Objective To investigate the possibility of repairing defected tendon with a tissue engineering tendon, combined culture of allogenous tenocyte and derived tendon. Methods Macaca tenocytes labelled by BrdU were seeded on the derived tendon. The flexor digitorum profundus of five fingers of left hand in 15 Macaca mulatta were resected and made 2.5cm defects as experimental model. They were divided into three groups according to repair methods (Group A: Combined culture of derived tendon materials and alloggenous tendon cells; Group B; Derived tendon materials; Group C; Autograft). In different stages, the labeled BrdU of tendon cells were observed. Results In Groupo A, after iin vivo implantation, the tenocytes could proliferate and synthesize collagen; the new tissue was white and glossy and the collagen fibers fused to form dense tendon structure as several weeks passed. Twelve weeks after implantation, the tenocytes still survived and synthesized collagen, the results of labelled cells were positive by immunothistochemical methods. By scanning electron microscopic observation, the tenocytes arraged regularly and evely among the derived tendon; the collagen fibers formed a network and its main direction was accord with that of the derived tendon. Normal nucleus, nucleolus, and cell organelles were seen under transmission electron microscope. Conclusion Combined culture of tenocytes with derived tendon is able to make tendon like tissue. The structure of tissue engineering tendon in similar to that of normal tendon.

Citation： ZHOU Yue ting,XIANG Zhou,YANG Fu chun,et al.. EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON IN VIVO IMPLANTATION OF DERIVED TENDON MATERIAL COMBINED WITH ALLOGENOUS TENDON CELLS IN MACACA. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2003, 17(2): 152-156. doi: Copy