학술논문

Inkjet-based biopatterning of bone morphogenetic protein-2 to spatially control calvarial bone formation
Document Type
Report
Source
Tissue Engineering, Part A: Tissue Engineering. May 1, 2010, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p1749, 11 p.
Subject
United States
Language
English
ISSN
1937-3341
Abstract
Introduction SPATIAL PATTERNING OF CELL FUNCTION occurs during embryogenesis and throughout development. (1-6) Wound healing can be considered in part a recapitulation of embryogenesis. It involves complex spatial and temporal [...]
The purpose of this study was to demonstrate spatial control of osteoblast differentiation in vitro and bone formation in vivo using inkjet bioprinting technology and to create three-dimensional persistent bio-ink patterns of bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP-2) and its modifiers immobilized within microporous scaffolds. Semicircular patterns of BMP-2 were printed within circular DermaMatrix™ human allograft scaffold constructs. The contralateral halves of the constructs were unprinted or printed with BMP-2 modifiers, including the BMP-2 inhibitor, noggin. Printed bio-ink pattern retention was validated using fluorescent or [sup.125]I-labeled bio-inks. Mouse C2C12 progenitor cells cultured on patterned constructs differentiated in a dose-dependent fashion toward an osteoblastic fate in register to BMP-2 patterns. The fidelity of spatial restriction of osteoblastic differentiation at the boundary between neighboring BMP-2 and noggin patterns improved in comparison with patterns without noggin. Acellular DermaMatrix constructs similarly patterned with BMP-2 and noggin were then implanted into a mouse calvarial defect model. Patterns of bone formation in vivo were comparable with patterned responses of osteoblastic differentiation in vitro. These results demonstrate that three-dimensional biopatterning of a growth factor and growth factor modifier within a construct can direct cell differentiation in vitro and tissue formation in vivo in register to printed patterns.