期刊
ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS
卷 4, 期 9, 页码 1348-1358出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201500102
关键词
aging; chondrogenesis; microtissues; mesenchymal stem cells; Schiff base
资金
- SNF [CR23I2_130678/1, CR32I3_146338/1]
- FIFA/F-MARC (FIFA Medical Assessment and Research Center)
- ETH Zurich Foundation [ETH-50 13-1]
- NICHD
A universal method for reproducibly directing stem cell differentiation remains a major challenge for clinical applications involving cell-based therapies. The standard approach for chondrogenic induction by micromass pellet culture is highly susceptible to interdonor variability. A novel method for the fabrication of condensation-like engineered microtissues (EMTs) that utilizes hydrophilic polysaccharides to induce cell aggregation is reported here. Chondrogenesis of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in EMTs is significantly enhanced compared to micromass pellets made by centrifugation measured by type II collagen gene expression, dimethylmethylene blue assay, and histology. MSCs from aged donors that fail to differentiate in pellet culture are successfully induced to synthesize cartilage-specific matrix in EMTs under identical media conditions. Furthermore, the EMT polysaccharides support the loading and release of the chondroinduction factor transforming growth factor 3 (TGF-3). TGF--loaded EMTs (EMT+TGF) facilitate cartilaginous tissue formation during culture in media not supplemented with the growth factor. The clinical potential of this approach is demonstrated in an explant defect model where EMT+TGF from aged MSCs synthesize de novo tissue containing sulfated glycosaminoglycans and type II collagen in situ.
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