PMID: 11314082Apr 21, 2001Paper

A study of injectable tissue-engineered autologous cartilage

The Chinese Journal of Dental Research : the Official Journal of the Scientific Section of the Chinese Stomatological Association (CSA)
W D YangM G Xiao

Abstract

To test the effectiveness of the new techniques of tissue-engineered cartilage. Chondrocytes were harvested through type II collagenase digestion from the auricle of New Zealand rabbits. The cells were mixed with alginate to generate chondrocytes/alginate composites with final cellular density of 50 x 10(6) per mL. Calcium chloride was used as the cross-linking agent to gel the aqueous alginate solution. The chondrocytes/alginate composites were injected into the dorsal subcutaneous tissue of New Zealand rabbits through autologous cells grafts. The specimens were observed during cartilage formation at 4, 8, and 12 weeks after injection. Prior to harvesting, chondrocytes/alginate composites were easily visualized under the dorsal skin of animals. The appearance of experimental specimens was similar to that of native cartilage in gross morphology. Using a standard hematoxylin and eosin stain, the histologic features of all experimental specimens demonstrated new cartilage formation. With a Masson's trichrome and safranin O stain, the presence of collagen and glycosaminoglycan (GAG) was observed at 8 and 12 weeks. This study demonstrated that polymerization of alginate hydrogel can be controlled to allow injection of chondrocytes ...Continue Reading

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