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Mahara A, Kojima K, Yamamoto M, Hirano Y, Yamaoka T. Accelerated tissue regeneration in decellularized vascular grafts with a patterned pore structure. J Mater Chem B 2021; 10:2544-2550. [PMID: 34787632 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb02271g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
Abstract
Decellularized tissue is expected to be utilized as a regenerative scaffold. However, the migration of host cells into the central region of the decellularized tissues is minimal because the tissues are mainly formed with dense collagen and elastin fibers. This results in insufficient tissue regeneration. Herein, it is demonstrated that host cell migration can be accelerated by using decellularized tissue with a patterned pore structure. Patterned pores with inner diameters of 24.5 ± 0.4 μm were fabricated at 100, 250, and 500 μm intervals in the decellularized vascular grafts via laser ablation. The grafts were transplanted into rat subcutaneous tissue for 1, 2, and 4 weeks. All the microporous grafts underwent faster recellularization with macrophages and fibroblast cells than the non-porous control tissue. In the case of non-porous tissue, the cells infiltrated approximately 50% of the area four weeks after transplantation. However, almost the entire area was occupied by the cells after two weeks when the micropores were aligned at a distance of less than 250 μm. These results suggest that host cell infiltration depends on the micropore interval, and a distance shorter than 250 μm can accelerate cell migration into decellularized tissues.
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Affiliation(s)
- Atsushi Mahara
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Kishibe-shin Machi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Kishibe-shin Machi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan. .,Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamatecho, Suita, Osaka 565-8680, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Kishibe-shin Machi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan. .,Faculty of Medical Engineering, Suzuka University of Medical Science, Suzuka, Mie 510-0293, Japan
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University, 3-3-35 Yamatecho, Suita, Osaka 565-8680, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Kishibe-shin Machi, Suita, Osaka 564-8565, Japan.
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Murray AF, Delivopoulos E. Adhesion and Growth of Neuralized Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells on Parylene-C/SiO 2 Substrates. MATERIALS 2021; 14:ma14123174. [PMID: 34207642 PMCID: PMC8226677 DOI: 10.3390/ma14123174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2021] [Revised: 06/03/2021] [Accepted: 06/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neuronal patterning on microfabricated architectures has developed rapidly over the past few years, together with the emergence of soft biocompatible materials and tissue engineering scaffolds. Previously, we introduced a patterning technique based on serum and the biopolymer parylene-C, achieving highly compliant growth of primary neurons and astrocytes on different geometries. Here, we expanded this technique and illustrated that neuralized cells derived from mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) followed stripes of variable widths with conformity equal to or higher than that of primary neurons and astrocytes. Our results indicate the presence of undifferentiated mESCs, which also conformed to the underlying patterns to a high degree. This is an exciting and unexpected outcome, as molecular mechanisms governing cell and ECM protein interactions are different in stem cells and primary cells. Our study enables further investigations into the development and electrophysiology of differentiating patterned neural stem cells.
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- Alan F. Murray
- School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3FB, UK;
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6DH, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-11-8378-8615
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Werner M, Kurniawan NA, Bouten CVC. Cellular Geometry Sensing at Different Length Scales and its Implications for Scaffold Design. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 13:E963. [PMID: 32098110 PMCID: PMC7078773 DOI: 10.3390/ma13040963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Geometrical cues provided by the intrinsic architecture of tissues and implanted biomaterials have a high relevance in controlling cellular behavior. Knowledge of how cells sense and subsequently respond to complex geometrical cues of various sizes and origins is needed to understand the role of the architecture of the extracellular environment as a cell-instructive parameter. This is of particular interest in the field of tissue engineering, where the success of scaffold-guided tissue regeneration largely depends on the formation of new tissue in a native-like organization in order to ensure proper tissue function. A well-considered internal scaffold design (i.e., the inner architecture of the porous structure) can largely contribute to the desired cell and tissue organization. Advances in scaffold production techniques for tissue engineering purposes in the last years have provided the possibility to accurately create scaffolds with defined macroscale external and microscale internal architectures. Using the knowledge of how cells sense geometrical cues of different size ranges can drive the rational design of scaffolds that control cellular and tissue architecture. This concise review addresses the recently gained knowledge of the sensory mechanisms of cells towards geometrical cues of different sizes (from the nanometer to millimeter scale) and points out how this insight can contribute to informed architectural scaffold designs.
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- Maike Werner
- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (M.W.); (C.V.C.B.)
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (M.W.); (C.V.C.B.)
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Soft Tissue Engineering and Mechanobiology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AP Eindhoven, The Netherlands; (M.W.); (C.V.C.B.)
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems (ICMS), Eindhoven University of Technology, 5612 AZ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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