Journal
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 239, Issue 9, Pages 1080-1095Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1535370214539232
Keywords
Tissue engineering; osteoarthritis; drug screening; biomaterial scaffold; bone; cartilage
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- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Health
- National Institutes of Health [1U18 TR000532]
- U.S. Department of Defense [W81XWH-08-2-0032, W81XWH-10-1-0850]
- Ri.MED Foundation
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Tissue engineered constructs have the potential to function as invitro pre-clinical models of normal tissue function and disease pathogenesis for drug screening and toxicity assessment. Effective high throughput assays demand minimal systems with clearly defined performance parameters. These systems must accurately model the structure and function of the human organs and their physiological response to different stimuli. Musculoskeletal tissues present unique challenges in this respect, as they are load-bearing, matrix-rich tissues whose functionality is intimately connected to the extracellular matrix and its organization. Of particular clinical importance is the osteochondral junction, the target tissue affected in degenerative joint diseases, such as osteoarthritis (OA), which consists of hyaline articular cartilage in close interaction with subchondral bone. In this review, we present an overview of currently available invitro three-dimensional systems for bone and cartilage tissue engineering that mimic native physiology, and the utility and limitations of these systems. Specifically, we address the need to combine bone, cartilage and other tissues to form an interactive microphysiological system (MPS) to fully capture the biological complexity and mechanical functions of the osteochondral junction of the articular joint. The potential applications of three-dimensional MPSs for musculoskeletal biology and medicine are highlighted.
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