The effects of growth hormone on rabbit's mandibular condylar chondrocytes proliferation and secretion in vitro / 华西口腔医学杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To study the effect of growth hormone (GH) on the proliferation and type II collagen secretion of chondrocytes of mandibular condyle in rabbit in vitro.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Flow cytometry (FCM) and immunohistochemical technique were employed to observe the possible changes.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>(1) The exogenic GH can enhance the proliferation and synthesis of DNA of the chondrocytes of mandibular condyle in rabbit in vitro. The suitable concentration of GH is 10 microg/ml. The synthesis of DNA reaches the highest level after 12 hours, while the proliferation index (PI) hits the highest after 24 hours. (2) GH (10 microg/ml) can stimulate the secretion of type II collagen of the chondrocytes.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The exogenic GH can enhance the proliferation, the synthesis of DNA and the secretion of type II collagen of the chondrocytes of mandibular condyle in rabbit in vitro.</p>