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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-14
pubmed:abstractText
Blood vessels are subjected in vivo to mechanical forces in a form of radial distention, encompassing cyclic mechanical strain due to the pulsatile nature of blood flow. Vascular smooth muscle (VSM) tissues engineered in vitro with a conventional tissue engineering technique may not be functional, because vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) cultured in vitro typically revert from a contractile phenotype to a synthetic phenotype. In this study, we hypothesized that pulsatile strain and shear stress stimulate VSM tissue development and induce VSMCs to retain the differentiated phenotype in VSM engineering in vitro. To test the hypothesis, rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) were seeded onto rubber-like elastic, three-dimensional PLCL [poly(lactide-co-caprolactone), 50:50] scaffolds and subjected to pulsatile strain and shear stress by culturing them in pulsatile perfusion bioreactors for up to 8 weeks. As control experiments, VSMCs were cultured on PLCL scaffolds statically. The pulsatile strain and shear stress enhanced the VSMCs proliferation and collagen production. In addition, a significant cell alignment in a direction radial to the distending direction was observed in VSM tissues exposed to radial distention, which is similar to that of native VSM tissues in vivo, whereas VSMs in VSM tissues engineered in the static condition randomly aligned. Importantly, the expression of SM alpha-actin, a differentiated phenotype of SMCs, was upregulated by 2.5-fold in VSM tissues engineered under the mechano-active condition, compared to VSM tissues engineered in the static condition. This study demonstrates that tissue engineering of VSM tissues in vitro by using pulsatile perfusion bioreactors and elastic PLCL scaffolds leads to the enhancement of tissue development and the retention of differentiated cell phenotype.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0142-9612
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1405-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Biocompatible Materials, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Bioreactors, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Cell Culture Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Cell Size, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Elasticity, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Materials Testing, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Mechanotransduction, Cellular, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Myocytes, Smooth Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Perfusion, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Polyesters, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Pulsatile Flow, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Stress, Mechanical, pubmed-meshheading:15482828-Tissue Engineering
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechano-active tissue engineering of vascular smooth muscle using pulsatile perfusion bioreactors and elastic PLCL scaffolds.
pubmed:affiliation
School of Chemical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 133-791, Republic of Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't