中国组织工程研究

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细胞共培养技术促进类前微血管结构发生

王纪文,李向东,魏国峰   

  1. 大连医科大学附属二院心血管内科,辽宁省大连市  116023
  • 收稿日期:2013-06-25 修回日期:2013-06-27 出版日期:2013-09-17 发布日期:2013-09-17
  • 通讯作者: 魏国峰,硕士,主任医师,大连医科大学附属二院心血管内科,辽宁省大连市 116023 guofeng1204@aliyun.com
  • 作者简介:王纪文★,男,1978年生,辽宁省辽阳市人,汉族,2005年大连医科大学毕业,硕士,主治医师,主要从事冠心病、心衰及高血压治疗方面的研究。wjwphd@sina.com
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金面上项目资助(81173125)*

Cell co-culture technology accelerates premicrovascular-like structure formation

Wang Ji-wen, Li Xiang-dong, Wei Guo-feng   

  1. Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian  116023, Liaoning Province, China
  • Received:2013-06-25 Revised:2013-06-27 Online:2013-09-17 Published:2013-09-17
  • Contact: Wei Guo-feng, Master, Chief physician, Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China guofeng1204@aliyun.com
  • About author:Wang Ji-wen★, Master, Attending physician, Department of Cardiology, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116023, Liaoning Province, China wjwphd@sina.com
  • Supported by:

    the General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81173125*

摘要:

背景:三维(3D)组织化培养模型的体外构建是现代组织工程与再生医学工程技术的重要核心。如何实现所培养模型的微血管化以改善培养体系内部的营养传递并最终提高细胞的活性是组织工程研究领域所亟待解决的关键。
目的:尝试探索在3D体系内采用细胞共培养技术促进类前微血管结构发生的可行性。
方法:以蚕丝蛋白为多孔材料支架,将人骨髓间充质干细胞与血管内皮细胞进行体外共培养。通过DNA含量测定定量检测细胞的增殖;扫描电镜和激光共聚焦显微镜的图像分析表征细胞的生长形态学特征;实时定量RT-PCR方法对内皮细胞功能性标志基因的表达水平进行定量分析。
结果与结论:丝蛋白支架和人骨髓间充质干细胞能够提供理想的3D生长微环境,利于血管内皮细胞的体外增殖。微环境还能够显著提高内皮细胞功能性标志基因CD31和vWF的表达水平,促进类前微血管结构的发生。提示共培养体系有利于内皮细胞在体外的进一步分化和自组织化,可能为微血管化组织工程研究提供一定的技术基础。

关键词: 生物材料, 生物材料基础实验, 三维培养, 血管内皮细胞, 支架, CD31, vWF, 微环境, 国家自然科学基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Constructing a three-dimensional tissue-like structure in vitro plays a critical role in modern tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Several advances have been made in the past decade. However, it is still a challenge to promote microvascular-like structure formation and improve limited nutritional transportation, thereby promoting cell viability.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the feasibility of constructing a three-dimensional microvascular-like structure through the co-culture technique.
METHODS: Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and human endothelial cells were co-cultured on a three-dimensional porous silk scaffold. Cell proliferation was analyzed by Pico-green DNA assay. Their growth profiles were evaluated by scanning electron microscope and laser scanning confocal microscopy, respectively. The mRNA levels of von Willebrand factor and CD31, two key functional markers of endothelial cells, in the co-cultured endothelial cells was assayed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-PCR.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The three-dimensional culture system constructed by the silk scaffold and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells provided an ideal microenvironment for cell growth and proliferation in vitro. Moreover, this microenvironment was capable of promoting endothelial cell differentiation evidenced by their significantly improved mRNA levels of von Willebrand factor and CD31. Premicrovascular-like structure was also observed in the co-cultures under the confocal microscope. Thus, all the data supported that the unique co-culture system could promote endothelial cell differentiation and self-assembling in vitro. This culture system provides a robust tool for the studies addressing microvessel-based tissue engineering.

Key words: mesenchymal stem cells, endothelial cells, stents, CD31

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