背景:干细胞的整合,信号分子,生物材料支架是功能性骨组织工程成功的基础。目前,复合支架的开发已成为满足骨组织工程(BTE)中用于促进骨缺损中骨再生的理想支架标准的有吸引力的方法。最近,聚己内酯(PCL)与羟基磷灰石(HA)的掺入已被开发为BTE应用的合适替代品之一,因为它们具有良好的成骨性能。在这项研究中,制备由PCL与HA整合(PCL/HA)组成的三维(3D)支架,并评估其体外支持成骨的能力。此外,明确评估了该支架在促进犬骨髓间充质干细胞(cBM-MSCs)增殖和成骨分化方面的功效,以填补在兽医骨科领域使用BTE复合支架的相关知识空白.
结果:我们的发现表明PCL/HA支架基本上支持cBM-MSC的增殖。值得注意的是,与对照组相比,进行成骨诱导的组显示成骨基因osterix(OSX)的表达明显上调。此外,使用扫描电子显微镜成功成像了具有分化细胞和细胞外基质(ECM)的3D支架构建体。使用扫描电子显微镜和能量色散X射线光谱法进行的元素分析证实,这些构建体具有骨样成分的矿物质含量,特别是钙和磷的存在。
结论:这项研究强调了PCL/HA支架与cBM-MSCs协同作用的协同潜力,提出了一种多学科的支架制造方法,可以有效地调节细胞增殖和成骨分化。未来的体内研究集中在骨缺损的修复和再生是必要的,以进一步探索这些结构的再生能力。最终目标是评估其在兽医临床应用中的潜力。
BACKGROUND: The integration of stem cells, signaling molecules, and biomaterial scaffolds is fundamental for the successful engineering of functional bone tissue. Currently, the development of composite scaffolds has emerged as an attractive approach to meet the criteria of ideal scaffolds utilized in bone tissue engineering (BTE) for facilitating bone regeneration in bone defects. Recently, the incorporation of polycaprolactone (PCL) with hydroxyapatite (HA) has been developed as one of the suitable substitutes for BTE applications owing to their promising osteogenic properties. In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) scaffold composed of PCL integrated with HA (PCL/HA) was prepared and assessed for its ability to support osteogenesis in vitro. Furthermore, this scaffold was evaluated explicitly for its efficacy in promoting the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of canine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (cBM-MSCs) to fill the knowledge gap regarding the use of composite scaffolds for BTE in the veterinary orthopedics field.
RESULTS: Our findings indicate that the PCL/HA scaffolds substantially supported the proliferation of cBM-MSCs. Notably, the group subjected to osteogenic induction exhibited a markedly upregulated expression of the osteogenic gene osterix (OSX) compared to the control group. Additionally, the construction of 3D scaffold constructs with differentiated cells and an extracellular matrix (ECM) was successfully imaged using scanning electron microscopy. Elemental analysis using a scanning electron microscope coupled with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy confirmed that these constructs possessed the mineral content of bone-like compositions, particularly the presence of calcium and phosphorus.
CONCLUSIONS: This research highlights the synergistic potential of PCL/HA scaffolds in concert with cBM-MSCs, presenting a multidisciplinary approach to scaffold fabrication that effectively regulates cell proliferation and osteogenic differentiation. Future in vivo studies focusing on the repair and regeneration of bone defects are warranted to further explore the regenerative capacity of these constructs, with the ultimate goal of assessing their potential in veterinary clinical applications.