Exosomes combined with biosynthesized cellulose conduits improve peripheral nerve regeneration

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Peripheral nerve injury is one of the more common forms of peripheral nerve disorders, and the most severe type of peripheral nerve injury is a defect with a gap. Biosynthetic cellulose membrane (BCM) is a commonly used material for repair and ligation of nerve defects with gaps. Meanwhile, exosomes from mesenchymal stem cells can promote cell growth and proliferation. We envision combining exosomes with BCMs to leverage the advantages of both to promote repair of peripheral nerve injury. Prepared exosomes were added to BCMs to form exosome-loaded BCMs (EXO-BCM) that were used for nerve repair in a rat model of sciatic nerve defects with gaps. We evaluated the repair activity using a pawprint experiment, measurement and statistical analyses of sciatica function index and thermal latency of paw withdrawal, and quantitation of the number and diameter of regenerated nerve fibers. Results indicated that EXO-BCM produced comprehensive and durable repair of peripheral nerve defects that were similar to those for autologous nerve transplantation, the gold standard for nerve defect repair. EXO-BCM is not predicted to cause donor site morbidity to the patient, in contrast to autologous nerve transplantation. Together these results indicate that an approach using EXO-BCM represents a promising alternative to autologous nerve transplantation, and could have broad applications for repair of nerve defects.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

IBRO neuroscience reports - 15(2023) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 262-269

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cui, Tian-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Li-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Cao, Xu-Dong [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Quan-Peng [VerfasserIn]
He, Yue-Bin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ya-Ru [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Rui [VerfasserIn]
Ben, Xin-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Ni, Pan-Li [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Zhi-Jian [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yun-Qing [VerfasserIn]
Yi, Xi-Nan [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Ren-Jun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biosynthetic cellulose membrane
Exosomes
Journal Article
Mesenchymal stem cells
Peripheral nerve defect
Peripheral nerve regeneration

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Date Revised 20.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ibneur.2023.09.009

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363338993