期刊
JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
卷 44, 期 6, 页码 725-733出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2016.03.002
关键词
Animal model; Human equivalent radiation; Myofibroblasts; Osteoradionecrosis of jaws; Radiation-induced fibrosis
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81202150]
This study aimed to establish a proper animal model of osteoradionecrosis of jaws (ORNJ) and to observe preliminarily the characteristics of myofibroblasts, the key effector cell of fibrosis, in ORNJ. Rabbit mandibles were irradiated at three different doses based on a human equivalent radiation schedule, and examined by gross manifestation, single-photon emission computed tomography (SPELT), micro-computed tomography, sequential fluorochrome labeling, and histology. Immunohistochemistry staining of alpha-SMA was applied to detect the existence of myofibroblasts. The exposed necrotic bone, which is the main indication of ORNJ, started to be observed at all rabbits at 9 Gy. With the radiation dose increasing, the microarchitecture of the irradiated mandibles was more destroyed, the metabolism and mineralization of the irradiated mandibles diminished, the osteocytes number decreased, and more mature bones were substituted by fibrosis in the irradiated mandibles. In addition, as the radiation dose increased, the myofibroblast number increased and collected around the separated sequestrum, which indicated that myofibroblasts might relate to the pathogenesis of ORNJ. In summary, a clinically translational ORNJ model was successfully established in our study, and the role of myofibroblasts in the pathogenesis of ORNJ is described for the first time. (c) 2016 European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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