Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (25): 4075-4081.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1783

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Response of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells to mechanical microenvironment: viewpoint, actuality, thinking and future

Sun Bin, Duan Hao, Zhong Zongyu, Liu Zheng, Li Xiaozhuang, Tang Zhihong, He Fei
  

  1. First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
  • Revised:2019-04-08 Online:2019-09-08 Published:2019-09-08
  • Contact: He Fei, MD, Chief physician, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
  • About author:Sun Bin, Master candidate, First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650032, Yunnan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 31460244 (to HF); the Applied Basic Research Project of Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Plan, No. 2015FA002 (to HF)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells are important seed cells in bone tissue engineering repair. However, it is difficult to control the cell proliferation and differentiation. Although previous studies have focused on biochemical regulation, little is reported on the mechanical microenvironment for controlling the proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the research status and recent progress in the effect of mechanical microenvironment on the proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: A search with the keywords of “mechanical microenvironment; mesenchymal stem cells; stiffness; proliferation and differentiation” in Chinese and English was conducted in the CNKI, WanFang and PubMed, respectively. Initially 117 articles were retrieved, and 65 eligible articles were finally summarized.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Different mechanical forces cause different effects on the proliferation and differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. Under mechanical tension and fluid shear forces, the cells mostly differentiate into osteoblasts. Under compressive and hydrostatic pressure, the majority of the cells differentiate into chondrocytes, while a small amount of the cells are induced to differentiate into osteoblasts. Mechanical signals from different basal mechanics have an effect on neurogenesis adipogenesis, myogenesis and osteogenesis in the mesenchymal stem cells. There are different optimal conditions for the cells differentiating into different tissues. Different self-components of the cells also play an important role in their response to mechanical signals. To explore the relationship between mechanical dynamics and proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, we establish a simulated matrix and scaffold system similar to the mechanical microenvironment of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells.

Key words: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, mechanical microenvironment, tension, fluid shear stiffness, compressive force, hydrostatic pressure, matrix, proliferation and differentiation, National Natural Science Foundation of China

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