Common fabrication technology of the scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering / 中国组织工程研究

With the development of cartilage tissue engineering, how to achieve an ideal scaffold has become the difficult and hot spot in this study field. The scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering should provide with some special physical and biochemical properties, such as excellent biocompatibility, proper biodegradability, controlled porosity, adequate pore size and so on. Such properties are closely related to two factors, one is the materials used for scaffolds, the other is the fabrication technology. This review is concentrated on the present common fabrication technologies of three-dimensional porous scaffolds, and mainly introduces the following technologies: solvent casting/particulate leaching, phase separation/freeze-drying, hydrogels, gas foaming, electrospinning and rapid prototyping manufacturing. Those fabrication technologies' effects on structure and properties of scaffolds have been compared to summarize and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of every fabrication technology, and simultaneously prospect the developing tendency of fabrication technology in cartilage tissue engineering.

Research of co-culture of adipose derived stem cells and chondrocytes in different culture conditions / 中国矫形外科杂志

[Objective]To investigate the feasibility and optimal condition of in vitro chondrogenesis by co-culture of adipose derived stem cell(ADSC)and chondrocytes in pathologic state so as to provide a new clinical approach for repairing damaged articular cartilage.[Method]ADSC and aricular chondrocytes from osteoarthritis model in adult New Zealand white rabbits were in vitro expanded and then seeded on plate and plug-in type millicell dish respectively.The co-culture cells were cultured in different conditions including different serum concentration(10% FBS and 2% FBS)and dimensions(fibrin scaffold and monolayer).The culture medium was changed every 3 days.The shape of ADSC before and after co-culture was observed by inverted microscope and transmission electron microscope.The expression of aggrecan and type Ⅱ collagen genes in ADSC were studied by toluidine blue staining and immunohistochemistry after in vitro co-culture for 14 days.And the transcription of aggrecan and type Ⅱ collagen genes in ADSC were studied by RT-PCR.[Result]The shape of ADSC was fibroblast-like cells morphologically.And they became round at 7 days after in vitro co-culture.At 14 days after co-culture with chondrocytes,ADSC was changed to chondrocyte-like cells morphologically and increased immunostaining particles of type Ⅱ collagen and enhanced toluidine blue staining.And the transcription of type Ⅱ collagen and aggrecan genes was also increased,especially in the ADSC cultured in fibrin scaffold with 10% FBS.[Conclusion]Chondrocytes in pathologic state may provide chondrogenic microenvironment to induce chondrogenic differentiation of ADSC in vitro,which will be enhanced by high serum concentration and three-dimensional culture.

The development of scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering / 医学研究生学报

The scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering should have special physical and biochemical properties,such as excellent biocompatibility,proper biodegradability,controlled porosity,adequate pore size,etc.With the development of cartilage tissue engineering,how to achieve ideal scaffolds is becoming a hot spot in this field.This review outlines the advances in the studies of scaffolds in cartilage tissue engineering.