Preparation and characterization of decellularized cornea using high-hydrostatic pressurization for corneal tissue engineering.
To prepare acellular corneal scaffold, we used high-hydrostatic pressurization (HHP) to decellularize porcine cornea. The HHP method disrupts cells by hydrostatic pressurization, and then the disrupted cells' components are removed by washing with a cell culture medium. Porcine corneas were hydrostatically pressed at 980 MPa at 10 or 30 degrees C for 10 min to make them opaque. There was no change in the thickness of the corneas immediately after the pressurization, but they swelled during the washing process. The cornea swelling caused by HHP was suppressed when medium containing 3.5% w/v dextran was used. For H-E staining of the cornea decellularized with the HHP method, the complete removal of corneal cells was confirmed. Furthermore, when the corneas were immersed in glycerol for 1 hour, their optical properties were restored to those of native corneas. In an animal study, when acellular porcine corneas were implanted into rabbit cornea, no immune reaction occurred and the turbid corneas became clear. The decellularized corneas obtained through HHP could be useful as a corneal scaffold for tissue regeneration.
Hashimoto
Yoshihide
Y
Division of Biofunctional Molecules, Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Funamoto
Seiichi
S
Sasaki
Shuji
S
Honda
Takako
T
Hattori
Shinya
S
Nam
Kwangwoo
K
Kimura
Tsuyoshi
T
Mochizuki
Manabu
M
Fujisato
Toshiya
T
Kobayashi
Hisatoshi
H
Kishida
Akio
A
D000818:Animals; D003315:Cornea / Q000166:cytology*; D016039:Corneal Transplantation; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006025:Glycosaminoglycans / Q000378:metabolism; D006874:Hydrostatic Pressure; D008027:Light; D055595:Mechanical Phenomena; D011817:Rabbits; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D034421:Sus scrofa; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
D006025:Glycosaminoglycans; D004247:DNA