Donor variability alters differentiation and mechanical cohesion of tissue-engineered constructs with human endothelial/MSC co-culture.
Timothée BaudequinMarie NaudotSébastien DupontSylvie TestelinBernard DevauchelleFahmi BedouiJean-Pierre MarolleauCécile LegallaisPublished in: The International journal of artificial organs (2021)
To move towards clinical applications, tissue engineering (TE) should be validated with human primary cells and offer easy connection to the native vascularisation. Based on a sheet-like bone substitute developed previously, we investigated a mesenchymal stem cells/endothelial cells (MSCs/ECs) coculture to enhance pre-vascularisation. Using MSCs from six independent donors whose differentiation potential was assessed towards two lineages, we focused on donor variability and cell crosstalk regarding bone differentiation. Coculture was performed on calcium phosphate granules in a specific chamber during 1 month. MSCs were seeded first then ECs were added after 2 weeks, with respective monocultures as control groups. Cell viability and organisation (fluorescence, electronic microscopy), differentiation (ALP staining/activity, RT-qPCR) and mechanical cohesion were analysed. Adaptation of the protocol to coculture was validated (high cell viability and proliferation). Activity and differentiation showed strong trends towards synergistic effects between cell types. MSCs reached early mineralisation stage of maturation. The delayed addition of ECs allowed for their attachment on developed MSCs' matrix. The main impact of donor variability could be here the lack of cell proliferation potential with some donors, leading to low differentiation and mechanical cohesion and therefore absence of sheet-like shape successfully obtained with others. We suggest therefore adapting protocols to cell proliferation potentials from one batch of cells to the other in a patient-specific approach.
Keyphrases
- mesenchymal stem cells
- endothelial cells
- umbilical cord
- cell proliferation
- induced apoptosis
- cell therapy
- tissue engineering
- bone marrow
- single cell
- randomized controlled trial
- signaling pathway
- cell cycle arrest
- single molecule
- cell cycle
- stem cells
- high glucose
- high resolution
- risk assessment
- cell death
- high throughput
- pi k akt
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- mass spectrometry
- body composition