Microgravity tissue engineering |
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Authors: | Lisa E. Freed Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic |
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Affiliation: | (1) Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 02139 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Abstract: | Summary Tissue engineering studies were done using isolated cells, three-dimensional polymer scaffolds, and rotating bioreactors operated under conditions of simulated microgravity. In particular, vessel rotation speed was adjusted such that 10 mm diameter × 2 mm thick cell-polymer constructs were cultivated in a state of continuous free-fall. Feasibility was demonstrated for two different cell types: cartilage and heart. Conditions of simulated microgravity promoted the formation of cartilaginous constructs consisting of round cells, collagen and glycosaminoglycan (GAG), and cardiac tissue constructs consisting of elongated cells that contracted spontaneously and synchronously. Potential advantages of using a simulated microgravity environment for tissue engineering were demonstrated by comparing the compositions of cartilaginous constructs grown under four different in vitro culture conditions: simulated microgravity in rotating bioreactors, solid body rotation in rotating bioreactors, turbulent mixing in spinner flasks, and orbital mixing in petri dishes. Constructs grown in simulated microgravity contained the highest fractions of total regenerated tissue (as a percent of construct dry weight) and of GAG, the component required for cartilage to withstand compressive force. |
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Keywords: | tissue engineering polymer scaffold cardiac myocyte microgravity bioreactor chondrocyte |
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