G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
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Guerra L, Capurro S, Melchi F, Primavera G, Bondanza S, Cancedda R, Luci A, De Luca M, Pellegrini G. Treatment of "stable" vitiligo by Timedsurgery and transplantation of cultured epidermal autografts. Arch Dermatol 2000; 136:1380-9. [PMID: 11074702 DOI: 10.1001/archderm.136.11.1380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To optimize melanocyte/keratinocyte co-cultivation and to evaluate the effectiveness of autologous cultured epidermal grafts in the surgical treatment of stable vitiligo. DESIGN After optimization of melanocyte/keratinocyte cultures, achromic lesions were disepithelialized by means of programmed diathermosurgery (Timedsurgery) and covered with autologous epidermal grafts prepared from secondary cultures. Melanocyte content was evaluated by dopa reaction. The percentage of repigmentation was calculated using a semiautomatic image analysis system. SETTING A biosafety level 3 cell culture facility and a dermatological department in a hospital. PATIENTS Thirty-two patients carrying different types of vitiligo were admitted to the study and treated with autologous cultured epidermal grafts. Inclusion criteria were (1) failure of at least 2 standard medical approaches; (2) no therapy for at least 12 months; (3) absence of progression of old lesions, absence of appearance of new lesions, and absence of Koebner phenomenon within the past 18 months; and (4) absence of autoimmune disorders. RESULTS One hundred five achromic lesions (a total of 6078.2 cm(2)) were treated. The average percentage of repigmentation, evaluated after 12 to 36 months of follow-up, was 77%. Independent of the type of vitiligo, average percentages of repigmentation of extremities and periorificial sites were 8% (31.8 cm(2) repigmented/420.5 cm(2) transplanted) and 35% (17.6 cm(2) repigmented/50.0 cm(2) transplanted), respectively. Percentages of repigmentation of all other body sites ranged from 88% to 96% (4329.7 cm(2) repigmented/4675.2 cm(2) transplanted). Color matching was good and scar formation was not observed. CONCLUSION Cultured epidermal grafts can be considered a real therapeutic surgical alternative for "stable" but not lip-tip vitiligo.
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- L Guerra
- Laboratory of Tissue Engineering, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata, Via dei Castelli Romani, 83/85, 00040 Pomezia (Roma), Italy.
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Descalzi Cancedda F, Dozin B, Zerega B, Cermelli S, Cancedda R. Ex-FABP: a fatty acid binding lipocalin developmentally regulated in chicken endochondral bone formation and myogenesis. Biochim Biophys Acta 2000; 1482:127-35. [PMID: 11058755 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4838(00)00159-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Extracellular fatty acid binding protein (Ex-FABP) is a 21 kDa lipocalin specifically binding fatty acids, expressed during chicken embryo development in hypertrophic cartilage, in muscle fibers and in blood granulocytes. In chondrocyte and myoblast cultures Ex-FABP expression is increased by inflammatory agents and repressed by anti-inflammatory agents. In adult cartilage Ex-FABP is expressed only in pathological conditions such as in dyschondroplastic and osteoarthritic chickens. The possible mammalian counterpart is the Neu-related lipocalin (NRL), a lipocalin overexpressed in rat mammary cancer; NRL is homologous to the human neutrophil gelatinase associated lipocalin (NGAL) expressed in granulocytes and in epithelial cells in inflammation and malignancy and to the Sip24 (super-inducible protein 24), an acute phase lipocalin expressed in mouse after turpentine injection. Immunolocalization and in situ hybridization showed that NRL/NGAL is expressed in hypertrophic cartilage, in forming skeletal muscle fibers and in developing heart. In adult cartilage NRL/NGAL was expressed in articular cartilage from osteoarthritic patients and in chondrosarcoma. Moreover, NRL was induced in chondrocyte and myoblast cultures by an inflammatory agent. We propose that these lipocalins (Ex-FABP, NRL/NGAL, Sip24) represent stress proteins physiologically expressed in tissues where active remodeling is taking place during development and also present in tissues characterized by an acute phase response due to pathological conditions.
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- F Descalzi Cancedda
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, Genoa, Italy.
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- P J Marie
- INSERM U349, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France
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Banfi A, Muraglia A, Dozin B, Mastrogiacomo M, Cancedda R, Quarto R. Proliferation kinetics and differentiation potential of ex vivo expanded human bone marrow stromal cells: Implications for their use in cell therapy. Exp Hematol 2000; 28:707-15. [PMID: 10880757 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(00)00160-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 523] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) are an attractive target for novel strategies in the gene/cell therapy of hematologic and skeletal pathologies, involving BMSC in vitro expansion/transfection and reinfusion. We investigated the effects of in vitro expansion on BMSC pluripotentiality, proliferative ability, and bone-forming efficiency in vivo. BMSC from three marrow donors were cultured to determine their growth kinetics. At each passage, their differentiation potential was verified by culture in inductive media and staining with alizarin red, alcian blue, or Sudan black, and by immunostaining for osteocalcin or collagen II. First passage cells were compared to fresh marrow for their bone-forming efficiency in vivo. Stromal cell clones were isolated from five donors and characterized for their multidifferentiation ability. The lifespan and differentiation kinetics of five of these clones were determined. After the first passage, BMSC had a markedly diminish proliferation rate and gradually lost their multiple differentiation potential. Their bone-forming efficiency in vivo was reduced by about 36 times at first confluence as compared to fresh bone marrow. Experiments on the clones yielded comparable results. Culture expansion causes BMSC to gradually lose their early progenitor properties. Both the duration and the conditions of culture could be crucial to successful clinical use of these cells and must be considered when designing novel therapeutic strategies involving stromal mesenchymal progenitor manipulation and reinfusion.
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- A Banfi
- Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy
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Tonachini L, Morello R, Monticone M, Skaug J, Scherer SW, Cancedda R, Castagnola P. cDNA cloning, characterization and chromosome mapping of the gene encoding human cartilage associated protein (CRTAP). Cytogenet Cell Genet 2000; 87:191-4. [PMID: 10702664 DOI: 10.1159/000015463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We have recently isolated and characterized cDNA clones coding for a novel developmentally regulated avian and mouse embryo protein, CASP for Cartilage Associated Protein. Here we describe the isolation and characterization of the gene coding for the human CASP. The comparison of the putative human and mouse protein sequences with the chick sequence revealed an overall high identity (89% and 51%, respectively). Homology search with known DNA and protein sequences showed that CASPs are related to two mammalian nuclear proteins. Here we demonstrate definitively that CASPs are distinct from these nuclear proteins. However, sequence comparison analyses suggest that all of these proteins belong to a new family. In all human tissues examined two CASP mRNA species were detected, whereas a single mRNA and three mRNAs were found in chick and mouse, respectively. The human CASP gene (CRTAP) was assigned to chromosome 3p22 by fluorescence in situ hybridization.
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- L Tonachini
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy
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Muraglia A, Cancedda R, Quarto R. Clonal mesenchymal progenitors from human bone marrow differentiate in vitro according to a hierarchical model. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 7):1161-6. [PMID: 10704367 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.7.1161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 659] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Bone marrow stromal cells can give rise to several mesenchymal lineages. The existence of a common stem/progenitor cell, the mesenchymal stem cell, has been proposed, but which developmental stages follow this mesenchymal multipotent progenitor is not known. Based on experimental evidence, a model of mesenchymal stem cell differentiation has been proposed in which individual lineages branch directly from the same progenitor. We have verified this model by using clonal cultures of bone marrow derived stromal fibroblasts. We have analyzed the ability of 185 non-immortalized human bone marrow stromal cell clones to differentiate into the three main lineages: osteo-, chondro- and adipogenic. All clones but one differentiated into the osteogenic lineage. About one third of the clones differentiated into all three lineages analyzed. Most clones (60-80%) displayed an osteo-chondrogenic potential. We have never observed clones with a differentiation potential limited to the osteo-adipo- or to the chondro-adipogenic phenotype, nor pure chondrogenic and adipogenic clones. How long the differentiation potential of a number of clones was maintained was assessed throughout their life span. Clones progressively lost their adipogenic and chondrogenic differentiation potential at increasing cell doublings. Our data suggest a possible model of predetermined bone marrow stromal cells differentiation where the tripotent cells can be considered as early mesenchymal progenitors that display a sequential loss of lineage potentials, generating osteochondrogenic progenitors which, in turn, give rise to osteogenic precursors.
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- A Muraglia
- Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy
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Kon E, Muraglia A, Corsi A, Bianco P, Marcacci M, Martin I, Boyde A, Ruspantini I, Chistolini P, Rocca M, Giardino R, Cancedda R, Quarto R. Autologous bone marrow stromal cells loaded onto porous hydroxyapatite ceramic accelerate bone repair in critical-size defects of sheep long bones. J Biomed Mater Res 2000; 49:328-37. [PMID: 10602065 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(20000305)49:3<328::aid-jbm5>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 557] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The ability of marrow-derived osteoprogenitor cells to promote repair of critical-size tibial gaps upon autologous transplantation on a hydroxyapatite ceramic (HAC) carrier was tested in a sheep model. Conditions for in vitro expansion of sheep bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) were established and the osteogenic potential of the expanded cells was validated. Ectopic implantation of sheep BMSC in immunocompromised mice led to extensive bone formation. When used to repair tibial gaps in sheep, cell-loaded implants (n = 2) conducted a far more extensive bone formation than did cell-free HAC cylinders (n = 2) over a 2-month period. In cell-loaded implants, bone formation was found to occur both within the internal macropore space and around the HAC cylinder while in control cell-free implants, bone formation was limited mostly to the outer surface and was not observed in most of the inner pores. As tested in an indentation assay, the stiffness of the complex HAC-bone material was found to be higher in cell-loaded implants compared to controls. Our pilot study on a limited number of large-sized animals suggests that the use of autologous BMSC in conjunction with HAC-based carriers results in faster bone repair compared to HAC alone. Potentially this combination could be used clinically in the treatment of extensive long bone defects.
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- E Kon
- Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Zerega B, Cermelli S, Michelis B, Cancedda R, Cancedda FD. Expression of NRL/NGAL (neu-related lipocalin/neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin) during mammalian embryonic development and in inflammation. Eur J Cell Biol 2000; 79:165-72. [PMID: 10777108 DOI: 10.1078/s0171-9335(04)70019-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The neu-related lipocalin (NRL) is a protein overexpressed in rat mammary cancer induced by activated neu (HER-2/c-erbB2). This protein belongs to the family of the lipocalins or low molecular weight proteins able to bind and transport small hydrophobic molecules. The NRL homologue in mouse is SIP24, an acute phase protein induced in the animal by turpentine injection; the human homologous protein is NGAL expressed in granulocytes and epithelial cells in pathological conditions, such as inflammation and malignancy. We have investigated NRL expression in developing rat embryos. By immunolocalization we have shown localization of the protein in the hypertrophic region of growth plate cartilage. NRL was particularly enriched in prehypertrophic chondrocytes. In addition, we observed localization of the protein in forming skeletal muscle fibres and in the myocardium of developing heart. In agreement with the immunolocalization data, by in situ hybridization we have demonstrated the presence of the specific mRNA in the same tissues. At an early stage of differentiation, cultured rat embryo-derived chondrocytes did not express NRL; nevertheless expression of the protein was induced in these cells by treatment with an inflammatory agent, such as LPS. By Western blot analysis with specific antibodies we showed protein synthesis by cultured myoblasts also in the absence of LPS treatment, but only when forming myotubes were observed in culture. Stimulation of myoblast cultures with LPS resulted in an enhancement of the NRL expression in well formed myotubes. Our data suggest a role of NRL in cartilage and muscle differentiation. NRL expression was induced by inflammatory agents. We wish to propose that the expression of NRL in hypertrophic chondrocytes and forming myotubes is part of a "physiological" acute phase response occurring during cartilage and muscle development. In this manuscript we also report that NRL is not detectable by immunolocalization in adult cartilage (both articular and tracheal) from normal subjects. On the contrary articular cartilage from osteoarthritic patients was highly positive for the presence of NRL/NGAL. Interestingly the expression of this protein is also activated during neoplastic transformation of chondrogenic lineage cells.
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- B Zerega
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova/Italy
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Cermelli S, Zerega B, Carlevaro M, Gentili C, Thorp B, Farquharson C, Cancedda R, Cancedda FD. Extracellular fatty acid binding protein (Ex-FABP) modulation by inflammatory agents: "physiological" acute phase response in endochondral bone formation. Eur J Cell Biol 2000; 79:155-64. [PMID: 10777107 DOI: 10.1078/s0171-9335(04)70018-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Ex-FABP, extracellular fatty acid binding protein, is a 21 kDa lipocalin expressed in hypertrophic cartilage, muscle and heart during chick embryo development and in granulocytes. Ex-FABP synthesis was increased in chondrocyte and myoblast cultures by inflammatory agents (LPS; IL6) and repressed by antiinflammatory agents. Expression of Ex-FABP and specific gelatinases is paralleled in hypertrophic cartilage; LPS specifically induced high molecular weight gelatinase ( > 200 kDa). LPS-treated hypertrophic chondrocytes showed increased chemotactic activity for endothelial cells paralleled by increased expression of transferrin. A high amount of Ex-FABP was expressed in adult pathological cartilage both in dyschondroplastic and osteoarthritic chickens. Controls were negative. Ex-FABP could represent a stress protein physiologically expressed in tissues where active remodelling is taking place during development and in tissues characterized by an acute phase response due to pathological conditions. We also suggest that during endochondral bone formation other responses characteristic of a local inflammatory status, such as gelatinase production and angiogenic factor secretion, are "physiologically" activated.
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- S Cermelli
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova/Italy
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Kon E, Muraglia A, Corsi A, Bianco P, Marcacci M, Martin I, Boyde A, Ruspantini I, Chistolini P, Rocca M, Giardino R, Cancedda R, Quarto R. Autologous bone marrow stromal cells loaded onto porous hydroxyapatite ceramic accelerate bone repair in critical-size defects of sheep long bones. J Biomed Mater Res 2000. [PMID: 10602065 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(20000305)49:3<328::aid-jbm5>3.0.co;2-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The ability of marrow-derived osteoprogenitor cells to promote repair of critical-size tibial gaps upon autologous transplantation on a hydroxyapatite ceramic (HAC) carrier was tested in a sheep model. Conditions for in vitro expansion of sheep bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) were established and the osteogenic potential of the expanded cells was validated. Ectopic implantation of sheep BMSC in immunocompromised mice led to extensive bone formation. When used to repair tibial gaps in sheep, cell-loaded implants (n = 2) conducted a far more extensive bone formation than did cell-free HAC cylinders (n = 2) over a 2-month period. In cell-loaded implants, bone formation was found to occur both within the internal macropore space and around the HAC cylinder while in control cell-free implants, bone formation was limited mostly to the outer surface and was not observed in most of the inner pores. As tested in an indentation assay, the stiffness of the complex HAC-bone material was found to be higher in cell-loaded implants compared to controls. Our pilot study on a limited number of large-sized animals suggests that the use of autologous BMSC in conjunction with HAC-based carriers results in faster bone repair compared to HAC alone. Potentially this combination could be used clinically in the treatment of extensive long bone defects.
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- E Kon
- Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Carlevaro MF, Cermelli S, Cancedda R, Descalzi Cancedda F. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cartilage neovascularization and chondrocyte differentiation: auto-paracrine role during endochondral bone formation. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 1):59-69. [PMID: 10591625 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.1.59] [Citation(s) in RCA: 274] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vascular endothelial growth factor/vascular permeability factor (VEGF/VPF) induces endothelial cell migration and proliferation in culture and is strongly angiogenic in vivo. VEGF synthesis has been shown to occur in both normal and transformed cells. The receptors for the factor have been shown to be localized mainly in endothelial cells, however, the presence of VEGF synthesis and the VEGF receptor in cells other than endothelial cells has been demonstrated. Neoangiogenesis in cartilage growth plate plays a fundamental role in endochondral ossification. We have shown that, in an avian in vitro system for chondrocyte differentiation, VEGF was produced and localized in cell clusters totally resembling in vivo cartilage. The factor was synthesized by hypertrophic chondrocytes and was released into their conditioned medium, which is highly chemotactic for endothelial cells. Antibodies against VEGF inhibited endothelial cell migration induced by chondrocyte conditioned media. Similarly, endothelial cell migration was inhibited also by antibodies directed against the VEGF receptor 2/Flk1 (VEGFR2). In avian and mammalian embryo long bones, immediately before vascular invasion, VEGF was distinctly localized in growth plate hypertrophic chondrocytes. In contrast, VEGF was not observed in quiescent and proliferating chondrocytes earlier in development. VEGF receptor 2 colocalized with the factor both in hypertrophic cartilage in vivo and hypertrophic cartilage engineered in vitro, suggesting an autocrine loop in chondrocytes at the time of their maturation to hypertrophic cells and of cartilage erosion. Regardless of cell exposure to exogenous VEGF, VEGFR-2 phosphorylation was recognized in cultured hypertrophic chondrocytes, supporting the idea of an autocrine functional activation of signal transduction in this non-endothelial cell type as a consequence of the endogenous VEGF production. In summary we propose that VEGF is actively responsible for hypertrophic cartilage neovascularization through a paracrine release by chondrocytes, with invading endothelial cells as a target. Furthermore, VEGF receptor localization and signal transduction in chondrocytes strongly support the hypothesis of a VEGF autocrine activity also in morphogenesis and differentiation of a mesoderm derived cell.
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- M F Carlevaro
- Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Centro di Biotecnologie Avanzate, Genova, Italy.
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Stark G, Cancedda R. 2nd BioValley Tissue Engineering Symposium. November 25–27, 1999. Tissue Cell 2000. [DOI: 10.1159/000016709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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