Ectopic models for endochondral ossification: comparing pellet and alginate bead culture methods.
Key aspects of native endochondral bone development and fracture healing can be mimicked in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) through standard in vitro chondrogenic induction. Exploiting this phenomenon has recently emerged as an attractive technique to engineer bone tissue, however, relatively little is known about the best conditions for doing so. The objective of the present study was to compare the bone-forming capacity and angiogenic induction of hypertrophic cell constructs containing human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) primed for chondrogenesis in two different culture systems: high-density pellets and alginate bead hydrogels. The hASC constructs were subjected to 4 weeks of identical chondrogenic induction in vitro, encapsulated in an agarose carrier, and then implanted subcutaneously in immune-compromised mice for 8 weeks to evaluate their endochondral potential. At the time of implantation, both pellets and beads expressed aggrecan and type II collagen, as well as alkaline phosphatase (ALP) and type X collagen. Interestingly, ASCs in pellets formed a matrix containing higher glycosaminoglycan and collagen contents than that in beads, and ALP activity per cell was higher in pellets. However, after 8 weeks in vivo, pellets and beads induced an equivalent volume of mineralized tissue and a comparable level of vascularization. Although osteocalcin and osteopontin-positive osteogenic tissue and new vascular growth was found within both types of constructs, all appeared to be better distributed throughout the hydrogel beads. The results of this ectopic model indicate that hydrogel culture may be an attractive alternative to cell pellets for bone tissue engineering via the endochondral pathway. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.|Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Holly E
HE
Weiss-Bilka
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Megan E
ME
McGann
Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Matthew J
MJ
Meagher
Bioengineering Graduate Program, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.|Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Ryan K
0000-0003-1576-6570
RK
Roeder
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Diane R
DR
Wagner
D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D020219:Chondrogenesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D020007:Implants, Experimental; D051379:Mice; D010012:Osteogenesis
D000464:Alginates; D015415:Biomarkers
adipose-derived stem cells; alginate bead; endochondral; hydrogel encapsulation; mineralization; pellet
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