背景:通过组织工程替换受损的器官或组织以及修复损伤如今引起了极大的兴趣。一种潜在有效的骨重建方法包括将纳米纤维支架与细胞外基质(ECM)结合起来,和增长因素。今天,基于PCL的静电纺丝支架广泛用于组织工程应用。
方法:在本研究中,我们使用了一种涂有纤连蛋白(Fn)的电纺聚己内酯(PCL)支架,一种普遍存在的ECM糖蛋白,研究该支架在脂肪间充质干细胞(AD-MSCs)成骨中的诱导潜力。
结果:扫描电子显微镜(SEM)分析表明,纤连蛋白,通过与间充质干细胞(MSC)的膜受体结合,导致它们在PCL支架上的附着和增殖,并为成骨提供合适的环境。此外,生化试验表明,纤连蛋白导致钙沉积增加。结果还表明,与对照组(PCL支架组和组织培养聚苯乙烯(TCPS)组)相比,纤连蛋白包被的PCL支架中的碱性磷酸酶活性显着提高(P<0.05)。此外,定量逆转录PCR(qRT-PCR)数据分析显示,骨标记基因如骨粘连蛋白(ON)的相对表达,骨钙蛋白(OC),RUNX家族转录因子2(RUNX2),PCL/Fn支架上接种的细胞中I型胶原α1(COL1)远高于其他组(P<0.05)。
结论:结果表明,纤连蛋白在加速骨形成方面具有增加的作用,并且有望用于骨组织工程。
BACKGROUND: Replacing damaged organs or tissues and repairing damage by tissue engineering are attracting great interest today. A potentially effective method for bone remodeling involves combining nanofiber scaffolds with extracellular matrix (ECM), and growth factors. Today, electrospun PCL-based scaffolds are widely used for tissue engineering applications.
METHODS: In this study, we used an electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffold coated with
fibronectin (Fn), a ubiquitous ECM glycoprotein, to investigate the induction potential of this scaffold in osteogenesis with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs).
RESULTS: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis showed that
fibronectin, by binding to the membrane receptors of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), leads to their attachment and proliferation on the PCL scaffold and provides a suitable environment for osteogenesis. In addition, biochemical tests showed that
fibronectin leads to increased calcium deposition. The results also showed that alkaline phosphatase activity was significantly higher in the PCL scaffold coated with
fibronectin than in the control groups (PCL scaffold group and tissue culture polystyrene (TCPS) group) (P<0.05). Also, the analysis of quantitative reverse transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) data showed that the relative expression of bone marker genes such as osteonectin (ON), osteocalcin (OC), RUNX family transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), and collagen type I alpha 1 (COL1) was much higher in the cells seeded on the PCL/Fn scaffold than in the other groups (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: The results show that
fibronectin has an increasing effect in accelerating bone formation and promising potential for use in bone tissue engineering.