机构:[1]Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beijing Electric Power Hospital,Beijing, People's Republic of China[2]Department of Vascular Surgery, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China血管外科首都医科大学宣武医院
The aim of the study was to construct small-diameter vascular grafts using canine mesenchymal stem cells (cMSCs) and a pulsatile flow bioreactor. cMSCs were isolated from canine bone marrow and expanded ex vivo. cMSCs were then seeded onto the luminal surface of decellularized arterial matrices, which were further cultured in a pulsatile flow bioreactor for four days. Immunohistochemical staining and scanning electron microscopy was performed to characterize the tissue-engineered blood vessels. cMSCs were successfully seeded onto the luminal surface of porcine decellularized matrices. After four-day culture in the pulsatile flow bioreactor, the cells were highly elongated and oriented to the flow direction. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that the cells cultured under pulsatile flow expressed Von Willebrand factor, an endothelial cell marker. In conclusion, cMSCs seeded onto decellularized arterial matrices could differentiate into endothelial lineage after culturing in a pulsatile flow bioreactor, which provides a novel approach for tissue engineering of small-diameter blood vessels.
基金:
This study was funded by a grant of ‘Basic and applied research of tissue engineering of small-diameter blood vessels’.
The grant was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program (‘863’ program) of China References.
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beijing Electric Power Hospital,Beijing, People's Republic of China
通讯作者:
通讯机构:[*1]Department of Vascular Surgery, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, #45 Changchun Street, Xuanwu District, Beijing 100053, People's Republic of China