PMID- 27401487 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180618 LR - 20220311 IS - 1932-7005 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6254 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 10 DP - 2017 Oct TI - Characterization of layered chondrocyte sheets created in a co-culture system with synoviocytes in a hypoxic environment. PG - 2885-2894 LID - 10.1002/term.2192 [doi] AB - Endeavouring to repair and regenerate articular cartilage using cell sheets, we have previously established a co-culture system of chondrocytes and synoviocytes, and have reported the successful and rapid production of chondrocyte sheets. In the present study, to examine the effects of oxygen concentration on the chondrocyte sheets, we co-cultured human articular chondrocytes and human synoviocytes in 2%, 5% and 21% oxygen, and measured chondrocyte metabolic activity and proliferation activities under each condition for 14 days in culture. Layered chondrocyte sheets were also created under each condition and the proteoglycan (PG) level was compared with the gene expression of type I collagen (COL1), COL2, COL27, tissue metallopeptidase inhibitor 1 (TIMP1), fibronectin-1 (FN1), SRY-related HMG Box 9 (SOX9), aggrecan-1 (ACAN), integrin-alpha10 (ITGalpha10), matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP3), MMP13 and a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motif 5 (ADAMTS5). Compared with 5% and 21% oxygen, the 2% condition caused significantly greater cell metabolic activity and proliferation (p < 0.05). The 2% condition produced a 10% greater PG level compared with 21% oxygen (p < 0.05). All conditions increased the expression of chondrocyte-specific genes, such as COL2, and were associated with low expression levels of catabolic factors, such as MMP3 and MMP13. These observations indicated that the specificity of the chondrocyte sheets was maintained under all conditions. The culture times did not differ between the 5% and 21% conditions. Compared with 21% oxygen, layered chondrocyte sheets rich in extracellular matrix were created 2.85 days earlier in 2% oxygen, which is similar to the level found in deep cartilage. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. FAU - Kokubo, Mami AU - Kokubo M AD - Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Sato, Masato AU - Sato M AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Yamato, Masayuki AU - Yamato M AD - Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Mitani, Genya AU - Mitani G AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Uchiyama, Yoshiyasu AU - Uchiyama Y AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Mochida, Joji AU - Mochida J AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan. FAU - Okano, Teruo AU - Okano T AD - Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160712 PL - England TA - J Tissue Eng Regen Med JT - Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine JID - 101308490 RN - 0 (Collagen Type I) RN - 0 (Collagen Type II) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Chondrocytes/*cytology/metabolism MH - Coculture Techniques/*methods MH - Collagen Type I/metabolism MH - Collagen Type II/metabolism MH - Extracellular Matrix/metabolism MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Staining and Labeling MH - Synoviocytes/*cytology MH - Young Adult OTO - NOTNLM OT - human chondrocyte OT - hypoxia OT - layered chondrocyte sheets OT - regeneration OT - temperature-responsive culture dishes EDAT- 2016/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2018/06/19 06:00 CRDT- 2016/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2015/08/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/02/02 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/03/14 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/13 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/term.2192 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2017 Oct;11(10):2885-2894. doi: 10.1002/term.2192. Epub 2016 Jul 12.