脐血干细胞作为牙再生种子细胞的可行性

背景:近年来牙再生成为组织工程领域一项重要课题,但目前还没有最合适的种子细胞,迫切需要探索新的种子细胞.目的:综述脐血干细胞作为牙再生种子细胞的可行性.方法:应用计算机检索1998-01/2009-01 PubMed数据库相关文章,检索词为"tooth regeneration, seed cells, tissue engineering, umbilical cord blood,mesenchymal stem cells",并限定文章语言种类为English.同时计算机检索1998-01/2009-01中国期刊网全文数据库、万方数据库、中文科技期刊全文数据库相关文章,检索词为"组织工程,种子细胞,间充质干细胞,脐带血,牙再生",并限定文章语言种类为中文.共检索到文献40篇.结果与结论:各类种子细胞,如牙胚来源的成牙本质细胞,牙髓和乳牙来源的干细胞,以及第一腮弓来源的外胚层间充质干细胞都已经在基础研究中显示出了成牙分化潜能.但是,在临床实验中这些种子细胞很难获取.骨髓间充质干细胞虽然也显示出了成牙潜能,但是它们的分化能力随供体年龄的增长显著下降.脐血干细胞和骨髓间充质干细胞相比,拥有很多优势,并且呈现出典型的间充质干细胞的特点.所以,推测脐血干细胞可能被诱导成成牙细胞系,并且可能成为合适的牙再生的种子细胞来修复牙缺失.

Feasibility of stem cells from umbilical cord blood as seed cells for tooth regeneration

BACKGROUND: With the development of tissue engineering, more attention has been paid to tooth regeneration. However, the resource of best seed cells is still uncertain. Therefore, alternative sources should be attached to intensive investigation. OBJECTIVE: To review the feasibility of stem cells from umbilical cord blood as seed cells for tooth regeneration. METHODS: A PubMed search was performed for articles published between January 1998 and January 2009. Key words were "tooth regeneration, seed cells, tissue engineering, umbilical cord blood, mesenchymal stem cells". Only studies written in English were included. Simultaneously, databases of China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Wanfang, and VIP published between January 1998 and January 2009 were also retrieved, using the key words of "tooth regeneration, seed cells, tissu engineering, umbilical cord blood, mesenchymal stem cells". Only studies written in Chinese were included. Totally, 40 literatures were included. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Seed cells, such as odontoblasts from dental germ, stem cells from dental pulp and deciduous teeth, and ectomesenchymal cells from the firstbranchial arch showed odontogenic differentiation potential in basic research. However, these cells are not practical to harvest in clinic. Although bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells have odontogenic capacity, their differentiation abilities significantly decrease with the increasing age of the donors. Stem cells from umbilical cord blood have many clinical advantages over bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, and exhibited typical mesenchymal stem cells characteristics. Thus, we propose the hypotheses that stem cells from umbilical cord blood could be induced into odontogenic lineage and might be used as suitable seed cells for tooth regeneration to replace the lost tooth.