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ArticlePloS one2015

Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant from MRL/MpJ Super-Healer Mice Does Not Improve Articular Cartilage Repair in the C57Bl/6 Strain.

Catherine A Leonard, Woo-Yong Lee, Pankaj Tailor, Paul T Salo, Paul Kubes, Roman J Krawetz

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Article in PloS one, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Catherine A LeonardMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Woo-Yong LeeCalvin, Phoebe, and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Pankaj TailorMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Paul T SaloMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Paul KubesCalvin, Phoebe, and Joan Snyder Institute for Chronic Disease, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Roman J KrawetzMcCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
University of Calgary · CAAlberta Bone and Joint Health Institute · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArticular cartilage has been the focus of multiple strategies to improve its regenerative/ repair capacity. The Murphy Roths Large (MRL/MpJ) "super-healer" mouse demonstrates an unusual enhanced regenerative capacity in many tissues and provides an opportunity to further study endogenous cartilage repair. The objective of this study was to test whether the super-healer phenotype could be transferred from MRL/MpJ to non-healer C57Bl/6 mice by allogeneic bone marrow transplant. METHODOLOGY: The healing of 2mm ear punches and full thickness cartilage defects was measured 4 and 8 weeks after injury in control C57Bl/6 and MRL/MpJ "super-healer" mice, and in radiation chimeras reconstituted with bone marrow from the other mouse strain. Healing was assessed using ear hole diameter measurement, a 14 point histological scoring scale for the cartilage defect and an adapted version of the Osteoarthritis Research Society International scale for assessment of osteoarthritis in mouse knee joints. PRINCIPAL

findingsNormal and chimeric MRL mice showed significantly better healing of articular cartilage and ear wounds along with less severe signs of osteoarthritis after cartilage injury than the control strain. Contrary to our hypothesis, however, bone marrow transplant from MRL mice did not confer improved healing on the C57Bl/6 chimeras, either in regards to ear wound healing or cartilage repair. CONCLUSION AND SIGNIFICANCE: The elusive cellular basis for the MRL regenerative phenotype still requires additional study and may possibly be dependent on additional cell types external to the bone marrow.

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Bone Marrow TransplantationWound HealingAnimalsBiomarkersCartilage, ArticularChimeraDisease ProgressionEarKnee JointMice, Inbred StrainsOsteoarthritisTransplantation, HomologousBiomarkers

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PMID26120841
PMCPMC4486721
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