Chondrogenic potential of manganese-loaded composite scaffold combined with chondrocytes for articular cartilage defect.
J Mater Sci Mater Med
; 33(10): 74, 2022 Oct 11.
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ABSTRACT
Cartilage is an alymphatic, avascular and non-innervated tissue. Lack of potential regenerative capacity to reconstruct chondral defect has accelerated investigation and development of new strategy for cartilage repair. We prepared a manganese ion-incorporated natupolymer-based scaffold with chitosan-gelatin by freeze-drying procedure. The scaffold was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, compressive testing, and analysis of porosity and flexibility. Live/dead assay confirmed the good cytocompatibility of prepared scaffold on rat articular chondrocytes after 10 days and 4 weeks of culture. The manganese-loaded composite scaffold upregulated the expression of chondrogenic-related markers (Sox9, integrin, and Col II) in chondrocytes. Western blot analysis of proteins extracted from chondrocytes grown on scaffolds indicated the signaling pathways of p-Akt and p-ERK1/2 played a key role. Histological analysis following implantation of current composite scaffold loaded with chondrocytes into a rat articular cartilage defect model showed that the scaffolds promoted the formation of collagen II and cartilage repair. These findings suggested the potential of manganese-loaded scaffold to promote new cartilage formation and a promising strategy for articular cartilage engineering application.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cartilagem Articular
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Quitosana
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Mater Sci Mater Med
Ano de publicação:
2022
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Article