Human clinical experience with adipose precursor cells seeded on hyaluronic acid-based spongy scaffolds

Autor: E Tognana, C. Di Bartolo, Np Rhodes, Ja Hunt, Stan Monstrey, Filip Stillaert, Phillip Blondeel
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: BIOMATERIALS
ISSN: 0142-9612
Popis: Histioconductive approaches to soft-tissue defects use scaffolds seeded with lineage- and tissue-specific progenitors to generate tissue which should reside in equilibrium with adjacent tissue. Scaffolds guide histiogenesis by ensuring cell–cell and cell–matrix interactions. Hyaluronic acid-based (HA) preadipocyte-seeded scaffolds were evaluated for their adipo-conductive potential and efficacy in humans. Preadipocytes were isolated from lipoaspirate material and seeded on HA scaffolds. The cellular bio-hybrid (ADIPOGRAFT ® ) and an acellular control scaffold (HYAFF ® 11) were implanted subcutaneously. At specific time points (2, 8 and 16 weeks) explants were analyzed histopathologically with immunohistochemistry. No adverse tissue effects occurred. Volume loss and consistent degradation of the HYAFF ® 11 scaffolds compared to the ADIPOGRAFT ® group indicated progressive tissue integration. No consistent histological differences between both groups were observed. By 8 weeks all void spaces within the scaffolds were filled with cells with pronounced matrix deposition in the ADIPOGRAFT ® bio-hybrids. Here we show that HA scaffolds were stable cell carriers and had the potential to generate volume-retaining tissue. However, no adipogenic differentiation was observed within the preadipocyte-seeded scaffolds.
Databáze: OpenAIRE