Automated Microfluidics-Assisted Hydrogel-Based Wet-Spinning for the Biofabrication of Biomimetic Engineered Myotendinous Junction.

Autor: Volpi M; Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, 02-507, Poland., Paradiso A; Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, 02-507, Poland., Walejewska E; Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, 02-507, Poland., Gargioli C; Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, 00133, Italy., Costantini M; Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 01-224, Poland., Swieszkowski W; Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, 02-507, Poland.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Advanced healthcare materials [Adv Healthc Mater] 2024 Sep 23, pp. e2402075. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 23.
DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202402075
Abstrakt: The muscle-tendon junction (MTJ) plays a pivotal role in efficiently converting the muscular contraction into a controlled skeletal movement through the tendon. Given its complex biomechanical intricacy, the biofabrication of such tissue interface represents a significant challenge in the field of musculoskeletal tissue engineering. Herein, a novel method to produce MTJ-like hydrogel yarns using a microfluidics-assisted 3D rotary wet-spinning strategy is developed. Optimization of flow rates, rotational speed, and delivery time of bioinks enables the production of highly compartmentalized scaffolds that recapitulate the muscle, tendon, and the transient MTJ-like region. Additionally, such biofabrication parameters are validated in terms of cellular response by promoting an optimal uniaxial alignment for both muscle and tendon precursor cells. By sequentially wet-spinning C2C12 myoblasts and NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, a gradient-patterned cellular arrangement mirroring the intrinsic biological heterogeneity of the MTJ is successfully obtained. The immunofluorescence assessment further reveals the localized expression of tissue-specific markers, including myosin heavy chain and collagen type I/III, which demonstrate muscle and tenogenic tissue maturation, respectively. Remarkably, the muscle-tendon transition zone exhibits finger-like projection of the multinucleated myotubes in the tenogenic compartment, epitomizing the MTJ signature architecture.
(© 2024 The Author(s). Advanced Healthcare Materials published by Wiley‐VCH GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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