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ArticleRegenerative therapy2017

Human auricular chondrocytes with high proliferation rate show high production of cartilage matrix.

Makiko Ishibashi, Atsuhiko Hikita, Yuko Fujihara, Tsuyoshi Takato, Kazuto Hoshi

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Article in Regenerative therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Makiko IshibashiDepartment of Sensory and Motor System Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Atsuhiko HikitaDepartment of Cartilage & Bone Regeneration (Fujisoft), Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Yuko FujiharaDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Tsuyoshi TakatoDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
Kazuto HoshiDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.

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Abstract

Cartilage has a poor capacity for healing due to its avascular nature. Therefore, cartilage regenerative medicine including autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) could be a promising approach. Previous research has proposed various methods to enrich the cultured chondrocytes for ACI, yet it has been difficult to regenerate homogeneous native-like cartilage in vivo. The cell populations with an increased ability to produce cartilage matrix can show somatic stem cells-like characteristics. Stem cells, especially somatic stem cells are able to grow rapidly in vitro yet the growth rate is drastically reduced when placed in in vivo conditions [14]. Thus, in this study we investigated whether proliferation rate has an impact on in vivo regeneration of cartilage constructs by sorting human chondrocytes. The human chondrocytes were fluorescently labeled with CFSE and then cultured in vitro; once analyzed, the histogram showed a widening of fluorescence level, indicating that the cells with various division rates were included in the cell population. To compare the characteristics of the cell groups with different division rates, the chondrocytes were sorted into groups according to the fluorescence intensity (30 or 45 percent of cells plotted in the left and right sides of histogram). Then the cells of the rapid cell group and slow cell group were seeded into PLLA scaffolds respectively, and were transplanted into nude mice. Metachromatic regions stained with toluidine blue were larger in the rapid cell group compared to the slow cell group, indicating that the former had higher chondrogenic ability. We proposed a new method to enrich cell population with high matrix production, using proliferation rate alone.

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CartilageCFSE, Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl esterChondrocytesFlow cytometryPLLA, poly-l-lactic acid scaffoldsProliferationRegenerative medicineTissue engineering

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PMCPMC6134917

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