Zhang-Xia Ren1, Yan-Long Zou2, Xi Tan2, Zhuo Chen2, Le Li2, Zhen-Xiang Wang3. 1. Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Guang'an People's Hospital Guang'an 638001, Sichuan, China. 2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Southwest Hospital of Army Medical University Chongqing 400038, China. 3. Department of Plastic Surgery, Wanjiayan Plastic Surgery Hospital Chongqing 400084, China.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Complex depressed scars can cause tissue adhesion, resulting in serious joint dysfunction. In recent years, autologous adipose and adipose-derived stem cells have been widely used to treat depressed scars, but there are still limitations in these treatment that should be resolved. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of adipose tissues collected with modified technique on the depressed scars in animals. METHODS: The adipose tissues were collected with a forward technique, and tissue viability in vitro and the survival of transplanted tissues in in nude mice were further assessed. Furthermore, the therapeutic effects of adipose tissues collected with new technique and traditional technique on the depressed scars were explored in an animal model of bleomycin induced scar formation. RESULTS: The adipose tissues collected with the new technique had a higher glucose transport (P<0.01); after transplantation into the nude mice, the amount of residual tissues and the survival rate in the modified group were higher than in the traditional group (P<0.05); electron microscopy showed the intercellular space was covered with reticular structure, in which there was a large amount of microvessel structure in the adipose tissue of the modified group; immunohistochemistry showed that the microvessel density (MVD) in the modified group increased significantly (P<0.01). At 28 d after transplantation into the scar animals, the dermal collagen fibers became thicker and showed regular arrangement, the myofibroblasts became regenerative and inflammation was improved as compared to blank control group. In the untreated scar group, the collagen fibers were loose and irregular, and a large amount of inflammatory cells was observed. In addition, the dermal expression of α-SMA and TGF-β1 in the transplantation group reduced significantly as compared to scar group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The autologous adipose tissues collected with the new technique possess higher activity ad contain more. In scar animals, transplantation of these adipose tissues may improve the scar structure and inhibit the scar formation which may be related to the suppressed expression of α-SMA and TGF-β1. AJTR
OBJECTIVE: Complex depressed scars can cause tissue adhesion, resulting in serious joint dysfunction. In recent years, autologous adipose and adipose-derived stem cells have been widely used to treat depressed scars, but there are still limitations in these treatment that should be resolved. This study aimed to investigate the therapeutic effects of adipose tissues collected with modified technique on the depressed scars in animals. METHODS: The adipose tissues were collected with a forward technique, and tissue viability in vitro and the survival of transplanted tissues in in nude mice were further assessed. Furthermore, the therapeutic effects of adipose tissues collected with new technique and traditional technique on the depressed scars were explored in an animal model of bleomycin induced scar formation. RESULTS: The adipose tissues collected with the new technique had a higher glucose transport (P<0.01); after transplantation into the nude mice, the amount of residual tissues and the survival rate in the modified group were higher than in the traditional group (P<0.05); electron microscopy showed the intercellular space was covered with reticular structure, in which there was a large amount of microvessel structure in the adipose tissue of the modified group; immunohistochemistry showed that the microvessel density (MVD) in the modified group increased significantly (P<0.01). At 28 d after transplantation into the scar animals, the dermal collagen fibers became thicker and showed regular arrangement, the myofibroblasts became regenerative and inflammation was improved as compared to blank control group. In the untreated scar group, the collagen fibers were loose and irregular, and a large amount of inflammatory cells was observed. In addition, the dermal expression of α-SMA and TGF-β1 in the transplantation group reduced significantly as compared to scar group (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The autologous adipose tissues collected with the new technique possess higher activity ad contain more. In scar animals, transplantation of these adipose tissues may improve the scar structure and inhibit the scar formation which may be related to the suppressed expression of α-SMA and TGF-β1. AJTR
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