PMID- 20039440 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101004 LR - 20181201 IS - 1520-6033 (Electronic) IS - 1520-6033 (Linking) VI - 26 IP - 3 DP - 2010 May-Jun TI - A cell leakproof PLGA-collagen hybrid scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering. PG - 819-26 LID - 10.1002/btpr.375 [doi] AB - A cell leakproof porous poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA)-collagen hybrid scaffold was prepared by wrapping the surfaces of a collagen sponge except the top surface for cell seeding with a bi-layered PLGA mesh. The PLGA-collagen hybrid scaffold had a structure consisting of a central collagen sponge formed inside a bi-layered PLGA mesh cup. The hybrid scaffold showed high mechanical strength. The cell seeding efficiency was 90.0% when human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were seeded in the hybrid scaffold. The central collagen sponge provided enough space for cell loading and supported cell adhesion, while the bi-layered PLGA mesh cup protected against cell leakage and provided high mechanical strength for the collagen sponge to maintain its shape during cell culture. The MSCs in the hybrid scaffolds showed round cell morphology after 4 weeks culture in chondrogenic induction medium. Immunostaining demonstrated that type II collagen and cartilaginous proteoglycan were detected in the extracellular matrices. Gene expression analyses by real-time PCR showed that the genes encoding type II collagen, aggrecan, and SOX9 were upregulated. These results indicated that the MSCs differentiated and formed cartilage-like tissue when being cultured in the cell leakproof PLGA-collagen hybrid scaffold. The cell leakproof PLGA-collagen hybrid scaffolds should be useful for applications in cartilage tissue engineering. CI - Copyright 2009 American Institute of Chemical Engineers FAU - Kawazoe, Naoki AU - Kawazoe N AD - Biomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan. FAU - Inoue, Chieko AU - Inoue C FAU - Tateishi, Tetsuya AU - Tateishi T FAU - Chen, Guoping AU - Chen G LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Biotechnol Prog JT - Biotechnology progress JID - 8506292 RN - 0 (Collagen Type I) RN - 0 (Collagen Type II) RN - 0 (Collagen Type X) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 1SIA8062RS (Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer) RN - 26009-03-0 (Polyglycolic Acid) RN - 33X04XA5AT (Lactic Acid) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Animals MH - Cattle MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Collagen Type I/*chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Collagen Type II/genetics/*metabolism MH - Collagen Type X/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression MH - Histocytochemistry MH - Humans MH - Lactic Acid/*chemistry MH - Materials Testing MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/metabolism MH - Microscopy, Electron, Scanning MH - Polyglycolic Acid/*chemistry MH - Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - RNA, Messenger/analysis MH - Tissue Engineering/methods MH - Tissue Scaffolds/*chemistry EDAT- 2009/12/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/05 06:00 CRDT- 2009/12/30 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/12/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/05 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1002/btpr.375 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biotechnol Prog. 2010 May-Jun;26(3):819-26. doi: 10.1002/btpr.375.