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ArticleTissue engineering. Part A2013

Enhanced tissue production through redox control in stem cell-laden hydrogels.

Branden Reid, Junaid M Afzal, Annemarie M McCartney, M Roselle Abraham, Brian O'Rourke, Jennifer H Elisseeff

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part A, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Function and Mechanism of RGD in Bone and Cartilage Tissue Engineering.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Branden ReidTranslational Tissue Engineering Center, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Junaid M Afzal
Annemarie M McCartney
M Roselle Abraham
Brian O'Rourke
Jennifer H Elisseeff
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Redox Modification of the Arrhythmic Substrate in Heart FailureR01HL105216 · NHLBI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI O'ROURKE, BRIAN, TRAYANOVA, NATALIA A. · 2011 to 2014
$3.0M
Synthesis amd Mechanism of Polyglucosamine for Cartilage Tissue EngineeringR01AR054005 · NIAMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ELISSEEFF, JENNIFER H, YAREMA, KEVIN J · 2006 to 2013
$2.5M
Tissue Engineering in Congenital Craniofacial DefectsR01DE016887 · NIDCR · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI ELISSEEFF, JENNIFER H · 2006 to 2009
$1.4M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL105216NIAMS NIH HHS R01AR054005NIDCR NIH HHS 3R01DE016887-03S
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular bioenergetics and redox (reduction-oxidation) play an important role in cell proliferation and differentiation, key aspects of building new tissues. In the present study, we examined the metabolic characteristics of human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) during proliferation and differentiation in both monolayer and three-dimensional biomaterial scaffolds. In monolayer, hASCs exhibited higher glycolysis and lower ox-phos as compared to both adipogenic and osteogenic differentiated cells, and hASCs demonstrated the Warburg effect (aerobic glycolysis). However, reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels increased during adipogenic differentiation, but decreased during osteogenic differentiation. Similarly, a decrease in ROS levels along with a higher mitochondrial membrane potential and viability was observed in hASCs encapsulated in poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogels containing an adhesion peptide (RGD), compared to PEG hydrogels with a scrambled control peptide (GRD), demonstrating that adhesion-dependent signaling can also regulate ROS production and bioenergetics. As a result, we hypothesized that we could modulate osteogenesis in PEG hydrogels containing the adhesion peptide (RGD) by further reducing ROS levels using a small therapeutic molecule, L-carnitine, a metabolite with purported antioxidant effects. We observed reduced ROS levels, no effect on mitochondrial membrane potential, and increased osteogenic differentiation and tissue production in cells in the presence of L-carnitine. These results suggest the potential to manipulate tissue production by modulating cellular metabolism.

Indexed as

AdipogenesisAdipose TissueCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedHumansHydrogelsOsteogenesisOxidation-ReductionPolyethylene GlycolsStem CellsTissue EngineeringHydrogelsPolyethylene Glycols

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PMID23627869
PMCPMC3725795
OpenAlexW2085857412

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