Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Tendon 3D Scaffolds Establish a Tailored Microenvironment Instructing Paracrine Mediated Regenerative Amniotic Epithelial Stem Cells Potential. |
| Authors: |
Russo, Valentina, El Khatib, Mohammad, Prencipe, Giuseppe, Mauro, Annunziata, Di Giacinto, Oriana, Haidar-Montes, Arlette A., Pulcini, Fanny, Dufrusine, Beatrice, Cerveró-Varona, Adrián, Faydaver, Melisa, Di Berardino, Chiara, Dainese, Enrico, Berardinelli, Paolo, Schnabelrauch, Matthias, Barboni, Barbara |
| Source: |
Biomedicines; Oct2022, Vol. 10 Issue 10, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 21p |
| Subject Terms: |
STEM cells, EPITHELIAL cells, REGENERATION (Biology), TENDONS (Prestressed concrete), TENDONS |
| Abstract: |
Tendon tissue engineering aims to develop effective implantable scaffolds, with ideally the native tissue's characteristics, able to drive tissue regeneration. This research focused on fabricating tendon-like PLGA 3D biomimetic scaffolds with highly aligned fibers and verifying their influence on the biological potential of amniotic epithelial stem cells (AECs), in terms of tenodifferentiation and immunomodulation, with respect to fleeces. The produced 3D scaffolds better resemble native tendon tissue, both macroscopically, microscopically, and biomechanically. From a biological point of view, these constructs were able to instruct AECs genotypically and phenotypically. In fact, cells engineered on 3D scaffolds acquired an elongated tenocyte-like morphology; this was different from control AECs, which retained their polygonal morphology. The boosted AECs tenodifferentiation by 3D scaffolds was confirmed by the upregulation of tendon-related genes (SCX, COL1 and TNMD) and TNMD protein expression. The produced constructs also prompted AECs' immunomodulatory potential, both at the gene and paracrine level. This enhanced immunomodulatory profile was confirmed by a greater stimulatory effect on THP-1-activated macrophages. These biological effects have been related to the mechanotransducer YAP activation evidenced by its nuclear translocation. Overall, these results support the biomimicry of PLGA 3D scaffolds, revealing that not only fiber alignment but also scaffold topology provide an in vitro favorable tenodifferentiative and immunomodulatory microenvironment for AECs that could potentially stimulate tendon regeneration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |
