title: Potency of fish collagen as a scaffold for regenerative medicine.
abstract: Cells, growth factors, and scaffold are the crucial factors for tissue engineering. Recently, scaffolds consisting of natural polymers, such as collagen and gelatin, bioabsorbable synthetic polymers, such as polylactic acid and polyglycolic acid, and inorganic materials, such as hydroxyapatite, as well as composite materials have been rapidly developed. In particular, collagen is the most promising material for tissue engineering due to its biocompatibility and biodegradability. Collagen contains specific cell adhesion domains, including the arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) motif. After the integrin receptor on the cell surface binds to the RGD motif on the collagen molecule, cell adhesion is actively induced. This interaction contributes to the promotion of cell growth and differentiation and the regulation of various cell functions. However, it is difficult to use a pure collagen scaffold as a tissue engineering material due to its low mechanical strength. In order to make up for this disadvantage, collagen scaffolds are often modified using a cross-linker, such as gamma irradiation and carbodiimide. Taking into account the possibility of zoonosis, a variety of recent reports have been documented using fish collagen scaffolds. We herein review the potency of fish collagen scaffolds as well as associated problems to be addressed for use in regenerative medicine.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
authors: Shizuka
authors: 0000-0001-5346-5627
authors: S
authors: Yamada
authors: Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
authors: Kohei
authors: K
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
authors: Takeshi
authors: 0000-0002-5762-7387
authors: T
authors: Ikeda
authors: Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
authors: Kajiro
authors: K
authors: Yanagiguchi
authors: Department of Cardiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
authors: Yoshihiko
authors: 0000-0002-4256-3085
authors: Y
authors: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005399:Fishes; D008422:Materials Testing; D011108:Polymers / Q000494:pharmacology; D044968:Regenerative Medicine; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers; D003094:Collagen