Crosslinking of collagen scaffolds promotes blood and lymphatic vascular stability

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العنوان: Crosslinking of collagen scaffolds promotes blood and lymphatic vascular stability
المؤلفون: Aimal H. Khankhel, James G. Truslow, Kelvin L. S. Chan, Joe Tien, Brent J. Coisman, Keith H. K. Wong, Rebecca L. Thompson
المصدر: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 102:3186-3195
بيانات النشر: Wiley, 2013.
سنة النشر: 2013
مصطلحات موضوعية: Materials science, technology, industry, and agriculture, Metals and Alloys, Biomedical Engineering, macromolecular substances, Biomaterials, Extracellular matrix, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, In vivo, Self-healing hydrogels, Ceramics and Composites, Genipin, 1-Ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide, Barrier function, Type I collagen, Biomedical engineering, Carbodiimide
الوصف: The low stiffness of reconstituted collagen hydrogels has limited their use as scaffolds for engineering implantable tissues. Although chemical crosslinking has been used to stiffen collagen and protect it against enzymatic degradation in vivo, it remains unclear how crosslinking alters the vascularization of collagen hydrogels. In this study, we examine how the crosslinking agents genipin and 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide alter vascular stability and function in microfluidic type I collagen gels in vitro. Under moderate perfusion (∼10 dyn/cm2 shear stress), tubes of blood endothelial cells (ECs) exhibited indistinguishable stability and barrier function in untreated and crosslinked scaffolds. Surprisingly, under low perfusion (∼5 dyn/cm2 shear stress) or nearly zero transmural pressure, microvessels in crosslinked scaffolds remained stable, while those in untreated gels rapidly delaminated and became poorly perfused. Similarly, tubes of lymphatic ECs under intermittent flow were more stable in crosslinked gels than in untreated ones. These effects correlated well with the degree of mechanical stiffening, as predicted by analysis of fracture energies at the cell–scaffold interface. This work demonstrates that crosslinking of collagen scaffolds does not hinder normal EC physiology; instead, crosslinked scaffolds promote vascular stability. Thus, routine crosslinking of scaffolds may assist in vascularization of engineered tissues. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 102A: 3186–3195, 2014.
تدمد: 1549-3296
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34990
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::996552bf7701b1638eb089b8bd7c1580
https://doi.org/10.1002/jbm.a.34990
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تدمد:15493296
DOI:10.1002/jbm.a.34990