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  • Title: [In vitro study on injectable alginate-strontium hydrogel for bone tissue engineering].
    Author: Tu Y, Wu T, Ye A, Xu J, Guo F, Cheng X.
    Journal: Zhongguo Xiu Fu Chong Jian Wai Ke Za Zhi; 2013 Dec; 27(12):1499-505. PubMed ID: 24640374.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the application potential of alginate-strontium (Sr) hydrogel as an injectable scaffold material in bone tissue engineering. METHODS: The alginate-Sr/-calcium (Ca) hydrogel beads were fabricated by adding 2.0 wt% alginate sodium to 0.2 mol/L SrCl2/CaCl2 solution dropwise. Microstructure, modulus of compression, swelling rate, and degradability of alginate-Sr/-Ca hydrogels were tested. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) were isolated from femoral bones of rabbits by flushing of marrow cavity. BMSCs at passage 5 were seeded onto the alginate-Sr hydrogel (experimental group) and alginate-Ca hydrogel (control group), and the viability and proliferation of BMSCs in 2 alginate hydrogels were assessed. The osteogenic differentiation of cells embeded in 2 alginate hydrogels was evaluated by alkaline phosphate (ALP) activity, osteoblast specific gene [Osterix (OSX), collagen type I, and Runx2] expression level and calcium deposition by fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR and alizarin red staining, Von Kossa staining. The BMSCs which were embeded in alginate-Ca hydrogel and cultured with common growth medium were harvested as blank control group. RESULTS: The micromorphology of alginate-Sr hydrogel was similar to that of the alginate-Ca hydrogel, with homogeneous pore structure; the modulus of compression of alginate-Sr hydrogel and alginate-Ca hydrogel was (186.53 +/- 8.37) and (152.14 +/- 7.45) kPa respectively, showing significant difference (t=6.853, P=0.002); there was no significant difference (t=0.737, P=0.502) in swelling rate between alginate-Sr hydrogel (14.32% +/- 1.53%) and alginate-Ca hydrogel (15.25% +/- 1.64%). The degradabilities of 2 alginate hydrogels were good; the degradation rate of alginate-Sr hydrogel was significantly lower than that of alginate-Ca hydrogel on the 20th, 25th, and 30th days (P < 0.05). At 1-4 days, the morphology of cells on 2 alginate hydrogels was spherical and then the shape was spindle or stellate. When three-dimensional cultured for 21 days, the DNA content of BMSCs in experimental group [(4.38 +/- 0.24) g] was significantly higher than that in control group [(3.25 +/- 0.21) g] (t=8.108, P=0.001). On the 12th day after osteogenic differentiation, the ALP activity in experimental group was (15.28 +/- 1.26) U/L, which was significantly higher than that in control group [(12.07 +/- 1.12) U/L] (P < 0.05). Likewise, the mRNA expressions of OSX, collagen type I, and Runx2 in experimental group were significantly higher than those in control group (P < 0.05). On the 21th day after osteogenic differentiation, alizarin red staining and Von Kossa staining showed calcium deposition in 2 groups; the calcium nodules and phosphate deposition in experimental group were significantly higher than those in control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Alginate-Sr hydrogel has good physicochemical properties and can promote the proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs, so it is an excellent injectable scaffold material for bone tissue engineering.
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