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Title: | Bioactive nanofibers for fibroblastic differentiation of mesenchymal precursor cells for ligament/tendon tissue engineering applications | Authors: | Sahoo, S. Ang, L.-T. Cho-Hong, Goh J. Toh, S.-L. |
Keywords: | Biomimetic scaffolds Bone marrow stromal cells Electrospinning Fibroblast growth factor Functional tissue engineering Sustained release |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Citation: | Sahoo, S., Ang, L.-T., Cho-Hong, Goh J., Toh, S.-L. (2010). Bioactive nanofibers for fibroblastic differentiation of mesenchymal precursor cells for ligament/tendon tissue engineering applications. Differentiation 79 (2) : 102-110. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diff.2009.11.001 | Abstract: | Mesenchymal stem cells and precursor cells are ideal candidates for tendon and ligament tissue engineering; however, for the stem cell-based approach to succeed, these cells would be required to proliferate and differentiate into tendon/ligament fibroblasts on the tissue engineering scaffold. Among the various fiber-based scaffolds that have been used in tendon/ligament tissue engineering, hybrid fibrous scaffolds comprising both microfibers and nanofibers have been recently shown to be particularly promising. With the nanofibrous coating presenting a biomimetic surface, the scaffolds can also potentially mimic the natural extracellular matrix in function by acting as a depot for sustained release of growth factors. In this study, we demonstrate that basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) could be successfully incorporated, randomly dispersed within blend-electrospun nanofibers and released in a bioactive form over 1 week. The released bioactive bFGF activated tyrosine phosphorylation signaling within seeded BMSCs. The bFGF-releasing nanofibrous scaffolds facilitated BMSC proliferation, upregulated gene expression of tendon/ligament-specific ECM proteins, increased production and deposition of collagen and tenascin-C, reduced multipotency of the BMSCs and induced tendon/ligament-like fibroblastic differentiation, indicating their potential in tendon/ligament tissue engineering applications. © 2009 International Society of Differentiation. | Source Title: | Differentiation | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/25275 | ISSN: | 03014681 14320436 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.diff.2009.11.001 |
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