Therapeutic Strategies for IVD Regeneration through Hyaluronan/SDF-1-Based Hydrogel and Intravenous Administration of MSCs
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Potential of HAPSDF5 Intradiscal Injection to Recruit MSCs
2.2. Potential of HAPSDF5 Intradiscal Injection for IVD Regeneration
2.3. Influence of Intradiscal HAPSDF5 Delivery in Hernia Formation and Local Immune Response
2.4. Systemic Immune Response to Intradiscal HAPSDF5 Delivery
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. IVD Lesion Model
4.2. Hydrogel Preparation and SDF-1 Incorporation
4.3. Hydrogel Intradiscal Administration
4.4. rMSC Isolation, Labelling and Administration
4.5. Determination of the Disc Height Index
4.6. IVD Collection and Histological Analysis
4.7. Alcian Blue/Picrosirius Red Staining
4.8. Immunofluorescence for Collagen Type II
4.9. Immunohistochemistry for CD68+ and CD3+ Cells
4.10. RNA Isolation and Quantitative Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction
4.11. Plasma Cytokine Quantification
4.12. Flow Cytometry Analysis of Systemic Immune Cell Populations
4.13. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cunha, C.; Leite Pereira, C.; Ferreira, J.R.; Ribeiro-Machado, C.; Grad, S.; Santos, S.G.; Gonçalves, R.M. Therapeutic Strategies for IVD Regeneration through Hyaluronan/SDF-1-Based Hydrogel and Intravenous Administration of MSCs. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22, 9609. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms22179609
Cunha C, Leite Pereira C, Ferreira JR, Ribeiro-Machado C, Grad S, Santos SG, Gonçalves RM. Therapeutic Strategies for IVD Regeneration through Hyaluronan/SDF-1-Based Hydrogel and Intravenous Administration of MSCs. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(17):9609. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms22179609
Chicago/Turabian StyleCunha, Carla, Catarina Leite Pereira, Joana R. Ferreira, Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, Sibylle Grad, Susana G. Santos, and Raquel M. Gonçalves. 2021. "Therapeutic Strategies for IVD Regeneration through Hyaluronan/SDF-1-Based Hydrogel and Intravenous Administration of MSCs" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 17: 9609. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijms22179609