Abstract:
:Cartilage lacks basic repair mechanisms and thus surgical interventions are necessary to treat lesions. Minimally-invasive arthroscopic procedures require the development of injectable biomaterials to support chondrogenesis of implanted cells. However, most cartilage tissue engineering approaches rely on pre-culture of scaffolds in media containing growth factors (GFs) such as transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, which are crucial for cartilage formation and homeostasis. GFs media-supplementation is incompatible with injectable approaches and has led to a knowledge gap about optimal dose of GFs and release profiles needed to achieve chondrogenesis. This study aims to determine the optimal loading and release kinetics of TGF-β1 bound to an engineered GAG hydrogel to promote optimal cartilaginous matrix production in absence of TGF-β1 media-supplementation. We show that heparin, a GAG known to bind a wide range of GFs, covalently conjugated to a hyaluronan hydrogel, leads to a sustained release of TGF-β1. Using this heparin-conjugated hyaluronan hydrogel, 0.25 to 50 ng TGF-β1 per scaffold was loaded and cell viability, proliferation and cartilaginous matrix deposition of the encapsulated chondroprogenitor cells were measured. Excellent chondrogenesis was found when 5 ng TGF-β1 per scaffold and higher were used. We also demonstrate the necessity of a sustained release of TGF-β1, as no matrix deposition is observed upon a burst release. In conclusion, our biomaterial loaded with an optimal initial dose of 5 ng/scaffold TGF-β1 is a promising injectable material for cartilage repair, with potentially increased safety due to the low, locally administered GF dose. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: Cartilage cell-based products are dependent on exogenous growth factor supplementation in order for proper tissue maturation. However, for a one-step repair of defects without need for expensive tissue maturation, an injectable, growth factor loaded formulation is required. Here we show development of an injectable hyaluronan hydrogel, which achieves a sustained release of TGF-β1 due to covalent conjugation of heparin. These grafts matured into cartilaginous tissue in the absence of growth factor supplementation. Additionally, this system allowed us to screen TGF-β1 concentrations to determine the mimimum amount of growth factor required for chondrogenesis. This study represents a critical step towards development of a minimally-invasive, arthroscopic treatment for cartilage lesions.
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Acta Biomaterjournal_title
Acta biomaterialiaauthors
Levinson C,Lee M,Applegate LA,Zenobi-Wong Mdoi
10.1016/j.actbio.2019.09.017subject
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2019-11-01 00:00:00pages
168-180eissn
1742-7061issn
1878-7568pii
S1742-7061(19)30629-4journal_volume
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