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Kurian AG, Singh RK, Patel KD, Lee JH, Kim HW. Multifunctional GelMA platforms with nanomaterials for advanced tissue therapeutics. Bioact Mater 2022; 8:267-295. [PMID: 34541401 PMCID: PMC8424393 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2021.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Polymeric hydrogels are fascinating platforms as 3D scaffolds for tissue repair and delivery systems of therapeutic molecules and cells. Among others, methacrylated gelatin (GelMA) has become a representative hydrogel formulation, finding various biomedical applications. Recent efforts on GelMA-based hydrogels have been devoted to combining them with bioactive and functional nanomaterials, aiming to provide enhanced physicochemical and biological properties to GelMA. The benefits of this approach are multiple: i) reinforcing mechanical properties, ii) modulating viscoelastic property to allow 3D printability of bio-inks, iii) rendering electrical/magnetic property to produce electro-/magneto-active hydrogels for the repair of specific tissues (e.g., muscle, nerve), iv) providing stimuli-responsiveness to actively deliver therapeutic molecules, and v) endowing therapeutic capacity in tissue repair process (e.g., antioxidant effects). The nanomaterial-combined GelMA systems have shown significantly enhanced and extraordinary behaviors in various tissues (bone, skin, cardiac, and nerve) that are rarely observable with GelMA. Here we systematically review these recent efforts in nanomaterials-combined GelMA hydrogels that are considered as next-generation multifunctional platforms for tissue therapeutics. The approaches used in GelMA can also apply to other existing polymeric hydrogel systems.
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- Amal George Kurian
- Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, WC1X8LD, UK
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- Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomaterials Science, School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- UCL Eastman-Korea Dental Medicine Innovation Centre, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Cell & Matter Institute, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Regenerative Dental Medicine, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Tissue Regeneration Engineering (ITREN), Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomaterials Science, School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- UCL Eastman-Korea Dental Medicine Innovation Centre, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Cell & Matter Institute, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Department of Regenerative Dental Medicine, College of Dentistry, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
- Mechanobiology Dental Medicine Research Center, Dankook University, Cheonan, 31116, Republic of Korea
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Tajabadi M, Goran Orimi H, Ramzgouyan MR, Nemati A, Deravi N, Beheshtizadeh N, Azami M. Regenerative strategies for the consequences of myocardial infarction: Chronological indication and upcoming visions. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 146:112584. [PMID: 34968921 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2021.112584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 12/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Heart muscle injury and an elevated troponin level signify myocardial infarction (MI), which may result in defective and uncoordinated segments, reduced cardiac output, and ultimately, death. Physicians apply thrombolytic therapy, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to recanalize and restore blood flow to the coronary arteries, albeit they were not convincingly able to solve the heart problems. Thus, researchers aim to introduce novel substitutional therapies for regenerating and functionalizing damaged cardiac tissue based on engineering concepts. Cell-based engineering approaches, utilizing biomaterials, gene, drug, growth factor delivery systems, and tissue engineering are the most leading studies in the field of heart regeneration. Also, understanding the primary cause of MI and thus selecting the most efficient treatment method can be enhanced by preparing microdevices so-called heart-on-a-chip. In this regard, microfluidic approaches can be used as diagnostic platforms or drug screening in cardiac disease treatment. Additionally, bioprinting technique with whole organ 3D printing of human heart with major vessels, cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells can be an ideal goal for cardiac tissue engineering and remarkable achievement in near future. Consequently, this review discusses the different aspects, advancements, and challenges of the mentioned methods with presenting the advantages and disadvantages, chronological indications, and application prospects of various novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Maryam Tajabadi
- School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran 16844, Iran
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- School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran 16844, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran; Regenerative Medicine Group (REMED), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran.
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Alam P, Maliken BD, Jones SM, Ivey MJ, Wu Z, Wang Y, Kanisicak O. Cardiac Remodeling and Repair: Recent Approaches, Advancements, and Future Perspective. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222313104. [PMID: 34884909 PMCID: PMC8658114 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222313104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2021] [Revised: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The limited ability of mammalian adult cardiomyocytes to proliferate following an injury to the heart, such as myocardial infarction, is a major factor that results in adverse fibrotic and myocardial remodeling that ultimately leads to heart failure. The continued high degree of heart failure-associated morbidity and lethality requires the special attention of researchers worldwide to develop efficient therapeutics for cardiac repair. Recently, various strategies and approaches have been developed and tested to extrinsically induce regeneration and restoration of the myocardium after cardiac injury have yielded encouraging results. Nevertheless, these interventions still lack adequate success to be used for clinical interventions. This review highlights and discusses both cell-based and cell-free therapeutic approaches as well as current advancements, major limitations, and future perspectives towards developing an efficient therapeutic method for cardiac repair.
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- Perwez Alam
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; (P.A.); (S.M.J.); (M.J.I.); (Z.W.); (Y.W.)
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- Harrington Physician-Scientist Pathway, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA;
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; (P.A.); (S.M.J.); (M.J.I.); (Z.W.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; (P.A.); (S.M.J.); (M.J.I.); (Z.W.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; (P.A.); (S.M.J.); (M.J.I.); (Z.W.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; (P.A.); (S.M.J.); (M.J.I.); (Z.W.); (Y.W.)
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH 45267, USA; (P.A.); (S.M.J.); (M.J.I.); (Z.W.); (Y.W.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-513-558-2029; Fax: +1-513-584-3892
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Vasu S, Zhou J, Chen J, Johnston PV, Kim DH. Biomaterials-based Approaches for Cardiac Regeneration. Korean Circ J 2021; 51:943-960. [PMID: 34854577 PMCID: PMC8636758 DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2021.0291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease is a prevalent cause of mortality and morbidity, largely due to the limited ability of cardiomyocytes to proliferate. Existing therapies for cardiac regeneration include cell-based therapies and bioactive molecules. However, delivery remains one of the major challenges impeding such therapies from having significant clinical impact. Recent advancements in biomaterials-based approaches for cardiac regeneration have shown promise in improving cardiac function, promoting angiogenesis, and reducing adverse immune response in both human clinical trials and animal studies. These advances in therapeutic delivery via extracellular vesicles, cardiac patches, and hydrogels have the potential to enable clinical impact of cardiac regeneration therapies. The limited ability of cardiomyocytes to proliferate is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in cardiovascular diseases. There exist therapies for cardiac regeneration that are cell-based as well as that involve bioactive molecules. However, delivery remains one of the major challenges impeding such therapies from having clinical impact. Recent advancements in biomaterials-based approaches for cardiac regeneration have shown promise in clinical trials and animal studies in improving cardiac function, promoting angiogenesis, and reducing adverse immune response. This review will focus on current clinical studies of three contemporary biomaterials-based approaches for cardiac regeneration (extracellular vesicles, injectable hydrogels, and cardiac patches), remaining challenges and shortcomings to be overcome, and future directions for the use of biomaterials to promote cardiac regeneration.
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- Samhita Vasu
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Yi Y, Xie C, Liu J, Zheng Y, Wang J, Lu X. Self-adhesive hydrogels for tissue engineering. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:8739-8767. [PMID: 34647120 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb01503f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Hydrogels consisting of a three-dimensional hydrophilic network of biocompatible polymers have been widely used in tissue engineering. Owing to their tunable mechanical properties, hydrogels have been applied in both hard and soft tissues. However, most hydrogels lack self-adhesive properties that enable integration with surrounding tissues, which may result in suture or low repair efficacy. Self-adhesive hydrogels (SAHs), an emerging class of hydrogels based on a combination of three-dimensional hydrophilic networks and self-adhesive properties, continue to garner increased attention in recent years. SAHs exhibit reliable and suitable adherence to tissues, and easily integrate into tissues to promote repair efficiency. SAHs are designed either by mimicking the adhesion mechanism of natural organisms, such as mussels and sandcastle worms, or by using supramolecular strategies. This review summarizes the design and processing strategies of SAHs, clarifies underlying adhesive mechanisms, and discusses their applications in tissue engineering, as well as future challenges.
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- Yating Yi
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China.
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- Key Lab of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610031, China.
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- Lab for Aging Research and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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- School of Optoelectronic Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Department of Orthodontics, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China.
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- Key Lab of Advanced Technologies of Materials, Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610031, China.
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Hahn D, Sonntag JM, Lück S, Maitz MF, Freudenberg U, Jordan R, Werner C. Poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazoline)-Heparin Hydrogels-Expanding the Physicochemical Parameter Space of Biohybrid Materials. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2101327. [PMID: 34541827 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202101327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-glycosaminoglycan (GAG) hydrogel networks are established as very versatile biomaterials. Herein, the synthetic gel component of the biohybrid materials is systematically varied by combining different poly(2-alkyl-2-oxazolines) (POx) with heparin applying a Michael-type addition crosslinking scheme: POx of gradated hydrophilicity and temperature-responsiveness provides polymer networks of distinctly different stiffness and swelling. Adjusting the mechanical properties and the GAG concentration of the gels to similar values allows for modulating the release of GAG-binding growth factors (VEGF165 and PDGF-BB) by the choice of the POx and its temperature-dependent conformation. Adsorption of fibronectin, growth of fibroblasts, and bacterial adhesion scale with the hydrophobicity of the gel-incorporated POx. In vitro hemocompatibility tests with freshly drawn human whole blood show advantages of POx-based gels compared to the PEG-based reference materials. Biohybrid POx hydrogels can therefore enable biomedical technologies requiring GAG-based materials with customized and switchable physicochemical characteristics.
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- Dominik Hahn
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden Max‐Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Dresden Initiative for Bioactive Interfaces & Materials Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstr. 4 01069 Dresden Germany
- Professur für Makromolekulare Chemie Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstr. 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Dresden Initiative for Bioactive Interfaces & Materials Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstr. 4 01069 Dresden Germany
- Professur für Makromolekulare Chemie Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstr. 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden Max‐Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden Max‐Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Dresden Initiative for Bioactive Interfaces & Materials Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstr. 4 01069 Dresden Germany
- Professur für Makromolekulare Chemie Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry Technische Universität Dresden Mommsenstr. 4 01069 Dresden Germany
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- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden Max‐Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden Hohe Str. 6 01069 Dresden Germany
- Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD) Fetscherstr. 105 01307 Dresden Germany
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Khan K, Makhoul G, Yu B, Jalani G, Derish I, Rutman AK, Cerruti M, Schwertani A, Cecere R. Amniotic stromal stem cell-loaded hydrogel repairs cardiac tissue in infarcted rat hearts via paracrine mediators. J Tissue Eng Regen Med 2021; 16:110-127. [PMID: 34726328 DOI: 10.1002/term.3262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The use of stem cells to repair the heart after a myocardial infarction (MI) remains promising, yet clinical trials over the past 20 years suggest that cells fail to integrate into the native tissue, resulting in limited improvements in cardiac function. Here, we demonstrate the cardioprotective potential of a composite inserting human amniotic stromal mesenchymal stem cells (ASMCs) in a chitosan and hyaluronic acid (C/HA) based hydrogel in a rat MI model. Mechanical characterization of the C/HA platform indicated a swift elastic conversion at 40°C and a rapid sol-gel transition time at 37°C. Cell viability assay presented active and proliferating AMSCs in the C/HA. The ASMCs + C/HA injected composite significantly increased left ventricular ejection fraction, fractional shortening, and neovessel formation. The encapsulated AMSCs were abundantly detected in the infarcted myocardium 6 weeks post-administration and co-expressed cardiac proteins and notably proliferative markers. Proteomic profiling revealed that extracellular vesicles released from hypoxia preconditioned ASMCs contained proteins involved in cytoprotection, angiogenesis, cardiac differentiation and non-canonical Wnt-signaling. Independent activation of non-canonical Wnt-signaling pathways in ASMCs induced cardiogenesis. Despite a low injected cellular density at baseline, the encapsulated AMSCs were abundantly retained and increased cardiac function. Furthermore, the C/HA hydrogel provided an active milieu for the AMSCs to proliferate, co-express cardiac proteins, and induce new vessel formation. Hence, this novel composite of AMSCs + C/HA scaffold is a conceivable candidate that could restore cardiac function and reduce remodeling.
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- Kashif Khan
- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Human Islet Transplant Laboratory, Department of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Divisions of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,The Royal Victoria Hospital Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Zhou J, Liu W, Zhao X, Xian Y, Wu W, Zhang X, Zhao N, Xu F, Wang C. Natural Melanin/Alginate Hydrogels Achieve Cardiac Repair through ROS Scavenging and Macrophage Polarization. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2100505. [PMID: 34414693 PMCID: PMC8529445 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202100505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2021] [Revised: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The efficacy of cardiac regenerative strategies for myocardial infarction (MI) treatment is greatly limited by the cardiac microenvironment. The combination of reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging to suppress the oxidative stress damage and macrophage polarization to regenerative M2 phenotype in the MI microenvironment can be desirable for MI treatment. Herein, melanin nanoparticles (MNPs)/alginate (Alg) hydrogels composed of two marine-derived natural biomaterials, MNPs obtained from cuttlefish ink and alginate extracted from ocean algae, are proposed. Taking advantage of the antioxidant property of MNPs and mechanical support from injectable alginate hydrogels, the MNPs/Alg hydrogel is explored for cardiac repair by regulating the MI microenvironment. The MNPs/Alg hydrogel is found to eliminate ROS against oxidative stress injury of cardiomyocytes. More interestingly, the macrophage polarization to regenerative M2 macrophages can be greatly promoted in the presence of MNPs/Alg hydrogel. An MI rat model is utilized to evaluate the feasibility of the as-prepared MNPs/Alg hydrogel for cardiac repair in vivo. The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and proangiogenesis effects of the hydrogel are investigated in detail. The present study opens up a new way to utilize natural biomaterials for MI treatment and allows to rerecognize the great value of natural biomaterials in cardiac repair.
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- Jin Zhou
- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences27 Taiping RdBeijing100850P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences27 Taiping RdBeijing100850P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Biomedical Materials of Natural Macromolecules (Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyMinistry of Education)Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical MaterialsBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences27 Taiping RdBeijing100850P. R. China
- Key Lab of Biomedical Materials of Natural Macromolecules (Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyMinistry of Education)Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical MaterialsBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences27 Taiping RdBeijing100850P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences27 Taiping RdBeijing100850P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Biomedical Materials of Natural Macromolecules (Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyMinistry of Education)Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical MaterialsBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- Key Lab of Biomedical Materials of Natural Macromolecules (Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyMinistry of Education)Beijing Laboratory of Biomedical MaterialsBeijing Advanced Innovation Center for Soft Matter Science and EngineeringCollege of Materials Science and EngineeringBeijing University of Chemical TechnologyBeijing100029P. R. China
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- Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences27 Taiping RdBeijing100850P. R. China
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Alvi SB, Ahmed S, Sridharan D, Naseer Z, Pracha N, Wang H, Boudoulas KD, Zhu W, Sayed N, Khan M. De novo Drug Delivery Modalities for Treating Damaged Hearts: Current Challenges and Emerging Solutions. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:742315. [PMID: 34651028 PMCID: PMC8505729 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.742315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality, resulting in approximately one-third of deaths worldwide. Among CVD, acute myocardial infarctions (MI) is the leading cause of death. Current treatment modalities for treating CVD have improved over the years, but the demand for new and innovative therapies has been on the rise. The field of nanomedicine and nanotechnology has opened a new paradigm for treating damaged hearts by providing improved drug delivery methods, specifically targeting injured areas of the myocardium. With the advent of innovative biomaterials, newer therapeutics such as growth factors, stem cells, and exosomes have been successfully delivered to the injured myocardial tissue, promoting improvement in cardiac function. This review focuses on three major drug delivery modalities: nanoparticles, microspheres, and hydrogels, and their potential for treating damaged hearts following an MI.
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- Syed Baseeruddin Alvi
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States
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- Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ, United States
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- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, United States
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Recent Advances in Cardiac Tissue Engineering for the Management of Myocardium Infarction. Cells 2021; 10:cells10102538. [PMID: 34685518 PMCID: PMC8533887 DOI: 10.3390/cells10102538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Myocardium Infarction (MI) is one of the foremost cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) causing death worldwide, and its case numbers are expected to continuously increase in the coming years. Pharmacological interventions have not been at the forefront in ameliorating MI-related morbidity and mortality. Stem cell-based tissue engineering approaches have been extensively explored for their regenerative potential in the infarcted myocardium. Recent studies on microfluidic devices employing stem cells under laboratory set-up have revealed meticulous events pertaining to the pathophysiology of MI occurring at the infarcted site. This discovery also underpins the appropriate conditions in the niche for differentiating stem cells into mature cardiomyocyte-like cells and leads to engineering of the scaffold via mimicking of native cardiac physiological conditions. However, the mode of stem cell-loaded engineered scaffolds delivered to the site of infarction is still a challenging mission, and yet to be translated to the clinical setting. In this review, we have elucidated the various strategies developed using a hydrogel-based system both as encapsulated stem cells and as biocompatible patches loaded with cells and applied at the site of infarction.
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Fan Z, Wei Y, Yin Z, Huang H, Liao X, Sun L, Liu B, Liu F. Near-Infrared Light-Triggered Unfolding Microneedle Patch for Minimally Invasive Treatment of Myocardial Ischemia. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2021; 13:40278-40289. [PMID: 34424666 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c09658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It is hard to achieve safe, effective, and minimally invasive therapies on myocardial infarction (MI) via conventional treatments. To address this challenge, a vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-loaded and near-infrared (NIR)-triggered self-unfolding graphene oxide (GO)-poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) microneedle (MN) patch was designed and fabricated to treat MI through a minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The folded MN patch can be easily placed into the chest cavity through a small cut (4 mm) and quickly recover to its original shape with 10 s of irradiation of NIR light (1.5 W/cm2, beam diameter = 0.5 cm), thanks to its excellent shape memory effect and fast shape recovery ability. Meanwhile, the unfolded MN patch can be readily punctured into the heart and wrap the heart tightly, thanks to its sufficient mechanical strength and adjustable morphological structure, thus ensuring a high fixation strength to withstand the high-frequency pulsation of the heart. In addition, the prepared MN patch has low cytotoxicity and controllable and sustainable release of VEGF. More importantly, the MN patch can effectively promote neovascularization, reduce myocardial fibrosis, and restore cardiac function, which indicates its promising application prospects in MIS.
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- Zengjie Fan
- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Polymer Program, Institute of Materials Science and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269, United States
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- Key Laboratory of Dental Maxillofacial Reconstruction and Biological Intelligence Manufacturing of Gansu Province, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
- School of Stomatology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Liaocheng People's Hospital, Medical College of Liaocheng University, Liaocheng 252000, People's Republic of China
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Bioactive Scaffolds in Stem Cell-Based Therapies for Myocardial Infarction: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preclinical Trials. Stem Cell Rev Rep 2021; 18:2104-2136. [PMID: 34463903 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-021-10186-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The use of bioactive scaffolds in conjunction with stem cell therapies for cardiac repair after a myocardial infarction shows significant promise for clinical translation. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical trials that investigated the use of bioactive scaffolds to support stem cell-aided cardiac regeneration, in comparison to stem cell treatment alone. Cochrane Library, Medline, Embase, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and grey literature were searched through April 23, 2020 and 60 articles were included in the final analysis. The overall effect size observed in scaffold and stem cell-treated small animals compared to stem cell-treated controls for ejection fraction (EF) was 7.98 [95% confidence interval (CI): 6.36, 9.59] and for fractional shortening (FS) was 5.50 [95% CI: 4.35, 6.65] in small animal models. The largest improvements in EF and FS were observed when hydrogels were used (MD = 8.45 [95% CI: 6.46, 10.45] and MD = 5.76 [95% CI: 4.46, 7.05], respectively). Subgroup analysis revealed that cardiac progenitor cells had the largest effect size for FS, and was significant from pluripotent, mesenchymal and endothelial stem cell types. In large animal studies, the overall improvement of EF favoured the use of stem cell-embedded scaffolds compared to direct injection of cells (MD = 10.49 [95% CI: 6.30, 14.67]). Significant publication bias was present in the small animal trials for EF and FS. This study supports the use of bioactive scaffolds to aid in stem cell-based cardiac regeneration. Hydrogels should be further investigated in larger animal models for clinical translation.
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Ul Haq A, Carotenuto F, De Matteis F, Prosposito P, Francini R, Teodori L, Pasquo A, Di Nardo P. Intrinsically Conductive Polymers for Striated Cardiac Muscle Repair. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:8550. [PMID: 34445255 PMCID: PMC8395236 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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One of the most important features of striated cardiac muscle is the excitability that turns on the excitation-contraction coupling cycle, resulting in the heart blood pumping function. The function of the heart pump may be impaired by events such as myocardial infarction, the consequence of coronary artery thrombosis due to blood clots or plaques. This results in the death of billions of cardiomyocytes, the formation of scar tissue, and consequently impaired contractility. A whole heart transplant remains the gold standard so far and the current pharmacological approaches tend to stop further myocardium deterioration, but this is not a long-term solution. Electrically conductive, scaffold-based cardiac tissue engineering provides a promising solution to repair the injured myocardium. The non-conductive component of the scaffold provides a biocompatible microenvironment to the cultured cells while the conductive component improves intercellular coupling as well as electrical signal propagation through the scar tissue when implanted at the infarcted site. The in vivo electrical coupling of the cells leads to a better regeneration of the infarcted myocardium, reducing arrhythmias, QRS/QT intervals, and scar size and promoting cardiac cell maturation. This review presents the emerging applications of intrinsically conductive polymers in cardiac tissue engineering to repair post-ischemic myocardial insult.
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- Arsalan Ul Haq
- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
- Department of Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security, Diagnostic and Metrology (FSN-TECFIS-DIM), ENEA, CR Frascati, 00044 Rome, Italy;
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- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
- Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 00133 Roma, Italy
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- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
- Department of Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security, Diagnostic and Metrology (FSN-TECFIS-DIM), ENEA, CR Frascati, 00044 Rome, Italy;
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- Department of Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety and Security, Diagnostic and Metrology (FSN-TECFIS-DIM), ENEA, CR Frascati, 00044 Rome, Italy;
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Medicina Traslazionale, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy;
- CIMER—Centro di Ricerca Interdipartimentale di Medicina Rigenerativa, Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via Montpellier 1, 00133 Rome, Italy; (F.D.M.); (P.P.); (R.F.); (L.T.)
- L.L. Levshin Institute of Cluster Oncology, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Wang C, Wang L, Wan X, Jiang X, Yuan J. Biocompatible and photocrosslinkable poly(ethylene glycol)/keratin biocomposite hydrogels. JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION 2021; 32:1998-2008. [PMID: 34228943 DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2021.1952384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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A biocompatible hydrogel is ideal for tissue engineering and regeneration. In this study, methacrylated keratin (KerMA) was synthesized for the first time and then blended with poly(ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) (PEGDMA) to form hydrogel through photocrosslinking. The chemical structure, gelation time, swelling behavior, hydrophilicity, cytotoxicity, and 3D printability of PEGDMA/KerMA hydrogels were characterized and exploited. The PEGDMA/KerMA hydrogels performed good cytocompatibility, providing potential applications for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
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- Chenshu Wang
- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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- Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center of Biomedical Functional Materials, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Bio-functional Materials, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, P. R. China
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Qin Y, Hu X, Fan W, Yan J, Cheng S, Liu Y, Huang W. A Stretchable Scaffold with Electrochemical Sensing for 3D Culture, Mechanical Loading, and Real-Time Monitoring of Cells. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2003738. [PMID: 34047055 PMCID: PMC8327466 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202003738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In the field of three-dimensional (3D) cell culture and tissue engineering, great advance focusing on functionalized materials and desirable culture systems has been made to mimic the natural environment of cells in vivo. Mechanical loading is one of the critical factors that affect cell/tissue behaviors and metabolic activities, but the reported models or detection methods offer little direct and real-time information about mechanically induced cell responses. Herein, for the first time, a stretchable and multifunctional platform integrating 3D cell culture, mechanical loading, and electrochemical sensing is developed by immobilization of biomimetic peptide linked gold nanotubes on porous and elastic polydimethylsiloxane. The 3D scaffold demonstrates very good compatibility, excellent stretchability, and stable electrochemical sensing performance. This allows mimicking the articular cartilage and investigating its mechanotransduction by 3D culture, mechanical stretching of chondrocytes, and synchronously real-time monitoring of stretch-induced signaling molecules. The results disclose a previously unclear mechanotransduction pathway in chondrocytes that mechanical loading can rapidly activate nitric oxide signaling within seconds. This indicates the promising potential of the stretchable 3D sensing in exploring the mechanotransduction in 3D cellular systems and engineered tissues.
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- Yu Qin
- College of Chemistry and Molecular SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical EngineeringInstitute for Conservation and Utilization of Agro‐Bioresources in Dabie MountainsXinyang Normal UniversityXinyang464000China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- College of Chemistry and Molecular SciencesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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Malektaj H, Imani R, Siadati MH. Study of injectable PNIPAAm hydrogels containing niosomal angiogenetic drug delivery system for potential cardiac tissue regeneration. Biomed Mater 2021; 16. [PMID: 33482656 DOI: 10.1088/1748-605x/abdef8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/22/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Nowadays, heart disease, especially myocardial infarction, is one of the most astoundingly unfortunate causes of mortality in the world. That is why special attention has been paid toward tissue engineering techniques for curing and regeneration of heart tissue. In this study, poly(N-isopropyl acrylamide) (PNIPAAm), a temperature-sensitive injectable hydrogel, was selected as a minimally invasive scaffold to accommodate, carry, and release of niosomal rosuvastatin to the inflicted area for inducing angiogenesis and thus accelerating the healing process. The characteristics of PNIPAAm were studied by scanning electron microscopy, rheology tests, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The properties of the niosomal rosuvastatin release system, including particle size distribution, zeta potential, encapsulation efficiency (EE), and drug release, were also studied. The results showed that niosomes (358 nm) had a drug EE of 78% and a loading capacity of 53%. The drug was sustainably released from the system up to about 54% in 5 d. Cellular studies showed no toxicity to the endothelial cell lines, and the niosomal drug with a concentration of 7.5 nM enhanced cell proliferation, and cell migration increased from 72% to 90% compared to the control sample. Therefore, the controlled-release of niosomal rosuvastatin enhanced angiogenesis in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, these advantages suggest that PNIPAAm-based niosomal hydrogel provides a promising candidate as an angiogentic injectable scaffold for potential cardiac tissue regeneration.
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- Haniyeh Malektaj
- Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Materials Science and Engineering Faculty, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Zarrintaj P, Khodadadi Yazdi M, Youssefi Azarfam M, Zare M, Ramsey JD, Seidi F, Reza Saeb M, Ramakrishna S, Mozafari M. Injectable Cell-Laden Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering: Recent Advances and Future Opportunities. Tissue Eng Part A 2021; 27:821-843. [PMID: 33779319 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2020.0341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tissue engineering intends to create functionalized tissues/organs for regenerating the injured parts of the body using cells and scaffolds. A scaffold as a supporting substrate affects the cells' fate and behavior, including growth, proliferation, migration, and differentiation. Hydrogel as a biomimetic scaffold plays an important role in cellular behaviors and tissue repair, providing a microenvironment close to the extracellular matrix with adjustable mechanical and chemical features that can provide sufficient nutrients and oxygen. To enhance the hydrogel performance and compatibility with native niche, the cell-laden hydrogel is an attractive choice to mimic the function of the targeted tissue. Injectable hydrogels, due to the injectability, are ideal options for in vivo minimally invasive treatment. Cell-laden injectable hydrogels can be utilized for tissue regeneration in a noninvasive way. This article reviews the recent advances and future opportunities of cell-laden injectable hydrogels and their functions in tissue engineering. It is expected that this strategy allows medical scientists to develop a minimally invasive method for tissue regeneration in clinical settings. Impact statement Cell-laden hydrogels have been vastly utilized in biomedical application, especially tissue engineering. It is expected that this upcoming review article will be a motivation for the community. Although this strategy is still in its early stages, this concept is so alluring that it has attracted all scientists in the community and specialists at academic health centers. Certainly, this approach requires more development, and a bunch of crucial challenges have yet to be solved. In this review, we discuss this various aspects of this approach, the questions that must be answered, the expectations associated with it, and rational restrictions to develop injectable cell-laden hydrogels.
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- Payam Zarrintaj
- School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Skin and Stem Cell Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Provincial Key Lab of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology and Joint International Research Lab of Lignocellulosic Functional Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
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- Center of Excellence in Electrochemistry, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative, and Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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van der Pol A, Bouten CVC. A Brief History in Cardiac Regeneration, and How the Extra Cellular Matrix May Turn the Tide. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:682342. [PMID: 34095264 PMCID: PMC8172606 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.682342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Tissue homeostasis is perturbed by stressful events, which can lead to organ dysfunction and failure. This is particularly true for the heart, where injury resulting from myocardial infarction or ischemic heart disease can result in a cascading event ultimately ending with the loss of functional myocardial tissue and heart failure. To help reverse this loss of healthy contractile tissue, researchers have spent decades in the hopes of characterizing a cell source capable of regenerating the injured heart. Unfortunately, these strategies have proven to be ineffective. With the goal of truly understanding cardiac regeneration, researchers have focused on the innate regenerative abilities of zebrafish and neonatal mammals. This has led to the realization that although cells play an important role in the repair of the diseased myocardium, inducing cardiac regeneration may instead lie in the composition of the extra cellular milieu, specifically the extra cellular matrix. In this review we will briefly summarize the current knowledge regarding cell sources used for cardiac regenerative approaches, since these have been extensively reviewed elsewhere. More importantly, by revisiting innate cardiac regeneration observed in zebrafish and neonatal mammals, we will stress the importance the extra cellular matrix has on reactivating this potential in the adult myocardium. Finally, we will address how we can harness the ability of the extra cellular matrix to guide cardiac repair thereby setting the stage of next generation regenerative strategies.
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- Atze van der Pol
- Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Xing Z, Zhao C, Wu S, Zhang C, Liu H, Fan Y. Hydrogel-based therapeutic angiogenesis: An alternative treatment strategy for critical limb ischemia. Biomaterials 2021; 274:120872. [PMID: 33991951 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 04/24/2021] [Accepted: 05/02/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Critical limb ischemia (CLI) is the most severe clinical manifestation of peripheral arterial disease (PAD), resulting in the total or partial loss of limb function. Although the conventional treatment strategy of CLI (e.g., medical treatment and surgery) can improve blood perfusion and restore limb function, many patients are unsuitable for these strategies and they still face the threats of amputation or death. Therapeutic angiogenesis, as a potential solution for these problems, attempts to manipulate blood vessel growth in vivo for augment perfusion without the help of extra pharmaceutics and surgery. With the rise of interdisciplinary research, regenerative medicine strategies provide new possibilities for treating many clinical diseases. Hydrogel, as an excellent biocompatibility material, is an ideal candidate for delivering bioactive molecules and cells for therapeutic angiogenesis. Besides, hydrogel could precisely deliver, control release, and keep the bioactivity of cargos, making hydrogel-based therapeutic angiogenesis a new strategy for CLI therapy. In this review, we comprehensively discuss the approaches of hydrogel-based strategy for CLI treatment as well as their challenges, and future directions.
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- Zheng Xing
- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, PR China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy/Collaborative Innovation Center of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomedical Engineering of Education Ministry of China, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, PR China; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Cardio-Cerebral Vascular Detection Technology and Medicinal Effectiveness Appraisal, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, PR China
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, PR China.
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- Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Centre for Biomedical Engineering, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, PR China.
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Schotman MJG, Peters MMC, Krijger GC, Adrichem I, Roos R, Bemelmans JLM, Pouderoijen MJ, Rutten MGTA, Neef K, Chamuleau SAJ, Dankers PYW. In Vivo Retention Quantification of Supramolecular Hydrogels Engineered for Cardiac Delivery. Adv Healthc Mater 2021; 10:e2001987. [PMID: 33586317 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Recent advances in the field of cardiac regeneration show great potential in the use of injectable hydrogels to reduce immediate flush-out of injected factors, thereby increasing the effectiveness of the encapsulated drugs. To establish a relation between cardiac function and retention of the drug-encapsulating hydrogel, a quantitative in vivo imaging method is required. Here, the supramolecular ureido-pyrimidinone modified poly(ethylene glycol) (UPy-PEG) material is developed into a bioactive hydrogel for radioactive imaging in a large animal model. A radioactive label is synthesized, being a ureido-pyrimidinone moiety functionalized with a chelator (UPy-DOTA) complexed with the radioactive isotope indium-111 (UPy-DOTA-111 In) that is mixed with the hydrogel. Additionally, bioactive and adhesive properties of the UPy-PEG hydrogel are increased by supramolecular introduction of a UPy-functionalized recombinant collagen type 1-based material (UPy-PEG-RCPhC1). This method enables in vivo tracking of the nonbioactive and bioactive supramolecular hydrogels and quantification of hydrogel retention in a porcine heart. In a small pilot, cardiac retention values of 8% for UPy-PEG and 16% for UPy-PEG-RCPhC1 hydrogel are observed 4 h postinjection. This work highlights the importance of retention quantification of hydrogels in vivo, where elucidation of hydrogel quantity at the target site is proposed to strongly influence efficacy of the intended therapy.
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- Maaike J. G. Schotman
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology Groene Loper 7 Eindhoven 5612 AZ The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Experimental Cardiology Laboratory UMC Utrecht Regenerative Medicine Centre University Medical Centre Utrecht University Utrecht Heidelberglaan 100 Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine University Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Experimental Cardiology Laboratory UMC Utrecht Regenerative Medicine Centre University Medical Centre Utrecht University Utrecht Heidelberglaan 100 Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine University Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine University Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Laboratory of Chemical Biology Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology Groene Loper 7 Eindhoven 5612 AZ The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Experimental Cardiology Laboratory UMC Utrecht Regenerative Medicine Centre University Medical Centre Utrecht University Utrecht Heidelberglaan 100 Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Experimental Cardiology Laboratory UMC Utrecht Regenerative Medicine Centre University Medical Centre Utrecht University Utrecht Heidelberglaan 100 Utrecht 3584 CX The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems Laboratory of Chemical Biology Laboratory for Cell and Tissue Engineering Department of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University of Technology Groene Loper 7 Eindhoven 5612 AZ The Netherlands
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A tunable self-healing ionic hydrogel with microscopic homogeneous conductivity as a cardiac patch for myocardial infarction repair. Biomaterials 2021; 273:120811. [PMID: 33882404 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.120811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Conductive hydrogel is a potential therapeutic tool to treat damaged heart muscles in myocardial infarction (MI). However, it is still a quite challenge to optimize the fabrication of a therapeutic hydrogel patch that sustains favorable biocompatibility, electronic and mechanical stability under a complicated MI microenvironment. Herein, a tunable self-healing ionic hydrogel (POG1) was developed through the introduction of a biocompatible polyacrylic acid (PAA, FDA-approved) into the hydrogel matrix. The fabricated POG1 hydrogel possessed suitable stretchable (>500% strain) and compressive (>85% strain) properties, comparable modulus with mammalian heart (30-500 kPa, Young's modulus), self-healable, and highly stable conductivity during large deformations (~50% compress strain, ~150% tensile strain). Specifically, the established PAA nano-channels inside of POG1 endowed the hydrogel with microscopic ultra-homogeneous conductivity. Compared to those seeded in the electronic conductors-embedded (PPy, CNT, rGO) hydrogels, the cardiomyocytes (CMs) seeded in the POG1 hydrogel exhibited more significantly oriented sarcomeres. This POG1 engineered cardiac patch (ECP) also exerted robust benefits in attenuating left ventricular remodeling and restoring heart function after implantation in vivo. This paper highlighted a previously unexplored strategy for a biocompatible ionic conductive hydrogel ECP with an excellent MI repair function.
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Khan SA, Shah LA, Shah M, Jamil I. Engineering of 3D polymer network hydrogels for biomedical applications: a review. Polym Bull (Berl) 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s00289-021-03638-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Wu Y, Chang T, Chen W, Wang X, Li J, Chen Y, Yu Y, Shen Z, Yu Q, Zhang Y. Release of VEGF and BMP9 from injectable alginate based composite hydrogel for treatment of myocardial infarction. Bioact Mater 2021; 6:520-528. [PMID: 32995677 PMCID: PMC7492819 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Revised: 08/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of cardiovascular diseases that pose a serious threat to human health. The pathophysiology of MI is complex and contains several sequential phases including blockage of a coronary artery, necrosis of myocardial cells, inflammation, and myocardial fibrosis. Aiming at the treatment of different stages of MI, in this work, an injectable alginate based composite hydrogel is developed to load vascular endothelial active factor (VEGF) and silk fibroin (SF) microspheres containing bone morphogenetic protein 9 (BMP9) for releasing VEGF and BMP9 to realize their respective functions. The results of in vitro experiments indicate a rapid initial release of VEGF during the first few days and a relatively slow and sustained release of BMP9 for days, facilitating the formation of blood vessels in the early stage and inhibiting myocardial fibrosis in the long-term stage, respectively. Intramyocardial injection of such composite hydrogel into the infarct border zone of mice MI model via multiple points promotes angiogenesis and reduces the infarction size. Taken together, these results indicate that the dual-release of VEGF and BMP9 from the composite hydrogel results in a collaborative effect on the treatment of MI and improvement of heart function, showing a promising potential for cardiac clinical application.
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- Yong Wu
- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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- State and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Novel Functional Polymeric Materials, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, PR China
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- Institute for Cardiovascular Science & Department of Cardiovascular Surgery of the First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215000, PR China
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Xiong Y, Zhang X, Ma X, Wang W, Yan F, Zhao X, Chu X, Xu W, Sun C. A review of the properties and applications of bioadhesive hydrogels. Polym Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1039/d1py00282a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Due to their outstanding properties, bioadhesive hydrogels have been extensively studied by researchers in recent years.
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- Yingshuo Xiong
- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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- School of Chemistry and Materials Science
- Ludong University
- Yantai 264025
- China
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DiStefano TJ, Shmukler JO, Danias G, Iatridis JC. The Functional Role of Interface Tissue Engineering in Annulus Fibrosus Repair: Bridging Mechanisms of Hydrogel Integration with Regenerative Outcomes. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:6556-6586. [PMID: 33320618 PMCID: PMC7809646 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c01320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Hydrogels are extraordinarily versatile by design and can enhance repair in diseased and injured musculoskeletal tissues. Biological fixation of these constructs is a significant determinant factor that is critical to the clinical success and functionality of regenerative technologies for musculoskeletal repair. In the context of an intervertebral disc (IVD) herniation, nucleus pulposus tissue protrudes through the ruptured annulus fibrosus (AF), consequentially impinging on spinal nerve roots and causing debilitating pain. Discectomy is the surgical standard of care to treat symptomatic herniation; however these procedures do not repair AF defects, and these lesions are a significant risk factor for recurrent herniation. Advances in tissue engineering utilize adhesive hydrogels as AF sealants; however these repair strategies have yet to progress beyond preclinical animal models because these biomaterials are often plagued by poor integration with AF tissue and lead to large variability in repair outcomes. These critical barriers to translation motivate this article to review the material composition of hydrogels that have been evaluated in situ for AF repair, proposed mechanisms of how these biomaterials interface with AF tissue, and their functional outcomes after treatment in order to inform the development of new hydrogels for AF repair. In this systematic review, we identify 18 hydrogel formulations evaluated for AF repair, all of which demonstrate large heterogeneity in their interfacing mechanisms and reported outcome measures to assess the effectiveness of repair. Hydrogels that covalently bond to AF tissue were found to be the most successful in improving IVD biomechanical properties from the injured state, but none were able to restore properties to the intact state suggesting that new repair strategies with innovative surface chemistries are an important future direction. We additionally review biomechanical evaluation methods and recommend standardization in the field of AF tissue engineering to establish mechanical benchmarks for translation and ensure clinical feasibility.
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- Tyler J DiStefano
- Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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- Leni and Peter W. May Department of Orthopaedics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States
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Bonetti L, De Nardo L, Farè S. Thermo-Responsive Methylcellulose Hydrogels: From Design to Applications as Smart Biomaterials. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2020; 27:486-513. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2020.0202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Lorenzo Bonetti
- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta,” Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta,” Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
- INSTM, National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta,” Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
- INSTM, National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology, Florence, Italy
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Torabi H, Mehdikhani M, Varshosaz J, Shafiee F. An innovative approach to fabricate a thermosensitive melatonin‐loaded conductive pluronic/chitosan hydrogel for myocardial tissue engineering. J Appl Polym Sci 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/app.50327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Hadis Torabi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Isfahan Isfahan Iran
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering University of Isfahan Isfahan Iran
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- Novel Drug Delivery Systems Research Center Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran
- Department of Pharmaceutics School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences Isfahan Iran
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Khan S, Hasan A, Attar F, Sharifi M, Siddique R, Mraiche F, Falahati M. Gold Nanoparticle-Based Platforms for Diagnosis and Treatment of Myocardial Infarction. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2020; 6:6460-6477. [PMID: 33320615 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.0c00955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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In recent years, an increasing rate of mortality due to myocardial infarction (MI) has led to the development of nanobased platforms, especially gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), as promising nanomaterials for diagnosis and treatment of MI. These promising NPs have been used to develop different nanobiosensors, mainly optical sensors for early detection of biomarkers as well as biomimetic/bioinspired platforms for cardiac tissue engineering (CTE). Therefore, in this Review, we presented an overview on the potential application of AuNPs as optical (surface plasmon resonance, colorimetric, fluorescence, and chemiluminescence) nanobiosensors for early diagnosis and prognosis of MI. On the other hand, we discussed the potential application of AuNPs either alone or with other NPs/polymers as promising three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds to regulate the microenvironment and mimic the morphological and electrical features of cardiac cells for potential application in CTE. Furthermore, we presented the challenges and ongoing efforts associated with the application of AuNPs in the diagnosis and treatment of MI. In conclusion, this Review may provide outstanding information regarding the development of AuNP-based technology as a promising platform for current MI treatment approaches.
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- Suliman Khan
- Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jingba Road, NO.2, 450014 Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar.,Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Food Toxicology, Research Center of Food Technology and Agricultural Products, Standard Research Institute (SRI), Karaj 14155-6139, Iran
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- Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Cerebrovascular Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Jingba Road, NO.2, 450014 Zhengzhou, China
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- Department of Nanotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technology, Tehran Medical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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He L, Chen X. Cardiomyocyte Induction and Regeneration for Myocardial Infarction Treatment: Cell Sources and Administration Strategies. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e2001175. [PMID: 33000909 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202001175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Occlusion of coronary artery and subsequent damage or death of myocardium can lead to myocardial infarction (MI) and even heart failure-one of the leading causes of deaths world wide. Notably, myocardium has extremely limited regeneration potential due to the loss or death of cardiomyocytes (i.e., the cells of which the myocardium is comprised) upon MI. A variety of stem cells and stem cell-derived cardiovascular cells, in situ cardiac fibroblasts and endogenous proliferative epicardium, have been exploited to provide renewable cellular sources to treat injured myocardium. Also, different strategies, including direct injection of cell suspensions, bioactive molecules, or cell-incorporated biomaterials, and implantation of artificial cardiac scaffolds (e.g., cell sheets and cardiac patches), have been developed to deliver renewable cells and/or bioactive molecules to the MI site for the myocardium regeneration. This article briefly surveys cell sources and delivery strategies, along with biomaterials and their processing techniques, developed for MI treatment. Key issues and challenges, as well as recommendations for future research, are also discussed.
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- Lihong He
- Department of Cell Biology Medical College of Soochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering Division of Biomedical Engineering University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon S7N5A9 Canada
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Sarvari R, Keyhanvar P, Agbolaghi S, Gholami Farashah MS, Sadrhaghighi A, Nouri M, Roshangar L. Shape-memory materials and their clinical applications. INT J POLYM MATER PO 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/00914037.2020.1833010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Raana Sarvari
- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Stem Cell And Regenerative Medicine Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
- Convergence of Knowledge, Technology and Society Network (CKTSN), Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tabriz, Iran
- ARTAN110 Startup Accelerator, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Reproductive Biology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Stem Cell Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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Fang J, Koh J, Fang Q, Qiu H, Archang MM, Hasani-Sadrabadi MM, Miwa H, Zhong X, Sievers R, Gao DW, Lee R, Carlo DD, Li S. Injectable Drug-Releasing Microporous Annealed Particle Scaffolds for Treating Myocardial Infarction. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS 2020; 30:2004307. [PMID: 33708028 PMCID: PMC7942842 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202004307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Intramyocardial injection of hydrogels offers great potential for treating myocardial infarction (MI) in a minimally invasive manner. However, traditional bulk hydrogels generally lack microporous structures to support rapid tissue ingrowth and biochemical signals to prevent fibrotic remodeling toward heart failure. To address such challenges, a novel drug-releasing microporous annealed particle (drugMAP) system is developed by encapsulating hydrophobic drug-loaded nanoparticles into microgel building blocks via microfluidic manufacturing. By modulating nanoparticle hydrophilicity and pregel solution viscosity, drugMAP building blocks are generated with consistent and homogeneous encapsulation of nanoparticles. In addition, the complementary effects of forskolin (F) and Repsox (R) on the functional modulations of cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells in vitro are demonstrated. After that, both hydrophobic drugs (F and R) are loaded into drugMAP to generate FR/drugMAP for MI therapy in a rat model. The intramyocardial injection of MAP gel improves left ventricular functions, which are further enhanced by FR/drugMAP treatment with increased angiogenesis and reduced fibrosis and inflammatory response. This drugMAP platform represents a new generation of microgel particles for MI therapy and will have broad applications in regenerative medicine and disease therapy.
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- Jun Fang
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Cardiac Stem Cell-Loaded Delivery Systems: A New Challenge for Myocardial Tissue Regeneration. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21207701. [PMID: 33080988 PMCID: PMC7589970 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death in Western countries. Post-myocardial infarction heart failure can be considered a degenerative disease where myocyte loss outweighs any regenerative potential. In this scenario, regenerative biology and tissue engineering can provide effective solutions to repair the infarcted failing heart. The main strategies involve the use of stem and progenitor cells to regenerate/repair lost and dysfunctional tissue, administrated as a suspension or encapsulated in specific delivery systems. Several studies demonstrated that effectiveness of direct injection of cardiac stem cells (CSCs) is limited in humans by the hostile cardiac microenvironment and poor cell engraftment; therefore, the use of injectable hydrogel or pre-formed patches have been strongly advocated to obtain a better integration between delivered stem cells and host myocardial tissue. Several approaches were used to refine these types of constructs, trying to obtain an optimized functional scaffold. Despite the promising features of these stem cells’ delivery systems, few have reached the clinical practice. In this review, we summarize the advantages, and the novelty but also the current limitations of engineered patches and injectable hydrogels for tissue regenerative purposes, offering a perspective of how we believe tissue engineering should evolve to obtain the optimal delivery system applicable to the everyday clinical scenario.
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Abdollahiyan P, Baradaran B, de la Guardia M, Oroojalian F, Mokhtarzadeh A. Cutting-edge progress and challenges in stimuli responsive hydrogel microenvironment for success in tissue engineering today. J Control Release 2020; 328:514-531. [PMID: 32956710 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.09.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2020] [Revised: 09/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The field of tissue engineering has numerous potential for modified therapeutic results and has been inspired by enhancements in bioengineering at the recent decades. The techniques of regenerating tissues and assembling functional paradigms that are responsible for repairing, maintaining, and revitalizing lost organs and tissues have affected the entire spectrum of health care studies. Strategies to combine bioactive molecules, biocompatible materials and cells are important for progressing the renewal of damaged tissues. Hydrogels have been utilized as one of the most popular cell substrate/carrier in tissue engineering since previous decades, respect to their potential to retain a 3D structure, to protect the embedded cells, and to mimic the native ECM. The hydrophilic nature of hydrogels can provide an ideal milieu for cell viability and structure, which simulate the native tissues. Hydrogel systems have been applied as a favorable matrix for growth factor delivery and cell immobilization. This study reviews a brief explanation of the structure, characters, applications, fabrication methods, and future outlooks of stimuli responsive hydrogels in tissue engineering and, in particular, 3D bioprinting.
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, Burjassot, Valencia 46100, Spain
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- Department of Advanced Sciences and Technologies in Medicine, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran.
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- Immunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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Feroz S, Muhammad N, Ranayake J, Dias G. Keratin - Based materials for biomedical applications. Bioact Mater 2020; 5:496-509. [PMID: 32322760 PMCID: PMC7171262 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2020.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2019] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Keratin constitutes the major component of the feather, hair, hooves, horns, and wool represents a group of biological material having high cysteine content (7-13%) as compared to other structural proteins. Keratin -based biomaterials have been investigated extensively over the past few decades due to their intrinsic biological properties and excellent biocompatibility. Unlike other natural polymers such as starch, collagen, chitosan, the complex three-dimensional structure of keratin requires the use of harsh chemical conditions for their dissolution and extraction. The most commonly used methods for keratin extraction are oxidation, reduction, steam explosion, microbial method, microwave irradiation and use of ionic liquids. Keratin -based materials have been used extensively for various biomedical applications such as drug delivery, wound healing, tissue engineering. This review covers the structure, properties, history of keratin research, methods of extraction and some recent advancements related to the use of keratin derived biomaterials in the form of a 3-D scaffold, films, fibers, and hydrogels.
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- Sandleen Feroz
- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences University of Otago, Otago, 9016, New Zealand
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- Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (IRCBM), COMSATS University Islamabad, Lahore Campus, Pakistan
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences University of Otago, Otago, 9016, New Zealand
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- Department of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences University of Otago, Otago, 9016, New Zealand
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Carballo-Pedrares N, Fuentes-Boquete I, Díaz-Prado S, Rey-Rico A. Hydrogel-Based Localized Nonviral Gene Delivery in Regenerative Medicine Approaches-An Overview. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:E752. [PMID: 32785171 PMCID: PMC7464633 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12080752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Hydrogel-based nonviral gene delivery constitutes a powerful strategy in various regenerative medicine scenarios, as those concerning the treatment of musculoskeletal, cardiovascular, or neural tissues disorders as well as wound healing. By a minimally invasive administration, these systems can provide a spatially and temporarily defined supply of specific gene sequences into the target tissue cells that are overexpressing or silencing the original gene, which can promote natural repairing mechanisms to achieve the desired effect. In the present work, we provide an overview of the most avant-garde approaches using various hydrogels systems for controlled delivery of therapeutic nucleic acid molecules in different regenerative medicine approaches.
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- Natalia Carballo-Pedrares
- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Unit, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain; (N.C.-P.); (I.F.-B.); (S.D.-P.)
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- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Unit, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain; (N.C.-P.); (I.F.-B.); (S.D.-P.)
- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Medicina y Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), 15071 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Unit, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain; (N.C.-P.); (I.F.-B.); (S.D.-P.)
- Departamento de Fisioterapia, Medicina y Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidade da Coruña (UDC), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Servizo Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), 15071 A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
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- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Unit, Centro de Investigacións Científicas Avanzadas (CICA), Universidade da Coruña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain; (N.C.-P.); (I.F.-B.); (S.D.-P.)
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Mohammadi Nasr S, Rabiee N, Hajebi S, Ahmadi S, Fatahi Y, Hosseini M, Bagherzadeh M, Ghadiri AM, Rabiee M, Jajarmi V, Webster TJ. Biodegradable Nanopolymers in Cardiac Tissue Engineering: From Concept Towards Nanomedicine. Int J Nanomedicine 2020; 15:4205-4224. [PMID: 32606673 PMCID: PMC7314574 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s245936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases are the number one cause of heart failure and death in the world, and the transplantation of the heart is an effective and viable choice for treatment despite presenting many disadvantages (most notably, transplant heart availability). To overcome this problem, cardiac tissue engineering is considered a promising approach by using implantable artificial blood vessels, injectable gels, and cardiac patches (to name a few) made from biodegradable polymers. Biodegradable polymers are classified into two main categories: natural and synthetic polymers. Natural biodegradable polymers have some distinct advantages such as biodegradability, abundant availability, and renewability but have some significant drawbacks such as rapid degradation, insufficient electrical conductivity, immunological reaction, and poor mechanical properties for cardiac tissue engineering. Synthetic biodegradable polymers have some advantages such as strong mechanical properties, controlled structure, great processing flexibility, and usually no immunological concerns; however, they have some drawbacks such as a lack of cell attachment and possible low biocompatibility. Some applications have combined the best of both and exciting new natural/synthetic composites have been utilized. Recently, the use of nanostructured polymers and polymer nanocomposites has revolutionized the field of cardiac tissue engineering due to their enhanced mechanical, electrical, and surface properties promoting tissue growth. In this review, recent research on the use of biodegradable natural/synthetic nanocomposite polymers in cardiac tissue engineering is presented with forward looking thoughts provided for what is needed for the field to mature.
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- Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Polymer Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
- Institute of Polymeric Materials, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Nanotechnology Research Centre, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (USERN), Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry and Petroleum Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
- Soroush Mana Pharmed, Pharmaceutical Holding, Golrang Industrial Group, Tehran, Iran
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- Biomaterial Group, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Northeastern University, Boston, MA02115, United States
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Morrissette-McAlmon J, Ginn B, Somers S, Fukunishi T, Thanitcul C, Rindone A, Hibino N, Tung L, Mao HQ, Grayson W. Biomimetic Model of Contractile Cardiac Tissue with Endothelial Networks Stabilized by Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells. Sci Rep 2020; 10:8387. [PMID: 32433563 PMCID: PMC7239907 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65064-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Cardiac tissue engineering strategies have the potential to regenerate functional myocardium following myocardial infarction. In this study, we utilized novel electrospun fibrin microfiber sheets of different stiffnesses (50.0 ± 11.2 kPa and 90.0 ± 16.4 kPa) to engineer biomimetic models of vascularized cardiac tissues. We characterized tissue assembly, electrophysiology, and contractility of neonatal rat ventricular cardiomyocytes (NRVCMs) cultured on these sheets. NRVCMs cultured on the softer substrates displayed higher conduction velocities (CVs) and improved electrophysiological properties. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) formed dense networks on the sheets when co-cultured with human adipose-derived stem/stromal cells (hASCs). To achieve vascularized cardiac tissues, we tested various tri-culture protocols of NRVCM:hASC:HUVEC and found that a ratio of 1,500,000:37,500:150,000 cells/cm2 enabled the formation of robust endothelial networks while retaining statistically identical electrophysiological characteristics to NRVCM-only cultures. Tri-cultures at this ratio on 90 kPa substrates exhibited average CVs of 14 ± 0.6 cm/s, Action Potential Duration (APD)80 and APD30 of 152 ± 11 ms and 71 ± 6 ms, respectively, and maximum capture rate (MCR) of 3.9 ± 0.7 Hz. These data indicate the significant potential of generating densely packed endothelial networks together with electrically integrated cardiac cells in vitro as a physiologic 3D cardiac model.
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- Justin Morrissette-McAlmon
- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Material Sciences & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Surgery & Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Surgery & Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Material Sciences & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT), Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Department of Material Sciences & Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA.
- Institute for NanoBioTechnology (INBT), Johns Hopkins University School of Engineering, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Cattelan G, Guerrero Gerbolés A, Foresti R, Pramstaller PP, Rossini A, Miragoli M, Caffarra Malvezzi C. Alginate Formulations: Current Developments in the Race for Hydrogel-Based Cardiac Regeneration. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:414. [PMID: 32457887 PMCID: PMC7226066 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases, including myocardial infarction (MI), represent the main worldwide cause of mortality and morbidity. In this scenario, to contrast the irreversible damages following MI, cardiac regeneration has emerged as a novel and promising solution for in situ cellular regeneration, preserving cell behavior and tissue cytoarchitecture. Among the huge variety of natural, synthetic, and hybrid compounds used for tissue regeneration, alginate emerged as a good candidate for cellular preservation and delivery, becoming one of the first biomaterial tested in pre-clinical research and clinical trials concerning cardiovascular diseases. Although promising results have been obtained, recellularization and revascularization of the infarcted area present still major limitations. Therefore, the demand is rising for alginate functionalization and its combination with molecules, factors, and drugs capable to boost the regenerative potential of the cardiac tissue. The focus of this review is to elucidate the promising properties of alginate and to highlight its benefits in clinical trials in relation to cardiac regeneration. The definition of hydrogels, the alginate characteristics, and recent biomedical applications are herewith described. Afterward, the review examines in depth the ongoing developments to refine the material relevance in cardiac recovery and regeneration after MI and presents current clinical trials based on alginate.
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- Giada Cattelan
- Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy.,Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.,CERT, Center of Excellence for Toxicological Research, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy
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- Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Affiliated Institute of the University of Lübeck, Bolzano, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Parma, Italy.,CERT, Center of Excellence for Toxicological Research, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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Chen S, John JV, McCarthy A, Xie J. New forms of electrospun nanofiber materials for biomedical applications. J Mater Chem B 2020; 8:3733-3746. [PMID: 32211735 PMCID: PMC7205582 DOI: 10.1039/d0tb00271b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Over the past two decades, electrospinning has emerged as an enabling nanotechnology to produce nanofiber materials for various biomedical applications. In particular, therapeutic/cellloaded nanofiber scaffolds have been widely examined in drug delivery, wound healing, and tissue repair and regeneration. However, due to the insufficient porosity, small pore size, noninjectability, and inaccurate spatial control in nanofibers of scaffolds, many efforts have been devoted to exploring new forms of nanofiber materials including expanded nanofiber scaffolds, nanofiber aerogels, short nanofibers, and nanofiber microspheres. This short review discusses the preparation and potential biomedical applications of new forms of nanofiber materials.
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- Shixuan Chen
- Department of Surgery-Transplant and Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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- Department of Surgery-Transplant and Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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- Department of Surgery-Transplant and Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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- Department of Surgery-Transplant and Mary and Dick Holland Regenerative Medicine Program, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.
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Morshedloo F, Khoshfetrat AB, Kazemi D, Ahmadian M. Gelatin improves peroxidase-mediated alginate hydrogel characteristics as a potential injectable hydrogel for soft tissue engineering applications. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2020; 108:2950-2960. [PMID: 32351038 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.34625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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To develop an efficient injectable alginate-based hydrogel for soft tissue engineering applications, phenol moiety (Ph) was introduced into alginate (Alg-Ph), and the influence of gelatin as cell adhesive molecule was evaluated on the peroxidase-mediated alginate hydrogel properties and cultured chondrocytic cell behavior. Addition of gelatin (1.5% w/v) to Alg-Ph (1.5% w/v) hydrogels (Alg-Ph/gelatin) regulated characteristics of the enzymatically gellable alginate hydrogel with increasing gelation time to 5.1 min (76%). Swelling ratio and degradation rates of the Alg-Ph/gelatin hydrogel also increased 60 and 100%, respectively, while the mechanical strength value was 35% less than the Alg-Ph hydrogel. Scanning electron microscopy images showed that the addition of gelatin could also increase uniformity of pore sizes inside the Alg-Ph/gelatin hydrogels. The chondrocyte cells maintained their original phenotype and revealed statistically more metabolic activities in the Alg-Ph/gelatin hydrogel. Hydrogels subscutaneously implanted in rats could also be identified readily without complete absorption and signs of toxicity or any untoward reactions after 1 month. Viable chondrocyte cells inside globular aggregates were seen as red colored areas in the cell-laden hydrogels. The study demonstrates that enzymatically gellable alginate/gelatin hydrogel has fair potential as a natural-based injectable hydrogel for soft tissue engineering applications.
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- Fatemeh Morshedloo
- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.,Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Laboratory, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.,Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Laboratory, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
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- Chemical Engineering Faculty, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran.,Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Laboratory, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran
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Ur Rehman SR, Augustine R, Zahid AA, Ahmed R, Hasan A. Graphene Oxide Loaded Hydrogel for Enhanced Wound Healing in Diabetic Patients. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. IEEE ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY SOCIETY. ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2020; 2019:3943-3946. [PMID: 31946735 DOI: 10.1109/embc.2019.8857341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Chronic wound or slow healing of a wound is one of the serious complications in diabetic patients. The decrease in the proliferation and migration of cells such as keratinocytes and fibroblasts is the major reason for the development of such chronic wounds in a diabetic patient. Therefore, designing a wound dressing patch using a biodegradable hydrogel, which can provide a sustained release/delivery of active agents that can support cell proliferation and cell migration, will be highly beneficial for promoting diabetic wound healing. Multiple evidences from both in-vitro and in-vivo studies have shown that graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide promote wound healing by promoting migration and proliferation of keratinocyte cells. In addition, GO possesses angiogenic property. Gelatin methacrylate (GelMA) based hydrogels display excellent hydrophilic properties due to the presence of hydrophilic amino, amido, carboxyl, and hydroxyl groups in the polymer chains, which gives them highly porous, soft and flexible structure. In this work, we report the development of hydrogel dressing incorporated with GO to improve wound healing by increasing the proliferation and migration of cells.
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Liao X, Yang X, Deng H, Hao Y, Mao L, Zhang R, Liao W, Yuan M. Injectable Hydrogel-Based Nanocomposites for Cardiovascular Diseases. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2020; 8:251. [PMID: 32296694 PMCID: PMC7136457 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including a series of pathological disorders, severely affect millions of people all over the world. To address this issue, several potential therapies have been developed for treating CVDs, including injectable hydrogels as a minimally invasive method. However, the utilization of injectable hydrogel is a bit restricted recently owing to some limitations, such as transporting the therapeutic agent more accurately to the target site and prolonging their retention locally. This review focuses on the advances in injectable hydrogels for CVD, detailing the types of injectable hydrogels (natural or synthetic), especially that complexed with stem cells, cytokines, nano-chemical particles, exosomes, genetic material including DNA or RNA, etc. Moreover, we summarized the mainly prominent mechanism, based on which injectable hydrogel present excellent treating effect of cardiovascular repair. All in all, it is hopefully that injectable hydrogel-based nanocomposites would be a potential candidate through cardiac repair in CVDs treatment.
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- Xiaoshan Liao
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Research, School of Public Health, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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Kim CW, Kim CJ, Park EH, Ryu S, Lee Y, Kim E, Kang K, Lee KY, Choo EH, Hwang BH, Youn HJ, Park KD, Chang K. MSC-Encapsulating in Situ Cross-Linkable Gelatin Hydrogels To Promote Myocardial Repair. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:1646-1655. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b01215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Chan Woo Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Uijeongbu St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu 11765, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Incheon 21431, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon 16499, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) pose a serious threat to human health, which are characterized by high disability and mortality rate globally such as myocardial infarction (MI), atherosclerosis, and heart failure. Although stem cells transplantation and growth factors therapy are promising, their low survival rate and loss at the site of injury are major obstacles to this therapy. Recently, the development of hydrogel scaffold materials provides a new way to solve this problem, which have shown the potential to treat CVD. Among these scaffold materials, environmentally responsive hydrogels have great prospects in repairing the microenvironment of cardiovascular tissues and vascular regeneration. They provide a new method for the treatment of cardiovascular tissue repair and space-time control for the release of various therapeutic drugs, including small-molecule drugs, growth factors, and stem cells. Herein, this article reviews the occurrence and current treatment of CVD, as well as the repair of cardiovascular injury by several environmental responsive hydrogels systems currently used, mainly focusing on the delivery of growth factors or the application of cell therapy to revascularization. In addition, we will also discuss the enormous potential and personal perspectives of environmentally responsive hydrogels in cardiovascular repair.
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Ke X, Li M, Wang X, Liang J, Wang X, Wu S, Long M, Hu C. An injectable chitosan/dextran/β -glycerophosphate hydrogel as cell delivery carrier for therapy of myocardial infarction. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 229:115516. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2019.115516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2019] [Revised: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Wu T, Cui C, Huang Y, Liu Y, Fan C, Han X, Yang Y, Xu Z, Liu B, Fan G, Liu W. Coadministration of an Adhesive Conductive Hydrogel Patch and an Injectable Hydrogel to Treat Myocardial Infarction. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2020; 12:2039-2048. [PMID: 31859471 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b17907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Over the past decade, tissue-engineering strategies, mainly involving injectable hydrogels and epicardial biomaterial patches, have been pursued to treat myocardial infarction. However, only limited therapeutic efficacy is achieved with a single means. Here, a combined therapy approach is proposed, that is, the coadministration of a conductive hydrogel patch and injectable hydrogel to the infarcted myocardium. The self-adhesive conductive hydrogel patch is fabricated based on Fe3+-induced ionic coordination between dopamine-gelatin (GelDA) conjugates and dopamine-functionalized polypyrrole (DA-PPy), which form a homogeneous network. The injectable and cleavable hydrogel is formed in situ via a Schiff base reaction between oxidized sodium hyaluronic acid (HA-CHO) and hydrazided hyaluronic acid (HHA). Compared with a single-mode system, injecting the HA-CHO/HHA hydrogel intramyocardially followed by painting a conductive GelDA/DA-PPy hydrogel patch on the heart surface results in a more pronounced improvement of the cardiac function in terms of echocardiographical, histological, and angiogenic outcomes.
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- Tengling Wu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical Experiment Center , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin 300193 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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- First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Medical Experiment Center , Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine , Tianjin 300193 , China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Composite and Functional Materials , Tianjin University , Tianjin 300350 , China
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Henry JJD, Delrosario L, Fang J, Wong SY, Fang Q, Sievers R, Kotha S, Wang A, Farmer D, Janaswamy P, Lee RJ, Li S. Development of Injectable Amniotic Membrane Matrix for Postmyocardial Infarction Tissue Repair. Adv Healthc Mater 2020; 9:e1900544. [PMID: 31778043 PMCID: PMC6986802 DOI: 10.1002/adhm.201900544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2019] [Revised: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ischemic heart disease represents the leading cause of death worldwide. Heart failure following myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with severe fibrosis formation and cardiac remodeling. Recently, injectable hydrogels have emerged as a promising approach to repair the infarcted heart and improve heart function through minimally invasive administration. Here, a novel injectable human amniotic membrane (hAM) matrix is developed to enhance cardiac regeneration following MI. Human amniotic membrane is isolated from human placenta and engineered to be a thermoresponsive, injectable gel around body temperature. Ultrasound-guided injection of hAM matrix into rat MI hearts significantly improves cardiac contractility, as measured by ejection fraction (EF), and decrease fibrosis. The results of this study demonstrate the feasibility of engineering as an injectable hAM matrix and its efficacy in attenuating degenerative changes in cardiac function following MI, which may have broad applications in tissue regeneration.
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- Jeffrey J D Henry
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, 95817, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute and Institute for Regeneration Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Department of Bioengineering and Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA
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Alhadrami HA, Syed RUR, Zahid AA, Ahmed R, Hasan S, Hasan A. Structure and Rheological Properties of Bovine Aortic Heart Valve and Pericardium Tissue: Implications in Bioprosthetic and Tissue-Engineered Heart Valves. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE ENGINEERING 2019; 2019:3290370. [PMID: 31976052 PMCID: PMC6949733 DOI: 10.1155/2019/3290370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2019] [Revised: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
Heart valve (HV) diseases are among the leading causes of cardiac failure and deaths. Of the various HV diseases, damaged HV leaflets are among the primary culprits. In many cases, impaired HV restoration is not always possible, and the replacement of valves becomes necessary. Bioprosthetic HVs have been used for the replacement of the diseased valves, which is obtained from the sources of bovine and porcine origin, while tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHV) have emerged as a promising future solution. The bioprosthetic valves are prone to become calcified, and thus they last for only ten to fifteen years. The adequate understanding of the correlations between the biomechanics and rheological properties of native HV tissues can enable us to improve the durability of the bioprosthetic HV as well as help in the development of tissue-engineered heart valves (TEHV). In this study, the structural and rheological properties of native bovine aortic HV and pericardium tissues were investigated. The microstructures of the tissues were investigated using scanning electron microscopy, while the rheological properties were studied using oscillatory shear measurement and creep test. The reported results provide significant insights into the correlations between the microstructure and viscoelastic properties of the bovine aortic HV and pericardium tissues.
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- Hani A. Alhadrami
- Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80402, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- King Fahd Medical Research Centre, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80402, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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- College of Medicine, Qatar University, 2713 Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
- Biomedical Research Center, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
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van den Boomen M, Kause HB, van Assen HC, Dankers PYW, Bouten CVC, Vandoorne K. Triple-marker cardiac MRI detects sequential tissue changes of healing myocardium after a hydrogel-based therapy. Sci Rep 2019; 9:19366. [PMID: 31852978 PMCID: PMC6920418 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55864-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Regenerative therapies based on injectable biomaterials, hold an unparalleled potential for treating myocardial ischemia. Yet, noninvasive evaluation of their efficacy has been lagging behind. Here, we report the development and longitudinal application of multiparametric cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate a hydrogel-based cardiac regenerative therapy. A pH-switchable hydrogel was loaded with slow releasing insulin growth factor 1 and vascular endothelial growth factor, followed by intramyocardial injection in a mouse model of ischemia reperfusion injury. Longitudinal cardiac MRI assessed three hallmarks of cardiac regeneration: angiogenesis, resolution of fibrosis and (re)muscularization after infarction. The multiparametric approach contained dynamic contrast enhanced MRI that measured improved vessel features by assessing fractional blood volume and permeability*surface area product, T1-mapping that displayed reduced fibrosis, and tagging MRI that showed improved regional myocardial strain in hydrogel treated infarcts. Finally, standard volumetric MRI demonstrated improved left ventricular functioning in hydrogel treated mice followed over time. Histology confirmed MR-based vessel features and fibrotic measurements. Our novel triple-marker strategy enabled detection of ameliorated regeneration in hydrogel treated hearts highlighting the translational potential of these longitudinal MRI approaches.
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- Maaike van den Boomen
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cell-Matrix Interaction for Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Laboratory of Chemical Biology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cell-Matrix Interaction for Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cell-Matrix Interaction for Cardiovascular Tissue Regeneration, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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Feng J, Wu Y, Chen W, Li J, Wang X, Chen Y, Yu Y, Shen Z, Zhang Y. Sustained release of bioactive IGF-1 from a silk fibroin microsphere-based injectable alginate hydrogel for the treatment of myocardial infarction. J Mater Chem B 2019; 8:308-315. [PMID: 31808500 DOI: 10.1039/c9tb01971e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Low circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) have been correlated with an increased risk for cardiovascular diseases in humans. In this work, an injectable alginate hydrogel containing silk fibroin (SF) microspheres with the capability to sustain the release of IGF-1 was prepared to induce myocardial repair after myocardial infarction (MI). First, IGF-1 was physically adsorbed onto SF microspheres prepared by the coaxial needle system, and these IGF-1-containing microspheres were subsequently encapsulated into sodium alginate solutions at different concentrations (1.0-2.5%). Finally, this solution was crosslinked with 0.68% calcium gluconate solution to prepare the composite injectable hydrogel. The composite hydrogel prepared using a sodium alginate solution at a concentration of 1.5% could promote proliferation of H9C2 cardiomyocytes and reduce the cellular apoptosis rate under hypoxic conditions. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay results indicated that SF microspheres as microcarriers could effectively enhance the sustained release of IGF-1 from the hydrogels, causing the composite hydrogel to possess a better sustained release ability than the system without the SF microspheres. Moreover, echocardiography, hematoxylin-eosin staining, and Masson trichrome staining results indicated that an intramyocardial injection of the composite hydrogel into the peripheral region of a MI rat model could reduce the infarct size and improve the cardiac function after 28 days. The applications of such a composite hydrogel may comprise a powerful platform in cardiac tissue engineering.
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- Jianguo Feng
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China and The Affiliated Huaian No. 1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215006, P. R. China. and Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215007, P. R. China
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