PMID- 35992335 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20220823 IS - 2296-4185 (Print) IS - 2296-4185 (Electronic) IS - 2296-4185 (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2022 TI - Improved repair of rabbit calvarial defects with hydroxyapatite/chitosan/polycaprolactone composite scaffold-engrafted EPCs and BMSCs. PG - 928041 LID - 10.3389/fbioe.2022.928041 [doi] LID - 928041 AB - Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) expressing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) expressing endogenous bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) play the important role in new bone formation. This study investigated the effects of a porous hydroxyapatite (HA)/chitosan (CS)/polycaprolactone (PCL) composite scaffold-engrafted EPCs and BMSCs on the expression of BMP-2, VEGF, and PDGF in the calvarial defect rabbit model in vivo. It showed that a three-dimensional composite scaffold was successfully constructed by physical interaction with a pore size of 250 mum. The HA/CS/PCL scaffold degraded slowly within 10 weeks and showed non-cytotoxicity. By X-ray, micro-CT examination, and H&E staining, compared with the HA/CS/PCL group, HA/CS/PCL + EPCs, HA/CS/PCL + BMSCs, and HA/CS/PCL + EPCs + BMSCs groups performed a more obvious repair effect, and the dual factor group presented particularly significant improvement on the percentages of bone volume at week 4 and week 8, with evident bone growth. Osteogenesis marker (BMP-2) and vascularization marker (VEGF and PDGF) expression in the dual factor group were much better than those of the HA/CS/PCL control group and single factor groups. Collectively, the HA/CS/PCL composite scaffold-engrafting EPCs and BMSCs is effective to repair calvarial defects by regulating endogenous expression of BMP-2, VEGF, and PDGF. Thus, this study provides important implications for the potential clinical application of biomaterial composite scaffold-engrafted engineering cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Yu, Xia, Leng, Chen, Zhang, Ni, Luo and Leng. FAU - Yu, Hedong AU - Yu H AD - Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. AD - Institute of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. FAU - Xia, Lingyun AU - Xia L AD - Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. AD - Institute of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. FAU - Leng, Xieyuan AU - Leng X AD - The First Clinical College, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. FAU - Chen, Yongji AU - Chen Y AD - Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. AD - Institute of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. FAU - Zhang, Li AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. AD - Institute of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. FAU - Ni, Xiaobing AU - Ni X AD - Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. AD - Institute of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. FAU - Luo, Jie AU - Luo J AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. FAU - Leng, Weidong AU - Leng W AD - Department of Stomatology, Taihe Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. AD - Institute of Dental Research, School of Dentistry, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220803 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Bioeng Biotechnol JT - Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology JID - 101632513 PMC - PMC9382592 OTO - NOTNLM OT - BMP-2 OT - HA/CS/PCL composite scaffold OT - PDGF OT - VEGF OT - bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells OT - calvarial defect OT - endothelial progenitor cells COIS- The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/08/23 06:00 MHDA- 2022/08/23 06:01 PMCR- 2022/01/01 CRDT- 2022/08/22 04:25 PHST- 2022/04/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/06/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/08/22 04:25 [entrez] PHST- 2022/08/23 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/08/23 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2022/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 928041 [pii] AID - 10.3389/fbioe.2022.928041 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2022 Aug 3;10:928041. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.928041. eCollection 2022.