Human telomerase reverse transcriptase and glucose-regulated protein 78 increase the life span of articular chondrocytes and their repair potential

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Research Article

Kazuo Shin-ya¹  Jeong Ik Lee²  Miya Ishihara³  Nagatoshi Kaneshiro⁴  Masato Sato⁴  Toshihiro Nagai⁴  Joji Mochida⁴  Genya Mitani⁴  Hidetoshi Tahara⁵ 

[1] Biomedicinal Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 2-42 Aomi, 135-0064, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan;Department of Biomedical Science & Technology, Institute of Biomedical Science & Technology (IBST), Konkuk University, 1 Hwang-dong, 143-701, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, South Korea;Department of Medical Engineering, National Defense Medical College, 3-2 Namiki, 359-8513, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan;Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, 259-1193, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan;Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-2-3 Kasumi, 734-8553, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan;

关键词: Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress;    Articular Chondrocytes;    Autologous Chondrocyte Implantation;    Osteochondral Defect;    Population Doubling Level;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2474-13-51

 received in 2011-11-03, accepted in 2012-04-02,  发布年份 2012

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLike all mammalian cells, normal adult chondrocytes have a limited replicative life span, which decreases with age. To facilitate the therapeutic use of chondrocytes from older donors, a method is needed to prolong their life span.MethodsWe transfected chondrocytes with hTERT or GRP78 and cultured them in a 3-dimensional atelocollagen honeycomb-shaped scaffold with a membrane seal. Then, we measured the amount of nuclear DNA and glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and the expression level of type II collagen as markers of cell proliferation and extracellular matrix formation, respectively, in these cultures. In addition, we allografted this tissue-engineered cartilage into osteochondral defects in old rabbits to assess their repair activity in vivo.ResultsOur results showed different degrees of differentiation in terms of GAG content between chondrocytes from old and young rabbits. Chondrocytes that were cotransfected with hTERT and GRP78 showed higher cellular proliferation and expression of type II collagen than those of nontransfected chondrocytes, regardless of the age of the cartilage donor. In addition, the in vitro growth rates of hTERT- or GRP78-transfected chondrocytes were higher than those of nontransfected chondrocytes, regardless of donor age. In vivo, the tissue-engineered cartilage implants exhibited strong repairing activity, maintained a chondrocyte-specific phenotype, and produced extracellular matrix components.ConclusionsFocal gene delivery to aged articular chondrocytes exhibited strong repairing activity and may be therapeutically useful for articular cartilage regeneration.

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