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ArticleJournal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition2016

Effects of cellular parameters on the in vitro osteogenic potential of dual-gelling mesenchymal stem cell-laden hydrogels.

Tiffany N Vo, Yasuhiko Tabata, Antonios G Mikos

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Article in Journal of biomaterials science. Polymer edition, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors.

Tiffany N Voa Department of Bioengineering , Rice University , Houston , TX , USA.
Yasuhiko Tabatab Department of Biomaterials , Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University , Kyoto , Japan.
Antonios G Mikosa Department of Bioengineering , Rice University , Houston , TX , USA.

Funding

In Situ Hardening Cell-Laden Constructs for Osteochondral Tissue EngineeringR01AR068073 · NIAMS · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI MIKOS, ANTONIOS G. · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
In Situ Hardening Cellular Constructs for Craniofacial Bone RegenerationR01DE017441 · NIDCR · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI MIKOS, ANTONIOS G. · 2008 to 2012
$1.6M
Injectable, In Situ Forming Hydrogels for Craniofacial Tissue EngineeringF31DE023999 · NIDCR · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI VO, TIFFANY N · 2013 to 2015
$94k
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068073NIDCR NIH HHS F31 DE023999NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE017441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work investigated the effects of cellular encapsulation density and differentiation stage on the osteogenic capacity of injectable, dual physically and chemically gelling hydrogels comprised of thermogelling macromers and polyamidoamine crosslinkers. Undifferentiated and osteogenically predifferentiated mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were encapsulated within 20 wt% composite hydrogels with gelatin microparticles at densities of six or 15 million cells/mL. We hypothesized that a high encapsulation density and predifferentiation would promote increased cellular interaction and accelerate osteogenesis, leading to enhanced osteogenic potential in vitro. Hydrogels were able to maintain the viability of the encapsulated cells over a period of 28 days, with the high encapsulation density and predifferentiation group possessing the highest DNA content at all time points. Early alkaline phosphatase activity and mineralization were promoted by encapsulation density, whereas this effect by predifferentiation was only observed in the low seeding density groups. Both parameters only demonstrated short-lived effects when examined independently, but jointly led to greater levels of alkaline phosphatase activity and mineralization. The combined effects suggest that there may be optimal encapsulation densities and differentiation periods that need to be investigated to improve MSCs for biomaterial-based therapeutics in bone tissue engineering.

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Cell DifferentiationOsteogenesisAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsCells, CulturedCells, ImmobilizedGelatinHydrogelsMesenchymal Stem CellsRats, Inbred F344Tissue EngineeringBiocompatible MaterialsGelatinHydrogelsbone tissue engineeringMesenchymal stem cellN-isopropylacrylamidepredifferentiation

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PMCPMC4961735

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