Small intestine submucosa as a scaffold for cartilage reconstruction in vitro / 生物医学工程学杂志

This paper is aimed to investigate the feasibility of applying the small intestine submucosa (SIS) as the scaffold in constructing tissue engineering cartilage in vitro. We obtained SIS from the small intestine of specific pathogen-free pigs. Then we isolated tunica submucosa layer from the mucosal, muscular, and serosal layers by gentle mechanic abrasion. The SIS was made acellular by combination of detergent and enzyme digestion. The chondrocytes were seeded onto the SIS and were cultured for 3 weeks. The cell growth, attachment and distribution were detected by histochemical stain, immunohistochemical stain and scan electron microscope. The chondrocytes could adhere and grow well on the matrix surface, and synthesize a large of the GAG and type U collagen. However, the chondrocytes grew only on the surface andsuperficial layer of the scaffold, they did not move into the inner part of the scaffold. It could be concluded that SIS has good cellular compatibility without cytotoxicity and provides temporary substrate to which these anchorage-dependent cells can adhere, and stimulate the chondrocytes anchored on the scaffold to proliferate and keep differentiated phenotype. Further study will be needed to promote the ability of chondrocyte chemotaxis in order to distribute the chondrocytes into the whole scaffold uniformly.

Bio-tribological properties of dental prosthesis made of nitriding titanium alloy material / 生物医学工程学杂志

Titanium alloy material (TC4) samples were treated with nitriding technique. The dynamic friction and wear behavior of the modified layer were examined on a reciprocating sliding rig in artificial saliva. Microhardness, depth profile and wear mechanisms were investigated by means of MVK-H12, TALYSURF6, XPS and microscopy. The results demonstrate that after being treated with nitriding technique the titanium alloy material (TC4) has better tribological behavior and up-graded wear resistance. The wear mechanism involves adhesion.

Cellular compatibility of small intestinal submucosa in vitro / 生物医学工程学杂志

This study was aimed to evaluate the cellular compatibility of the small intestinal submucosal(e) (SIS). Prepared by use of pig jejunum. SIS were cocultured with human embryonic periosteal osteoblasts (HEPOB), human embryonic skin fibroblasts (HESFB) and rabbit renal vascular endothelial cells (RRVEC) respectively. The cell growth, attachment, cell cycle, cell apoptosis rate were detected to evaluate the cellular compatibility of SIS. The three kinds of cells attached onto SIS and grew well. SIS accelerated the growth of RRVEC. No effects of SIS were detected on cell cycle and cell apoptosis rate in the three kinds of cells. SIS has good cellular compatibility without cytotoxicity. The porous structure of SIS is suited for the growth of HEPOB, HESFB and RRVEC in three dimensions in the scaffold. SIS is a good bio-derived material of tissue engineering.