3D chitinous scaffolds derived from cultivated marine demosponge Aplysina aerophoba for tissue engineering approaches based on human mesenchymal stromal cells

Autor: Anja Lode, Sophie Brüggemeier, Mirko Djurovic, Sergey Rodin, Vasilii V. Bazhenov, Birgit Glasmacher, Andre Ehrlich, Hermann Ehrlich, Michael Gelinsky, Dmitriy N. Tarusin, Alexander Y. Petrenko, Vitalii Mutsenko, Allison L. Stelling, Ashwini Rahul Akkineni, Kathleen Schütz, Stephan Meschke, Rajko Martinović, Elke Gossla, Heike Meißner, Olena Rogulska, Alexander G. Tonevitsky, Sergey Nikulin, Slavica Petović
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 104:1966-1974
ISSN: 0141-8130
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2017.03.116
Popis: The recently discovered chitin-based scaffolds derived from poriferans have the necessary prosperities for potential use in tissue engineering. Among the various demosponges of the Verongida order, Aplysina aerophoba is an attractive target for more in-depth investigations, as it is a renewable source of unique 3D microporous chitinous scaffolds. We found these chitinous scaffolds were cytocompatible and supported attachment, growth and proliferation of human mesenchymal stromal cells (hMSCs) in vitro. Cultivation of hMSCs on the scaffolds for 7days resulted in a two-fold increase in their metabolic activity, indicating increased cell numbers. Cells cultured onto chitin scaffolds in differentiation media were able to differentiate into the chondrogenic, adipogenic and osteogenic lineages, respectively. These results indicate A. aerophoba is a novel source of chitin scaffolds to futher hMSCs-based tissue engineering strategies.
Databáze: OpenAIRE