Department of Bioengineering and iBB - Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA; The Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, Lisbon Campus, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal.
Department of Bioengineering and iBB - Institute of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Biological Sciences and Chemical and Biological Engineering, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180-3590, USA; The Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision Medicine, Lisbon Campus, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Av. Rovisco Pais, Lisboa 1049-001, Portugal.
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2019 Jun;99:479-490. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2019.01.127. Epub 2019 Jan 30.
Cell-derived extracellular matrix (ECM) has been employed as scaffolds for tissue engineering, creating a biomimetic microenvironment that provides physical, chemical and mechanical cues for cells and supports cell adhesion, proliferation, migration and differentiation by mimicking their in vivo microenvironment. Despite the enhanced bioactivity of cell-derived ECM, its application as a scaffold to regenerate hard tissues such as bone is still hampered by its insufficient mechanical properties. The combination of cell-derived ECM with synthetic biomaterials might result in an effective strategy to enhance scaffold mechanical properties and structural support. Electrospinning has been used in bone tissue engineering to fabricate fibrous and porous scaffolds, mimicking the hierarchical organized fibrillar structure and architecture found in the ECM. Although the structure of the scaffold might be similar to ECM architecture, most of these electrospun scaffolds have failed to achieve functionality due to a lack of bioactivity and osteoinductive factors. In this study, we developed bioactive cell-derived ECM electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds produced from ECM derived from human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC), human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and their combination based on the hypothesis that the cell-derived ECM incorporated into the PCL fibers would enhance the biofunctionality of the scaffold. The aims of this study were to fabricate and characterize cell-derived ECM electrospun PCL scaffolds and assess their ability to enhance osteogenic differentiation of MSCs, envisaging bone tissue engineering applications. Our findings demonstrate that all cell-derived ECM electrospun scaffolds promoted significant cell proliferation compared to PCL alone, while presenting similar physical/mechanical properties. Additionally, MSC:HUVEC-ECM electrospun scaffolds significantly enhanced osteogenic differentiation of MSCs as verified by increased ALP activity and osteogenic gene expression levels. To our knowledge, these results describe the first study suggesting that MSC:HUVEC-ECM might be developed as a biomimetic electrospun scaffold for bone tissue engineering applications.
细胞外基质(ECM)已被用作组织工程的支架,构建仿生微环境,通过模拟细胞的体内微环境,为细胞提供物理、化学和机械线索,并支持细胞黏附、增殖、迁移和分化。尽管细胞衍生的 ECM 具有增强的生物活性,但将其作为支架来再生硬组织,如骨骼,仍然受到其机械性能不足的限制。细胞衍生的 ECM 与合成生物材料的结合可能会产生一种增强支架机械性能和结构支撑的有效策略。静电纺丝已被用于骨组织工程来制造纤维状和多孔支架,模拟在 ECM 中发现的分层组织的纤维状结构和架构。尽管支架的结构可能与 ECM 结构相似,但由于缺乏生物活性和成骨诱导因子,这些静电纺丝支架中的大多数都未能实现功能。在本研究中,我们开发了由人间充质干细胞/基质细胞(MSC)、人脐静脉内皮细胞(HUVEC)及其组合衍生的细胞外基质(ECM)制备的生物活性细胞衍生 ECM 静电纺聚己内酯(PCL)支架,基于这样的假设,即整合到 PCL 纤维中的细胞衍生 ECM 会增强支架的生物功能。本研究的目的是制备和表征细胞衍生 ECM 静电纺 PCL 支架,并评估它们增强 MSC 成骨分化的能力,以期用于骨组织工程应用。我们的研究结果表明,与单独的 PCL 相比,所有细胞衍生 ECM 静电纺丝支架都显著促进了细胞增殖,同时具有相似的物理/机械性能。此外,MSC:HUVEC-ECM 静电纺丝支架显著增强了 MSC 的成骨分化,这通过增加碱性磷酸酶(ALP)活性和成骨基因表达水平得到证实。据我们所知,这些结果首次表明,MSC:HUVEC-ECM 可能被开发为用于骨组织工程应用的仿生静电纺丝支架。
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