title: Fabrication and characterization of bio-engineered cardiac pseudo tissues.
abstract: We report on fabricating functional three-dimensional (3D) tissue constructs using an inkjet based bio-prototyping method. With the use of modified inkjet printers, contractile cardiac hybrids that exhibit the forms of the 3D rectangular sheet and even the 'half heart' (with two connected ventricles) have been fabricated by arranging alternate layers of biocompatible alginate hydrogels and mammalian cardiac cells according to pre-designed 3D patterns. In this study, primary feline adult and H1 cardiomyocytes were used as model cardiac cells. Alginate hydrogels with controlled micro-shell structures were built by spraying cross-linkers in micro-drops onto un-gelled alginic acid. The cells remained viable in constructs as thick as 1 cm due to the programmed porosity. Microscopic and macroscopic contractile functions of these cardiomyocyte constructs were observed in vitro. These results suggest that the inkjet bio-prototyping method could be used for hierarchical design of functional cardiac pseudo tissues, balanced with porosity for mass transport and structural support.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Catalin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baicu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aho
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zile
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boland
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D002415:Cats; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D020100:Hydrogels / Q000737:chemistry; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013718:Tensile Strength; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D020100:Hydrogels; D020723:Glucuronic Acid
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