THORPE, Abbey, DOUGILL, G, VICKERS, Louise, REEVES, N, COOPER, G, SAMMON, Chris and LE MAITRE, Christine (2017). Thermally Triggered Hydrogel Injection Into Bovine Intervertebral Disc Tissue Explants Induces Differentiation Of Mesenchymal Stem Cells And Restores Mechanical Function. Acta Biomaterialia, 54, 212-226.
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Abstract
We previously reported a synthetic Laponite® crosslinked pNIPAM-co-DMAc (L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc) hydrogel which promotes differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to nucleus pulposus (NP) cells without additional growth factors. The clinical success of this hydrogel is dependent on: integration with surrounding tissue; the capacity to restore mechanical function; as well as supporting the viability and differentiation of delivered MSCs. Bovine NP tissue explants were injected with media (control), human MSCs (hMSCs) alone, acellular L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc hydrogel or hMSCs incorporated within the L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc hydrogel and maintained at 5% O2 for 6 weeks. Viability of native NP cells and delivered MSCs was maintained. Furthermore hMSCs delivered via the L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc hydrogel differentiated and produced NP matrix components: aggrecan, collagen type II and chondroitin sulphate, with integration of the hydrogel with native NP tissue. In addition L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc hydrogel injected into collagenase digested bovine discs filled micro and macro fissures, were maintained within the disc during loading and restored IVD stiffness. The mechanical support of the L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc hydrogel, to restore disc height, could provide immediate symptomatic pain relief, whilst the delivery of MSCs over time regenerates the NP extracellular matrix; thus the L-pNIPAM-co-DMAc hydrogel could provide a combined cellular and mechanical repair approach.
Item Type: | Article |
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Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Biomedical Research Centre |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2017.03.010 |
Page Range: | 212-226 |
Depositing User: | Users 3084 not found. |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2017 15:43 |
Last Modified: | 17 Mar 2021 20:45 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15537 |
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