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ArticleRoyal Society open science2018

Porous poly-l-lactide-co-ɛ-caprolactone scaffold: a novel biomaterial for vaginal tissue engineering.

Reetta Sartoneva, Kirsi Kuismanen, Miia Juntunen, Sanna Karjalainen, Markus Hannula, Laura Kyllönen, Jari Hyttinen, Heini Huhtala, Kaarlo Paakinaho, Susanna Miettinen

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Reetta SartonevaAdult Stem Cell Research Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 4th Floor, 33520 Tampere, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5492-571X
Kirsi KuismanenScience Centre, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
Miia JuntunenAdult Stem Cell Research Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 4th Floor, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Sanna KarjalainenBiomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland.
Markus HannulaComputational Biophysics and Imaging Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland.
Laura KyllönenAdult Stem Cell Research Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 4th Floor, 33520 Tampere, Finland.
Jari HyttinenComputational Biophysics and Imaging Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland.
Heini HuhtalaFaculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland.
Kaarlo PaakinahoBiomaterials and Tissue Engineering Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland.
Susanna MiettinenAdult Stem Cell Research Group, BioMediTech, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, University of Tampere, Arvo Ylpönkatu 34, 4th Floor, 33520 Tampere, Finland.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The surgical reconstruction of functional neovagina is challenging and susceptible to complications. Therefore, developing tissue engineering-based treatment methods for vaginal defects is important. Our aim was to develop and test a novel supercritical carbon dioxide foamed poly-l-lactide-co-ɛ-caprolactone (scPLCL) scaffold for vaginal reconstruction. The scaffolds were manufactured and characterized for porosity (65 ± 4%), pore size (350 ± 150 µm) and elastic modulus (2.8 ± 0.4 MPa). Vaginal epithelial (EC) and stromal cells (SC) were isolated, expanded and characterized with flow cytometry. Finally, cells were cultured with scPLCL scaffolds in separate and/or co-cultures. Their attachment, viability, proliferation and phenotype were analysed. Both cell types strongly expressed cell surface markers CD44, CD73 and CD166. Strong expression of CD326 was detected with ECs and CD90 and CD105 with SCs. Both ECs and SCs attached and maintained viability on scPLCL. Further, scPLCL supported the proliferation of especially ECs, which also maintained epithelial phenotype (cytokeratin expression) during 14-day assessment period. Interestingly, ECs expressed uroplakin (UP) Ia, UPIb and UPIII markers; further, UPIa and UPIII expression was significantly higher on ECs cultured on scPLCL than on cell culture plastic. In conclusion, the scPLCL is potential scaffold for vaginal tissue engineering and the results of this study further illustrate the excellent biocompatibility of PLCL.

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cell characterizationneovaginapoly-l-lactide-co-ɛ-caprolactonevaginal epithelial cellvaginal stromal cellvaginal tissue engineering

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PMID30225072
PMCPMC6124079

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