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Title: | Cartilage repair using hyaluronan hydrogel-encapsulated human embryonic stem cell-derived chondrogenic cells | Authors: | Toh, W.S. Cao, T. Lee, E.H. Guo, X.-M. Chan, J.K.Y. Yeow, C.H. Choo, A.B. |
Keywords: | Cartilage Chondrogenic Differentiation Human embryonic stem cells Hyaluronan Hydrogel |
Issue Date: | 2010 | Citation: | Toh, W.S., Cao, T., Lee, E.H., Guo, X.-M., Chan, J.K.Y., Yeow, C.H., Choo, A.B. (2010). Cartilage repair using hyaluronan hydrogel-encapsulated human embryonic stem cell-derived chondrogenic cells. Biomaterials 31 (27) : 6968-6980. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.05.064 | Abstract: | Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) have the potential to offer a virtually unlimited source of chondrogenic cells for use in cartilage repair and regeneration. We have recently shown that expandable chondrogenic cells can be derived from hESCs under selective growth factor-responsive conditions. In this study, we explore the potential of these hESC-derived chondrogenic cells to produce an extracellular matrix (ECM)-enriched cartilaginous tissue construct when cultured in hyaluronic acid (HA)-based hydrogel, and further investigated the long-term reparative ability of the resulting hESC-derived chondrogenic cell-engineered cartilage (HCCEC) in an osteochondral defect model. We hypothesized that HCCEC can provide a functional template capable of undergoing orderly remodeling during the repair of critical-sized osteochondral defects (1.5 mm in diameter, 1 mm depth into the subchondral bone) in a rat model. In the process of repair, we observed an orderly spatial-temporal remodeling of HCCEC over 12 weeks into osteochondral tissue, with characteristic architectural features including a hyaline-like neocartilage layer with good surface regularity and complete integration with the adjacent host cartilage and a regenerated subchondral bone. By 12 weeks, the HCCEC-regenerated osteochondral tissue resembled closely that of age-matched unoperated native control, while only fibrous tissue filled in the control defects which left empty or treated with hydrogel alone. Here we demonstrate that transplanted hESC-derived chondrogenic cells maintain long-term viability with no evidence of tumorigenicity, providing a safe, highly-efficient and practical strategy of applying hESCs for cartilage tissue engineering. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. | Source Title: | Biomaterials | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/25339 | ISSN: | 01429612 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.05.064 |
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