Bioactive copper-doped glass scaffolds can stimulate endothelial cells in co-culture in combination with mesenchymal stem cells

Rath, Subha Narayan and Brandl, A and Hiller, D and Hoppe, A and Gbureck, U and Horch, R E and Boccaccini, A R and Kneser, U (2014) Bioactive copper-doped glass scaffolds can stimulate endothelial cells in co-culture in combination with mesenchymal stem cells. PLoS ONE, 9 (12). e113319. ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

Bioactive glass (BG) scaffolds are being investigated for bone tissue engineering applications because of their osteoconductive and angiogenic nature. However, to increase the in vivo performance of the scaffold, including enhancing the angiogenetic growth into the scaffolds, some researchers use different modifications of the scaffold including addition of inorganic ionic components to the basic BG composition. In this study, we investigated the in vitro biocompatibility and bioactivity of Cu2+-doped BG derived scaffolds in either BMSC (bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells)-only culture or co-culture of BMSC and human dermal microvascular endothelial cells (HDMEC). In BMSC-only culture, cells were seeded either directly on the scaffolds (3D or direct culture) or were exposed to ionic dissolution products of the BG scaffolds, kept in permeable cell culture inserts (2D or indirect culture). Though we did not observe any direct osteoinduction of BMSCs by alkaline phosphatase (ALP) assay or by PCR, there was increased vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) expression, observed by PCR and ELISA assays. Additionally, the scaffolds showed no toxicity to BMSCs and there were healthy live cells found throughout the scaffold. To analyze further the reasons behind the increased VEGF expression and to exploit the benefits of the finding, we used the indirect method with HDMECs in culture plastic and Cu2+-doped BG scaffolds with or without BMSCs in cell culture inserts. There was clear observation of increased endothelial markers by both FACS analysis and acetylated LDL (acLDL) uptake assay. Only in presence of Cu2+-doped BG scaffolds with BMSCs, a high VEGF secretion was demonstrated by ELISA; and typical tubular structures were observed in culture plastics. We conclude that Cu2+-doped BG scaffolds release Cu2+, which in turn act on BMSCs to secrete VEGF. This result is of significance for the application of BG scaffolds in bone tissue engineering approaches.

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Rath, Subha NarayanUNSPECIFIED
Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Conceived and designed the experiments: SNR ARB REH UK. Performed the experiments: SNR DH AB AH UG. Analyzed the data: SNR AB AH UG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: REH UG ARB UK. Wrote the paper: SNR AH UK.
Uncontrolled Keywords: alkaline phosphatase; copper; glass; inorganic compound; vasculotropin
Subjects: Biomedical Engineering
Divisions: Department of Biomedical Engineering
Depositing User: Team Library
Date Deposited: 23 Dec 2014 05:54
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2017 08:58
URI: http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/1229
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113319
OA policy: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1932-6203/
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