A thermosensitive hydrogel capable of releasing bFGF for enhanced differentiation of mesenchymal stem cell into cardiomyocyte-like cells under ischemic conditions

Biomacromolecules
Zhenqing LiJianjun Guan

Abstract

A thermosensitive hydrogel capable of differentiating mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into cardiomyocyte-like cells was synthesized. The hydrogel was based on N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm), N-acryloxysuccinimide, acrylic acid, and hydroxyethyl methacrylate-poly(trimethylene carbonate). The hydrogel was highly flexible at body temperature with breaking strain >1000% and Young's modulus 45 kPa. When MSCs were encapsulated in the hydrogel and cultured under normal culture conditions (10% FBS and 21% O(2)), the cells differentiated into cardiomyocyte-like cells. However, the differentiation was retarded, and even diminished, under low nutrient and low oxygen conditions, which are typical of the infarcted heart. We hypothesized that enhancing MSC survival under low nutrient and low oxygen conditions would restore the differentiation. To enhance cell survival, a pro-survival growth factor (bFGF) was loaded in the hydrogel. bFGF was able to sustainedly release from the hydrogel for 21 days. Under the low nutrient and low oxygen conditions (1% O(2) and 1% FBS), bFGF enhanced MSC survival and differentiation in the hydrogel. After 14 days of culture, survival of 70.5% of MSCs remained in the bFGF-loaded hydrogel, while only 4.9% of MSCs ...Continue Reading

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