Ovine mesenchymal stem cell chondrogenesis on a novel 3D-printed hybrid scaffold in vitro
Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This study evaluated the use of silica/poly(tetrahydrofuran)/poly(ε-caprolactone) (SiO2/PTHF/PCL-diCOOH) 3D-printed scaffolds, with channel sizes of either 200 (SC-200) or 500 (SC-500) µm, as biomaterials to support the chondrogenesis of sheep bone marrow stem cells (oBMSC), under in vitro conditions. The objective was to validate the potential use of SiO2/PTHF/PCL-diCOOH for prospective in vivo ovine studies. The behaviour of oBMSC, with and without the use of exogenous growth factors, on SiO2/PTHF/PCL-diCOOH scaffolds was investigated by analysing cell attachment, viability, proliferation, morphology, expression of chondrogenic genes (RT-qPCR), deposition of aggrecan, collagen II, and collagen I (immunohistochemistry), and quantification of sulphated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The results showed that all the scaffolds supported cell attachment and proliferation with upregulation of chondrogenic markers and the deposition of a cartilage extracellular matrix (collagen II and aggrecan). Notably, SC-200 showed superior performance in terms of cartilage gene expression. These findings demonstrated that SiO2/PTHF/PCL-diCOOH with 200 µm pore size are optimal for promoting chondrogenic differentiation of oBMSC, even without the use of growth factors.
Date Issued
2024-02
Date Acceptance
2024-01-17
Citation
Bioengineering, 2024, 11 (2)
ISSN
2306-5354
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
Bioengineering
Volume
11
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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https://www.mdpi.com/2306-5354/11/2/112
Subjects
3D printing
Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
cell differentiation
chondrogenesis
Engineering
Engineering, Biomedical
human
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
mesenchymal stem cells
polycaprolactone
Science & Technology
sheep
silica
Technology
tetrahydrofuran
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
112
Date Publish Online
2024-01-24