Co-transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells transfected with vascular endothelial growth factor 165 gene promotes vascularization
Xu Rong-sheng
He Yun
Li Biao
Xian De-bin
Xia De-lin
Abstract：BACKGROUND: Vascularized bone tissue engineering is a hotspot of current research and early vascularization of tissue-engineered bone also becomes an urgent problem to be solved. Addition of bioactive factors and cell co-culture method both contribute to promoting the early vascularization. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the pro-angiogenic effect of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) transfected with vascular endothelial growth factor 165 (VEGF165) co-cultured with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). METHODS: HUVECs were transfected with VEGF165 and then co-cultured with BMSCs which were purified from mouse femoral bone marrow. There were six groups in this experiment: (1) AdVEGF165-HUVECs+BMSCs, (2)AdVEGF165-HUVECs, (3) AdGFP-HUVECs+BMSCs, (4) AdGFP-HUVECs, (5) HUVECs+BMSCs, and (6) HUVECs (blank control). Cell counting kit-8 detection was applied to analyze the proliferative ability of HUVECs. The abilities of HUVECs migration and vascularization were then detected by crystal violet staining and matrigel determination, respectively. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the blank control group, the proliferation of HUVECs was significantly increased in the other groups except for AdGFP-HUVECs group (P < 0.05). Compared with the blank control group, the migration and vascularization abilities of HUVECs were significantly stronger in the group of AdVEGF-HUVECs+BMSCs (P < 0.05). To conclude, the co-culture of HUVECs transfected with VEGF165 and BMSCs could promote early vascularization effectively.
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Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 5268-5273 )