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Osteogenic Treatment Initiating a Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Template Hypertrophic Transition

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Hypertrophic chondrocytes play a critical role in endochondral bone formation as well as the progress of osteoarthritis (OA). An in vitro cartilage hypertrophy model can be used as a platform to study complex molecular mechanisms involved in these processes and screen new drugs for OA. To develop an in vitro cartilage hypertrophy model, we treated a tissue-engineered cartilage template, living hyaline cartilaginous graft (LhCG), with osteogenic medium for hypertrophic induction. In addition, endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were seeded onto LhCG constructs to mimic vascular invasion. The results showed that osteogenic treatment significantly inhibited the synthesis of endostatin in LhCG constructs and enhanced expression of hypertrophic marker-collagen type X (Col X) and osteogenic markers, as well as calcium deposition in vitro. Upon subcutaneous implantation, osteogenic medium-treated LhCG constructs all stained positive for Col X and showed significant calcium deposition and blood vessel invasion. Col X staining and calcium deposition were most obvious in osteogenic medium-treated only group, while there was no difference between EPC-seeded and non-seeded group. These results demonstrated that osteogenic treatment was of the primary factor to induce hypertrophic transition of LhCG constructs and this model may contribute to the establishment of an in vitro cartilage hypertrophy model.

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The work was financially supported by Academic Research Fund Tier 2 (AcRF: ARC1/13), Ministry of Education, Singapore and the Natural Science Foundation of China (51328301).

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Fu, J.Y., Lim, S.Y., He, P.F. et al. Osteogenic Treatment Initiating a Tissue-Engineered Cartilage Template Hypertrophic Transition. Ann Biomed Eng 44, 2957–2970 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10439-016-1615-5

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