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Jun, 2015

Fabrication of Biomimetic Bone Tissue Using Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Three-Dimensional Constructs Incorporating Endothelial Cells

PLOS ONE
  • Jun-Ichi Sasaki
  • ,
  • Masanori Hashimoto
  • ,
  • Satoshi Yamaguchi
  • ,
  • Yoshihiro Itoh
  • ,
  • Itsumi Yoshimoto
  • ,
  • Takuya Matsumoto
  • ,
  • Satoshi Imazato

Volume
10
Number
6
First page
e0129266
Last page
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0129266
Publisher
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

The development of technologies to promote vascularization of engineered tissue would drive major developments in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Recently, we succeeded in fabricating three-dimensional (3D) cell constructs composed of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). However, the majority of cells within the constructs underwent necrosis due to a lack of nutrients and oxygen. We hypothesized that incorporation of vascular endothelial cells would improve the cell survival rate and aid in the fabrication of biomimetic bone tissues in vitro. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of endothelial cells combined with the MSC constructs (MSC/HUVEC constructs) during short-and long-term culture. When human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were incorporated into the cell constructs, cell viability and growth factor production were increased after 7 days. Furthermore, HUVECs were observed to proliferate and self-organize into reticulate porous structures by interacting with the MSCs. After long-term culture, MSC/HUVEC constructs formed abundant mineralized matrices compared with those composed of MSCs alone. Transmission electron microscopy and qualitative analysis revealed that the mineralized matrices comprised porous cancellous bone-like tissues. These results demonstrate that highly biomimetic bone tissue can be fabricated in vitro by 3D MSC constructs incorporated with HUVECs.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129266
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26047122
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000355652200139&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0129266
  • ISSN : 1932-6203
  • Pubmed ID : 26047122
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000355652200139

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