Spatiotemporal neocartilage growth in matrix-metalloproteinase-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels under dynamic compressive loading: an experimental and computational approach.

Journal of Materials Chemistry. B, Materials for Biology and Medicine
Margaret C SchneiderS J Bryant

Abstract

Enzyme-sensitive hydrogels containing encapsulated chondrocytes are a promising platform for cartilage tissue engineering. However, the growth of neotissue is closely coupled to the degradation of the hydrogel and is further complicated due to the encapsulated cells serving as the enzyme source for hydrogel degradation. To better understand these coupled processes, this study combined experimental and computational methods to analyze the transition from hydrogel to neotissue in a biomimetic MMP-sensitive poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) hydrogel with encapsulated chondrocytes. A physics-based computational model that describes spatial heterogeneities in cell distribution was used. Experimentally, cell-laden hydrogels were cultured for six weeks under free swelling or subjected daily to one-hour of dynamic compressive loading. Extracellular matrix (ECM) synthesis rates were used as model inputs, and the model was fit to the experimentally determined construct modulus over time for the free swelling condition. Experimentally, ECM accumulation comprising collagen II and aggrecan increased over time concomitant with hydrogel degradation observed by a loss in PEG. Simulations demonstrated rapid degradation in regions of high cell density...Continue Reading

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Sep 3, 2021·Chemical Reviews·Franck J VernereyStephanie J Bryant

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