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Development of tissue-engineered human periodontal ligament constructs with intrinsic angiogenic potential.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19365111     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
One approach to treat periodontal diseases is grafting of tissue-engineered periodontal ligaments. Therefore, periodontal ligaments were constructed by layering cell sheets. A cell sheet was prepared by enzymatic digestion of salmon collagen gel on which human periodontal ligament fibroblasts (HPLFs) were co-cultured with or without human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Three cell sheets were layered and then cultured in angiogenic media, in which the HUVECs were found to form capillary-like structures when co-cultured on the HPLFs. The layered HPLFs sheets with HUVEC co-culture (PL-EC construct) demonstrated longer survival, higher alkaline phosphatase activities and lower osteocalcin production than layered HPLFs sheets without HUVEC co-culture (PL construct). Hematoxylin-eosin and Masson's trichrome staining of histological sections showed that cell density, mass and extracellular matrix deposition of the PL-EC construct were higher than those of the PL construct. Furthermore, CD31 immunostaining revealed the formation of capillary-like structures throughout the PL-EC construct. In conclusion, we successfully developed tissue-engineered periodontal ligament constructs with intrinsic angiogenic potential using cell sheet engineering and HUVEC co-culture.
Authors:
Nobuhiro Nagai; Ayumi Hirakawa; Nao Otani; Masanobu Munekata
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2009-04-10
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cells, tissues, organs     Volume:  190     ISSN:  1422-6421     ISO Abbreviation:  Cells Tissues Organs (Print)     Publication Date:  2009  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-11-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100883360     Medline TA:  Cells Tissues Organs     Country:  Switzerland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  303-12     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2009 S. Karger AG, Basel.
Affiliation:
Creative Research Initiative 'Sousei', Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. nagai491@yahoo.co.jp
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