Characterization of different in vitro culture conditions to induce a fibro-chondrogenic differentiation of swine adipose-derived stem cells.

Characterization of different in vitro culture conditions to induce a fibro-chondrogenic differentiation of swine adipose-derived stem cells. J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2018 Nov-Dec;32(6 Suppl. 1):97-103 Authors: Tessaro I, Di Giancamillo A, Benasciutti E, Nguyen VT, Polito U, Mangiavini L, Peretti GM Abstract Meniscus repair is still a challenge for orthopaedic surgeons as this tissue has a scarce healing potential due to the limited vascularization and to the lack of progenitor cells. Lately, several tissue engineering strategies combining cells and scaffolds have been developed. Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) represent a novel cell source for meniscus repair as they are easy to harvest, and they possess an intrinsic chondrogenic potential. The aim of our study was to analyze and compare the chondrogenic differentiation of swine ASCs cultured in vitro with different supplemented media. We isolated ASCs from swine adipose tissue and we placed in pellet cultures supplemented with either Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-2 and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β3 or with Bone Morphogenetic Protein (BMP)-7 and Transforming Growth Factor (TGF)-β1. Samples were analyzed after 7, 14 or 21 days of culture by biochemical, histological and gene expression analysis. Our preliminary results show that BMP-2 and TGF-β3 are stronger inducers of chondrogenesis. PMID: 30644289 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents - Category: Biomedical Science Tags: J Biol Regul Homeost Agents Source Type: research