China Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery ›› 2016, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (1): 1-7.

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Enhanced osteogenesis in peri-implant through local hOPG transfection

LI Jia-yang, YIN Guo-zhu, SUN Yue, CHEN Gui-zhen, JI Huan-zhong, LUO En   

  1. West China Hospital of Stomatology, State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Sichuan University. Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2015-05-06 Online:2016-01-20 Published:2016-02-01

Abstract: PURPOSE : To study the role of local stable expression of OPG in peri-implant in bone regeneration during repair process. METHODS : Sixty-six SD rats were divided into A, B and C group randomly. In group A, adenovirus-hOPG-EGFP was injected around the implant; in group B, adenovirus-EGFP was injected around the implant; in group C, same volume of PBS was injected in the periphery of implant. The animals were sacrificed 1 week, 4 weeks after operation, and the femur bone containing the implant was collected. Micro-CT, H-E staining, toluidine blue staining were used to observe new bone formation. The data was analyzed with SPSS 15.0 software package. RESULTS : A successful vector of reconstructed adenovirus- OPG-GFP as gene therapy was established. In vitro the GFP was successfully expressed in the BMSCs of SD rats. At 4 weeks after implant surgery, osteointegration was observed in all groups. However, % BIC, % bone area, BV/TV, % OI, Tb.N, Tb.Th, Conn.D in the peri-implant area in group A significantly increased compared with the control group (B and C)(P<0.05). Tb.Sp was also significantly less in experimental group (A) than that in control group (B and C). CONCLUSIONS : Local hOPG transfection can be successfully conducted, and the stable expression of protein OPG in peri-implant area can remarkably promote osteogenesis.

Key words: Implant, Adenovirus, Osteoprotegerin, Osteointegration

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