Construction of a vascularized hydrogel for cardiac tissue formation in a porcine model
Construction of a vascularized hydrogel for cardiac tissue formation in a porcine model
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DOI:
10.1002/term.2634
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
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3.3
通讯作者:
Shim, Winston
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作者:
Ja, K. P. Myu Mai;Lim, Kee Pah;Shim, Winston
Replacing cardiac tissues lost to myocardial infarction remains a therapeutic goal for regenerative therapy in recovering cardiac function. We assessed the feasibility of constructing a macrosized human cardiac tissue construct using pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes or control fibroblasts infused fibrin/collagen hydrogel and performed ectopic implantation in peripheral vascular system of a porcine model for 3weeks. Finally, an optimized vascularized cardiac construct was explanted and grafted onto porcine myocardium for 2weeks. Myocardial-grafted human cardiac constructs showed a nascent tissue-like organization with aligned cardiomyocytes within the remodelled collagen matrix. Nevertheless, no significant changes in intraconstruct density of cardiomyocytes were observed in the myocardial-grafted constructs (human embryonic stem cell [hESC]-derived cardiomyocyte [n=4]: 70.5 +/- 22.8 troponin I+ cardiomyocytes/high power field [HPF]) as compared to peripherally implanted constructs (hESC-derived cardiomyocyte [n=4]: 59.0 +/- 19.6 troponin I+ cardiomyocytes/HPF; human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte [n=3]: 50.9 +/- 8.5 troponin I+ cardiomyocytes/HPF, p=ns). However, the myocardial-grafted constructs showed an increased in neovascularization (194.4 +/- 24.7 microvessels/mm(2) tissue, p