In vivo effects of isolated implantation of salmon-derived crosslinked atelocollagen sponge into an osteochondral defect.
We have developed crosslinked salmon-derived atelocollagen (SC) sponge, which has a denaturation temperature of 47°C. Sixty-four knees of 32 mature rabbits were randomly divided into 4 groups after creating an osteochondral defect in the femoral trochlea. Defects in Groups I, II, and III were filled with the crosslinked SC sponge, the crosslinked porcine collagen (PC) sponge, and the non-crosslinked PC sponge, respectively. In Group IV, defects were left untreated as the control. At 12 weeks after implantation, the histological score showed that Group I was significantly greater than Groups III (P = 0.0196) and IV (P = 0.0021). In addition, gene expression of type-2 collagen, aggrecan, and SOX9 was the greatest in Group I at 12 weeks. The fundamental in vivo properties of the crosslinked SC sponge showed that this is a promising biomaterial, specifically as a scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering.
Department of Sports Medicine and Joint Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan.
Yasuyuki
Y
Kawaguchi
Eiji
E
Kondo
Nobuto
N
Kitamura
Kazunobu
K
Arakaki
Yasuhito
Y
Tanaka
Masanobu
M
Munekata
Nobuhiro
N
Nagai
Kazunori
K
Yasuda
D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000378:metabolism*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods; D010011:Osteocytes / Q000166:cytology; D011817:Rabbits; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012474:Salmon; D013552:Swine; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; C059821:atelocollagen; D003094:Collagen
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