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Philippe V, Jeannerat A, Peneveyre C, Jaccoud S, Scaletta C, Hirt-Burri N, Abdel-Sayed P, Raffoul W, Darwiche S, Applegate LA, Martin R, Laurent A. Autologous and Allogeneic Cytotherapies for Large Knee (Osteo)Chondral Defects: Manufacturing Process Benchmarking and Parallel Functional Qualification. Pharmaceutics 2023; 15:2333. [PMID: 37765301 PMCID: PMC10536774 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics15092333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Cytotherapies are often necessary for the management of symptomatic large knee (osteo)-chondral defects. While autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) has been clinically used for 30 years, allogeneic cells (clinical-grade FE002 primary chondroprogenitors) have been investigated in translational settings (Swiss progenitor cell transplantation program). The aim of this study was to comparatively assess autologous and allogeneic approaches (quality, safety, functional attributes) to cell-based knee chondrotherapies developed for clinical use. Protocol benchmarking from a manufacturing process and control viewpoint enabled us to highlight the respective advantages and risks. Safety data (telomerase and soft agarose colony formation assays, high passage cell senescence) and risk analyses were reported for the allogeneic FE002 cellular active substance in preparation for an autologous to allogeneic clinical protocol transposition. Validation results on autologous bioengineered grafts (autologous chondrocyte-bearing Chondro-Gide scaffolds) confirmed significant chondrogenic induction (COL2 and ACAN upregulation, extracellular matrix synthesis) after 2 weeks of co-culture. Allogeneic grafts (bearing FE002 primary chondroprogenitors) displayed comparable endpoint quality and functionality attributes. Parameters of translational relevance (transport medium, finished product suturability) were validated for the allogeneic protocol. Notably, the process-based benchmarking of both approaches highlighted the key advantages of allogeneic FE002 cell-bearing grafts (reduced cellular variability, enhanced process standardization, rationalized logistical and clinical pathways). Overall, this study built on our robust knowledge and local experience with ACI (long-term safety and efficacy), setting an appropriate standard for further clinical investigations into allogeneic progenitor cell-based orthopedic protocols.
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- Virginie Philippe
- Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland;
- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
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- Preclinical Research Department, LAM Biotechnologies SA, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (A.J.); (C.P.)
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- Preclinical Research Department, LAM Biotechnologies SA, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (A.J.); (C.P.)
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
- Laboratory of Biomechanical Orthopedics, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
- STI School of Engineering, Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
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- Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland;
- Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
- Center for Applied Biotechnology and Molecular Medicine, University of Zurich, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
- Oxford OSCAR Suzhou Center, Oxford University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland;
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- Regenerative Therapy Unit, Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Service, Lausanne University Hospital, University of Lausanne, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (S.J.); (C.S.); (N.H.-B.); (P.A.-S.); (W.R.); (L.A.A.)
- Preclinical Research Department, LAM Biotechnologies SA, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland; (A.J.); (C.P.)
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Scott AK, Casas E, Schneider SE, Swearingen AR, Van Den Elzen CL, Seelbinder B, Barthold JE, Kugel JF, Stern JL, Foster KJ, Emery NC, Brumbaugh J, Neu CP. Mechanical memory stored through epigenetic remodeling reduces cell therapeutic potential. Biophys J 2023; 122:1428-1444. [PMID: 36871159 PMCID: PMC10147835 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2023.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2022] [Revised: 01/31/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Understanding how cells remember previous mechanical environments to influence their fate, or mechanical memory, informs the design of biomaterials and therapies in medicine. Current regeneration therapies, such as cartilage regeneration procedures, require 2D cell expansion processes to achieve large cell populations critical for the repair of damaged tissues. However, the limit of mechanical priming for cartilage regeneration procedures before inducing long-term mechanical memory following expansion processes is unknown, and mechanisms defining how physical environments influence the therapeutic potential of cells remain poorly understood. Here, we identify a threshold to mechanical priming separating reversible and irreversible effects of mechanical memory. After 16 population doublings in 2D culture, expression levels of tissue-identifying genes in primary cartilage cells (chondrocytes) are not recovered when transferred to 3D hydrogels, while expression levels of these genes were recovered for cells only expanded for eight population doublings. Additionally, we show that the loss and recovery of the chondrocyte phenotype correlates with a change in chromatin architecture, as shown by structural remodeling of the trimethylation of H3K9. Efforts to disrupt the chromatin architecture by suppressing or increasing levels of H3K9me3 reveal that only with increased levels of H3K9me3 did the chromatin architecture of the native chondrocyte phenotype partially return, along with increased levels of chondrogenic gene expression. These results further support the connection between the chondrocyte phenotype and chromatin architecture, and also reveal the therapeutic potential of inhibitors of epigenetic modifiers as disruptors of mechanical memory when large numbers of phenotypically suitable cells are required for regeneration procedures.
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- Adrienne K Scott
- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
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Frerker N, Karlsen TA, Stensland M, Nyman TA, Rayner S, Brinchmann JE. Comparison between articular chondrocytes and mesenchymal stromal cells for the production of articular cartilage implants. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 11:1116513. [PMID: 36896010 PMCID: PMC9989206 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1116513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/23/2023] Open
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Focal lesions of articular cartilage give rise to pain and reduced joint function and may, if left untreated, lead to osteoarthritis. Implantation of in vitro generated, scaffold-free autologous cartilage discs may represent the best treatment option. Here we compare articular chondrocytes (ACs) and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) for their ability to make scaffold-free cartilage discs. Articular chondrocytes produced more extracellular matrix per seeded cell than mesenchymal stromal cells. Quantitative proteomics analysis showed that articular chondrocyte discs contained more articular cartilage proteins, while mesenchymal stromal cell discs had more proteins associated with cartilage hypertrophy and bone formation. Sequencing analysis revealed more microRNAs associated with normal cartilage in articular chondrocyte discs, and large-scale target predictions, performed for the first time for in vitro chondrogenesis, suggested that differential expression of microRNAs in the two disc types were important mechanisms behind differential synthesis of proteins. We conclude that articular chondrocytes should be preferred over mesenchymal stromal cells for tissue engineering of articular cartilage.
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- Nadine Frerker
- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Medical Genetics, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Hybrid Technology Hub-Centre of Excellence, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Immunology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway.,Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Evenbratt H, Andreasson L, Bicknell V, Brittberg M, Mobini R, Simonsson S. Insights into the present and future of cartilage regeneration and joint repair. CELL REGENERATION (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2022; 11:3. [PMID: 35106664 PMCID: PMC8807792 DOI: 10.1186/s13619-021-00104-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Knee osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease. It causes pain and suffering for affected patients and is the source of major economic costs for healthcare systems. Despite ongoing research, there is a lack of knowledge regarding disease mechanisms, biomarkers, and possible cures. Current treatments do not fulfill patients' long-term needs, and it often requires invasive surgical procedures with subsequent long periods of rehabilitation. Researchers and companies worldwide are working to find a suitable cell source to engineer or regenerate a functional and healthy articular cartilage tissue to implant in the damaged area. Potential cell sources to accomplish this goal include embryonic stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, or induced pluripotent stem cells. The differentiation of stem cells into different tissue types is complex, and a suitable concentration range of specific growth factors is vital. The cellular microenvironment during early embryonic development provides crucial information regarding concentrations of signaling molecules and morphogen gradients as these are essential inducers for tissue development. Thus, morphogen gradients implemented in developmental protocols aimed to engineer functional cartilage tissue can potentially generate cells comparable to those within native cartilage. In this review, we have summarized the problems with current treatments, potential cell sources for cell therapy, reviewed the progress of new treatments within the regenerative cartilage field, and highlighted the importance of cell quality, characterization assays, and chemically defined protocols.
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- Cline Scientific AB, SE-431 53 Mölndal, Sweden
- Institute of Biomedicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Cline Scientific AB, SE-431 53 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Cartilage Research Unit, University of Gothenburg, Region Halland Orthopaedics, Kungsbacka Hospital, S-434 80 Kungsbacka, Sweden
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- Cline Scientific AB, SE-431 53 Mölndal, Sweden
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- Institute of Biomedicine at Sahlgrenska Academy, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, University of Gothenburg, SE-413 45 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Ghosh S, Scott AK, Seelbinder B, Barthold JE, Martin BMS, Kaonis S, Schneider SE, Henderson JT, Neu CP. Dedifferentiation alters chondrocyte nuclear mechanics during in vitro culture and expansion. Biophys J 2022; 121:131-141. [PMID: 34800469 PMCID: PMC8758405 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The biophysical features of a cell can provide global insights into diverse molecular changes, especially in processes like the dedifferentiation of chondrocytes. Key biophysical markers of chondrocyte dedifferentiation include flattened cellular morphology and increased stress-fiber formation. During cartilage regeneration procedures, dedifferentiation of chondrocytes during in vitro expansion presents a critical limitation to the successful repair of cartilage tissue. Our study investigates how biophysical changes of chondrocytes during dedifferentiation influence the nuclear mechanics and gene expression of structural proteins located at the nuclear envelope. Through an experimental model of cell stretching and a detailed spatial intranuclear strain quantification, we identified that strain is amplified and the distribution of strain within the chromatin is altered under tensile loading in the dedifferentiated state. Further, using a confocal microscopy image-based finite element model and simulation of cell stretching, we found that the cell shape is the primary determinant of the strain amplification inside the chondrocyte nucleus in the dedifferentiated state. Additionally, we found that nuclear envelope proteins have lower gene expression in the dedifferentiated state. This study highlights the role of cell shape in nuclear mechanics and lays the groundwork to design biophysical strategies for the maintenance and enhancement of the chondrocyte phenotype during cell expansion with a goal of successful cartilage tissue engineering.
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- Soham Ghosh
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO,School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO,Translational Medicine Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO,Corresponding author
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
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- School of Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO,Translational Medicine Institute, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
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- Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO,Biomedical Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO,BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO
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Wang J, Roberts S, Kuiper JH, Zhang W, Garcia J, Cui Z, Wright K. Characterization of regional meniscal cell and chondrocyte phenotypes and chondrogenic differentiation with histological analysis in osteoarthritic donor-matched tissues. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21658. [PMID: 33303888 PMCID: PMC7730426 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78757-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Meniscus degeneration is closely related to the progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, there is currently a lack of quantitative and objective metrics to assess OA meniscal cell phenotypes. In this study we investigated the phenotypic markers and chondrogenic potency of avascular and vascular meniscal cells and chondrocytes from medial OA knee joints (n = 10). Flow cytometry results showed that a significantly greater percentage of meniscal cells were positive for CD49b, CD49c and CD166 compared to donor-matched chondrocytes after 14 days in monolayer culture. The integrins, CD49b and CD29, were expressed at a significantly higher level on avascular meniscal cells derived from tissues with a more degenerated inner border than non-degenerate menisci, suggesting that the integrin family may play an important role in meniscus OA pathology. Collagen fibres arranged in a "tree-like" formation within the meniscus appeared to have less blood vessels associated with them in the vascular region of the most degenerate menisci, which may indicate that such structures are involved in the pathological process. We have demonstrated that meniscal cells derived from the lateral meniscus in medial OA patients have chondrogenic capacity in vitro and hence could represent a potential cell source to consider for meniscus tissue engineering.
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- Jingsong Wang
- School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5GB, Staffordshire, UK
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, Shropshire, UK
- Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116044, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5GB, Staffordshire, UK
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, Shropshire, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5GB, Staffordshire, UK
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, Shropshire, UK
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, 116011, China
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- School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5GB, Staffordshire, UK
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, Shropshire, UK
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- Department of Engineering Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3PJ, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Keele, ST5 5GB, Staffordshire, UK.
- The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Oswestry, SY10 7AG, Shropshire, UK.
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Tee CA, Yang Z, Yin L, Wu Y, Han J, Lee EH. Improved zonal chondrocyte production protocol integrating size-based inertial spiral microchannel separation and dynamic microcarrier culture for clinical application. Biomaterials 2019; 220:119409. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2019.119409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 07/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Determination of mechanical and rheological properties of a cell-loaded peptide gel during ECM production. Int J Pharm 2019; 563:437-444. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2019.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Revised: 04/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Stocco TD, Antonioli E, Elias CDMV, Rodrigues BVM, Siqueira IAWDB, Ferretti M, Marciano FR, Lobo AO. Cell Viability of Porous Poly(d,l-lactic acid)/Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes/Nanohydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Osteochondral Tissue Engineering. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E849. [PMID: 30871217 PMCID: PMC6471978 DOI: 10.3390/ma12060849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Treatment of articular cartilage lesions remains an important challenge. Frequently the bone located below the cartilage is also damaged, resulting in defects known as osteochondral lesions. Tissue engineering has emerged as a potential approach to treat cartilage and osteochondral defects. The principal challenge of osteochondral tissue engineering is to create a scaffold with potential to regenerate both cartilage and the subchondral bone involved, considering the intrinsic properties of each tissue. Recent nanocomposites based on the incorporation of nanoscale fillers into polymer matrix have shown promising results for the treatment of osteochondral defects. In this present study, it was performed using the recently developed methodologies (electrodeposition and immersion in simulated body fluid) to obtain porous superhydrophilic poly(d,l-lactic acid)/vertically aligned carbon nanotubes/nanohydroxyapatite (PDLLA/VACNT-O:nHAp) nanocomposite scaffolds, to analyze cell behavior and gene expression of chondrocytes, and then assess the applicability of this nanobiomaterial for osteochondral regenerative medicine. The results demonstrate that PDLLA/VACNT-O:nHAp nanocomposite supports chondrocytes adhesion and decreases type I Collagen mRNA expression. Therefore, these findings suggest the possibility of novel nanobiomaterial as a scaffold for osteochondral tissue engineering applications.
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- Thiago Domingues Stocco
- Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Campinas, São Paulo 13083-887, Brazil.
- Faculty of Physiotherapy, University of Santo Amaro, São Paulo 04829-300, Brazil.
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-000, Brazil.
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- Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo 05652-000, Brazil.
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- LIMAV-Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Advanced Materials, UFPI-Federal University of Piauí, Teresina 64049-550, Piauí, Brazil.
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Huang X, Zhong L, Hendriks J, Post JN, Karperien M. Different response of human chondrocytes from healthy looking areas and damaged regions to IL1β stimulation under different oxygen tension. J Orthop Res 2019; 37:84-93. [PMID: 30255592 DOI: 10.1002/jor.24142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/25/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Due to its avascular nature, articular cartilage is relatively hypoxic. The aim of this study was to elucidate the functional changes of macroscopically healthy looking areas chondrocytes (MHC) and macroscopically damaged regions chondrocytes (MDC) at a cellular level in response to the inflammatory cytokine IL1β under different oxygen tension levels. In this study, two-dimensional (2-D) expanded MHC and MDC were redifferentiated in 3-D pellet cultures in chondrogenic differentiation medium, supplemented with or without IL1β at conventional culture (normoxia) or 2.5% O2 (hypoxia) for 3 weeks. qPCR, immunohistochemistry and ELISA were used to detect the expression of anabolic and catabolic gene expression. Alcian blue/Safranin O staining and GAG assay were used to measure cartilage matrix production. Cell proliferation and apoptosis were assessed by EdU staining and TUNEL assay, respectively. The results showed that hypoxia enhanced matrix production in both MHC and MDC and this effect was stronger on MDC. Under normoxia, MHC showed higher expression of cartilage markers and lower catabolic genes expression than MDC. Interestingly, hypoxia diminished the difference between MHC and MDC. IL1β potently induced MMPs expression regardless of cell population and oxygen tension. The fold induction of these MMPs in hypoxia was however much higher than in normoxia. In addition, hypoxia promoted the expression of HIF1α and HIF2α in MHC, while it only enhanced HIF1α expression but decreased the HIF2α expression in MDC. We concluded that hypoxia stimulated the redifferentiation of cultured chondrocytes, particularly in MDC derived from macroscopically diseased cartilage. Oxygen tension may profoundly and differentially influence inflammation-associated cartilage injury and diseases by regulating the expression of HIF1α and HIF2α. © 2018 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 9999:XX-XX, 2018.
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- Xiaobin Huang
- Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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- Developmental BioEngineering, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, 7500 AE, The Netherlands
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Current Therapeutic Strategies for Stem Cell-Based Cartilage Regeneration. Stem Cells Int 2018; 2018:8490489. [PMID: 29765426 PMCID: PMC5889878 DOI: 10.1155/2018/8490489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The process of cartilage destruction in the diarthrodial joint is progressive and irreversible. This destruction is extremely difficult to manage and frustrates researchers, clinicians, and patients. Patients often take medication to control their pain. Surgery is usually performed when pain becomes uncontrollable or joint function completely fails. There is an unmet clinical need for a regenerative strategy to treat cartilage defect without surgery due to the lack of a suitable regenerative strategy. Clinicians and scientists have tried to address this using stem cells, which have a regenerative potential in various tissues. Cartilage may be an ideal target for stem cell treatment because it has a notoriously poor regenerative potential. In this review, we describe past, present, and future strategies to regenerate cartilage in patients. Specifically, this review compares a surgical regenerative technique (microfracture) and cell therapy, cell therapy with and without a scaffold, and therapy with nonaggregated and aggregated cells. We also review the chondrogenic potential of cells according to their origin, including autologous chondrocytes, mesenchymal stem cells, and induced pluripotent stem cells.
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Rodriguez LR, Emblom-Callahan M, Chhina M, Bui S, Aljeburry B, Tran LH, Novak R, Lemma M, Nathan SD, Grant GM. Global Gene Expression Analysis in an in vitro Fibroblast Model of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Reveals Potential Role for CXCL14/CXCR4. Sci Rep 2018; 8:3983. [PMID: 29507348 PMCID: PMC5838110 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-21889-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disorder that is marked by an over accumulation of activated fibroblast populations. Despite the improved understanding of many mechanisms within this disease, global gene expression analysis has few focused studies on the fibroblast, the central effector cell of progressive fibrosis. We present a unique analysis of IPF pulmonary fibroblasts as they transition through cell culture and identify in vitro altered cellular processes. Fibroblasts were isolated from diseased (n = 8) and non-diseased (n = 4) lungs. Global gene expression analysis was carried out at the initial point of isolation and after 3 weeks of culture. We identify several genes that are altered by removal of the fibroblast from the IPF environment. Comparison of this subset of genes to four previously published whole lung analyses refined our list to a small subset of key fibroblast specific genes important in IPF. Application of STRING database analysis and confirmation via in-vitro and histological assay highlights the CXCL14/CXCR4 chemokine axis with a possible role in the progression and/or activation of fibroblasts within the IPF lung. Our findings, present a possible therapeutic target for IPF and a model for the study and discovery of novel protein and processes in this terrible disease.
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- Luis R Rodriguez
- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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- Inova Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
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- Inova Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program, Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, 3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042, USA
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- Department of Biology, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA.
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Biochemical alterations in inflammatory reactive chondrocytes: evidence for intercellular network communication. Heliyon 2018; 4:e00525. [PMID: 29560438 PMCID: PMC5857518 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 01/04/2018] [Accepted: 01/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Chondrocytes are effectively involved in the pathophysiological processes of inflammation in joints. They form cellular processes in the superficial layer of the articular cartilage and form gap junction coupled syncytium to facilitate cell-to-cell communication. However, very little is known about their physiological cellular identity and communication. The aim with the present work is to evaluate the physiological behavior after stimulation with the inflammatory inducers interleukin-1β and lipopolysaccharide. The cytoskeleton integrity and intracellular Ca2+ release were assessed as indicators of inflammatory state. Cytoskeleton integrity was analyzed through cartilage oligomeric matrix protein and actin labeling with an Alexa 488-conjugated phalloidin probe. Ca2+ responses were assessed through the Ca2+ sensitive fluorophore Fura-2/AM. Western blot analyses of several inflammatory markers were performed. The results show reorganization of the actin filaments. Glutamate, 5-hydoxytryptamine, and ATP evoked intracellular Ca2+ release changed from single peaks to oscillations after inflammatory induction in the chondrocytes. The expression of toll-like receptor 4, the glutamate transporters GLAST and GLT-1, and the matrix metalloproteinase-13 increased. This work demonstrates that chondrocytes are a key part in conditions that lead to inflammation in the cartilage. The inflammatory inducers modulate the cytoskeleton, the Ca2+ signaling, and several inflammatory parameters. In conclusion, our data show that the cellular responses to inflammatory insults from healthy and inflammatory chondrocytes resemble those previously observed in astrocyte and cardiac fibroblasts networks.
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Bundens G, Buckley A, Milton L, Behling K, Chmielewski S, Cho E, Lozano-Torres X, Selim A, Lackman R, George-Weinstein M, Miller L, D'Angelo M. Measuring clinically relevant endpoints in a serum-free, three-dimensional, primary cell culture system of human osteoarthritic articular chondrocytes. Exp Cell Res 2017; 357:310-319. [PMID: 28583763 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2017.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by degeneration of articular cartilage within the joint, inflammation and pain. The purpose of this study was to develop a primary, serum free cell culture system of human osteoarthritic articular chondrocytes (HOACs) with which to study manifestations of the disease process. Joint tissues were obtained from OA patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA). HOACs isolated from the femoral condyles and tibial plateau of the same side were combined, plated in three-dimensional, alginate beads and cultured for five days in serum, hormone and protein free medium. More living cells were obtained from the femoral condyles than the tibial plateau. The optimal plating density was 2.5 × 106 cells/ml of alginate. The amounts of DNA, RNA, proteoglycans and total collagen were similar in cultures prepared from the sides of least and greatest pathology. More type 1 than type 2 collagen was detected in the medium on days 2 and 5. A greater percentage of type 1 than type 2 collagen was degraded. The inflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 beta was present in the medium and alginate associated matrix. Although variation in the metabolic profiles between subjects was observed, HOACs from all patients continued to reflect the OA phenotype for five days in culture. This serum free, three-dimensional primary culture system of HOACs provides a platform with which to measure clinically relevant endpoints of OA and screen potential disease modifying OA therapeutics.
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- Grace Bundens
- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, 402 South Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
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- Cooper University Hospital, Three Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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- Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, 402 South Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103, USA; Cooper University Hospital, Three Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
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- Cooper University Hospital, Three Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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- Cooper University Hospital, Three Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103, USA.
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- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4170 City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA.
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Combined effects of oscillating hydrostatic pressure, perfusion and encapsulation in a novel bioreactor for enhancing extracellular matrix synthesis by bovine chondrocytes. Cell Tissue Res 2017; 370:179-193. [PMID: 28687928 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-017-2651-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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The influence of combined shear stress and oscillating hydrostatic pressure (OHP), two forms of physical forces experienced by articular cartilage (AC) in vivo, on chondrogenesis, is investigated in a unique bioreactor system. Our system introduces a single reaction chamber design that does not require transfer of constructs after seeding to a second chamber for applying the mechanical forces, and, as such, biochemical and mechanical stimuli can be applied in combination. The biochemical and mechanical properties of bovine articular chondrocytes encapsulated in agarose scaffolds cultured in our bioreactors for 21 days are compared to cells statically cultured in agarose scaffolds in addition to static micromass and pellet cultures. Our findings indicate that glycosaminoglycan and collagen secretions were enhanced by at least 1.6-fold with scaffold encapsulation, 5.9-fold when adding 0.02 Pa of shear stress and 7.6-fold with simultaneous addition of 4 MPa of OHP when compared to micromass samples. Furthermore, shear stress and OHP have chondroprotective effects as evidenced by lower mRNA expression of β1 integrin and collagen X to non-detectable levels and an absence of collagen I upregulation as observed in micromass controls. These collective results are further supported by better mechanical properties as indicated by 1.6-19.8-fold increases in elastic moduli measured by atomic force microscopy.
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Tallheden T, van der Lee J, Brantsing C, Månsson JE, Sjögren-Jansson E, Lindahl A. Human Serum for Culture of Articular Chondrocytes. Cell Transplant 2017; 14:469-79. [PMID: 16285255 DOI: 10.3727/000000005783982909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In the field of cell and tissue engineering, culture expansion of human cells in monolayer plays an important part. Traditionally, cell cultures have been supplemented with serum to support attachment and proliferation, but serum is a potential source of foreign protein contamination and viral protein transmission. In this study, we evaluated the use of human serum for experimental human articular chondrocyte expansion and to develop a method for preparation of large volumes of high-quality human serum from healthy blood donors. Human autologous serum contained high levels of epidermal-derived growth factor and platelet-derived growth factor-AB and supported proliferation up to 7 times higher than FCS in primary chondrocyte cultures. By letting the coagulation take place in a commercially available transfusion bag overnight, up to 250 ml of growth factor-rich human serum could be obtained from one donor. The allogenic human serum supported high proliferation rate without loosing expression of cartilage-specific genes. The expanded chondrocytes were able to redifferentiate and form cartilage matrix in comparable amounts to autologous serums. In conclusion, the transfusion bags allow preparation of large volumes of growth factor-rich human serum with the capacity to support in vitro cell expansion. The data further indicate that by controlling the coagulation process there are possibilities of optimizing the release of growth factors for other emerging cell therapies.
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- Tommi Tallheden
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg University, Sweden.
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Bianchi VJ, Weber JF, Waldman SD, Backstein D, Kandel RA. Formation of Hyaline Cartilage Tissue by Passaged Human Osteoarthritic Chondrocytes. Tissue Eng Part A 2017; 23:156-165. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2016.0262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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- Vanessa J. Bianchi
- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Kennan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Kennan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Orthopaedics, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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The direction of human mesenchymal stem cells into the chondrogenic lineage is influenced by the features of hydrogel carriers. Tissue Cell 2016; 49:35-44. [PMID: 28011039 DOI: 10.1016/j.tice.2016.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 11/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Low back pain is a major public health issue in the Western world, one main cause is believed to be intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration. To halt/diminish IVD degeneration, cell therapy using different biomaterials e.g. hydrogels as cell carriers has been suggested. In this study, two different hydrogels were examined (in vitro) as potential cell carriers for human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) intended for IVD transplantation. The aim was to investigate cell-survival and chondrogenic differentiation of hMSCs when cultured in hydrogels Puramatrix® or Hydromatrix® and potential effects of stimulation with growth hormone (GH). hMSCs/hydrogel cultures were investigated for cell-viability, attachment, gene expression of chondrogenic markers SOX9, COL2A1, ACAN and accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM). In both hydrogel types, hMSCs were viable for 28days, expressed integrin β1 which indicates adhesion of hMSCs. Differentiation was observed into chondrocyte-like cells, in a higher extent in hMSCs/Hydromatrix® cultures when compared to hMSCs/Puramatrix® hydrogel cultures. Gene expression analyses of chondrogenic markers verified results. hMSCs/hydrogel cultures stimulated with GH displayed no significant effects on chondrogenesis. In conclusion, both hydrogels, especially Hydromatrix® was demonstrated as a promising cell carrier in vitro for hMSCs, when directed into chondrogenesis. This knowledge could be useful in biological approaches for regeneration of degenerated human IVDs.
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Parreno J, Nabavi Niaki M, Andrejevic K, Jiang A, Wu PH, Kandel RA. Interplay between cytoskeletal polymerization and the chondrogenic phenotype in chondrocytes passaged in monolayer culture. J Anat 2016; 230:234-248. [PMID: 27807861 DOI: 10.1111/joa.12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Tubulin and actin exist as monomeric units that polymerize to form either microtubules or filamentous actin. As the polymerization status (monomeric/polymeric ratio) of tubulin and/or actin have been shown to be important in regulating gene expression and phenotype in non-chondrocyte cells, the objective of this study was to examine the role of cytoskeletal polymerization on the chondrocyte phenotype. We hypothesized that actin and/or tubulin polymerization status modulates the chondrocyte phenotype during monolayer culture as well as in 3D culture during redifferentiation. To test this hypothesis, articular chondrocytes were grown and passaged in 2D monolayer culture. Cell phenotype was investigated by assessing cell morphology (area and circularity), actin/tubulin content, organization and polymerization status, as well as by determination of proliferation, fibroblast and cartilage matrix gene expression with passage number. Bovine chondrocytes became larger, more elongated, and had significantly (P < 0.05) increased gene expression of proliferation-associated molecules (cyclin D1 and ki67), as well as significantly (P < 0.05) decreased cartilage matrix (type II collagen and aggrecan) and increased fibroblast-like matrix, type I collagen (COL1), gene expression by passage 2 (P2). Although tubulin polymerization status was not significantly (P > 0.05) modulated, actin polymerization was increased in bovine P2 cells. Actin depolymerization, but not tubulin depolymerization, promoted the chondrocyte phenotype by inducing cell rounding, increasing aggrecan and reducing COL1 expression. Knockdown of actin depolymerization factor, cofilin, in these cells induced further P2 cell actin polymerization and increased COL1 gene expression. To confirm that actin status regulated COL1 gene expression in human P2 chondrocytes, human P2 chondrocytes were exposed to cytochalasin D. Cytochalasin D decreased COL1 gene expression in human passaged chondrocytes. Furthermore, culture of bovine P2 chondrocytes in 3D culture on porous bone substitute resulted in actin depolymerization, which correlated with decreased expression of COL1 and proliferation molecules. In 3D cultures, aggrecan gene expression was increased by cytochalasin D treatment and COL1 was further decreased. These results reveal that actin polymerization status regulates chondrocyte dedifferentiation. Reorganization of the cytoskeleton by actin depolymerization appears to be an active regulatory mechanism for redifferentiation of passaged chondrocytes.
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- Justin Parreno
- CIHR-BioEngineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- CIHR-BioEngineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- CIHR-BioEngineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- CIHR-BioEngineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- CIHR-BioEngineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- CIHR-BioEngineering of Skeletal Tissues Team, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Berneel E, Philips C, Declercq H, Cornelissen R. Redifferentiation of High-Throughput Generated Fibrochondrocyte Micro-Aggregates: Impact of Low Oxygen Tension. Cells Tissues Organs 2016; 202:369-381. [DOI: 10.1159/000447509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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In meniscus tissue engineering strategies, enhancing the matrix quality of the neomeniscal tissue is important. When the differentiated phenotype of fibrochondrocytes is lost, the quality of the matrix becomes compromised. The objective of this study was to produce uniform fibrochondrocyte micro-aggregates with desirable phenotype and tissue homogeneity in large quantities using a simple and reproducible method. Furthermore, we investigated if hypoxia could enhance the matrix quality. Porcine fibrochondrocytes were expanded at 21% oxygen until passage 3 (P3) and a gene expression profile was determined. P3 fibrochondrocytes were cultivated in chondrogenic medium at 5 and 21% oxygen in high-throughput agarose chips containing 2,865 microwells 200 µm in diameter. Evaluation included live/dead staining, histological examination, immunohistochemistry, dimethylmethylene blue assay and real-time reverse transcriptase quantitative polymerase chain reaction of the micro-aggregates. Gene expression analysis showed a drastic decline in collagen II and high expression of collagen I during monolayer culture. After 4 days, uniform and stable micro-aggregates could be produced. The redifferentiation and matrix quality of the hypoxic cultured micro-aggregates were enhanced relative to the normoxic cultures. Sulfated glycosaminoglycan synthesis was significantly higher, and collagen II expression and the collagen II/collagen I ratio were significantly upregulated in the hypoxic cultures. High-throughput production of uniform microtissues holds promise for the generation of larger-scale tissue engineering constructs or optimization of redifferentiation mechanisms for clinical applications.
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Gibson JD, O'Sullivan MB, Alaee F, Paglia DN, Yoshida R, Guzzo RM, Drissi H. Regeneration of Articular Cartilage by Human ESC-Derived Mesenchymal Progenitors Treated Sequentially with BMP-2 and Wnt5a. Stem Cells Transl Med 2016; 6:40-50. [PMID: 28170184 PMCID: PMC5442752 DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2016-0020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The success of cell‐based therapies to restore joint cartilage requires an optimal source of reparative progenitor cells and tight control of their differentiation into a permanent cartilage phenotype. Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP‐2) has been extensively shown to promote mesenchymal cell differentiation into chondrocytes in vitro and in vivo. Conversely, developmental studies have demonstrated decreased chondrocyte maturation by Wingless‐Type MMTV Integration Site Family, Member 5A (Wnt5a). Thus, we hypothesized that treatment of human embryonic stem cell (hESC)‐derived chondroprogenitors with BMP‐2 followed by Wnt5a may control the maturational progression of these cells into a hyaline‐like chondrocyte phenotype. We examined the effects of sustained exposure of hESC‐derived mesenchymal‐like progenitors to recombinant Wnt5a or BMP‐2 in vitro. Our data indicate that BMP‐2 promoted a strong chondrogenic response leading to terminal maturation, whereas recombinant Wnt5a induced a mild chondrogenic response without promoting hypertrophy. Moreover, Wnt5a suppressed BMP‐2‐mediated chondrocyte maturation, preventing the formation of fibrocartilaginous tissue in high‐density cultures treated sequentially with BMP‐2 and Wnt5a. Implantation of scaffoldless pellets of hESC‐derived chondroprogenitors pretreated with BMP‐2 followed by Wnt5a into rat chondral defects induced an articular‐like phenotype in vivo. Together, the data establish a novel role for Wnt5a in controlling the progression from multipotency into an articular‐like cartilage phenotype in vitro and in vivo. Stem Cells Translational Medicine2017;6:40–50
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- Jason D. Gibson
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UConn Musculoskeletal Institute, UConn Stem Cell Institute, UConn Health, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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Queirolo V, Galli D, Masselli E, Borzì RM, Martini S, Vitale F, Gobbi G, Carubbi C, Mirandola P. PKCε is a regulator of hypertrophic differentiation of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2016; 24:1451-60. [PMID: 27072078 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2015] [Revised: 03/23/2016] [Accepted: 04/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common and highly debilitating degenerative disease whose complex pathogenesis and the multiplicity of the molecular processes involved, hinder its complete understanding. Protein Kinase C (PKC) novel isozyme PKCε recently proved to be an interesting molecule for further investigations as it can represent an intriguing, new actor in the acquisition of a OA phenotype by the chondrocyte. DESIGN PKCε was modulated in primary chondrocytes from human OA patient knee cartilage samples by means of short hairpin RNA (ShRNA) and the expression of cartilage specific markers observed at mRNA and protein level. The involvement of Histone deacetylases (HDACs) signaling pathway was also investigated through the use of specific inhibitors MS-275 and Inhibitor VIII. RESULTS PKCε loss induces up-regulation of Runt-domain transcription factor (RUNX2), Metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13) and Collagen X (COL10) as well as an enhanced calcium deposition in OA chondrocyte cultures. In parallel, PKCε knock-down also leads to SOX9 and Collagen II (COL2) down-modulation and to a lower deposition of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) in the extracellular matrix (ECM). This novel regulatory role of PKCε over cartilage hypertrophic phenotype is exerted via an HDAC-mediated pathway, as HDAC2 and HDAC4 expression is modulated by PKCε. HDAC2 and HDAC4, in turn, are at least in part responsible for the modulation of the master transcription factors RUNX2 and SOX9, key regulators of chondrocyte phenotype. CONCLUSIONS PKCε prevents the phenotypic progression of the OA chondrocyte, acting on cartilage specific markers through the modulation of the transcription factors SOX9 and RUNX2. The loss of PKCε enhances, in fact, the OA hypertrophic phenotype, with clear implications in the pathophysiology of the disease.
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- V Queirolo
- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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- Laboratory of Immunorheumatology and Tissue Regeneration/RAMSES, Rizzoli Orthopedic Research Institute, Bologna, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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- Curriculum of Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation, University of Padova, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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- Department of Biomedical, Biotechnological &Translational Sciences (S.Bi.Bi.T.), University of Parma, Italy.
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Çelik E, Bayram C, Akçapınar R, Türk M, Denkbaş EB. Calcified and mechanically debilitated three-dimensional hydrogel environment induces hypertrophic trend in chondrocytes. J BIOACT COMPAT POL 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0883911516633894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Currently, the main focus on tissue engineering strategies is to mimic the extracellular matrix of the related tissues. Many studies accomplished to build tissue scaffolds to act as the natural surroundings of the specific interest, which can be established to behave like either healthy or unhealthy tissues. The latter one of these conditions is a quite new approach and crucial for the design of three-dimensional in vitro disease models. This study investigates the potential of a composite scaffold consisting hydroxyapatite-integrated fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl diphenylalanine hydrogels by focusing on the optimization of this hybrid scaffold for the development of an in vitro model of degenerative cartilage. Cell growth, chondrocyte proliferation, extracellular matrix production, hypertrophy marker monitoring, scaffold mechanical properties, and morphological analysis were evaluated. Fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl diphenylalanine dipeptides were dissolved in null cell culture media and pH decreased sequentially to compel peptides to self-organize into fibrous hydrogel scaffolds. Nano-hydroxyapatite crystals were incorporated into fluorenyl-9-methoxycarbonyl diphenylalanine hydrogels during the gelation to investigate the effect on chondrocytes. It is observed that hydroxyapatite incorporation into peptide hydrogels significantly increased the alkaline phosphatase activity and assymetrical cell divisions, which is appraised as an outcome of chondrocyte hypertrophy. It is concluded that chondrocytes develop a hypertrophic potential when they are cultured in a media with nano-hydroxyapatites in a three-dimensional cell culture matrix mimicking the extracellular matrix conditions of degenerative cartilage.
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- Ekin Çelik
- Bioengineering Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Advanced Technologies Research and Application Center, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kirikkale University, Kirikkale, Turkey
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- Bioengineering Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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Hypoxia Potentiates Anabolic Effects of Exogenous Hyaluronic Acid in Rat Articular Cartilage. Int J Mol Sci 2016; 17:ijms17071013. [PMID: 27347945 PMCID: PMC4964389 DOI: 10.3390/ijms17071013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Hyaluronic acid (HA) is used clinically to treat osteoarthritis (OA), but its pharmacological effects under hypoxic conditions remain unclear. Articular chondrocytes in patients with OA are exposed to a hypoxic environment. This study investigated whether hypoxia could potentiate the anabolic effects of exogenous HA in rat articular cartilage and whether these mechanisms involved HA receptors. HA under hypoxic conditions significantly enhanced the expression of extracellular matrix genes and proteins in explant culture, as shown by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), Western blotting, and dimethylmethylene blue (DMMB) assays. Staining with Safranin-O and immunohistochemical staining with antibody to type II collagen were also enhanced in pellet culture. The expression of CD44 was increased by hypoxia and significantly suppressed by transfection with siRNAs targeting hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (siHIF-1α). These findings indicate that hypoxia potentiates the anabolic effects of exogenous HA by a mechanism in which HIF-1α positively regulates the expression of CD44, enhancing the binding affinity for exogenous HA. The anabolic effects of exogenous HA may increase as OA progresses.
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Bonakdar S, Mahmoudi M, Montazeri L, Taghipoor M, Bertsch A, Shokrgozar MA, Sharifi S, Majidi M, Mashinchian O, Hamrang Sekachaei M, Zolfaghari P, Renaud P. Cell-Imprinted Substrates Modulate Differentiation, Redifferentiation, and Transdifferentiation. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:13777-13784. [PMID: 27196338 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b03302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Differentiation of stem cells into mature cells through the use of physical approaches is of great interest. Here, we prepared smart nanoenvironments by cell-imprinted substrates based on chondrocytes, tenocytes, and semifibroblasts as templates and demonstrated their potential for differentiation, redifferentiation, and transdifferentiation. Analysis of shape and upregulation/downregulation of specific genes of stem cells, which were seeded on these cell-imprinted substrates, confirmed that imprinted substrates have the capability to induce specific shapes and molecular characteristics of the cell types that were used as templates for cell-imprinting. Interestingly, immunofluorescent staining of a specific protein in chondrocytes (i.e., collagen type II) confirmed that adipose-derived stem cells, semifibroblasts, and tenocytes can acquire the chondrocyte phenotype after a 14 day culture on chondrocyte-imprinted substrates. In summary, we propose that common polystyrene tissue culture plates can be replaced by this imprinting technique as an effective and promising way to regulate any cell phenotype in vitro with significant potential applications in regenerative medicine and cell-based therapies.
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- Shahin Bonakdar
- National Cell Bank, Pasteur Institute of Iran , P.O. Box 1316943551, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Nanotechnology & Nanotechnology Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences , P.O. Box 14155-6451, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Anesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR , Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Microsystems (LMIS4), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Laboratory of Microsystems (LMIS4), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, Department of Biomaterials Science and Technology, University of Twente , P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
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- National Cell Bank, Pasteur Institute of Iran , P.O. Box 1316943551, Tehran, Iran
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- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- National Cell Bank, Pasteur Institute of Iran , P.O. Box 1316943551, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratory of Microsystems (LMIS4), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne , Station 17, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Recha-Sancho L, Semino CE. Heparin-based self-assembling peptide scaffold reestablish chondrogenic phenotype of expanded de-differentiated human chondrocytes. J Biomed Mater Res A 2016; 104:1694-706. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Revised: 02/17/2016] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Lourdes Recha-Sancho
- Tissue Engineering Laboratory; Department of Bioengineering; IQS-School of Engineering, Ramon Llull University; via Augusta 390 Barcelona 08017 Spain
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- Tissue Engineering Laboratory; Department of Bioengineering; IQS-School of Engineering, Ramon Llull University; via Augusta 390 Barcelona 08017 Spain
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Shin H, Lee MN, Choung JS, Kim S, Choi BH, Noh M, Shin JH. Focal Adhesion Assembly Induces Phenotypic Changes and Dedifferentiation in Chondrocytes. J Cell Physiol 2016; 231:1822-31. [PMID: 26661891 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Accepted: 12/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The expansion of autologous chondrocytes in vitro is used to generate sufficient populations for cell-based therapies. However, during monolayer culture, chondrocytes lose inherent characteristics and shift to fibroblast-like cells as passage number increase. Here, we investigated passage-dependent changes in cellular physiology, including cellular morphology, motility, and gene and protein expression, as well as the role of focal adhesion and cytoskeletal regulation in the dedifferentiation process. We found that the gene and protein expression levels of both the focal adhesion complex and small Rho GTPases are upregulated with increasing passage number and are closely linked to chondrocyte dedifferentiation. The inhibition of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) but not small Rho GTPases induced the loss of fibroblastic traits and the recovery of collagen type II, aggrecan, and SOX9 expression levels in dedifferentiated chondrocytes. Based on these findings, we propose a strategy to suppress chondrogenic dedifferentiation by inhibiting the identified FAK or Src pathways while maintaining the expansion capability of chondrocytes in a 2D environment. These results highlight a potential therapeutic target for the treatment of skeletal diseases and the generation of cartilage in tissue-engineering approaches. J. Cell. Physiol. 231: 1822-1831, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Hyunjun Shin
- Division of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Hansung University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Inha University College of Medicine, Jung-gu, Incheon, Republic of Korea
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- Natural Products Research Institute, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Mechanical Engineering, School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Systems Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
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Cathepsin B Imaging to Predict Quality of Engineered Cartilage. Macromol Biosci 2015; 15:1224-32. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201500215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Revised: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Li J, He F, Pei M. Chondrogenic priming of human fetal synovium-derived stem cells in an adult stem cell matrix microenvironment. Genes Dis 2015; 2:337-346. [PMID: 30258873 PMCID: PMC6147170 DOI: 10.1016/j.gendis.2015.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Cartilage defects are a challenge to treat clinically due to the avascular nature of cartilage. Low immunogenicity and extensive proliferation and multidifferentiation potential make fetal stem cells a promising source for regenerative medicine. In this study, we aimed to determine whether fetal synovium-derived stem cells (FSDSCs) exhibited replicative senescence and whether expansion on decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) deposited by adult SDSCs (AECM) promoted FSDSCs' chondrogenic potential. FSDSCs from passage 2 and 9 were compared for chondrogenic potential, using Alcian blue staining for sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), biochemical analysis for DNA and GAG amounts, and real-time PCR for chondrogenic genes including ACAN and COL2A1. Passage 3 FSDSCs were expanded for one passage on plastic flasks (PL), AECM, or dECM deposited by fetal SDSCs (FECM). During expansion, cell proliferation was evaluated using flow cytometry for proliferation index, stem cell surface markers, and resistance to hydrogen peroxide. During chondrogenic induction, expanded FSDSCs were evaluated for tri-lineage differentiation capacity. We found that cell expansion enhanced FSDSCs' chondrogenic potential at least up to passage 9. Expansion on dECMs promoted FSDSCs' proliferative and survival capacity and adipogenic differentiation but not osteogenic capacity. AECM-primed FSDSCs exhibited an enhanced chondrogenic potential.
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- Jingting Li
- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.,Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.,Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.,Orthopaedic Institute, Soochow University, Suzhou 215007, China
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- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA.,Division of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Tekari A, Luginbuehl R, Hofstetter W, Egli RJ. Transforming growth factor beta signaling is essential for the autonomous formation of cartilage-like tissue by expanded chondrocytes. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120857. [PMID: 25775021 PMCID: PMC4361600 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2014] [Accepted: 01/27/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Cartilage is a tissue with limited self-healing potential. Hence, cartilage defects require surgical attention to prevent or postpone the development of osteoarthritis. For cell-based cartilage repair strategies, in particular autologous chondrocyte implantation, articular chondrocytes are isolated from cartilage and expanded in vitro to increase the number of cells required for therapy. During expansion, the cells lose the competence to autonomously form a cartilage-like tissue, that is in the absence of exogenously added chondrogenic growth factors, such as TGF-βs. We hypothesized that signaling elicited by autocrine and/or paracrine TGF-β is essential for the formation of cartilage-like tissue and that alterations within the TGF-β signaling pathway during expansion interfere with this process. Primary bovine articular chondrocytes were harvested and expanded in monolayer culture up to passage six and the formation of cartilage tissue was investigated in high density pellet cultures grown for three weeks. Chondrocytes expanded for up to three passages maintained the potential for autonomous cartilage-like tissue formation. After three passages, however, exogenous TGF-β1 was required to induce the formation of cartilage-like tissue. When TGF-β signaling was blocked by inhibiting the TGF-β receptor 1 kinase, the autonomous formation of cartilage-like tissue was abrogated. At the initiation of pellet culture, chondrocytes from passage three and later showed levels of transcripts coding for TGF-β receptors 1 and 2 and TGF-β2 to be three-, five- and five-fold decreased, respectively, as compared to primary chondrocytes. In conclusion, the autonomous formation of cartilage-like tissue by expanded chondrocytes is dependent on signaling induced by autocrine and/or paracrine TGF-β. We propose that a decrease in the expression of the chondrogenic growth factor TGF-β2 and of the TGF-β receptors in expanded chondrocytes accounts for a decrease in the activity of the TGF-β signaling pathway and hence for the loss of the potential for autonomous cartilage-like tissue formation.
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- Adel Tekari
- Group for Bone Biology & Orthopaedic Research, Department Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Graduate School for Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Group for Bone Biology & Orthopaedic Research, Department Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Group for Bone Biology & Orthopaedic Research, Department Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- RMS Foundation, Bettlach, Switzerland
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He W, Kienzle A, Liu X, Müller WEG, Feng Q. In vitro 30 nm silver nanoparticles promote chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra06386h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Silver nanoparticles positively influence chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells through promoting expression of chondrogenic markers while reducing hypertrophy.
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- Wei He
- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Institute for Physiological Chemistry
- Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
- D-55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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- Institute for Physiological Chemistry
- Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
- D-55128 Mainz
- Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing
- School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Tsinghua University
- Beijing 100084
- China
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Papadimitriou N, Thorfve A, Brantsing C, Junevik K, Baranto A, Barreto Henriksson H. Cell Viability and Chondrogenic Differentiation Capability of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells After Iron Labeling with Iron Sucrose. Stem Cells Dev 2014; 23:2568-80. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2014.0153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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- Nikolaos Papadimitriou
- Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department for Biomaterials, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Wang Y, Yuan M, Guo QY, Lu SB, Peng J. Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treating Articular Cartilage Defects and Osteoarthritis. Cell Transplant 2014; 24:1661-78. [PMID: 25197793 DOI: 10.3727/096368914x683485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Articular cartilage damage and osteoarthritis are the most common joint diseases. Joints are prone to damage caused by sports injuries or aging, and such damage regularly progresses to more serious joint disorders, including osteoarthritis, which is a degenerative disease characterized by the thinning and eventual wearing out of articular cartilage, ultimately leading to joint destruction. Osteoarthritis affects millions of people worldwide. Current approaches to repair of articular cartilage damage include mosaicplasty, microfracture, and injection of autologous chondrocytes. These treatments relieve pain and improve joint function, but the long-term results are unsatisfactory. The long-term success of cartilage repair depends on development of regenerative methodologies that restore articular cartilage to a near-native state. Two promising approaches are (i) implantation of engineered constructs of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-seeded scaffolds, and (ii) delivery of an appropriate population of MSCs by direct intra-articular injection. MSCs may be used as trophic producers of bioactive factors initiating regenerative activities in a defective joint. Current challenges in MSC therapy are the need to overcome current limitations in cartilage cell purity and to in vitro engineer tissue structures exhibiting the required biomechanical properties. This review outlines the current status of MSCs used in cartilage tissue engineering and in cell therapy seeking to repair articular cartilage defects and related problems. MSC-based technologies show promise when used to repair cartilage defects in joints.
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- Yu Wang
- Institute of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Nair S, Bora-Singhal N, Perumal D, Chellappan S. Nicotine-mediated invasion and migration of non-small cell lung carcinoma cells by modulating STMN3 and GSPT1 genes in an ID1-dependent manner. Mol Cancer 2014; 13:173. [PMID: 25028095 PMCID: PMC4121302 DOI: 10.1186/1476-4598-13-173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Inhibitor of DNA binding/Differentiation 1 (ID1) is a helix loop helix transcription factor that lacks the basic DNA binding domain. Over-expression of ID1 has been correlated with a variety of human cancers; our earlier studies had shown that reported ID1 is induced by nicotine or EGF stimulation of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cells and its down regulation abrogates cell proliferation, invasion and migration. Here we made attempts to identify downstream targets of ID1 that mediate these effects. Methods A microarray analysis was done on two different NSCLC cell lines (A549 and H1650) that were transfected with a siRNA to ID1 or a control, non-targeting siRNA. Cells were stimulated with nicotine and genes that were differentially expressed upon nicotine stimulation and ID1 depletion were analyzed to identify potential downstream targets of ID1. The prospective role of the identified genes was validated by RT-PCR. Additional functional assays were conducted to assess the role of these genes in nicotine induced proliferation, invasion and migration. Experiments were also conducted to elucidate the role of ID1, which does not bind to DNA directly, affects the expression of these genes at transcriptional level. Results A microarray analysis showed multiple genes are affected by the depletion of ID1; we focused on two of them: Stathmin-like3 (STMN3), a microtubule destabilizing protein, and GSPT1, a protein involved in translation termination; these proteins were induced by both nicotine and EGF in an ID1 dependent fashion. Overexpression of ID1 in two different cell lines induced STMN3 and GSPT1 at the transcriptional level, while depletion of ID1 reduced their expression. STMN3 and GSPT1 were found to facilitate the proliferation, invasion and migration of NSCLC cells in response to nAChR activation. Attempts made to assess how ID1, which is a transcriptional repressor, induces these genes showed that ID1 down regulates the expression of two transcriptional co-repressors, NRSF and ZBP89, involved in the repression of these genes. Conclusions Collectively, our data suggests that nicotine and EGF induce genes such as STMN3 and GSPT1 to promote the proliferation, invasion and migration of NSCLC, thus enhancing their tumorigenic properties. These studies thus reveal a central role for ID1 and its downstream targets in facilitating lung cancer progression.
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- Department of Tumor Biology, H, Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.
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Jenner F, IJpma A, Cleary M, Heijsman D, Narcisi R, van der Spek PJ, Kremer A, van Weeren R, Brama P, van Osch GJVM. Differential gene expression of the intermediate and outer interzone layers of developing articular cartilage in murine embryos. Stem Cells Dev 2014; 23:1883-98. [PMID: 24738827 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2013.0235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Nascent embryonic joints, interzones, contain a distinct cohort of progenitor cells responsible for the formation of the majority of articular tissues. However, to date the interzone has largely been studied using in situ analysis for candidate genes in the context of the embryo rather than using an unbiased genome-wide expression analysis on isolated interzone cells, leaving significant controversy regarding the exact role of the intermediate and outer interzone layers in joint formation. Therefore, in this study, using laser capture microdissection (three biological replicates), we selectively harvested the intermediate and outer interzones of mouse embryos at gestational age 15.5 days, just prior to cavitation, when the differences between the layers should be most profound. Microarray analysis (Agilent Whole Mouse Genome Oligo Microarrays) was performed and the differential gene expression between the intermediate interzone cells and outer interzone cells was examined by performing a two-sided paired Student's t-test and pathway analysis. One hundred ninety-seven genes were differentially expressed (≥ 2-fold) between the intermediate interzone and the outer interzone with a P-value ≤ 0.01. Of these, 91 genes showed higher expression levels in the intermediate interzone and 106 were expressed higher in the outer interzone. Pathway analysis of differentially expressed genes suggests an important role for inflammatory processes in the interzone layers, especially in the intermediate interzone, and hence in joint and articular cartilage development. The high representation of genes relevant to chondrocyte hypertrophy and endochondral ossification in the outer interzone suggests that it undergoes endochondral ossification.
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- Florien Jenner
- 1 Equine University Hospital, Department of Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna , Vienna, Austria
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Intact human amniotic membrane differentiated towards the chondrogenic lineage. Cell Tissue Bank 2014; 15:213-25. [DOI: 10.1007/s10561-014-9454-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Enochson L, Stenberg J, Brittberg M, Lindahl A. GDF5 reduces MMP13 expression in human chondrocytes via DKK1 mediated canonical Wnt signaling inhibition. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2014; 22:566-77. [PMID: 24561281 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF5) is important for joint formation and associated with osteoarthritis (OA). Its role for the homeostasis of cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM) is, however, unknown. The canonical Wnt signaling pathway is also implemented in OA and activation of the pathway has detrimental effects on the cartilage ECM. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of GDF5 stimulation on the Wnt signaling pathway and on the expression of known modulators of cartilage ECM. DESIGN Human chondrocytes were cultured in the pellet mass system and stimulated with increasing concentrations of GDF5. Expression of matrix modulating enzymes and canonical Wnt inhibitors dickkopf 1 (DKK1) and frizzled related protein (FRZB) were measured with quantitative PCR (qPCR). Protein levels of matrix metalloprotease 13 (MMP13), DKK1 and β-catenin were measured with enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Canonical Wnt signaling was stimulated with Wnt3a and small molecule CHIR-99021 and DKK1 was blocked with small molecule WAY-262611. RESULTS In this study, we show that GDF5 stimulation of human chondrocytes inhibits expression of the cartilage ECM degrading enzymes MMP13 and ADAMTS4 and stimulates the expression of cartilage anabolic genes ACAN and SOX9. We further show that the stimulation inhibits the canonical Wnt signaling pathway through expression of the canonical Wnt inhibitors DKK1 and FRZB. Finally we show that inhibition of MMP13 expression through GDF5 stimulation is mediated by DKK1. CONCLUSION Herein, we provide evidence of a previously unknown link between GDF5 signaling and canonical Wnt signaling that may contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of OA.
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- L Enochson
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Cartilage Research Unit, Gothenburg University, Department of Orthopaedics, Kungsbacka Hospital, Kungsbacka, Sweden.
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Li J, Dong J, Zhang ZH, Zhang DC, You XY, Zhong Y, Chen MS, Liu SM. miR-10a restores human mesenchymal stem cell differentiation by repressing KLF4. J Cell Physiol 2014; 228:2324-36. [PMID: 23696417 PMCID: PMC4285942 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2012] [Accepted: 05/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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miRNAs have recently been shown to play a significant role in human aging. However, data demonstrating the effects of aging-related miRNAs in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are limited. We observed that hMSC differentiation decreased with aging. We also identified that miR-10a expression was significantly decreased with age by comparing the miRNA expression of hMSCs derived from young and aged individuals. Therefore, we hypothesized that the downregulation of miR-10a may be associated with the decreased differentiation capability of hMSCs from aged individuals. Lentiviral constructs were used to up- or downregulate miR-10a in young and old hMSCs. Upregulation of miR-10a resulted in increased differentiation to adipogenic, osteogenic, and chondrogenic lineages and in reduced cell senescence. Conversely, downregulation of miR-10a resulted in decreased cell differentiation and increased cell senescence. A chimeric luciferase reporter system was generated, tagged with the full-length 3′-UTR region of KLF4 harboring the seed-matched sequence with or without four nucleotide mutations. These constructs were cotransfected with the miR-10a mimic into cells. The luciferase activity was significantly repressed by the miR-10a mimic, proving the direct binding of miR-10a to the 3′-UTR of KLF4. Direct suppression of KLF4 in aged hMSCs increased cell differentiation and decreased cell senescence. In conclusion, miR-10a restores the differentiation capability of aged hMSCs through repression of KLF4. Aging-related miRNAs may have broad applications in the restoration of cell dysfunction caused by aging. J. Cell. Physiol. 228: 2324–2336, 2013. © The Authors. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Jiao Li
- Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Guangzhou, China
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Schminke B, Muhammad H, Bode C, Sadowski B, Gerter R, Gersdorff N, Bürgers R, Monsonego-Ornan E, Rosen V, Miosge N. A discoidin domain receptor 1 knock-out mouse as a novel model for osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:1081-96. [PMID: 23912900 PMCID: PMC11113511 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-013-1436-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Revised: 07/19/2013] [Accepted: 07/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Discoidin domain receptor 1 (DDR-1)-deficient mice exhibited a high incidence of osteoarthritis (OA) in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) as early as 9 weeks of age. They showed typical histological signs of OA, including surface fissures, loss of proteoglycans, chondrocyte cluster formation, collagen type I upregulation, and atypical collagen fibril arrangements. Chondrocytes isolated from the TMJs of DDR-1-deficient mice maintained their osteoarthritic characteristics when placed in culture. They expressed high levels of runx-2 and collagen type I, as well as low levels of sox-9 and aggrecan. The expression of DDR-2, a key factor in OA, was increased. DDR-1-deficient chondrocytes from the TMJ were positively influenced towards chondrogenesis by a three-dimensional matrix combined with a runx-2 knockdown or stimulation with extracellular matrix components, such as nidogen-2. Therefore, the DDR-1 knock-out mouse can serve as a novel model for temporomandibular disorders, such as OA of the TMJ, and will help to develop new treatment options, particularly those involving tissue regeneration.
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- Boris Schminke
- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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- Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, P.O. Box 12, 76100 Rehovot, Israel
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- Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115 USA
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- Oral Biology and Tissue Regeneration Work Group, Department of Prosthodontics, Medical Faculty, Georg-August-University, Robert Koch Straße 40, 37075 Goettingen, Germany
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Rolfe RA, Nowlan NC, Kenny EM, Cormican P, Morris DW, Prendergast PJ, Kelly D, Murphy P. Identification of mechanosensitive genes during skeletal development: alteration of genes associated with cytoskeletal rearrangement and cell signalling pathways. BMC Genomics 2014; 15:48. [PMID: 24443808 PMCID: PMC3905281 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Background Mechanical stimulation is necessary for regulating correct formation of the skeleton. Here we test the hypothesis that mechanical stimulation of the embryonic skeletal system impacts expression levels of genes implicated in developmentally important signalling pathways in a genome wide approach. We use a mutant mouse model with altered mechanical stimulation due to the absence of limb skeletal muscle (Splotch-delayed) where muscle-less embryos show specific defects in skeletal elements including delayed ossification, changes in the size and shape of cartilage rudiments and joint fusion. We used Microarray and RNA sequencing analysis tools to identify differentially expressed genes between muscle-less and control embryonic (TS23) humerus tissue. Results We found that 680 independent genes were down-regulated and 452 genes up-regulated in humeri from muscle-less Spd embryos compared to littermate controls (at least 2-fold; corrected p-value ≤0.05). We analysed the resulting differentially expressed gene sets using Gene Ontology annotations to identify significant enrichment of genes associated with particular biological processes, showing that removal of mechanical stimuli from muscle contractions affected genes associated with development and differentiation, cytoskeletal architecture and cell signalling. Among cell signalling pathways, the most strongly disturbed was Wnt signalling, with 34 genes including 19 pathway target genes affected. Spatial gene expression analysis showed that both a Wnt ligand encoding gene (Wnt4) and a pathway antagonist (Sfrp2) are up-regulated specifically in the developing joint line, while the expression of a Wnt target gene, Cd44, is no longer detectable in muscle-less embryos. The identification of 84 genes associated with the cytoskeleton that are down-regulated in the absence of muscle indicates a number of candidate genes that are both mechanoresponsive and potentially involved in mechanotransduction, converting a mechanical stimulus into a transcriptional response. Conclusions This work identifies key developmental regulatory genes impacted by altered mechanical stimulation, sheds light on the molecular mechanisms that interpret mechanical stimulation during skeletal development and provides valuable resources for further investigation of the mechanistic basis of mechanoregulation. In particular it highlights the Wnt signalling pathway as a potential point of integration of mechanical and molecular signalling and cytoskeletal components as mediators of the response.
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- Department of Zoology, School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
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Hilz FM, Ahrens P, Grad S, Stoddart MJ, Dahmani C, Wilken FL, Sauerschnig M, Niemeyer P, Zwingmann J, Burgkart R, von Eisenhart-Rothe R, Südkamp NP, Weyh T, Imhoff AB, Alini M, Salzmann GM. Influence of extremely low frequency, low energy electromagnetic fields and combined mechanical stimulation on chondrocytes in 3-D constructs for cartilage tissue engineering. Bioelectromagnetics 2013; 35:116-28. [PMID: 24203577 DOI: 10.1002/bem.21822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Articular cartilage, once damaged, has very low regenerative potential. Various experimental approaches have been conducted to enhance chondrogenesis and cartilage maturation. Among those, non-invasive electromagnetic fields have shown their beneficial influence for cartilage regeneration and are widely used for the treatment of non-unions, fractures, avascular necrosis and osteoarthritis. One very well accepted way to promote cartilage maturation is physical stimulation through bioreactors. The aim of this study was the investigation of combined mechanical and electromagnetic stress affecting cartilage cells in vitro. Primary articular chondrocytes from bovine fetlock joints were seeded into three-dimensional (3-D) polyurethane scaffolds and distributed into seven stimulated experimental groups. They either underwent mechanical or electromagnetic stimulation (sinusoidal electromagnetic field of 1 mT, 2 mT, or 3 mT; 60 Hz) or both within a joint-specific bioreactor and a coil system. The scaffold-cell constructs were analyzed for glycosaminoglycan (GAG) and DNA content, histology, and gene expression of collagen-1, collagen-2, aggrecan, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), Sox9, proteoglycan-4 (PRG-4), and matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-3 and -13). There were statistically significant differences in GAG/DNA content between the stimulated versus the control group with highest levels in the combined stimulation group. Gene expression was significantly higher for combined stimulation groups versus static control for collagen 2/collagen 1 ratio and lower for MMP-13. Amongst other genes, a more chondrogenic phenotype was noticed in expression patterns for the stimulated groups. To conclude, there is an effect of electromagnetic and mechanical stimulation on chondrocytes seeded in a 3-D scaffold, resulting in improved extracellular matrix production.
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- Florian M Hilz
- Department of Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany; AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland; Clinic of Orthopaedics and Sport Orthopaedics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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Li J, Hansen KC, Zhang Y, Dong C, Dinu CZ, Dzieciatkowska M, Pei M. Rejuvenation of chondrogenic potential in a young stem cell microenvironment. Biomaterials 2013; 35:642-53. [PMID: 24148243 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.09.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2013] [Accepted: 09/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Autologous cells suffer from limited cell number and senescence during ex vivo expansion for cartilage repair. Here we found that expansion on extracellular matrix (ECM) deposited by fetal synovium-derived stem cells (SDSCs) (FE) was superior to ECM deposited by adult SDSCs (AE) in promoting cell proliferation and chondrogenic potential. Unique proteins in FE might be responsible for the rejuvenation effect of FE while advantageous proteins in AE might contribute to differentiation more than to proliferation. Compared to AE, the lower elasticity of FE yielded expanded adult SDSCs with lower elasticity which could be responsible for the enhancement of chondrogenic and adipogenic differentiation. MAPK and noncanonical Wnt signals were actively involved in ECM-mediated adult SDSC rejuvenation.
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- Jingting Li
- Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics, West Virginia University, PO Box 9196, One Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA; Department of Exercise Physiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
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Nanosized fibers' effect on adult human articular chondrocytes behavior. MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. C, MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS 2013; 33:1539-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2012.12.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2012] [Revised: 09/24/2012] [Accepted: 12/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Enochson L, Brittberg M, Lindahl A. Optimization of a chondrogenic medium through the use of factorial design of experiments. Biores Open Access 2013; 1:306-13. [PMID: 23514743 PMCID: PMC3559199 DOI: 10.1089/biores.2012.0277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The standard culture system for in vitro cartilage research is based on cells in a three-dimensional micromass culture and a defined medium containing the chondrogenic key growth factor, transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1. The aim of this study was to optimize the medium for chondrocyte micromass culture. Human chondrocytes were cultured in different media formulations, designed with a factorial design of experiments (DoE) approach and based on the standard medium for redifferentiation. The significant factors for the redifferentiation of the chondrocytes were determined and optimized in a two-step process through the use of response surface methodology. TGF-β1, dexamethasone, and glucose were significant factors for differentiating the chondrocytes. Compared to the standard medium, TGF-β1 was increased 30%, dexamethasone reduced 50%, and glucose increased 22%. The potency of the optimized medium was validated in a comparative study against the standard medium. The optimized medium resulted in micromass cultures with increased expression of genes important for the articular chondrocyte phenotype and in cultures with increased glycosaminoglycan/DNA content. Optimizing the standard medium with the efficient DoE method, a new medium that gave better redifferentiation for articular chondrocytes was determined.
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- Lars Enochson
- Department of Clinical Chemistry and Transfusion Medicine, The Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg , Gothenburg, Sweden
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Babur BK, Ghanavi P, Levett P, Lott WB, Klein T, Cooper-White JJ, Crawford R, Doran MR. The interplay between chondrocyte redifferentiation pellet size and oxygen concentration. PLoS One 2013; 8:e58865. [PMID: 23554943 PMCID: PMC3598946 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Accepted: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Chondrocytes dedifferentiate during ex vivo expansion on 2-dimensional surfaces. Aggregation of the expanded cells into 3-dimensional pellets, in the presence of induction factors, facilitates their redifferentiation and restoration of the chondrogenic phenotype. Typically 1×10(5)-5×10(5) chondrocytes are aggregated, resulting in "macro" pellets having diameters ranging from 1-2 mm. These macropellets are commonly used to study redifferentiation, and recently macropellets of autologous chondrocytes have been implanted directly into articular cartilage defects to facilitate their repair. However, diffusion of metabolites over the 1-2 mm pellet length-scales is inefficient, resulting in radial tissue heterogeneity. Herein we demonstrate that the aggregation of 2×10(5) human chondrocytes into micropellets of 166 cells each, rather than into larger single macropellets, enhances chondrogenic redifferentiation. In this study, we describe the development of a cost effective fabrication strategy to manufacture a microwell surface for the large-scale production of micropellets. The thousands of micropellets were manufactured using the microwell platform, which is an array of 360×360 µm microwells cast into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), that has been surface modified with an electrostatic multilayer of hyaluronic acid and chitosan to enhance micropellet formation. Such surface modification was essential to prevent chondrocyte spreading on the PDMS. Sulfated glycosaminoglycan (sGAG) production and collagen II gene expression in chondrocyte micropellets increased significantly relative to macropellet controls, and redifferentiation was enhanced in both macro and micropellets with the provision of a hypoxic atmosphere (2% O2). Once micropellet formation had been optimized, we demonstrated that micropellets could be assembled into larger cartilage tissues. Our results indicate that micropellet amalgamation efficiency is inversely related to the time cultured as discreet microtissues. In summary, we describe a micropellet production platform that represents an efficient tool for studying chondrocyte redifferentiation and demonstrate that the micropellets could be assembled into larger tissues, potentially useful in cartilage defect repair.
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- Betul Kul Babur
- Stem Cell Therapies Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology and Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Stem Cell Therapies Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology and Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Medical Device Domain, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Stem Cell Therapies Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology and Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Medical Device Domain, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Tissue Engineering and Microfluidics Laboratory, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Australia
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- Medical Device Domain, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Stem Cell Therapies Laboratory, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology and Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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López-Ruiz E, Perán M, Cobo-Molinos J, Jiménez G, Picón M, Bustamante M, Arrebola F, Hernández-Lamas MC, Delgado-Martínez AD, Montañez E, Marchal JA. Chondrocytes extract from patients with osteoarthritis induces chondrogenesis in infrapatellar fat pad-derived stem cells. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2013; 21:246-58. [PMID: 23085560 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2012] [Revised: 09/21/2012] [Accepted: 10/11/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Infrapatellar fat pad of patients with osteoarthritis (OA) contains multipotent and highly clonogenic adipose-derived stem cells that can be isolated by low invasive methods. Moreover, nuclear and cytoplasmic cellular extracts have been showed to be effective in induction of cell differentiation and reprogramming. The aim of this study was to induce chondrogenic differentiation of autologous mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) obtained from infrapatellar fat pad (IFPSCs) of patients with OA using cellular extracts-based transdifferentiation method. DESIGN IFPSCs and chondrocytes were isolated and characterized by flow cytometry. IFPSCs were permeabilized with Streptolysin O and then exposed to a cell extract obtained from chondrocytes. Then, IFPSCs were cultured for 2 weeks and chondrogenesis was evaluated by morphologic and ultrastructural observations, immunologic detection, gene expression analysis and growth on 3-D poly (dl-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) scaffolds. RESULTS After isolation, both chondrocytes and IFPSCs displayed similar expression of MSCs surface makers. Collagen II was highly expressed in chondrocytes and showed a basal expression in IFPSCs. Cells exposed to chondrocyte extracts acquired a characteristic morphological and ultrastructural chondrocyte phenotype that was confirmed by the increased proteoglycan formation and enhanced collagen II immunostaining. Moreover, chondrocyte extracts induced an increase in mRNA expression of chondrogenic genes such as Sox9, L-Sox5, Sox6 and Col2a1. Interestingly, chondrocytes, IFPSCs and transdifferentiated IFPSCs were able to grow, expand and produce extracellular matrix (ECM) on 3D PLGA scaffolds. CONCLUSIONS We demonstrate for the first time that extracts obtained from chondrocytes of osteoarthritic knees promote chondrogenic differentiation of autologous IFPSCs. Moreover, combination of transdifferentiated IFPSCs with biodegradable PLGA 3D scaffolds can serve as an efficient system for the maintenance and maturation of cartilage tissue. These findings suggest its usefulness to repair articular surface in OA.
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- E López-Ruiz
- Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Jaén E-23071, Spain.
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High density sphere culture of adult cardiac cells increases the levels of cardiac and progenitor markers and shows signs of vasculogenesis. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2012; 2013:696837. [PMID: 23484142 PMCID: PMC3591148 DOI: 10.1155/2013/696837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2012] [Accepted: 09/05/2012] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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3D environment and high cell density play an important role in restoring and supporting the phenotypes of cells represented in cardiac tissues. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate the suitability of high density sphere (HDS) cultures for studies of cardiomyocyte-, endothelial-, and stem-cell biology. Primary adult cardiac cells from nine human biopsies were cultured using different media for up to 9 weeks. The possibilities to favor a certain cell phenotype and induce production of extra cellular matrix (ECM) were studied by histology, immunohistochemistry, and quantitative real-time PCR. Defined media gave significant increase in both cardiac- and progenitor-specific markers and also an intraluminal position of endothelial cells over time. Cardiac media showed indication of differentiation and maturity of HDS considering the ECM production and activities within NOTCH regulation but no additional cardiac differentiation. Endothelial media gave no positive effects on endothelial phenotype but increased proliferation without fibroblast overgrowth. In addition, indications for early vasculogenesis were found. It was also possible to affect the Wnt signaling in HDS by addition of a glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) inhibitor. In conclusion, these findings show the suitability of HDS as in vitro model for studies of cardiomyocyte-, endothelial-, and stem-cell biology.
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Brisby H, Papadimitriou N, Brantsing C, Bergh P, Lindahl A, Barreto Henriksson H. The presence of local mesenchymal progenitor cells in human degenerated intervertebral discs and possibilities to influence these in vitro: a descriptive study in humans. Stem Cells Dev 2012; 22:804-14. [PMID: 23025667 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2012.0179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Low back pain is common and degenerated discs (DDs) are believed to be a major cause. In non-degenerated intervertebral discs (IVDs) presence of stem/progenitor cells was recently reported in different mammals (rabbit, rat, pig). Understanding processes of disc degeneration and regenerative mechanisms within DDs is important. The aim of the study was to examine the presence of local stem/progenitor cells in human DDs and if these cell populations could respond to paracrine stimulation in vitro. Tissue biopsies from the IVD region (L3-S1) were collected from 15 patients, age 34-69 years, undergoing surgery (spinal fusion) and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) (iliac crest) from 2 donors. Non-DD cells were collected from 1 donor (scoliosis) and chordoma tissue was obtained from (positive control, stem cell markers) 2 donors. The IVD biopsies were investigated for gene and protein expression of: OCT3/4, CD105, CD90, STRO-1, and NOTCH1. DD cell cultures (pellet mass) were performed with conditioned media from MSCs and non-degenerated IVD cells. Pellets were investigated after 7, 14, 28 days for the same stem cell markers as above. Gene expression of OCT3/4 and STRO-1 was detected in 13/15 patient samples, CD105 in 14/15 samples, and CD90 and NOTCH1 were detected 15/15 samples. Immunohistochemistry analysis supported findings on the protein level, in cells sparsely distributed in DDs tissues. DDs cell cultures displayed more undifferentiated appearance with increased expression of CD105, CD90, STRO-1, OCT3/4, NOTCH1, and JAGGED1, which was observed when cultured in conditioned cell culture media from MSCs compared to cell cultures cultured with conditioned media from non-DD cells. Expression of OCT3/4 (multipotency marker) and NOTCH1 (regulator of cell fate), MSC-markers, CD105, CD90, and STRO-1, indicate that primitive cell populations are present within DDs. Furthermore, the possibility to influence cells from DDs by paracrine signaling /soluble factors from MSCs and from nondegenerated IVD cells was observed in vitro indicating that repair processes within human DDs may be stimulated.
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- Helena Brisby
- Department of Orthopaedics, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Gothenburg University, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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Cavallo C, Desando G, Columbaro M, Ferrari A, Zini N, Facchini A, Grigolo B. Chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow concentrate grown onto a hylauronan scaffold: Rationale for its use in the treatment of cartilage lesions. J Biomed Mater Res A 2012; 101:1559-70. [DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2012] [Revised: 09/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/14/2012] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Caron MMJ, Emans PJ, Coolsen MME, Voss L, Surtel DAM, Cremers A, van Rhijn LW, Welting TJM. Redifferentiation of dedifferentiated human articular chondrocytes: comparison of 2D and 3D cultures. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2012; 20:1170-8. [PMID: 22796508 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2012.06.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 325] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/30/2012] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Three-dimensional (3D) cultures are widely used to redifferentiate chondrocytes. However, the rationale behind the choice for 3D above two-dimensional (2D) cultures is poorly systematically investigated and mainly based on mRNA expression and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content. The objective was to determine the differential redifferentiation characteristics of human articular chondrocytes (HACs) in monolayer, alginate beads and pellet culture by investigating mRNA expression, protein expression, GAG content and cell proliferation. DESIGN Dedifferentiated HACs from six individuals were redifferentiated in identical medium conditions for 7 days in monolayer, alginate beads or pellet culture. Read-out parameters were expression of chondrogenic and hypertrophic mRNAs and proteins, GAG content and cell proliferation. RESULTS 3D cultures specifically expressed chondrogenic mRNAs [collagen type II (COL2A1), SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 9 (SOX9), aggrecan (ACAN)), whereas 2D cultures did not. Hypertrophic mRNAs (collagen type X (COL10A1), runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP13), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA), osteopontin (OPN), alkaline phosphatase (ALP)) were highly increased in 2D cultures and lower in 3D cultures. Collagen type I (COL1A1) mRNA expression was highest in 3D cultures. Protein expression supports most of the mRNA data, although an important discrepancy was found between mRNA and protein expression of COL2A1 and SOX9 in monolayer culture, stressing on the importance of protein expression analysis. GAG content was highest in 3D cultures, whereas chondrocyte proliferation was almost specific for 2D cultures. CONCLUSIONS For redifferentiation of dedifferentiated HACs, 3D cultures exhibit the most potent chondrogenic potential, whereas a hypertrophic phenotype is best achieved in 2D cultures. This is the first human study that systematically evaluates the differences between proliferation, GAG content, protein expression and mRNA expression of commonly used 2D and 3D chondrocyte culture techniques.
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- M M J Caron
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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