Sankar Deepthi, Mony Ullas, Rangasamy Jayakumar
Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Centre for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2021 Aug;127:112206. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112206. Epub 2021 May 27.
Tendon being a hypocellular, low vascularized tissue often requires assistance for restoration after complete tear. Tendon tissue engineering aims in the development of suitable scaffold that could support the regeneration of tendon after damage. The success of such scaffolds is dependent on its integration with the native tissue which in turn is influenced by the cell-material interaction. In this work aligned poly(ε-caprolactone)/collagen (PCL/collagen) multiscale fibers were developed and plasma treatment using argon, nitrogen and its combination was accessed for inducing tenogenic differentiation in mesenchymal stem cells. The developed fibers mimicked tendon extracellular matrix (ECM) which upon plasma treatment maintained moderate hydrophilicity. Oxygen and nitrogen containing groups were observed to be incorporated after argon and nitrogen treatment respectively. Statistically significant (p < 0.001) enhancement was observed in average and root mean square (RMS) roughness after plasma treatment with the maximum in argon treated fibers. Vitronectin was competitively (statistically significant, p < 0.05) adsorbed after argon and combination treatment whereas nitrogen treatment led to the competitive adsorption of fibronectin (statistically significant, p < 0.05). Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) showed enhanced proliferation and attachment on plasma treated fibers. Increased porosity due to the presence of sacrificial collagen nanofibers improved cell infiltration which was further enhanced upon plasma treatment. RhoA activation was observed (statistically significant, p < 0.05) on aligned PCL/collagen multiscale fibers and PCL microfibers, which proved its impact on tenogenic differentiation. Further enhancement in rhoA expression was observed on argon (p < 0.01) and combination plasma (p < 0.05) treated fibers. Tenogenic differentiation of hMSCs was enhanced (statistically significant) on argon plasma treated aligned fibers which was confirmed by the expression of scleraxis, mohawk (early markers) and tenomodulin (late marker) at protein level and mohawk, collagen I, collagen III (early markers), thrombospondin 4 and tenascin C (late markers) at gene level. Thus argon plasma treatment on aligned fibers is an effective method to induce tenogenesis even in non-tenogenic media.
肌腱是一种细胞含量少、血管化程度低的组织,完全撕裂后通常需要辅助修复。肌腱组织工程旨在开发合适的支架,以支持损伤后肌腱的再生。这种支架的成功取决于其与天然组织的整合,而这又受细胞与材料相互作用的影响。在这项工作中,制备了排列的聚(ε-己内酯)/胶原蛋白(PCL/胶原蛋白)多尺度纤维,并研究了使用氩气、氮气及其组合进行的等离子体处理,以诱导间充质干细胞的腱分化。所制备的纤维模拟了肌腱细胞外基质(ECM),经等离子体处理后保持适度的亲水性。氩气和氮气处理后分别观察到含氧基和含氮基团的引入。等离子体处理后,平均粗糙度和均方根(RMS)粗糙度有统计学意义的增强(p < 0.001),氩气处理的纤维增强最大。氩气和组合处理后,玻连蛋白有竞争性吸附(统计学意义,p < 0.05),而氮气处理导致纤连蛋白的竞争性吸附(统计学意义,p < 0.05)。人间充质干细胞(hMSCs)在等离子体处理的纤维上增殖和附着增强。由于牺牲性胶原纳米纤维的存在,孔隙率增加,改善了细胞浸润,等离子体处理后进一步增强。在排列的PCL/胶原蛋白多尺度纤维和PCL微纤维上观察到RhoA激活(统计学意义,p < 0.05),这证明了其对腱分化的影响。在氩气(p < 0.01)和组合等离子体(p < 0.05)处理的纤维上观察到RhoA表达的进一步增强。在氩气等离子体处理的排列纤维上,hMSCs的腱分化增强(统计学意义),这在蛋白水平上通过硬骨素、莫霍克(早期标志物)和肌腱调节蛋白(晚期标志物)的表达以及在基因水平上通过莫霍克、胶原蛋白I、胶原蛋白III(早期标志物)、血小板反应蛋白4和腱生蛋白C(晚期标志物)的表达得到证实。因此,即使在非腱性培养基中,对排列纤维进行氩气等离子体处理也是诱导腱形成的有效方法。
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