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Effects of HyStem™-HP Hydrogel Elasticity on Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

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The biological, chemical, and mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix (ECM) are important for adhesion, proliferation, and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC). Scaffolds prepared for tissue engineering approaches should imitate the properties of the native ECM of the target tissue. Here, we used the synthetic hydrogel HyStem™-HP with different elasticity as a substrate for human bone marrow derived MSC (hBMMSC) and determined the influence of elasticity on morphology, adhesion, proliferation, and osteogenic differentiation of the cells. hBMMSC cultured on HyStem™-HP with a crosslinking of 1.6% (low elasticity) were well-spread, revealed an organized actin cytoskeleton and many focal adhesion (FA) contacts in comparison cells cultured on HyStem™-HP with a crosslinking of 0.1% (high elasticity) showed less spreading, less FAs, and a less organized actin cytoskeleton. Following osteogenic differentiation markers, like the activity of tissue-non-specific alkaline phosphatase, bsp II expression, and calcium accumulation were more pronounced on HyStem™-HP 1.6% hydrogels compared to HyStem™-HP 0.1%. These findings indicate that osteogenic differentiation of hBMMSC is better promoted by HyStem™-HP with low elasticity and might therefore be a useful substrate for bone tissue engineering.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Carolin Preißler and Christine Kupke for excellent technical assistance, Prof. Bornhäuser and colleagues of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center of the University Hospital Dresden for providing the hBMMSC and Rudi Hoetzel (Institute of Pharmacy, University of Leipzig) for his support with rheological measurements. This work was supported by a grant of BMBF to PD and by grants of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to UH (TR67B1) and MCH (TR67A1).

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    Marion Mai, Ute Hempel & Peter Dieter

  2. Institute of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Leipzig, Eilenburger Straße 15a, 04317, Leipzig, Germany

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Supplementary Fig. 1. Viscoelastic properties of HyStem™-HP 0.1% and HyStem™-HP 1.6% as determined during a frequency sweep (0.1–10 Hz) at a strain amplitude of 2% by oscillation rheology. The data illustrates that HyStem™-HP 0.1% hydrogels lose strength at lower shear frequency than HyStem™-HP 1.6% hydrogels. Onsets of loss of hydrogel structure are indicated by arrows. Data represent mean ± SD (n = 4). Supplementary material 1 (TIFF 1834 kb)

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Mai, M., Hempel, U., Hacker, M.C. et al. Effects of HyStem™-HP Hydrogel Elasticity on Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells. Cel. Mol. Bioeng. 7, 155–164 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12195-013-0314-7

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