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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE-MATERIALS IN MEDICINE
Volume 22, Issue 6, Pages 1529-1540Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10856-011-4323-6
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- Russian Fund of Fundamental Research
- State Fund of Fundamental Research of Ukraine [09-04-90403-Ukr_f_a]
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We have developed a novel wide-pore scaffold for cell 3D culturing, based on the technology of freezedrying of Ca-alginate and gelatin. Two different preparation methodologies were compared: (i) freeze-drying of Na-alginate ? gelatin mixed solution followed by the incubation of dried polymer in saturated ethanolic solution of CaCl(2); (ii) freeze-drying of the Na-alginate solution followed by the chemical activation of polysaccharide core with divinylsulfone with subsequent gelatin covalent attachment to the inner surfaces of pore walls. The scaffolds produced using the first approach did not provide adhesion and proliferation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs). Conversely, the second approach allowed to obtain scaffolds with a high adherence ability for the cells. When cultured within the latter type of scaffold, MSCs proliferated and were able to differentiate into adipogenic, osteogenic and chondrogenic cell lineages, in response to specific induction stimuli. The results indicate that Ca-alginate wide-pore scaffolds with covalently attached gelatin could be useful for stem cell-based bone, cartilage and adipose tissue engineering.
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