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Treating Human Meniscal Fibrochondrocytes with hIGF-1 Gene by Liposome

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Abstract

The menisci are intraarticular fibrocartilaginous structures essential to the normal function of the knee that lack the ability to self-repair. Human meniscal fibrochondrocytes may respond to beneficial genes like human insulin growth factor-1 (hIGF-1) and the meniscal cell may be a feasible donor for gene therapy. To explore this possibility, we amplified the hIGF-1 gene sequence in full length and cloned it into a bicistronic plasmid. This gene was then transfected into cultured human meniscal fibrochondrocytes by the liposome FuGene 6. Green fluorescence was expressed in part of the cells 6 hours after transfection and increased gradually, with a peak concentration of the hIGF-1 in the supernatants to 22.68 ng/mL 56 hours after transfection. Phenotypes of some cells changed and the proliferation accelerated after transfection. Flow cytometry analysis demonstrated upregulation of cell numbers in the G2 and S stages after hIGF-1 gene introduction. We conclude the hIGF-1 gene can be transfected into the human meniscal cell efficiently by liposome and it causes accelerated proliferation and differentiation. Within 10 days after transfection, the cytokine appears to be secreted into supernatants with the bioactivity and promotes the proliferation of the NIH 3T3 cell line.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Dr. Xiaokui Hou for assistance with the manuscript. We also thank Dr. Guanzhen Yang and Dr. Xiangfu Wu for technical assistance.

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  1. Department of Joint Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital of Tsingtao University, Tsingtao, 266003, China

    Hai-ning Zhang PhD, MD, Ping Leng PhD & Ying-zhen Wang MD

  2. Department of Endocrinology, The Weifang Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital, Weifang, China

    Jie Zhang MD

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Three of the authors (Hai-ning Zhang, Ping Leng and Ying-zhen Wang) received funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 30801167).

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This work was performed at The Affiliated Hospital of Tsingtao University, China.

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Zhang, Hn., Leng, P., Wang, Yz. et al. Treating Human Meniscal Fibrochondrocytes with hIGF-1 Gene by Liposome. Clin Orthop Relat Res 467, 3175–3182 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-009-0870-2

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