Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (10): 1577-1584.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.3024

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Recent research progress in construction of biomimetic engineered cardiac tissue based on extracellular matrix

Guo Haoyu, Li Weiquan, Liu Kaiyuan, Xiao Ruifen, Sun Denglong, Xi Jiaoya   

  1. Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
  • Received:2020-05-13 Revised:2020-05-16 Accepted:2020-06-12 Online:2021-04-08 Published:2020-12-18
  • Contact: Xi Jiaoya, PhD, Associate professor, Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China
  • About author:Li Weiquan, Doctoral candidate, Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China Liu Kaiyuan, Doctoral candidate, Department of Physiology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, Hubei Province, China Guo Haoyu, Li Weiquan and Liu Kaiyuan contributed equally to this paper.
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundations of China, No. 31100828; the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China, No. 2018CFB460; the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), No. 2017KFYXJJ058 and No. 2013TS145; the Provincial Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program of China, No. S201910487157; and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Undergraduates (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), No. 2019A0211 and No. 2019A0212

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Patches, powders and hydrogels fabricated from extracellular matrix and its components can be used as scaffolds, along with a variety of stem cells and their derivatives, to construct biomimetic engineered cardiac tissue.
OBJECTIVE: To review research progress in construction of biomimetic engineered cardiac tissue based on extracellular matrix. 
METHODS: We searched the articles in Web of Science Core Collection and PubMed databases with the key words of “the extracellular matrix; engineered cardiac tissue; cardiomyocyte; biomimetic; stem cell” in English. Eventually 64 articles were included for review. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Compared with the traditional synthetic materials, the extracellular matrix has good biocompatibility and cell affinity, which can provide seed cells with the closest living environment, and is conducive to the growth, differentiation and maturation of seed cells. A great number of research evidences suggest that the biomimetic engineered cardiac tissue based on extracellular matrix and stem cells has the characteristics of excitability, contractility and conductivity similar to the natural myocardial tissue. It also can repair the damaged myocardium, reshape the microvascular system and effectively improve cardiac function, showing the potential to treat cardiovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction. However, there are still some problems in the construction of biomimetic engineered cardiac tissue based on extracellular matrix, such as the structural damage during decellularization, the relatively slow development of seed cell morphology and function.  


Key words: material,  , extracellular matrix, engineered cardiac tissue, cardiomyocyte, biomimetic, stem cell, review

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