Author:
Omid Hamed,Abdollahi Sorosh,Bonakdar Shahin,Haghighipour Nooshin,Shokrgozar Mohammad Ali,Mohammadi Javad
Abstract
AbstractDecellularization by chemical approaches has harmful effects on extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins, and damages lots of functional peptides and biomolecules present in the ultrastructure. In this study, we employed a combination of chemical and physical decellularization methods to overcome these disadvantages. The induced osmotic pressure by hypertonic/hypotonic solutions dissociated and removed most of cellular membranes significantly without any detergent or chemical agent. In total, 0.025% trypsin solution was found adequate to remove the remaining debrides, and ultimately 1% Triton X-100 was utilized for final cleansing. In addition, conducting all the decellularization processes at 4 °C yielded an ECM with least damages in the ultrastructure which could be inferred by close mechanical strength and swelling ratio to the native vessel, and high quality and quantity of cell attachment, migration and proliferation which were examined by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) of the histology samples. Moreover, the obtained biological scaffold (BS) had no cytotoxicity according to the MTT assay, and this scaffold is storable at −20 °C. Employing bioreactor for concurrent cyclic tensile and shear stresses improved the cell migration into pores of the BS and made the cells and the scaffold compact in analogous to native tissue. As opening angle test showed by decellularizing of the blood vessel, the residual stress dropped significantly which revealed the role of cells in the amount of induced stress in the structure. However, intact and healthy ECM explicitly recovered upon recellularization and beat the initial residual stress of the native tissue. The tensile test of the blood vessels in longitudinal and radial directions revealed orthotropic behavior which can be explained by collagen fibers direction in the ECM. Furthermore, by the three regions of the stress–strain curve can be elucidated the roles of cells, elastin and collagen fibers in mechanical behavior of the vascular tissues.
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Funder
National Institute for Medical Development
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Biomedical Engineering,Biomaterials,Bioengineering,Biophysics
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