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Direct extrusion of individually encapsulated endothelial and smooth muscle cells mimicking blood vessel structures and vascular native cell alignment.

Abstract：

:Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are considered the principal cause of worldwide death, being atherosclerosis the main etiology. Up to now, the predominant treatment for CVDs has been bypass surgery from autologous source. However, due to previous harvest or the type of disease, this is not always an option. For this reason, tissue engineering blood vessels (TEBV) emerged as an alternative graft source for blood vessel replacement. In order to develop a TEBV, it should mimic the architecture of a native blood vessel encapsulating the specific vascular cells in their respective layers with native alignment, and with appropriate mechanical stability. Here, we propose the extrusion of two different cell encapsulating hydrogels, mainly alginate and collagen, and a sacrificial polymer, through a triple coaxial nozzle, which in contact with a crosslinking solution allows the formation of bilayered hollow fibers, mimicking the architecture of native blood vessels. Prior to extrusion, the innermost cell encapsulating hydrogel was loaded with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs), whereas the outer hydrogel was loaded with human aortic smooth muscle cells (HASMCs). The size of the TEVB could be controlled by changing the injection speed, presenting homogeneity between the constructs. The obtained structures were robust, allowing its manipulation as well as the perfusion of liquids. Both cell types presented high rates of survival after the extrusion process as well as after 20 days in culture (over 90%). Additionally, a high percentage of HASMC and HUVEC were aligned perpendicular and parallel to the TEBV, respectively, in their own layers, resembling the physiological arrangement found in vivo. Our approach enables the rapid formation of TEBV-like structures presenting high cell viability and allowing proliferation and natural alignment of vascular cells.

journal_name

Biofabrication

journal_title

Biofabrication

authors

Bosch Rué E,Delgado LM,Gil FJ,Perez RA

doi

10.1088/1758-5090/abbd27

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-09-30 00:00:00

eissn

1758-5082

issn

1758-5090

pub_type

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Direct extrusion of individually encapsulated endothelial and smooth muscle cells mimicking blood vessel structures and vascular native cell alignment.