An enzyme-free technique enables the isolation of a large number of adipose-derived stem cells at the bedside.

Adipose tissue derived stromal cells (ADSCs) play a crucial role in research and applications of regenerative medicine because they can be rapidly isolated in high quantities. Nonetheless, their purity, pluripotency, differentiation capacity, and stem cell marker expression might vary greatly depending on technique and tools used for extraction and harvesting. There are two methods described in the literature for isolating regenerative cells from adipose tissue. The first technique is enzymatic digestion, which utilizes many enzymes to remove stem cells from the tissue they reside in. The second method involves separating the concentrated adipose tissue using non-enzymatic, mechanical separation methods. ADSCs are isolated from the stromal-vascular fraction (SVF) of processed lipoaspirate, which is the lipoaspirate's aqueous portion. The purpose of this work was to evaluate a unique device 'microlyzer' for generating SVF from adipose tissue using a mechanical technique that required minimal intervention. The Microlyzer was examined using tissue samples from ten different patients. The cells that were retrieved were characterized in terms of their cell survival, phenotype, proliferation capacity, and differentiation potential. The number of progenitor cells extracted only from the microlyzed tissue was in comparable amount to the number of progenitor cells acquired by the gold standard enzymatic approach. The cells that were collected from each group exhibit similar levels of viability as well as proliferation rates. In addition, the differentiation potentials of the cells derived from the microlyzed tissue were investigated, and it was discovered that cells isolated through microlyzer entered the differentiation pathways more quickly and displayed a greater level of marker gene expression than cells isolated by enzymatic methods. These findings suggest that microlyzer, particularly in regeneration investigations, will allow quick and high rate cell separation at the bedside.

Arterial Occlusion After Hyaluronic Acid Injection: Treatment With Hyaluronidase and Streptokinase.

ABSTRACT: The most feared complication of the hyaluronic acid injections in the periorbital region is embolism of the central retinal artery. The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness of hyaluronidase administered intravenously (systemically) alone or in combination with streptokinase with that of intra-arterial revascularization. Thirty rats were divided into 5 groups. The bilateral oblique groin flap of the rats was raised; the right side was the experiment group, and the left side was the sham control. The right superficial epigastric artery was occluded with a hyaluronic acid injection. After occlusion, no additional procedures were performed in group 1, whereas group 2 received systemic hyaluronidase, group 3 received intra-arterial hyaluronidase, group 4 received systemic hyaluronidase and streptokinase, and group 5 received intra-arterial hyaluronidase and streptokinase. On the seventh day, the rats were killed, flap necrosis rate was calculated, and histological examination was performed. There was no significant difference in the necrosis rates of the rats in groups 2, 3, 4, and 5 (P > 0.05). In histological evaluation, the histological view closest to normal arterial structure was observed in group 4. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that the ischemia scores of systemic therapy were significantly lower than those of intra-arterial therapy. These results have shown that hyaluronidase and streptokinase administered systemically is as effective as intra-arterial revascularization and does not cause arterial wall degeneration. It has been shown that systemic administration of hyaluronidase and streptokinase is as successful as intra-arterial revascularization in the treatment of arterial embolism with hyaluronic acid.