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TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A
Volume 19, Issue 11-12, Pages 1443-1450Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2012.0645
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- Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars
- Sloan Foundation
- Association of Osteosynthesis/Association for the Study of Internal Fixation Foundation
- Cornell BME National Science Foundation [DGE 0841291]
- NSF
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This study investigates the effect of insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I on the development of anatomically-shaped alginate menisci seeded with meniscal fibrochondrocytes. To accomplish this, bovine meniscal fibrochondrocytes were seeded into 2% w/v alginate, crosslinked with calcium sulfate, and injected into anatomical molds derived from microcomputed tomography scans. The meniscal constructs were then cultured for up to 4 weeks with or without 100 ng/mL IGF-I supplemented in the media. Histological, immunohistological, biochemical, and mechanical analyses were performed to characterize tissue development, accumulation and localization of extracellular matrix, and mechanical properties. After 4 weeks of culture, IGF-I treatment significantly improved mechanical and biochemical properties, while maintaining DNA content, with a 26-fold increase in glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content and 10-fold increase in collagen content compared to 0-week controls, and a 3-fold increase in the equilibrium modulus at 2 weeks compared to controls. IGF-I-treated menisci had similar to 60% of the GAG content of native tissue and the compressive equilibrium modulus matched native properties by 2 weeks of culture. Further, IGF-I-treated menisci developed a distinct surface layer similar to native tissue with elongated cells and collagen fibers aligned parallel to the surface, the presence of types I and II collagen, and accumulation of lubricin. This study demonstrates that IGF-I treatment can greatly increase the mechanical and biochemical properties of engineered tissues and aid in the development of a distinct surface zone similar to the superficial zone of native menisci.
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