scholarly journals Coculture of allogenic DBM and BMSCs in the knee joint cavity of rabbits for cartilage tissue engineering

2017 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Xu ◽  
Rui Wang ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Hong-Gang Xu
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Knee Joint ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Blank Control Group ◽  
Joint Cavity ◽  
A Value

The present study aims to assess coculture of allogenic decalcified bone matrix (DBM) and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) in the knee joint cavity of rabbits for cartilage tissue engineering. Rabbits were assigned to an in vitro group, an in vivo group, and a blank control group. At the 4th, 8th, and 12th week, samples from all groups were collected for hematoxylin–eosin (HE) staining and streptavidin–peroxidase (SP) method. The morphological analysis software was used to calculate the average absorbance value (A value). SP and flow cytometry demonstrated that BMSCs were induced into chondrocytes. DBM scaffold showed honeycomb-shaped porous and three-dimensional structure, while the surface pores are interlinked with the deep pores. At the 4th week, in the blank control group, DBM scaffold structure was clear, and cells analogous to chondrocytes were scattered in the interior of DBM scaffolds. At the 8th week, in the in vivo group, there were a large amount of cells, mainly mature chondrocytes, and the DBM scaffolds were partially absorbed. At the 12th week, in the in vitro group, the interior of scaffolds was filled up with chondrocytes with partial fibrosis, but arranged in disorder. In the in vivo group, the chondrocytes completely infiltrated into the interior of scaffolds and were arranged in certain stress direction. The in vivo group showed higher A value than the in vitro and blank control groups at each time point. Allogenic DBM combined BMSCs in the knee joint cavity of rabbits could provide better tissue-engineered cartilage than that cultivated in vitro.

TRENDS AND CHALLENGES OF CARTILAGE TISSUE ENGINEERING

2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (03) ◽  
pp. 149-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsu-Wei Fang
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Growth Factors ◽  
Bone Cells ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Bioactive Molecules ◽  
In Vivo Studies ◽  
Cartilage Tissue

Cartilage injuries may be caused by trauma, biomechanical imbalance, or degenerative changes of joint. Unfortunately, cartilage has limited capability to spontaneous repair once damaged and may lead to progressive damage and degeneration. Cartilage tissue-engineering techniques have emerged as the potential clinical strategies. An ideal tissue-engineering approach to cartilage repair should offer good integration into both the host cartilage and the subchondral bone. Cells, scaffolds, and growth factors make up the tissue engineering triad. One of the major challenges for cartilage tissue engineering is cell source and cell numbers. Due to the limitations of proliferation for mature chondrocytes, current studies have alternated to use stem cells as a potential source. In the recent years, a lot of novel biomaterials has been continuously developed and investigated in various in vitro and in vivo studies for cartilage tissue engineering. Moreover, stimulatory factors such as bioactive molecules have been explored to induce or enhance cartilage formation. Growth factors and other additives could be added into culture media in vitro, transferred into cells, or incorporated into scaffolds for in vivo delivery to promote cellular differentiation and tissue regeneration.Based on the current development of cartilage tissue engineering, there exist challenges to overcome. How to manipulate the interactions between cells, scaffold, and signals to achieve the moderation of implanted composite differentiate into moderate stem cells to differentiate into hyaline cartilage to perform the optimum physiological and biomechanical functions without negative side effects remains the target to pursue.

Mechano-Active Cartilage Tissue Engineering

2006 ◽  
Vol 49 ◽  
pp. 189-196
Author(s):  
Soo Hyun Kim ◽  
Young Mee Jung ◽  
Sang Heon Kim ◽  
Young Ha Kim ◽  
Jun Xie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Dynamic Compression ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Compressive Deformation ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Cartilaginous Tissue ◽  
Pressing Method ◽  
Safranin O

To engineer cartilaginous constructs with a mechano-active scaffold and dynamic compression was performed for effective cartilage tissue engineering. Mechano-active scaffolds were fabricated from very elastic poly(L-lactide-co-ε-carprolactone)(5:5). The scaffolds with 85 % porosity and 300~500 μm pore size were prepared by a gel-pressing method. The scaffolds were seeded with chondrocytes and the continuous compressive deformation of 5% strain was applied to cell-polymer constructs with 0.1Hz to evaluate for the effect of dynamic compression for regeneration of cartilage. Also, the chondrocytes-seeded constructs stimulated by the continuous compressive deformation of 5% strain with 0.1Hz for 10 days and 24 days respectively were implanted in nude mice subcutaneously to investigate their biocompatibility and cartilage formation. From biochemical analyses, chondrogenic differentiation was sustained and enhanced significantly and chondrial extracellular matrix was increased through mechanical stimulation. Histological analysis showed that implants stimulated mechanically formed mature and well-developed cartilaginous tissue, as evidenced by chondrocytes within lacunae. Masson’s trichrome and Safranin O staining indicated an abundant accumulation of collagens and GAGs. Also, ECM in constructs was strongly immuno-stained with anti-rabbit collagen type II antibody. Consequently, the periodic application of dynamic compression can improve the quality of cartilaginous tissue formed in vitro and in vivo.

scholarly journals Gellan Gum Injectable Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering Applications: In Vitro Studies and Preliminary In Vivo Evaluation

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 343-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
João T. Oliveira ◽  
Tírcia C. Santos ◽  
Luís Martins ◽  
Ricardo Picciochi ◽  
Alexandra P. Marques ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Gellan Gum ◽  
In Vitro Studies ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Engineering Applications ◽  
In Vivo Evaluation ◽  
Injectable Hydrogels

In vitro and in vivo imaging techniques for cartilage tissue engineering

2006 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. S447
Author(s):  
S. Tiwari ◽  
S. Pollok ◽  
H. Notbohm ◽  
R. Reis ◽  
B. Vollmar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
In Vivo Imaging ◽  
Imaging Techniques ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Tissue

scholarly journals Chondrogenic Potential of Dental-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

Osteology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-174
Author(s):  
Naveen Jeyaraman ◽  
Gollahalli Shivashankar Prajwal ◽  
Madhan Jeyaraman ◽  
Sathish Muthu ◽  
Manish Khanna
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Mesenchymal Stromal Cells ◽  
Tissue Regeneration ◽  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Regeneration ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Dentin Matrix

The field of tissue engineering has revolutionized the world in organ and tissue regeneration. With the robust research among regenerative medicine experts and researchers, the plausibility of regenerating cartilage has come into the limelight. For cartilage tissue engineering, orthopedic surgeons and orthobiologists use the mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) of various origins along with the cytokines, growth factors, and scaffolds. The least utilized MSCs are of dental origin, which are the richest sources of stromal and progenitor cells. There is a paradigm shift towards the utilization of dental source MSCs in chondrogenesis and cartilage regeneration. Dental-derived MSCs possess similar phenotypes and genotypes like other sources of MSCs along with specific markers such as dentin matrix acidic phosphoprotein (DMP) -1, dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteopontin (OPN), bone sialoprotein (BSP), and STRO-1. Concerning chondrogenicity, there is literature with marginal use of dental-derived MSCs. Various studies provide evidence for in-vitro and in-vivo chondrogenesis by dental-derived MSCs. With such evidence, clinical trials must be taken up to support or refute the evidence for regenerating cartilage tissues by dental-derived MSCs. This article highlights the significance of dental-derived MSCs for cartilage tissue regeneration.

scholarly journals The potential utility of hybrid photo-crosslinked hydrogels with non-immunogenic component for cartilage repair

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yili Wang ◽  
Levinus Hendrik Koole ◽  
Chenyuan Gao ◽  
Dejun Yang ◽  
Lei Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Defect ◽  
Gene Knockout ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Potential Utility ◽  
Defect Model ◽  
Hybrid Hydrogels

AbstractFinding a suitable biomaterial for scaffolding in cartilage tissue engineering has proved to be far from trivial. Nonetheless, it is clear that biomimetic approaches based on gelatin (Gel) and hyaluronic acid (HA) have particular promise. Herein, a set of formulations consisting of photo-polymerizable Gel; photo-polymerizable HA, and allogenic decellularized cartilage matrix (DCM), is synthesized and characterized. The novelty of this study lies particularly in the choice of DCM, which was harvested from an abnormal porcine with α-1,3-galactose gene knockout. The hybrid hydrogels were prepared and studied extensively, by spectroscopic methods, for their capacity to imbibe water, for their behavior under compression, and to characterize microstructure. Subsequently, the effects of the hydrogels on contacting cells (in vitro) were studied, i.e., cytotoxicity, morphology, and differentiation through monitoring the specific markers ACAN, Sox9, Coll2, and Col2α1, hypertrophy through monitoring the specific markers alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and Col 10A1. In vivo performance of the hydrogels was assessed in a rat knee cartilage defect model. The new data expand our understanding of hydrogels built of Gel and HA, since they reveal that a significant augmenting role can be played by DCM. The data strongly suggest that further experimentation in larger cartilage-defect animal models is worthwhile and has potential utility for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

scholarly journals Chondrocyte Spheroids Laden in GelMA/HAMA Hybrid Hydrogel for Tissue-Engineered Cartilage with Enhanced Proliferation, Better Phenotype Maintenance, and Natural Morphological Structure

Gels ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Guanhuier Wang ◽  
Yang An ◽  
Xinling Zhang ◽  
Pengbing Ding ◽  
Hongsen Bi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Morphological Structure ◽  
Research Direction ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Hybrid Hydrogel

Three-dimensional cell-laden tissue engineering has become an extensive research direction. This study aimed to evaluate whether chondrocyte spheroids (chondro-spheroids) prepared using the hanging-drop method could develop better cell proliferation and morphology maintenance characteristics, and be optimized as a micro unit for cartilage tissue engineering. Chondro-spheroids were loaded into a cross-linkable hybrid hydrogel of gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) and hyaluronic acid methacrylate (HAMA) in vivo and in vitro. Cell proliferation, aggregation, cell morphology maintenance as well as cartilage-related gene expression and matrix secretion in vitro and in vivo were evaluated. The results indicated that compared with chondrocyte-laden hydrogel, chondro-spheroid-laden hydrogel enhanced proliferation, had better phenotype maintenance, and a more natural morphological structure, which made it appropriate for use as a micro unit in cartilage tissue engineering.

Cartilaginous Tissue Formation with an Elastic PLCL Scaffold and Human Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal Cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 342-343 ◽  
pp. 385-388
Author(s):  
So Eun Lee ◽  
Young Mee Jung ◽  
Soo Hyun Kim ◽  
Sang Heon Kim ◽  
Jong Won Rhie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tissue Engineering ◽  
Adipose Tissue ◽  
Stromal Cells ◽  
Cartilage Tissue Engineering ◽  
Human Adipose Tissue ◽  
Cartilage Tissue ◽  
Tissue Formation ◽  
Cartilaginous Tissue

In cartilage tissue engineering, as a cell source, adult stem cells are very attractive for clinical applications. Recent studies suggest that human adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ASCs) have multilineage potential similar to bone marrow-derived stromal cells (BMSCs). ASCs are obtained from adipose tissue easily isolated by suction-assisted lipectomy in various body parts. Also, as one of major factors of cartilage tissue engineering, scaffolds have an important role in cartilage formation. Poly(L-lactide-co-ε-carprolactone) scaffolds have physiological activity, biodegradability, high cell affinity, and mechano-activity. The object of this study is cartilaginous tissue formation using highly elastic PLCL scaffolds and ASCs in vitro and in vivo. Poly(L-lactide-co-ε-carprolactone) copolymers were synthesized from lactide and ε-carprolactone in the presence of stannous octoate as catalyst. The scaffolds with 85% porosity and 300-500μm pore size were fabricated by gel-pressing method. ASCs were seeded on scaffolds and cultured for 21days in vitro. Cell/polymer constructs were characterized by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction for confirming differentiation to chondrocytes onto PLCL scaffolds. Also, for examining cartilaginous tissue formation in vivo, ASCs seeded scaffolds which were induced chondrogenesis for 2 weeks were implanted in nude mice subcutaneously for up to 8weeks. Histological studies showed that implants partially developed cartilaginous tissue within lacunae. And there was an accumulation of sulfated glycoaminoglycans. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that implants were positively stained for specific extracellular matrix. These results indicate that ASCs and PLCL scaffols could be used to cartilage tissue engineering.

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