组织工程化肌腱研究进展

对组织工程化肌腱领域中目前研究的主要成果进行综述，着重阐述了肌腱细胞外基质替代物、肌腱细胞生物学性质及肌腱细胞与细胞外基质材料复合研究中的主要问题。认为，研制适于肌腱细胞生长、粘附和发挥功能的细胞外基质材料；建立生长、增殖可调控的肌腱细胞系；在模拟体内力学条件下，进行肌腱细胞三维培养，将是研究具有特定修复功能的组织工程化肌腱的重要问题。     

Determination of tissue optical properties by steady-state spatial frequency-domain reflectometry

A new non-invasive method to measure the optical properties of biological tissue is described. This method consists of illuminating the investigated sample with light which is spatially periodically modulated in intensity. The spatial modulation of the backscattered light and the diffuse reflectivity of the sample, both detected with an imaging technique, are used to deduce the absorption and reduced scattering coefficient from a table generated by Monte Carlo simulations. This principle has three major advantages: Firstly, it permits the immediate acquisition of the average values of the optical coefficients over a relatively large area (typ. 20 mm in diameter), thus avoiding the perturbations generated by small tissue heterogeneities; It also provides good flexibility for measuring the optical coefficients at various wavelengths and it does not require the use of a detector with a large dynamic range. The method was first validated on phantoms with known optical properties. Finally, we measured the optical properties of human skin at 400 nm, 500 nm, 633 nm and 700 nm in vivo.     

Tissue distribution metabolism and excretion of 2,2′,4,4′, 5-pentachlorodiphenyl ether in the rat

The tissue distribution, metabolism and excretion of ¹⁴C-2,2,4,4,5-pentachlorodiphenyl ether (PCDE) were studied in the rat. Radioactivity was distributed in all tissues examined, with the highest concentrations being found in the fat followed by the skin, liver, kidney and muscle. Most of the radioactivity found in the tissues was due to unchanged PCDE. Decay of PCDE in the blood was fitted to a four-compartment pharmacokinetic model, and the last compartment had a half-life of 5.8 days. A total of 55% and 1.3% of an orally administered dose was excreted in feces and urine, respectively, in 7 days. More than 64% of the fecal radioactivity was due to unchanged PCDE, while hydroxylated PCDE accounted for 23%.     

Dynamic Mechanical Conditioning of Collagen-Gel Blood Vessel Constructs Induces Remodeling In Vitro

Dynamic mechanical conditioning is investigated as a means of improving the mechanical properties of tissue-engineered blood vessel constructs composed of living cells embedded in a collagen-gel scaffold. This approach attempts to elicit a unique response from the embedded cells so as to reorganize their surrounding matrix, thus improving the overall mechanical stability of the constructs. Mechanical conditioning, in the form of cyclic strain, was applied to the tubular constructs at a frequency of 1 Hz for 4 and 8 days. The response to conditioning thus evinced involved increased contraction and mechanical strength, as compared to statically cultured controls. Significant increases in ultimate stress and material modulus were seen over an 8 day culture period. Accompanying morphological changes showed increased circumferential orientation in response to the cyclic stimulus. We conclude that dynamic mechanical conditioning during tissue culture leads to an improvement in the properties of tissue-engineered blood vessel constructs in terms of mechanical strength and histological organization. This concept, in conjunction with a proper biochemical environment, could present a better model for engineering vascular constructs. © 2000 Biomedical Engineering Society. PAC00: 8719Rr, 8714Ee, 8718-h, 8768+z     

Postmortem Diagnosis of Acute Megakaryocytic Leukemia Usefulness of lmmunohistochemistry and Tissue Hemogram

An autopsy case of acute megakaryocytic leukemia (AMKL) is presented. The bone marrow was hypercellular with proliferation of three lineages, especially megakaryocytes. Immunohistochemical examination revealed many platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GP IIb/IIIa)- positive blast cells in bone marrow. The proportion of the blasts was 26.4% by tissue hemogram. GP IIb/IIIa-positive blasts and megakaryoblasts were deposited massively in lymph nodes. lmmunohistochemistry against GP IIb/IIIa and tissue hemograms by paraffin section are needed to diagnose AMKL by postmortem examination, since the identification of ultra-structural platelet peroxidase in autopsy materials is difficult.     

胶原基真皮再生支架的微结构控制

综述了影响胶原基真皮再生支架微结构的各种因素及其控制方法。胶原基真皮支架的生物活性和修复创面的能力受到诸如除胶原外的其它主要材料 (第二组分 )、支架的孔径和孔隙率、支架厚度、生物活性因子以及交联度等多方面因素的综合影响。从材料学、生物学和医学的角度综合地应用物理、化学和生物学的手段探索各种影响因素的控制方法是组织工程皮肤研究的重点。     

Laboratory preparation of plasticware to support cell culture

Summary Many plastics, including polystyrene and poly(ethylene terephthalate), are unsuitable for cell culture applications as formed because they do not support cell growth. Although cells may attach to these materials, the attached cells typically round up and detach or die after a short time. However, plastics can be made to support normal cell attachment and growth through surface modification by glow discharge processes that produce ionized gas species which react with the surface of the plastic. This article describes radiofrequency glow discharge (RFGD) modification of plastics in the presence of organic vapors such as acetone, methanol and ethylene oxide. These treatments render laboratory plastics amenable to in vitro cell culture. Successful modification is a function of RFGD reaction parameters (position within the reactor, discharge power, system pressure, flow rate, and reaction time), and can be confirmed by electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (ESCA). Identification by high resolution ESCA of functional groups introduced onto the surface by the RFGD process can be used to correlate cell growth with surface chemistry. A brief discussion of other processes thought to be used for preparation of commercial tissue culture ware is also provided.     

Measurement of venous oxyhaemoglobin saturation in the adult human forearm by near infrared spectroscopy with venous occlusion

Measurement of the oxygenation of the peripheral tissues provides useful information about tissue perfusion. A method is described for the measurement of peripheral venous oxyhaemaglobin saturation (SvO₂) in the adult forearm by a non-invasive technique, near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) with venous occlusion. A series of studies is performed on healthy adults to compare measurements of forearm SvO₂ made by NIRS with measurements of superficial venous SvO₂ made by co-oximetry, and to study the effect of different optode spacings. There is a significant correlation between forearm SvO₂ measured by NIRS and SvO₂ of superficial venous blood measured by cooximetry (n=19, r=0.7, p<0.0001). Higher values for SvO₂ were obtained using a 2.5 cm spacing than with a 4 cm spacing (mean difference=4.1% (95% Cl 1.4%–6.8%) n=16). This difference is likely to have been due to a more superficial volume of tissue being studied with the closer optode spacing. Peripheral SvO₂ can be measured non-invasively using NIRS with venous occlusion. It may prove to be a useful method to study circulatory disturbances.     

Changes in tissue optical properties due to radio-frequency ablation of myocardium

The optical properties of pig heart tissue were measured after in vivo ablation therapy had been performed during open-heart surgery. In vitro samples of normal and ablated tissue were subjected to measurements with an optically integrating sphere set-up in the region 470–900 nm. Three independent measurements were made: total transmittance, total reflectance and collimated transmittance, which made it possible to extract the absorption and scattering coefficients and the scattering anisotropy factor g, using an inverse Monte Carlo model. Between 470 and 700 nm, only the reduced scattering coefficient and absorption could be evaluated. The absorption spectra were fitted to known tissue chromophore spectra, so that the concentrations of haemoglobin and myoglobin could be estimated. The reduced scattering coefficient was compared with Mie computations to provide Mie equivalent average radii. Most of the absorption was from myoglobin, whereas haemoglobin absorption was negligible. Metmyoglobin was formed in the ablated tissue, which could yield a spectral signature to distinguish the ablated tissue with a simple optical probe to monitor the ablation therapy. The reduced scattering coefficient increased by, on average, 50% in the ablated tissue, which corresponded to a slight decrease in the Mie equivalent radius.