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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Neuro-Immunomodulatory Potential of Nanoenabled 4D Bioprinted Microtissue for Cartilage Tissue Engineering.

Marina Couto, Daniela Pereira Vasconcelos, Catarina Leite Pereira, Estrela Neto, Bruno Sarmento, Meriem Lamghari

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. 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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6 authors.

Marina Coutoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto, 4200-125, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8096-6694
Daniela Pereira Vasconcelosi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto, 4200-125, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-9242-2336
Catarina Leite Pereirai3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto, 4200-125, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8703-1245
Estrela Netoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto, 4200-125, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-2334-2292
Bruno Sarmentoi3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto, 4200-125, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5763-7553
Meriem Lamgharii3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Rua Alfredo Allen, 208, Porto, 4200-125, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2500-4548

Funding

ATTENTION, COGNITION AND DRIVING PERFORMANCE IN SDATR01AG010145 · NIA · JEWISH HOSPITAL OF SAINT LOUIS · PI MORRIS, JOHN · 1992 to 1994
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European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program 814558Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia CEECIND/01760/2018national infrastructure PPBI - Portuguese Platform of Bioimaging PPBI-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022122national infrastructures PT-OPENSCREEN NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-085468Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology 2020.05177.BDPPBI - Portuguese Platform of Bioimaging PPBI-POCI-01-0145-FEDER-022122
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cartilage defects trigger post-traumatic inflammation, leading to a catabolic metabolism in chondrocytes and exacerbating cartilage degradation. Current treatments aim to relieve pain but fail to target the inflammatory process underlying osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Here, a human cartilage microtissue (HCM) nanoenabled with ibuprofen-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles (ibu-PLGA NPs) is 4D-bioprinted to locally mitigate inflammation and impair nerve sprouting. Under an in vitro inflamed environment, the nanoenabled HCM exhibits chondroprotective potential by decreasing the interleukin (IL)1β and IL6 release, while sustaining extracellular matrix (ECM) production. In vivo, assessments utilizing the air pouch mouse model affirm the nanoenabled HCM non-immunogenicity. Nanoenabled HCM-derived secretomes do not elicit a systemic immune response and decrease locally the recruitment of mature dendritic cells and the secretion of multiple inflammatory mediators and matrix metalloproteinases when compared to inflamed HCM condition. Notably, the nanoenabled HCM secretome has no impact on the innervation profile of the skin above the pouch cavity, suggesting a potential to impede nerve growth. Overall, HCM nanoenabled with ibu-PLGA NPs emerges as a potent strategy to mitigate inflammation and protect ECM without triggering nerve growth, introducing an innovative and promising approach in the cartilage tissue engineering field.

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BioprintingCartilageNanoparticlesTissue EngineeringAnimalsChondrocytesExtracellular MatrixHumansIbuprofenInflammationMicePolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid CopolymerIbuprofenPolylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer4D bioprintingdrug deliveryimmune responsesimmunomodulatory constructinflammationnerve sproutingPLGA nanoparticles

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PMID38850170
PMCPMC11834377

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