Ingeniería tisular del tejido óseo. Diseño y desarrollo de materiales híbridos biológicamente activos basados en vitrocerámicas para sustitución ósea / Bone tissue engineering. Design and development of biologically active vitroceramic-based hybrid materials to be used as bone substitutes

Objetivo: Describir el desarrollo y caracterización de un material vitrocerámico y la respuesta inicial de células madre mesenquimales adultas (MSC-A) aisladas de la medula ósea. Material y metodología: El material se obtuvo por calentamiento de un vidrio 55SiO2-41CaO-4P2O5 (mol/%) por el método sol-gel. Las células se aislaron por aspirados directos de cresta ilíaca de pacientes adultos jóvenes. Se estudió el grado de adherencia, proliferación y diferenciación a osteoblastos de las MSC-A sembradas sobre el material. La diferenciación celular se evaluó mediante la producción de osteocalcina y la pérdida del marcador mesenquimal CD90. La proliferación celular sobre el sustrato se realizó mediante el ensayo de reducción de sales de tetrazolio. El material sembrado se implantó en un defecto crítico realizado en fémur de conejo para valorar su capacidad osteorregeneradora, y se observó mediante TAC. Resultados: Las MSC-A se adhirieron, expandieron, proliferaron y produjeron matriz extracelular mineralizada sobre el material durante el tiempo en cultivo, al mismo tiempo que mostraron fenotipo osteoblástico, e incrementaron la producción de osteocalcina y la pérdida de expresión de CD90. El material se reabsorbió parcialmente al final del estudio. Conclusión: El material es citocompatible, osteoconductor, bioactivo, con capacidad de promover la diferenciación de MSC-A a osteoblastos y la neoformación ósea después de su implantación en asociación con MSC-A; es una matriz adecuada para la regeneración del tejido óseo (AU)

Purpose: To describe the development and characterization of a vitroceramic material as well as the initial response of adult mesenchymal stem (MSCs-A) isolated from bone marrow. Material and methodology: The material was obtained by heating glass with composition in mol% 55SiO2-41CaO-4P2O5 by a sol gel method. Cells were isolated from direct iliac crest aspirates from young adult patients. An analysis was performed of the degree of adhesion, proliferation and osteoblastic differentiation of MSCs-A seeded onto the material. Cell differentiation was evaluated through the production of osteocalcin and the loss of the CD90 mesenchymal marker. Cell proliferation on the substrate was performed using the tetrazolium salt reduction method. The seeded material was implanted in a critical defect caused in a rabbit femur in order to determine its osteogenerating capacity; CT observations were carried out. Results: MSCs-A se bound to the material, expanded, proliferated and produced mineralized extracellular matrix on the material during the culture period. At the same time, they showed an osteoblastic phenotype, increasing osteocalcin production and losing CD90 expression. The material was partially resorbed at the end of the study. Conclusion: The material is cytocompatible, osteoconductive, bioactive and has a capacity to promote osteoblastic differentiation of MSCs-A as well as new bone formation following its implantation in association with MSCs-A; an appropriate matrix for bone tissue regeneration (AU)

In vitro behaviour of adult mesenchymal stem cells seeded on a bioactive glass ceramic in the SiO(2)-CaO-P(2)O(5) system.

This work describes the evaluation of a glass ceramic (55S41C4P-1300) as a potential substrate for bone tissue engineering. For that purpose, the capacity of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), isolated from rabbit bone marrow, to adhere, proliferate and differentiate into osteoblast (OBs) with or without 55S41C4P-1300 was investigated. Two types of culture medium, i.e. growth medium (GM) and osteogenic medium (OM), were evaluated. The bioactive 55S41C4P-1300, containing pseudowollastonite, wollastonite, tricalcium phosphate and crystoballite as crystalline phases, was obtained by heat treatment of a sol-gel glass (55SiO(2), 41CaO, 4P(2)O(5) (mol.%)) at 1300 degrees C. The results showed that the MSCs adhered, spread, proliferated and produced mineralized extracellular matrix on 55S41C4P-1300 regardless of the culture medium used. As the same time, they showed an osteoblastic phenotype, and this phenomenon was accompanied by the gradual diminution of the marker CD90 expression. The 55S41C4P-1300 was able to induce the differentiation of MSCs into OBs in the same way as OM without glass ceramic. This effect increased with the combination of 55S41C4P-1300 with OM. The glass ceramic evaluated in this work is bioactive, cytocompatible and capable of promoting the differentiation of MSCs into OBs. For that reason, it could be regarded as a suitable matrix in tissue engineering for bone tissue regeneration.