以生物衍生材料为支架的组织工程骨移植早期兔外周血T淋巴细胞亚群的变化

目的检测体外构建的组织工程骨移植后兔外周血T细胞亚群的变化，对移植组织进行组织学观察，探讨以生物衍生材料作为骨组织工程支架材料的可行性。方法组织工程骨以兔骨膜来源的成骨细胞为种子细胞，经抗原自消化、部分脱钙、冻干后的异体骨为支架材料于体外构建。将健康新西兰白兔48只制成1cm长桡骨缺损模型后，随机分成A～D4组，每组12只，分别用部分脱钙冻干骨（partial demineralized freeze—dried bone，PDFDB）、组织工程骨、自体骨、同种异体骨植入兔桡骨节段性缺损。术后1、2、4周取材，用流式细胞仪检测4种材料移植早期兔外周血T淋巴细胞亚群的变化；通过常规组织学检测观察2、4、8、12周时4种材料的成骨作用。结果B组术后2周材料孔隙内有成骨细胞和成软骨细胞，可见骨、软骨混合性新生物形成，周边分布有破骨细胞，部分网架呈蚕食状被破坏吸收。术后4周，形成的新生骨过渡为编织骨。A、B组材料植入后1、2周外周血CD4^＋和CD8^＋T细胞较术前明显升高（P〈0．05）；术后4周CD4^＋T细胞较术前轻度偏高，但无统计学差异（P〉0．05）。C组术后CD4^＋和CD8^＋T细胞升高不明显（P〉0．05）。D组术后1、2、4周外周血CD4^＋和CD8^＋T细胞较术前及其他各组同期均明显增高（P〈.．05）。结论PDFDB为支架材料构建的细胞一材料复合物移植后外周血T淋巴细胞增高，但不影响其良好的修复骨缺损能力，生物衍生骨可作为支架材料应用于骨组织工程研究。

CHANGES IN PERIPHERAL BLOOD T LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS OF RABBITS IN EARLY STAGE AFTER TRANSPLANTATION OF TISSUE ENGINEERED BONE CONSTITUTED BY BIOLOGICALLY-DERIVED SCAFFOLD

OBJECTIVE: To observe the changes in the peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets and the histomorphology of the transplanted tissues in the rabbits in the early stage after transplantation of the tissue engineered bone constituted by the biologically-derived scaffold and to confirm the feasibility of the biologically-derived materials as a scaffold in the bone tissue engineering. METHODS: Forty-eight healthy New Zealand rabbits (weight, 2. 0-2.5 kg) with a 1-cm defect were equally and randomly divided into 4 groups: Groups A-D. The partial demineralized freeze-dried bone (PDFDB), the tissue engineered bone constructed by the osteoblasts derived from the lactant rabbit periosteum as a seeding cell, the xenogeneic cancellous bone undergoing the antigen self-digestion, partial demineralization and freeze-dried process as a scaffold, and the fresh xenogeneic allografting bone were respectively transplanted into the segmental defects of the rabbit radii in Groups A-D. To examine the effects of the 4 different materials, the flow cytometry was used to observe the changes in the T lymphocyte subsets in the rabbit peripheral blood at 1, 2, and 4 weeks after the operations and to examine the osteogenesis achieved by the 4 materials, the histological observations were also performed at 2, 4, 8, and 12 weeks after the operations. RESULTS: Two weeks after the tissue engineered bone transplantation in Group B, the osteoblasts and chondroblasts were found in the apertures of the scaffold, the new bone formation could be observed, the osteoclasts could be seen in the peripheral zone, and some of the netlike frameworks were destroyed and absorbed. Four weeks after the operation, the histological observation revealed that the osteocartilagionous callus turned into a woven bone. The peripheral blood T lymphocyte subsets of CD4+ and CD8+ were significantly greater in number 1-2 weeks after the operations and in Groups A and B than before the operations and in the other groups (P<0. 05);4 weeks after the operations the T lymphocyte subset of CD4+ was only slightly greater in number than before the operations, but with no statistically significant difference (P>0.05). In Group C, the increase of the T lymphocyte subsets of CD4+ and CD8+ was not significant after the operation (P>0.05). The T lymphocyte subsets of CD4+ and CD8+ were significantly greater in number 1, 2 and 4 weeks after the operations and in Group D than before the operation and in the other groups (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: The tissue engineered bone constructed by the partial demineralized freeze-dried bone as a scaffold does not cause a serious immunologic rejection in the early stage after the transplantation and does not affect its good ability to repair the bone defect. The biologically-derived bone can be used as a scaffold in the bone tissue engineering.