scholarly journals Inverse Regulation of Early and Late Chondrogenic Differentiation by Oxygen Tension Provides Cues for Stem Cell-Based Cartilage Tissue Engineering

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 841-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Portron ◽  
Vincent Hivernaud ◽  
Christophe Merceron ◽  
Julie Lesoeur ◽  
Martial Masson ◽  
...  

Background/Aims: Multipotent stem/stromal cells (MSC) are considered promising for cartilage tissue engineering. However, chondrogenic differentiation of MSC can ultimately lead to the formation of hypertrophic chondrocytes responsible for the calcification of cartilage. To prevent the production of this calcified matrix at the articular site, the late hypertrophic differentiation of MSCs must be carefully controlled. Given that articular cartilage is avascular, we hypothesized that in addition to its stimulatory role in the early differentiation of chondrogenic cells, hypoxia may prevent their late hypertrophic conversion. Methods: Early and late chondrogenic differentiation were evaluated using human adipose MSC and murine ATDC5 cells cultured under either normoxic (21%O2) or hypoxic (5%O2) conditions. To investigate the effect of hypoxia on late chondrogenic differentiation, the transcriptional activity of hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1α) and HIF-2α were evaluated using the NoShift DNA-binding assay and through modulation of their activity (chemical inhibitor, RNA interference). Results: Our data demonstrate that low oxygen tension not only stimulates the early chondrogenic commitment of two complementary models of chondrogenic cells, but also inhibits their hypertrophic differentiation. Conclusion: These results suggest that hypoxia can be used as an instrumental tool to prevent the formation of a calcified matrix in MSC-based cartilage tissue engineering.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anggraini Barlian ◽  
Dinda Hani’ah Arum Saputri ◽  
Adriel Hernando ◽  
Ekavianty Prajatelistia ◽  
Hutomo Tanoto

Abstract Cartilage tissue engineering, particularly micropattern, can influence the biophysical properties of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) leading to chondrogenesis. In this research, human Wharton’s jelly MSCs (hWJ-MSCs) were grown on a striped micropattern containing spider silk protein (spidroin) from Argiope appensa. This research aims to direct hWJ-MSCs chondrogenesis using micropattern made of spidroin bioink as opposed to fibronectin that often used as the gold standard. Cells were cultured on striped micropattern of 500 µm and 1000 µm width sizes without chondrogenic differentiation medium for 21 days. The immunocytochemistry result showed that spidroin contains RGD sequences and facilitates cell adhesion via integrin β1. Chondrogenesis was observed through the expression of glycosaminoglycan, type II collagen, and SOX9. The result on glycosaminoglycan content proved that 1000 µm was the optimal width to support chondrogenesis. Spidroin micropattern induced significantly higher expression of SOX9 mRNA on day-21 and SOX9 protein was located inside the nucleus starting from day-7. COL2A1 mRNA of spidroin micropattern groups was downregulated on day-21 and collagen type II protein was detected starting from day-14. These results showed that spidroin micropattern enhances chondrogenic markers while maintains long-term upregulation of SOX9, and therefore has the potential as a new method for cartilage tissue engineering.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Sieber ◽  
Martin Michaelis ◽  
Hans Gühring ◽  
Sven Lindemann ◽  
Anne Gigout

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
pengcheng xiao ◽  
Zhenglin Zhu ◽  
Chengcheng Du ◽  
Yongsheng Zeng ◽  
junyi Liao ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Cartilage injuries pose formidable challenges for effective clinical management. Autologous stem cell-based therapies and transgene-enhanced cartilage tissue engineering may open new avenues for the treatment of cartilage injuries. Bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) is a promising chondrogenic growth factors for transgene-enhanced cartilage tissue engineering. However the BMP2 is failed to maintain a stable chondrogenic phenotype as it also induces robust endochondral ossification. Recently, human synovial derived mesenchymal stem cells (hSMSCs) arouse interested through the poor differentiation potential into osteogenic lineage. Smad7, a protein to antagonizes TGF-β/BMP signaling pathway has been discovered significant in the endochondral ossification. In the present study ,we further explore the effect of downregulate Smad7 in BMP2-induced chondrogenic differentiation of hSMSCs. Methods: hSMSCs were isolated from synovium of human knee joint through adhesion growth. In vitro and in vivo chondrogenic differentiation models of hSMSCs were constructed . Transgenes of BMP2, silencing Smad7 and Smad7 were expressed by adenoviral vectors. The osteogenic differentiation was detected by alkaline phosphatase staining, alizarin red staining. The chondrogenic differentiation was detected by alcian blue staining. Gene expression was determined by reverse transcription and quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR), Immunofluorescence and immunohistochemistry. The subcutaneous stem cell implantation model was established and evaluated by micro-CT , h&e staining, alcian blue staining and immunohistochemistry assay.Results: Compared to other MSCs, hSMSCs performed less of capability to osteogenic differentiation. But the occurrence of endochondral ossification is still inevasible during BMP2 induced cartilage formation. We found that silencing Smad7 enhanced the BMP2-induced chondrogenic differentiation of hSMSCs in vitro. Also, it leading to much less of hypertrophic differentiation. The subcutaneous stem cells implantation assays demonstrated silencing Smad7 potentiates BMP2-induced cartilage formation and inhibits endochondral ossification. Conclusion: This study strongly suggests that application of hSMSCs , cell scaffolds and silencing Smad7 can potentiate BMP2-induced chondrogenic differentiation and inhibit endochondral ossification. Thus, inhibit the expression of Smad7 in BMP2-induced hSMSCs differentiation may be a new strategy for cartilage tissue engineering.


Osteology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 149-174
Author(s):  
Naveen Jeyaraman ◽  
Gollahalli Shivashankar Prajwal ◽  
Madhan Jeyaraman ◽  
Sathish Muthu ◽  
Manish Khanna

The field of tissue engineering has revolutionized the world in organ and tissue regeneration. With the robust research among regenerative medicine experts and researchers, the plausibility of regenerating cartilage has come into the limelight. For cartilage tissue engineering, orthopedic surgeons and orthobiologists use the mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) of various origins along with the cytokines, growth factors, and scaffolds. The least utilized MSCs are of dental origin, which are the richest sources of stromal and progenitor cells. There is a paradigm shift towards the utilization of dental source MSCs in chondrogenesis and cartilage regeneration. Dental-derived MSCs possess similar phenotypes and genotypes like other sources of MSCs along with specific markers such as dentin matrix acidic phosphoprotein (DMP) -1, dentin sialophosphoprotein (DSPP), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteopontin (OPN), bone sialoprotein (BSP), and STRO-1. Concerning chondrogenicity, there is literature with marginal use of dental-derived MSCs. Various studies provide evidence for in-vitro and in-vivo chondrogenesis by dental-derived MSCs. With such evidence, clinical trials must be taken up to support or refute the evidence for regenerating cartilage tissues by dental-derived MSCs. This article highlights the significance of dental-derived MSCs for cartilage tissue regeneration.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Zubillaga ◽  
Ana Alonso-Varona ◽  
Susana C. M. Fernandes ◽  
Asier M. Salaberria ◽  
Teodoro Palomares

Articular cartilage degeneration is one of the most common causes of pain and disability in middle-aged and older people. Tissue engineering (TE) has shown great therapeutic promise for this condition. The design of cartilage regeneration constructs must take into account the specific characteristics of the cartilaginous matrix, as well as the avascular nature of cartilage and its cells’ peculiar arrangement in isogenic groups. Keeping these factors in mind, we have designed a 3D porous scaffold based on genipin-crosslinked chitosan/chitin nanocrystals for spheroid chondral differentiation of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hASCs) induced in hypoxic conditions. First, we demonstrated that, under low oxygen conditions, the chondrospheroids obtained express cartilage-specific markers including collagen type II (COL2A1) and aggrecan, lacking expression of osteogenic differentiation marker collagen type I (COL1A2). These results were associated with an increased expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α, which positively directs COL2A1 and aggrecan expression. Finally, we determined the most suitable chondrogenic differentiation pattern when hASC spheroids were seeded in the 3D porous scaffold under hypoxia and obtained a chondral extracellular matrix with a high sulphated glycosaminoglycan content, which is characteristic of articular cartilage. These findings highlight the potential use of such templates in cartilage tissue engineering.


2001 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 941-949 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ute Hansen ◽  
Michael Schünke ◽  
Christian Domm ◽  
Niki Ioannidis ◽  
Joachim Hassenpflug ◽  
...  

Biomolecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Ching-Yun Chen ◽  
Chunching Li ◽  
Cherng-Jyh Ke ◽  
Jui-Sheng Sun ◽  
Feng-Huei Lin

Human cartilage has relatively slow metabolism compared to other normal tissues. Cartilage damage is of great clinical consequence since cartilage has limited intrinsic healing potential. Cartilage tissue engineering is a rapidly emerging field that holds great promise for tissue function repair and artificial/engineered tissue substitutes. However, current clinical therapies for cartilage repair are less than satisfactory and rarely recover full function or return the diseased tissue to its native healthy state. Kartogenin (KGN), a small molecule, can promote chondrocyte differentiation both in vitro and in vivo. The purpose of this research is to optimize the chondrogenic process in mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based chondrogenic constructs with KGN for potential use in cartilage tissue engineering. In this study, we demonstrate that KGN treatment can promote MSC condensation and cell cluster formation within a tri-copolymer scaffold. Expression of Acan, Sox9, and Col2a1 was significantly up-regulated in three-dimensional (3D) culture conditions. The lacuna-like structure showed active deposition of type II collagen and aggrecan deposition. We expect these results will open new avenues for the use of small molecules in chondrogenic differentiation protocols in combination with scaffolds, which may yield better strategies for cartilage tissue engineering.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
ke xue ◽  
Yongkang Jiang ◽  
Xiaodie Zhang ◽  
Jun Wu ◽  
Lin Qi ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Cartilage tissue engineering is a promising option for repairing cartilage defects caused by trauma, inflammation and osteoarthritis, although harvesting a large number of seeding cells with stable phenotypes remains a major challenge. Cartilage stem/progenitor cells (CSPCs) seem to be a promising cell source. Hypoxic extracellular vesicles secreted by mesenchymal stem cells may play a major role in cell-cell and tissue-tissue communication by transporting various RNAs and proteins in mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy. In the current study, we aimed to evaluate the effect of hypoxic adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) on CSPCs proliferation and differentiation. Methods: The characteristics of ADSCs-derived EVs were identified by and flow cytometric analysis. Proliferation, migration, and cartilage-related gene expression of CSPCs were measured with or without the presence of hypoxic ADSCs-derived EVs. The effect of ADSC-derived EVs on CSPCs were evaluated in alginate hydrogel culture, and SEM, histological staining, biochemical and biomechanical analysis were performed to evaluate the effect of hypoxic ADSCs-derived EVs on CSPCs in alginate hydrogel culture. Results: The results indicated that the majority of ADSC-derived EVs exhibited a round-shaped or cup-shaped morphology with a diameter of 40–1000 nm and expressed CD9, CD63, and CD81. CSPCs migration and proliferation were enhanced by hypoxic ADSCs-derived EVs, which also increased the expression of cartilage-related genes. The hypoxic ADSCs-derived EVs induced CSPCs to produce significantly more cartilage matrix and proteoglycan. Conclusions: The present study indicated that hypoxic ADSCs-derived EVs improved the proliferation and chondrogenic differentiation of CSPCs for cartilage tissue engineering.


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