title: Engineering tubular bone using mesenchymal stem cell sheets and coral particles.
abstract: The development of bone tissue engineering has provided new solutions for bone defects. However, the cell-scaffold-based approaches currently in use have several limitations, including low cell seeding rates and poor bone formation capacity. In the present study, we developed a novel strategy to engineer bone grafts using mesenchymal stem cell sheets and coral particles. Rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were continuously cultured to form a cell sheet with osteogenic potential and coral particles were integrated into the sheet. The composite sheet was then wrapped around a cylindrical mandrel to fabricate a tubular construct. The resultant tubular construct was cultured in a spinner-flask bioreactor and subsequently implanted into a subcutaneous pocket in a nude mouse for assessment of its histological characteristics, radiological density and mechanical property. A similar construct assembled from a cell sheet alone acted as a control. In vitro observations demonstrated that the composite construct maintained its tubular shape, and exhibited higher radiological density, compressive strength and greater extracellular matrix deposition than did the control construct. In vivo experiments further revealed that new bone formed ectopically on the composite constructs, so that the 8-week explants of the composite sheets displayed radiological density similar to that of native bone. These results indicate that the strategy of using a combination of a cell sheet and coral particles has great potential for bone tissue engineering and repairing bone defects.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Science, Northwest University, No.229 North Taibai Road, Xi'an 710069, PR China.
authors.forename: Wenxin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Dongyang
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Xingrong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Liangqi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jihong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Hongmin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Fulin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D037421:Anthozoa / Q000737:chemistry*; D015519:Bone Density; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D018786:Bone Substitutes; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002118:Calcium / Q000737:chemistry; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019245:Compressive Strength; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D045164:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010012:Osteogenesis; D011817:Rabbits; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D018786:Bone Substitutes; D003470:Culture Media; D002118:Calcium