期刊
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
卷 65, 期 -, 页码 356-372出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2016.08.037
关键词
Additive manufacturing; Scaffold; Hydrogel; Endothelial cell; Cell network pattern
资金
- NIH [R01AR057837, R01DE021468]
- DOD [W911NF-14-1-0545, W81XWH-10-1-0966, W81XWH-10-200-10]
- Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
Vascularization of tissue engineering constructs (TECs) in vitro is of critical importance for ensuring effective and satisfactory clinical outcomes upon implantation of TECs. Biomechanical properties of TECs have remarkable influence on the in vitro vascularization of TECs. This work utilized in vitro experiments and finite element analysis to investigate endothelial patterns in hybrid constructs of soft collagen gels and rigid macroporous poly(epsilon-caprolactone)-beta-tricalcium phosphate (PCL-beta-TCP) scaffold seeded/embedded with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) for bone tissue engineering applications. We first fabricated and characterized well-defined porous PCL-beta-TCP scaffolds with identical pore size (500 gm) but different strut sizes (200 and 400 mu m) using additive manufacturing (AM) technology, and then assessed the HUVEC's proliferation and morphogenesis within collagen, PCL-beta-TCP scaffold, and the collagen-scaffold hybrid construct. Results showed that, in the hybrid construct, the cell population in the collagen component dropped by day 7 but then increased by day 14. Also, cells migrated onto the struts of the scaffold component, proliferated over time, and formed networks on the thinner struts (i.e., 200 mu m). Also, the thinner struts resulted in formation of long linear cellular cords structures within the pores. Finite element simulation demonstrated principal stress patterns similar to the observed cell-network pattern. It is probable that the scaffold component modulated patterns of principal stresses in the collagen component as biomechanical cues for reorganization of cell network patterns. Also, the scaffold component significantly improved the mechanical integrity of hydrogel component in the hybrid construct for weight-bearing applications. These results have collectively indicated that the manipulation of micro-architecture of scaffold could be an effective means to further regulate and guide desired cellular response in hybrid constructs. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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