Volume 103, Issue 3 pp. 1029-1037
Original Article

Osteogenic differentiation of umbilical cord and adipose derived stem cells onto highly porous 45S5 Bioglass®-based scaffolds

Rainer Detsch

Rainer Detsch

Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen Germany

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Sonja Alles

Sonja Alles

Institute for Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University, Hanover, Germany

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Jasmin Hum

Jasmin Hum

Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen Germany

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Peter Westenberger

Peter Westenberger

FEI Visualization Sciences Group, Wernigeroder Str. 129, D-40595 Duesseldorf, Germany

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Frank Sieker

Frank Sieker

GE Sensing & Inspection Technologies GmbH, Niels-Bohr-Straße 7, 31515 Wunstorf, Germany

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Dominik Heusinger

Dominik Heusinger

Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen Germany

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Cornelia Kasper

Corresponding Author

Cornelia Kasper

Institute for Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University, Hanover, Germany

Department of Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna, Austria

Correspondence to: C. Kasper; e-mail: [email protected] or A. R. Boccaccini; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
Aldo R. Boccaccini

Corresponding Author

Aldo R. Boccaccini

Institute of Biomaterials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91058 Erlangen Germany

Correspondence to: C. Kasper; e-mail: [email protected] or A. R. Boccaccini; e-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this author
First published: 22 May 2014
Citations: 35

Abstract

In the context of bone tissue engineering (BTE), combinations of bioactive scaffolds with living cells are investigated to optimally yield functional bone tissue for implantation purposes. Bioactive glasses are a class of highly bioactive, inorganic materials with broad application potential in BTE strategies. The aim of this study was to evaluate bioactive glass (45S5 Bioglass®) samples of composition: 45 SiO2, 24.5 CaO, 24.5 Na2O, and 6 P2O5 (in wt%) as scaffold materials for mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). Pore architecture of the scaffolds as well as cell behavior in the three-dimensional environment was evaluated by several methods. Investigations concerned the osteogenic cell attachment, growth and differentiation of adipose tissue derived MSC (adMSC) compared with MSC from human full term umbilical cord tissues (ucMSC) on porous Bioglass®-based scaffolds over a cultivation period of 5 weeks. Differences in lineage-specific osteogenic differentiation of adMSC and ucMSC on Bioglass® samples were demonstrated. The investigation led to positive results in terms of cell attachment, proliferation, and differentiation of MSC onto Bioglass®-based scaffolds confirming the relevance of these matrices for BTE applications. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 103A: 1029–1037, 2015.

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