Wingless int-3 (Wnt3) Immunodetection in the repair of orthopedic bone defects in rabbits treated with demineralized bone matrix

  • Santiago Andres Audisio Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
  • Pablo Guillermo Vaquero Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias
  • Edgardo Cesar Verna Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
  • Andrea Cristofolini Area de Microscopía Electronica Departamento Río Cuarto, Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina
  • Cecilia Ines Merkis Universidad de Rio Cuarto, Cordoba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19137/cienvet-201921102

Keywords:

Wnt, demineralized bone matrix, rabbit, bone, immunostaining

Abstract

Although the expression Wnt and its isoforms are widely known in the embryonic skeletogenesis, little is known about the role they play in the particular Wnt3 isoform in the repair of orthopedic bone defects. Thirty rabbits were used, which were given a bone defect in
one of the radiuses. The defect was refilled with demineralized bone matrix (DBM). The rabbits were sacrificed at 7, 15, 21, 30, 60 and 150 days post-treatment to immuno-detect the Wnt3 in the repair sites. The immuno-determination was done by optic density (OD) and integrated optic density (IOD). Both, the OD and the IOD were analyzed
using ANOVA and Fisher LSD test. The Wnt3 protein was immuno-detected in mesenchymal cells, in the sites where the chondrogenesis was produced and in osteoprogenitor, preosteoblasts and osteoblasts cells. The OD had significant variations (p<0,05) at 7, 15, 60 and 150 days post-treatment. The same statistical analysis for IOD showed significant
statistical differences (p<0,05) at day 30 with respect to 60 and 150 days post-treatment. The evidence showed the histological sites as well as the chronological immune expression of Wt3 in the repair of orthopaedic bone defects treated with demineralized bone matrix.

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Author Biographies

Santiago Andres Audisio, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias

Profesor Adjunto Cátedra Técnica y Patología Quirúrgica. Especialista en Ciencias Clínicas (FAV-UNRC). Doctor en Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Agropecuaria (FAV-UNRC). Área de conocimiento de las afecciones de osteoarticulares y cirugía ortopédica y traumatológica veterinaria.

Pablo Guillermo Vaquero, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias

Jefe de Trabajos Prácticos Cátedra Técnica y Patología Quirúrgica. Especialista en Educación en Cs Veterinarias (FCV-UNLPam), doctorando en Ciencias Veterinarias (FCV-UNLP). Área de conocimiento de las afecciones osteoarticulares y cirugía ortopédica y traumatológica veterinaria.

Andrea Cristofolini, Area de Microscopía Electronica Departamento Río Cuarto, Provincia de Córdoba, Argentina

DOCTOR EN CIENCIAS BIOLOGICAS
MICROBIOLOGA
TECNICA DE LABORATORIO

Cecilia Ines Merkis, Universidad de Rio Cuarto, Cordoba

Microbiologa en Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto

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Published

2019-06-24

How to Cite

Audisio, S. A., Vaquero, P. G., Verna, E. C., Cristofolini, A., & Merkis, C. I. (2019). Wingless int-3 (Wnt3) Immunodetection in the repair of orthopedic bone defects in rabbits treated with demineralized bone matrix. Ciencia Veterinaria, 21(1), 27–42. https://doi.org/10.19137/cienvet-201921102

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