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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-5-9
pubmed:abstractText
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) seem to be a good alternative to chondrocytes for cartilage regeneration. To obtain new information on the sequence of cellular and molecular events during in vitro chondrogenic differentiation we analysed MSCs on a widely used hyaluronic acid biomaterial (Hyaff-11). Cellular differentiation was induced using two different concentrations of TGFbeta1 (10 and 20 ng/ml) and the process was analysed at different time points (24 h, and 7, 14, 21 and 28 days) using techniques of light and electron microscopy, real-time PCR and immunohistochemistry. We found that without TGFbeta MSCs did not survive while in the presence of TGFbeta the cells significantly proliferated from day 7 until day 28. Light and electron microscopy showed that TGFbeta at 20 ng/ml better induced the formation of cartilage-like tissue. Real-time PCR showed an increased expression of collagen type II, IX and aggrecan associated to a down-regulation of collagen type I. Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed that collagen type I was down-modulated while collagen type II increased from day 14 to day 28. These data clearly showed that higher concentrations of TGFbeta (20 ng/ml) induce chondrogenesis of MSCs on Hyaff-11 scaffold better than 10 ng/ml of TGFbeta. This process is characterized by a sequence of cellular and molecular events that deal with the in vitro formation of a cartilage-like tissue.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0142-9612
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5677-86
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Cellular and molecular events during chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stromal cells grown in a three-dimensional hyaluronan based scaffold.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratorio di Immunologia e Genetica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Via di Barbiano 1/10, 40136 Bologna, Italy. labimge@alma.unibo.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies