Effects of TGF-β3 and preculture period of osteogenic cells on the chondrogenic differentiation of rabbit marrow mesenchymal stem cells encapsulated in a bilayered hydrogel composite

In this work, injectable, biodegradable hydrogel composites of crosslinked oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate) and gelatin microparticles (MPs) were used to fabricate a bilayered osteochondral construct. Rabbit marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were encapsulated with transforming growth factor-...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta biomaterialia 2010-08, Vol.6 (8), p.2920-2931
Hauptverfasser: Guo, X., Liao, J., Park, H., Saraf, A., Raphael, R.M., Tabata, Y., Kasper, F.K., Mikos, A.G.
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Zusammenfassung:In this work, injectable, biodegradable hydrogel composites of crosslinked oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate) and gelatin microparticles (MPs) were used to fabricate a bilayered osteochondral construct. Rabbit marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were encapsulated with transforming growth factor-β3 (TGF-β3)-loaded MPs in the chondrogenic layer and cocultured with cells of different periods of osteogenic preculture (0, 3, 6 and 12days) in the osteogenic layer to investigate the effects of TGF-β3 delivery and coculture on the proliferation and differentiation of cells in both layers. The results showed that, in the chondrogenic layer, TGF-β3 significantly stimulated chondrogenic differentiation of MSCs. In addition, cells of various osteogenic preculture periods in the osteogenic layer, along with TGF-β3, enhanced gene expression for MSC chondrogenic markers to different extents. In the osteogenic layer, cells maintained their alkaline phosphatase activity during the coculture; however, mineralization was delayed by the presence of TGF-β3. Overall, this study demonstrated the fabrication of bilayered hydrogel composites which mimic the structure and function of osteochondral tissue, along with the application of these composites as cell and growth factor carriers, while illustrating that encapsulated cells of different degrees of osteogenic differentiation can significantly influence the chondrogenic differentiation of cocultured progenitor cells in both the presence and absence of chondrogenic growth factors.
ISSN:1742-7061
1878-7568
DOI:10.1016/j.actbio.2010.02.046