Extrusion 3D Printing of Porous Silicone Architectures for Engineering Human Cardiomyocyte-Infused Patches Mimicking Adult Heart Stiffness.
ACS Appl Bio Mater
; 3(9): 5865-5871, 2020 Sep 21.
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Cardiac patches, three-dimensional (3D) constructs of polymer scaffold and heart muscle cells, have received widespread attention for regenerative therapy to repair damaged heart tissue. The implanted patches should mimic the micromechanical environment of native myocardium for effective integration and optimum mechanical function. In this study, we engineered compliant silicone scaffolds infused with cardiomyocytes (CMs) differentiated from human-induced pluripotent stem cells. Porous scaffolds are fabricated by extrusion 3D printing of room-temperature-vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber. The stiffness and strength of scaffolds are tailored by designing a polymer strand arrangement during 3D printing. Single-strand scaffold design is found to display a tensile Young's modulus of â¼280 kPa, which is optimum for supporting CMs without impairing their contractility. Uniform distribution of cells in the scaffold is observed, ascribed to 3D migration facilitated by interconnected porous architecture. The patches demonstrated synchronized contraction 10 days after seeding scaffolds with CMs. Indentation measurements reveal that the contracting cell-scaffold patches display local moduli varying from â¼270 to 530 kPa, which covers the upper spectrum of the stiffness range displayed by the human heart. This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a porous 3D scaffold composed of flexible silicone rubber for CMs percolation, supporting a contractile activity, and mimicking native heart stiffness.
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