Engineering cartilage with human nasal chondrocytes and a silanized hydroxypropyl methylcellulose hydrogel |
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Authors: | Vinatier C Magne D Moreau A Gauthier O Malard O Vignes-Colombeix C Daculsi G Weiss P Guicheux J |
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Institution: | INSERM U 791, Laboratory of Osteoarticular and Dental Tissue Engineering, LIOAD, University of Nantes, France. |
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Abstract: | Tissue engineering strategies, based on developing three-dimensional scaffolds capable of transferring autologous chondrogenic cells, holds promise for the restoration of damaged cartilage. In this study, the authors aimed at determining whether a recently developed silanized hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (Si-HPMC) hydrogel can be a suitable scaffold for human nasal chondrocytes (HNC)-based cartilage engineering. Methyltetrazolium salt assay and cell counting experiments first revealed that Si-HPMC enabled the proliferation of HNC. Cell tracker green staining further demonstrated that HNC were able to form nodular structures in this three-dimensional scaffold. HNC phenotype was then assessed by RT-PCR analysis of type II collagen and aggrecan expression as well as alcian blue staining of extracellular matrix. Our data indicated that Si-HPMC allowed the maintenance and the recovery of a chondrocytic phenotype. The ability of constructs HNC/Si-HPMC to form a cartilaginous tissue in vivo was finally investigated after 3 weeks of implantation in subcutaneous pockets of nude mice. Histological examination of the engineered constructs revealed the formation of a cartilage-like tissue with an extracellular matrix containing glycosaminoglycans and type II collagen. The whole of these results demonstrate that Si-HPMC hydrogel associated to HNC is a convenient approach for cartilage tissue engineering. |
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