Journal
BIOMOLECULES
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom9080342
Keywords
gelatin; hyaluronic acid; tissue engineering; hydrogels; bioprinting; stem cells; biomedical; blue light; hydrogelation
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- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [16H02423, 18H01797]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [18H01797] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Composite hydrogels of hyaluronic acid and gelatin attract great attention in biomedical fields. In particular, the composite hydrogels obtained through processes that are mild for cells are useful in tissue engineering. In this study, hyaluronic acid/gelatin composite hydrogels obtained through a blue light-induced gelation that is mild for mammalian cells were studied for the effect of the content of each polymer in the precursor solution on gelation, properties of resultant hydrogels, and behaviors of human adipose stem cells laden in the hydrogels. Control of the content enabled gelation in less than 20 s, and also enabled hydrogels to be obtained with 0.5-1.2 kPa Young's modulus. Human adipose stem cells were more elongated in hydrogels with a higher rather than lower content of hyaluronic acid. Stem cell marker genes, Nanog, Oct4, and Sox2, were expressed more in the cells in the composite hydrogels with a higher content of hyaluronic acid compared with those in the hydrogel composed of gelatin alone and on tissue culture dishes. These results are useful for designing conditions for using gelatin/hyaluronic acid composite hydrogels obtained through blue light-induced gelation suitable for tissue engineering applications.
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