Gardner, OFW;
Musumeci, G;
Neumann, AJ;
Eglin, D;
Archer, CW;
Alini, M;
Stoddart, MJ;
(2017)
Asymmetrical seeding of MSCs into fibrin–poly(ester‐urethane) scaffolds and its effect on mechanically induced chondrogenesis.
Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
, 11
(10)
pp. 2912-2921.
10.1002/term.2194.
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Abstract
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are currently being investigated as candidate cells for regenerative medicine approaches for the repair of damaged articular cartilage. For these cells to be used clinically, it is important to understand how they will react to the complex loading environment of a joint in vivo. In addition to investigating alternative cell sources, it is also important for the structure of tissue‐engineered constructs and the organization of cells within them to be developed and, if possible, improved. A custom built bioreactor was used to expose human MSCs to a combination of shear and compression loading. The MSCs were either evenly distributed throughout fibrin‐poly(ester‐urethane) scaffolds or asymmetrically seeded with a small proportion seeded on the surface of the scaffold. The effect of cell distribution on the production and deposition of cartilage‐like matrix in response to mechanical load mimicking in vivo joint loading was then investigated. The results show that asymmetrically seeding the scaffold led to markedly improved tissue development based on histologically detectable matrix deposition. Consideration of cell location, therefore, is an important aspect in the development of regenerative medicine approaches for cartilage repair. This is particularly relevant when considering the natural biomechanical environment of the joint in vivo and patient rehabilitation protocols.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Asymmetrical seeding of MSCs into fibrin–poly(ester‐urethane) scaffolds and its effect on mechanically induced chondrogenesis |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/term.2194 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1002/term.2194 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2016 The Authors Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | cartilage repair, bioreactor, mesenchymal stem cell, shear, poly‐ester‐urethane, multi‐axial load |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10064400 |
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