Proliferation and collagen synthesis of human anterior cruciate ligament cells in vitro:: Effects of ascorbate-2-phosphate, dexamethasone and oxygen tension
Proliferation and collagen synthesis of human anterior cruciate ligament cells in vitro:: Effects of ascorbate-2-phosphate, dexamethasone and oxygen tension
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DOI:
10.1006/cbir.1998.0302
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发表时间:
1998-01-01
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
Gage, J
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作者:
Fermor, B;Urban, J;Gage, J
Clinical and experimental studies demonstrate that injured anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) do not usually heal and that autografts used to repair the ACL rapidly weaken in the early period and take a long time to regain strength. The aim of this study was to develop an in vitro culture system in which environmental and biochemical factors influencing the proliferation and matrix synthesis of cells derived from human anterior cruciate ligaments can be studied.Primary cultures of human ACL cells were obtained by outgrowth from explants of normal ACL obtained at knee replacement for osteoarthritis in Dulbecco's minimum essential medium (DMEM). The effects of the additives 100 mu M L-ascorbic acid-2-phosphate (Asc-2-P) and 10 nM dexamethasone (dex) on proliferation and collagen synthesis were assessed after 4, 8 and 12 days in culture. Ligament cells were grown at 0, 5, 10 and 21% pO(2) in the presence of 100 mu M asc-2-P and 10 nM dex. DNA content was assessed using the Hoechst dye method and collagen synthesis by the incorporation of 5 mCi/ml [H-3]proline after 3, 6 and 12 days in culture.At 21% pO(2), the presence of asc-2-P and dex induced significantly greater (P