PMID- 35621593 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220716 IS - 2310-2861 (Electronic) IS - 2310-2861 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 5 DP - 2022 May 10 TI - Decellularized Periosteum-Derived Hydrogels Promote the Proliferation, Migration and Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells. LID - 10.3390/gels8050294 [doi] LID - 294 AB - Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) are promising for bone tissue engineering, which have a non-invasive harvesting process, high cell yield, favorable proliferation capacity, and low immunogenicity. However, the osteogenic efficacy of hUCMSCs is relatively lower than that of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). Hydrogels from decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) preserve the biological compositions and functions of natural ECM, which can provide tissue-specific cues to regulate phenotypic expression and cell fate. It is unknown, however, whether hydrogels from periosteum can serve as pro-osteogenic carriers of hUCMSCs. Herein, a decellularized periosteum-derived hydrogel (dPH) was fabricated to reveal the effects of periosteum-specific cues on the bioactivities of hUCMSCs. A widely used non-bone/periosteum-derived ECM hydrogel product, Matrigel, was used as the control group. After decellularization, the absence of nuclei in the histological analysis indicated a successful removal of cellular components, which was also confirmed by DNA content quantification. The storage modulus of dPH increased (from 164.49 +/- 29.92 Pa to 855.20 +/- 20.67 Pa) with increasing concentration (from 0.5% to 1%). With a highly porous, fibrous microstructure, dPH had a more hydrophilic surface than Matrigel, of which the water contact angle reduced 62.62 +/- 0.04%. Furthermore, dPH prominently promoted the initial cellular spreading with a significantly higher cell surface area (1.47-fold), cell spreading length (1.45-fold) and proliferation (approximately 1.05-1.13-fold) of hUCMSCs than those of Matrigel. Additionally, dPH was conducive to cell migration, whereas no cells migrated to Matrigel in the Transwell model. Compared with those of the Matrigel group, the osteogenesis-related genes expression levels (runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteopontin (OPN), and osteocalcin (OCN)) and mineralized matrix formation (9.74-fold) of the hUCMSCs significantly increased in the dPH group. Our study indicated that dPH could provide a pro-osteogenic microenvironment for hUCMSCs, thereby revealing a promising application potential to repair bone defects. FAU - Li, Shuyi AU - Li S AD - Department of Stomatology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Science, Guangzhou 510080, China. AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Amsterdam UMC and Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam Movement Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Deng, Rongli AU - Deng R AD - PCFM Laboratory, School of Chemistry and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Forouzanfar, Tim AU - Forouzanfar T AD - Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Pathology, Amsterdam UMC and Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Amsterdam Movement Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Wu, Gang AU - Wu G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8941-2500 AD - Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 LA Amsterdam, The Netherlands. FAU - Quan, Daping AU - Quan D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6360-4341 AD - PCFM Laboratory, School of Chemistry and School of Materials Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510006, China. FAU - Zhou, Miao AU - Zhou M AD - Department of Stomatology, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Science, Guangzhou 510080, China. LA - eng GR - 81671029, 82001007/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 201803040008/Guangzhou Science, Technology and Innovation Commission/ GR - 20201A011103/General Guidance Project of Guangzhou Health and Technology/ GR - 201908440308/China Scholarship Council/ GR - 2016YFC1102900/National Major Science and Technology Project of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220510 PL - Switzerland TA - Gels JT - Gels (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101696925 PMC - PMC9140703 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Matrigel OT - decellularized extracellular matrix-derived hydrogels OT - hUCMSCs OT - osteogenic differentiation OT - periosteum COIS- The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. EDAT- 2022/05/28 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/28 06:01 PMCR- 2022/05/10 CRDT- 2022/05/27 09:53 PHST- 2022/01/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/04/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/05/27 09:53 [entrez] PHST- 2022/05/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/28 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/05/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gels8050294 [pii] AID - gels-08-00294 [pii] AID - 10.3390/gels8050294 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Gels. 2022 May 10;8(5):294. doi: 10.3390/gels8050294.