title: In vitro cultivation of canine multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells on collagen membranes treated with hyaluronic acid for cell therapy and tissue regeneration.
abstract: Support structures for dermal regeneration are composed of biodegradable and bioresorbable polymers, animal skin or tendons, or are bacteria products. The use of such materials is controversial due to their low efficiency. An important area within tissue engineering is the application of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) to reparative surgery. The combined use of biodegradable membranes with stem cell therapy may lead to promising results for patients undergoing unsuccessful conventional treatments. Thus, the aim of this study was to test the efficacy of using membranes composed of anionic collagen with or without the addition of hyaluronic acid (HA) as a substrate for adhesion and in vitro differentiation of bone marrow-derived canine MSCs. The benefit of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) on the differentiation of cells in culture was also tested. MSCs were collected from dog bone marrow, isolated and grown on collagen scaffolds with or without HA. Cell viability, proliferation rate, and cellular toxicity were analyzed after 7 days. The cultured cells showed uniform growth and morphological characteristics of undifferentiated MSCs, which demonstrated that MSCs successfully adapted to the culture conditions established by collagen scaffolds with or without HA. This demonstrates that such scaffolds are promising for applications to tissue regeneration. bFGF significantly increased the proliferative rate of MSCs by 63% when compared to groups without the addition of the growth factor. However, the addition of bFGF becomes limiting, since it has an inhibitory effect at high concentrations in culture medium.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Reprodução Animal e Radiologia Veterinária, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade Estadual de São Paulo, Botucatu, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Wodewotzky
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Lima-Neto
authors.forename: O C M
authors.initials: OC
authors.lastname: Pereira-Júnior
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Sudano
authors.forename: S A F
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: P R O
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bersano
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
authors.forename: F C
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Landim-Alvarenga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D064987:Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003094:Collagen / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004285:Dogs; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006820:Hyaluronic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects*; D012038:Regeneration / Q000187:drug effects*; D023822:Tissue Engineering
chemical_list: D006820:Hyaluronic Acid; D003094:Collagen