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| Effect of Huogu II Formula (活骨II方) with medicinal guide Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae on bone marrow stem cells directional homing to necrosis area after osteonecrosis of the femoral head in rabbit |
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| Author Name | Affiliation | E-mail | | Xiang-ying Kong | Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China | | | Rong-tian Wang | Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100102, China | | | Neng Tian | Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China | | | Li Li | Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100102, China | | | Na Lin | Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China | Linna888@163.com | | Wei-heng Chen | Wangjing Hospital, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100102, China | |
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Objective To investigate the effect of Huogu II Formula (活骨II方) with medicinal guide Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae (Ach) on bone marrow stem cells (BMSCs) homing to necrosis area after osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ONFH) frozen by liquid nitrogen in rabbit as well as to explore the mechanism of prevention and treatment for ONFH. Methods The animal model of ONFH was established by liquid nitrogen frozen on the rabbit left hind leg. Forty-eight Japanese White rabbits were randomly assigned to sham-operated group, model group, Huogu II group, and Huogu II plus Ach group, with 12 rabbits in each. During the course of ONFH animal model establishment, all rabbits were subcutaneously injected with recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor [rhG-CSF, 30 μg/(kg·day) for continuous 7 days]. Meanwhile, normal saline and decoction of the two formulae were administrated by gavage, respectively. White blood cells (WBC) were counted in peripheral blood before and after injection of rhG-CSF. Materials were drawn on the 2nd and 4th weeks after model built; bone glutamine protein (BGP) and bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) levels in serum were tested. Histopathologic changes were observed by hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining. BMP2 mRNA levels were detected with in situ hybridization (ISH) staining. 5-Bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) and stromal cell derived factor 1 (SDF-1) were measured by immunohistochemical assay in femoral head of the left hind leg. Results Compared with the shamoperated group, the ratio of empty lacuna, serum BGP, and SDF-1 level in the model group increased significantly, and BMP2 in both serum and femoral head decreased significantly. However, in comparison with the model group, the empty lacuna ratio of Huogu II group and Huogu II plus Ach group decreased obviously in addition to the levels of serum BGP and BMP2, and the expressions of BMP2 mRNA, BrdU, and SDF-1 increased significantly. Above changes were particularly obvious in Huogu II plus Ach group. BGP and SDF-1 on the 2nd week and empty lacuna rate and serum BMP2 level on the 4th week in Huogu II group significantly exceeded their counterparts. On the 2nd week, only in Huogu II plus Ach group that the BrdU counting rose significantly. On the 4th week, empty lacuna rate and serum BMP2 level in Huogu II plus Ach group exceeded those in Huogu II group distinctively. Conclusions To a certain extent, the medicinal guide Ach improves the preventive and therapeutic effects of Huogu II Formula on experimental ONFH model. The possible mechanism of this is related to its promoting effect on directional homing of BMSCs to the necrosis area. |
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