Hyaluronic acid-recombinant gelatin gels as a scaffold for soft tissue regeneration
Autor: | Annemarie Tuin, J Zandstra, M.C. Harmsen, Sebastianus Gerardus Kluijtmans, M J A Van Luyn, Jan Bastiaan Bouwstra |
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Přispěvatelé: | Restoring Organ Function by Means of Regenerative Medicine (REGENERATE), Vascular Ageing Programme (VAP) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2012 |
Předmět: |
Male
Scaffold food.ingredient Cell scaffold Gelatin law.invention Extracellular matrix chemistry.chemical_compound food Subcutaneous Tissue Stroma law Hyaluronic acid hyaluronic acid recombinant gelatin medicine Animals Regeneration Tissue Scaffolds Chemistry Soft tissue Recombinant Proteins Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Biophysics Recombinant DNA Tissue regeneration hydrogel Gels |
Zdroj: | European cells & materials, 24, 320-330. AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE DAVOS-ARI |
ISSN: | 1473-2262 |
Popis: | An array of different types of hyaluronic acid (HA)- and collagen-based products is available for filling soft-tissue defects. A major drawback of the current soft-tissue fillers is their inability to induce cell infiltration and new tissue formation. Our aim is to develop novel biodegradable injectable gels which induce soft tissue regeneration, initially resulting in integration and finally replacement of the gel with new autologous tissue. Two reference gels of pure HA, monophasic HA-1 and micronised HA-2, were used. Furthermore, both gels were mixed with recombinant gelatin (RG) resulting in HA-1+RG and HA-2+RG. All gels were subcutaneously injected on the back of rats and explanted after 4 weeks. Addition of RG to HA-1 resulted in stroma formation (neovascularisation and ECM deposition) which was restricted to the outer rim of the HA-1+RG gel. In contrast, addition of RG to HA-2 induced stroma formation throughout the gel. The RG component of the gel was degraded by macrophages and giant cells and subsequently replaced by new vascularised tissue. Immunohistochemical staining showed that the extracellular matrix components collagen I and III were deposited throughout the gel. In conclusion, this study shows the proof of principle that addition of RG to HA-2 results in a novel injectable gel capable of inducing soft tissue regeneration. In this gel HA has a scaffold function whereas the RG component induces new tissue formation, resulting in proper vascularisation and integration of the HA-2+RG gel with the autologous tissue. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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