PMID- 34062160 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210721 LR - 20210721 IS - 1879-0003 (Electronic) IS - 0141-8130 (Linking) VI - 182 DP - 2021 Jul 1 TI - Comparison of chondro-inductivity between collagen and hyaluronic acid hydrogel based on chemical/physical microenvironment. PG - 1941-1952 LID - S0141-8130(21)01171-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.188 [doi] AB - Achieving chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) successfully is crucial for cartilage regeneration. To date, various hydrogels with different chemical microenvironment have been used to modulate chondrogenic differentiation of BMSCs, especially collagen and hyaluronic acid hydrogel. However, the chondro-inductive ability of collagen and hyaluronic acid hydrogel has not been evaluated yet and the different chemical and physical microenvironment of these two hydrogels increase the difficulty of comparison. In this study, three different hydrogels based on collagen and hyaluronic acid (self-assembled collagen hydrogel (Col), self-assembled collagen hydrogel cross-linked with genipin (Cgp), and methacrylated hyaluronic acid hydrogel (HA)) were prepared and their chondro-inductive ability on the encapsulated BMSCs was evaluated. Col and Cgp have the same chemical composition and similar microstructure, but are different from HA, while Cgp and HA hydrogels have the same mechanical strength. It was found that chemical and physical microenvironments of the hydrogels combined to influence cell condensation. Thanks to cell condensation was more likely to occur in collagen hydrogels in the early stage, the cartilage-induced ability was in the order of Col > Cgp > HA. However, the severe shrinkage of Col and Cgp resulted in no enough space for cell proliferation within hydrogels in the later stage. In contrast, relatively stable physical microenvironment of HA helped to maintain continuous production of cartilage-related matrix in the later stage. Overall, these results revealed that the chondro-inductive ability of collagen and hyaluronic acid hydrogel with different chemical and physical microenvironment cannot be evaluated by a particular time period. However, it provided important information for optimization and design of the future hydrogels towards successful repair of articular cartilage. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yang, Jirong AU - Yang J AD - National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61004, Sichuan, China; Research Center for Human Tissue and Organs Degeneration, Institute Biomedical and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, China. FAU - Tang, Zizhao AU - Tang Z AD - National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61004, Sichuan, China. FAU - Liu, Yifan AU - Liu Y AD - National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61004, Sichuan, China. FAU - Luo, Zhaocong AU - Luo Z AD - National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61004, Sichuan, China. FAU - Xiao, Yumei AU - Xiao Y AD - National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61004, Sichuan, China. Electronic address: xymzl2000@126.com. FAU - Zhang, Xingdong AU - Zhang X AD - National Engineering Research Center for Biomaterials, Sichuan University, Chengdu 61004, Sichuan, China. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210529 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Biol Macromol JT - International journal of biological macromolecules JID - 7909578 RN - 0 (Blood Proteins) RN - 0 (Hydrogels) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - 9004-61-9 (Hyaluronic Acid) RN - 9007-34-5 (Collagen) SB - IM MH - Adsorption MH - Animals MH - Biomechanical Phenomena MH - Blood Proteins/metabolism MH - Cattle MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Shape/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cellular Microenvironment/*drug effects MH - Chondrocytes/*cytology/drug effects MH - Chondrogenesis/drug effects MH - Collagen/*pharmacology MH - Diffusion MH - Extracellular Matrix/drug effects/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Hyaluronic Acid/*pharmacology MH - Hydrogels/*pharmacology MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Rabbits MH - Static Electricity MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Chondrogenic differentiation OT - Hydrogels OT - Physical/chemical microenvironment EDAT- 2021/06/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/07/22 06:00 CRDT- 2021/06/01 20:10 PHST- 2021/03/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/05/14 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/05/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/07/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/01 20:10 [entrez] AID - S0141-8130(21)01171-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.188 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Biol Macromol. 2021 Jul 1;182:1941-1952. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.05.188. Epub 2021 May 29.