The influence of macrophage depletion on ligament healing.
The influence of macrophage depletion on ligament healing.
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DOI:
10.3109/03008207.2010.511355
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发表时间:
2011-06
影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Vanderby R
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作者:
Chamberlain CS;Leiferman EM;Frisch KE;Wang S;Yang X;van Rooijen N;Baer GS;Brickson SL;Vanderby R
Despite a complex cascade of cellular events to reconstruct damaged extracellular matrix, ligament healing results in a mechanically inferior, scar-like tissue. During normal healing the number of macrophages significantly increases within the wound site. Then, granulation tissue expands into any residual, normal ligamentous tissue (creeping substitution), resulting in a larger region of healing, greater mechanical compromise, and an inefficient repair process. To study the effects of macrophages on the repair process, rats underwent bilateral, surgical rupture of their medial collateral ligaments. Treatment animals received liposome-encapsulated clodronate 2 days before rupture to ablate phagocytosing macrophages. Ligaments were then collected at day 5, 11, and 28 for immunohistochemistry and/or mechanical testing. Clodronate treatment reduced both the M1 and M2 macrophages at day 5 and altered early healing. However, the macrophages effectively returned to control levels after day 5 and reinitiated a wound healing response. Our results suggest that an early macrophage response, which is necessary for debridement of damaged tissue in the wound, is also important for cytokine release to mediate normal repair processes. Additionally, non-specific inhibition of macrophages (without regard to specific macrophage populations) can control excessive granulation tissue formation but is detrimental to early matrix formation and ligament strength.