title: [New bone and cartilage tissues formed from human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells derived from human condyle in vivo].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the ability to form new bone and cartilage tissues of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) derived from human condyle in vivo, to search the new source of seed cells in constructing tissue engineering condyle.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bone marrow was collected from the irrigation solution from resected human condyle, and was isolated by density gradient centrifugation and then purified by adherent separation and cultured in vitro. P3 or P4 BMSC populations were induced into osteoblasts and chondroblast under inductive medium in vitro and then seeded on porous coral scaffolds. The appearance and affinity of cells were investigated via scanning electron microscope. And then osteoblast or chondroblast/coral scaffolds composites were implanted into the dorsum of nude mice. The mice were sacrificed by anaesthesia overdose at six and nine weeks after surgery and the scaffolds were removed for analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Scanning electron microscope showed that BMSC were adhering to the surface of coral and having an overlapped growth or to contact each other as net and stride over the pores. The in vivo scaffold specimens maintained the initial shape of the coral scaffold. The new formed bone tissues were clearly evident and islands of cartilage tissues were also found at nine weeks after implantation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These BMSC derived from human condyle possess the ability of forming bone and cartilage tissues when being implanted in vivo, and can be used as a kind of seed cells in constructing tissue engineering condyle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Guanghua School and Hospital of Stomatology & Institute of Stomatological Research, Sun Yet-sen University, China.
authors.forename: You-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Shi-jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Zhi-guang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology; D020219:Chondrogenesis; D006801:Humans; D008335:Mandibular Condyle / Q000166:cytology*; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011897:Random Allocation; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds