Biofabricated marine hydrozoan: A bioactive crystalline material promoting ossification of mesenchymal stem cells

Liat Abramovitch-Gottlib, Shimona Geresh, Razi Vago

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Abstract

This study introduces a novel three-dimensional biomatrix obtained from the marine hydrocoral Millepora dichotoma as a scaffold for hard tissue engineering. Millepora dichotoma was biofabricated under field and laboratory conditions. Three-dimensional biomatrices were made in order to convert mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to exemplify osteoblastic phenotype. We investigated the effect of the biomatrices on MSCs proliferation and differentiation at 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 14, 21, 28, and 42 days. Different analyses were made: light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), calcium incorporation to newly formed tissue (alizarin red), bone nodule formation (von Kossa), fat aggregate formation (oil red O), collagen type I immunofluorescence, DNA concentrations, alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity, and osteocalcin concentrations. MSCs seeded on Millepora dichotoma biomatrices showed higher levels of calcium and phosphate incorporation and higher type I collagen levels than did control Porites lutea biomatrices. ALP activity revealed that MSCs seeded on M. dichotoma biomatrices are highly osteogenic compared to those on control biomatrices. The osteocalcin content of MSCs seeded on M. dichotoma remained constant up to 2 weeks before rising to surpass that of seeded P. lutea biomatrices after 28 days. Our study thus showed that M. dichotoma biomatrices enhance the differentiation of MSCs into osteoblast and hence have excellent potential as bioscaffold for hard tissue engineering.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)729-739
Number of pages11
JournalTissue Engineering
Volume12
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2006

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Biophysics
  • Cell Biology

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