TY - JOUR ID - 40407 TI - Effects of Platelet-Rich Plasma & Platelet-Rich Fibrin with and without Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1 on Repairing Full-Thickness Cartilage Defects in Knees of Rabbits JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Bahmanpour, Soghra AU - Ghasemi, Maryam AU - Sadeghi-Naini, Mohsen AU - Ragerdi Kashani, Iraj AD - Laboratory for Stem Cell Research, Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - PhD Student in Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AD - Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2016 PY - 2016 VL - 41 IS - 6 SP - 507 EP - 517 KW - Platelet-Rich plasma KW - Platelet rich fibrin KW - Chemokine CXCL12 KW - Cartilage KW - Knee DO - N2 - Background: The purpose of this study was to create biomaterial scaffolds like platelet-rich plasma (PRP) and platelet-rich fibrin (PRF) containing stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF1) as a chemokine to induce hyaline cartilage regeneration of rabbit knee in a full thickness defect.Methods: We created a full thickness defect in the trochlear groove of thirty-six bilateral knees of eighteen mature male rabbits. The knees were randomly divided into six groups (group I: untreated control, group II: PRP, group III: PRF, group IV: Gelatin+SDF1, group V: PRP+SDF1, and group VI: PRF+SDF1). After four weeks, the tissue specimens were evaluated by macroscopic examination and histological grading, immunofluorescent staining for collagen type II, and analyzed for cartilage marker genes by real-time PCR. The data were compared using statistical methods (SPSS 20, Kruskal-Wallis test, Bonferroni post hoc test and P<0.05).Results: Macroscopic evaluations revealed that international cartilage repair society (ICRS) scores of the PRF+SDF1 group were higher than other groups. Microscopic analysis showed that the ICRS score of the PRP group was significantly lower than other groups. Immunofluorescent staining for collagen II demonstrated a remarkable distribution of type II collagen in the Gel+SDF1, PRP+SDF1 and PRF+SDF1 groups compared with other groups. Real-time PCR analysis revealed that mRNA expression of SOX9 and aggrecan were significantly greater in the PRF+SDF1, PRP+SDF1, Gel+SDF1 and PRF groups than the control group (P<0.05).Conclusion: Our results indicate that implantation of PRF scaffold containing SDF1 led to the greatest evaluation scores of full-thickness lesions in rabbits. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40407.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_40407_a34f8eccaf16b6461909262608c4bdab.pdf ER -