Profilaksa DVT kod velikih ortopedskih operacija - Depol ...
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84<br />
2 st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON REGENERATIVE ORTHOPAEDICS<br />
THE TENDON STEM/ PROGENITOR CELL NICHE: IS THERE A<br />
BLOOD TENDON BARRIER?<br />
Christine Lehner, University Hospital Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria<br />
Renate Gehwolf, Paracelsus Medical Univerity, Salzburg, Austria<br />
Andrea Wagner, Paracelsus Medical Univerity, Salzburg, Austria, University of Salzburg, Austria<br />
Hans-Christian Bauer, Paracelsus Medical Univerity, Salzburg, Austria<br />
Herbert Tempfer, Paracelsus Medical Univerity, Salzburg, Austria<br />
A major challenge for attempts to accelerate tendon healing is to understand the niche that regulates the differentiation<br />
of stem/ progenitor cells towards a tendon cell like phenotype.<br />
Along our attempts to characterize tendon cells we observed a population of perivascular cells expressing tendon-<br />
and neuronal stem cell associated markers. Moreover we observed that tendon endothelial cells express<br />
the tight junction (TJ) associated marker Occludin. We therefore hypothesise that tendon vessels form a barrier<br />
between blood and tendon tissue, establishing a privileged microenvironment.<br />
By immunohistochemistry, Lasermicrodissection, qRT-PCR and transmission electron microscopy we examined<br />
human biceps and semitendinosus tendons and mouse Achilles tendons for TJ associated markers and structures.<br />
Occludin, Claudin5 and ZO1 protein localize at the cell boundaries of tendon endothelial cells, as confirmed by<br />
confocal microscopy of isolated tendon vessels. Besides, these cells express mRNA encoding for the blood-brain<br />
barrier/ blood nerve barrier associated markers Occludin, Claudin1, Claudin5 and Claudin11.<br />
The finding of TJ- like structures in human tendons is confirmed by TEM images published by others.<br />
The finding of TJ- like structures in tendons may shed new light on the composition of the tendon niche. The functional<br />
properties and the role of this barrier in tendon de- and regeneration will have to be addressed by further<br />
studies.<br />
Poster