C Zingler1, H-D Carl2, B Swoboda2, S Krinner1, F Hennig1, K Gelse3. 1. Dept. of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany. 2. Dept. of Orthopaedic Rheumatology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. 3. Dept. of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany. Electronic address: kolja.gelse@web.de.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Cellular outgrowth from articular cartilage tissue has been described in a number of recent experimental studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of cellular outgrowth from articular cartilage explants isolated from adult human donors. METHOD: Macroscopically intact articular cartilage specimens were isolated from adult human donors and cultured either in their native status, or in a cleansed status achieved by forced washing to minimize attaching cells. Additionally, the effect of chemotactic stimuli including cell lysate, High-Mobility-Group-Protein B1 (HMGB-1), Trefoil-factor 3 (TFF3), bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1), or three-dimensional fibrin or collagen matrices were investigated. Co-cultures with synovial membrane served as a positive control for a source of migratory cells. The occurrence of cellular outgrowth was analyzed by histological examination after a culture period of 4 weeks. RESULTS: Spontaneous cellular outgrowth from cleansed cartilage specimens was not observed at a relevant level and could not significantly be induced by chemotactic stimuli or three-dimensional matrices either. A forming cartilage-adjoining cell layer was only apparent in the case of native cartilage explants with cellular remnants from surgical isolation or in co-culture experiments with synovial membrane. CONCLUSION: The relevance of cellular outgrowth from cartilage tissue is largely absent in the case of adult human articular cartilage samples. A cartilage-adjoining cell layer forming around the explants may instead originate from still attaching cells that remained from surgical isolation.
OBJECTIVE: Cellular outgrowth from articular cartilage tissue has been described in a number of recent experimental studies. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of cellular outgrowth from articular cartilage explants isolated from adult human donors. METHOD: Macroscopically intact articular cartilage specimens were isolated from adult human donors and cultured either in their native status, or in a cleansed status achieved by forced washing to minimize attaching cells. Additionally, the effect of chemotactic stimuli including cell lysate, High-Mobility-Group-Protein B1 (HMGB-1), Trefoil-factor 3 (TFF3), bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2), transforming growth factor-ß1 (TGF-ß1), or three-dimensional fibrin or collagen matrices were investigated. Co-cultures with synovial membrane served as a positive control for a source of migratory cells. The occurrence of cellular outgrowth was analyzed by histological examination after a culture period of 4 weeks. RESULTS: Spontaneous cellular outgrowth from cleansed cartilage specimens was not observed at a relevant level and could not significantly be induced by chemotactic stimuli or three-dimensional matrices either. A forming cartilage-adjoining cell layer was only apparent in the case of native cartilage explants with cellular remnants from surgical isolation or in co-culture experiments with synovial membrane. CONCLUSION: The relevance of cellular outgrowth from cartilage tissue is largely absent in the case of adult humanarticular cartilage samples. A cartilage-adjoining cell layer forming around the explants may instead originate from still attaching cells that remained from surgical isolation.
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