Rebecca J Salamon, Megan C McKeon, Jiyoung Bae, Xiaoya Zhang, Wyatt G Paltzer, Kayla N Wanless, Alyssa R Schuett, Dakota J Nuttall, Stephen A Nemr, Rupa Sridharan, Youngsook Lee, Timothy J Kamp, Ahmed I Mahmoud
{"title":"LRRC10 regulates mammalian cardiomyocyte cell cycle during heart regeneration.","authors":"Rebecca J Salamon, Megan C McKeon, Jiyoung Bae, Xiaoya Zhang, Wyatt G Paltzer, Kayla N Wanless, Alyssa R Schuett, Dakota J Nuttall, Stephen A Nemr, Rupa Sridharan, Youngsook Lee, Timothy J Kamp, Ahmed I Mahmoud","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00316-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00316-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Leucine-rich repeat containing 10 (LRRC10) is a cardiomyocyte-specific protein, but its role in cardiac biology is little understood. Recently Lrrc10 was identified as required for endogenous cardiac regeneration in zebrafish; however, whether LRRC10 plays a role in mammalian heart regeneration remains unclear. In this study, we demonstrate that Lrrc10<sup>-/-</sup> knockout mice exhibit a loss of the neonatal mouse regenerative response, marked by reduced cardiomyocyte cytokinesis and increased cardiomyocyte binucleation. Interestingly, LRRC10 deletion disrupts the regenerative transcriptional landscape of the regenerating neonatal mouse heart. Remarkably, cardiac overexpression of LRRC10 restores cardiomyocyte cytokinesis, increases cardiomyocyte mononucleation, and the cardiac regenerative capacity of Lrrc10<sup>-/-</sup> mice. Our results are consistent with a model in which LRRC10 is required for cardiomyocyte cytokinesis as well as regulation of the transcriptional landscape during mammalian heart regeneration.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"39"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10382521/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10002431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yongfeng Li, Huawei Liu, Chao Wang, Rongzeng Yan, Lei Xiang, Xiaodan Mu, Lingling Zheng, Changkui Liu, Min Hu
{"title":"3D printing titanium grid scaffold facilitates osteogenesis in mandibular segmental defects.","authors":"Yongfeng Li, Huawei Liu, Chao Wang, Rongzeng Yan, Lei Xiang, Xiaodan Mu, Lingling Zheng, Changkui Liu, Min Hu","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00308-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00308-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Bone fusion of defect broken ends is the basis of the functional reconstruction of critical maxillofacial segmental bone defects. However, the currently available treatments do not easily achieve this goal. Therefore, this study aimed to fabricate 3D-printing titanium grid scaffolds, which possess sufficient pores and basic biomechanical strength to facilitate osteogenesis in order to accomplish bone fusion in mandibular segmental bone defects. The clinical trial was approved and supervised by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Chinese PLA General Hospital on March 28th, 2019 (Beijing, China. approval No. S2019-065-01), and registered in the clinical trials registry platform (registration number: ChiCTR2300072209). Titanium grid scaffolds were manufactured using selective laser melting and implanted in 20 beagle dogs with mandibular segmental defects. Half of the animals were treated with autologous bone chips and bone substances incorporated into the scaffolds; no additional filling was used for the rest of the animals. After 18 months of observation, radiological scanning and histological analysis in canine models revealed that the pores of regenerated bone were filled with titanium grid scaffolds and bone broken ends were integrated. Furthermore, three patients were treated with similar titanium grid scaffold implants in mandibular segmental defects; no mechanical complications were observed, and similar bone regeneration was observed in the reconstructed patients' mandibles in the clinic. These results demonstrated that 3D-printing titanium grid scaffolds with sufficient pores and basic biomechanical strength could facilitate bone regeneration in large-segment mandibular bone defects.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"38"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10366137/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9874965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hsuan Peng, Kazuhiro Shindo, Renée R Donahue, Erhe Gao, Brooke M Ahern, Bryana M Levitan, Himi Tripathi, David Powell, Ahmed Noor, Garrett A Elmore, Jonathan Satin, Ashley W Seifert, Ahmed Abdel-Latif
{"title":"Author Correction: Adult spiny mice (Acomys) exhibit endogenous cardiac recovery in response to myocardial infarction.","authors":"Hsuan Peng, Kazuhiro Shindo, Renée R Donahue, Erhe Gao, Brooke M Ahern, Bryana M Levitan, Himi Tripathi, David Powell, Ahmed Noor, Garrett A Elmore, Jonathan Satin, Ashley W Seifert, Ahmed Abdel-Latif","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00314-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00314-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"37"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10349810/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10546115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Houjian Zhang, Yuli Guo, Yaqiong Yang, Yuqian Wang, Youwen Zhang, Jingbin Zhuang, Yuting Zhang, Mei Shen, Jiankai Zhao, Rongrong Zhang, Yan Qiu, Shiying Li, Jiaoyue Hu, Wei Li, Jianfeng Wu, Haiwei Xu, Steven J Fliesler, Yi Liao, Zuguo Liu
{"title":"MAP4Ks inhibition promotes retinal neuron regeneration from Müller glia in adult mice.","authors":"Houjian Zhang, Yuli Guo, Yaqiong Yang, Yuqian Wang, Youwen Zhang, Jingbin Zhuang, Yuting Zhang, Mei Shen, Jiankai Zhao, Rongrong Zhang, Yan Qiu, Shiying Li, Jiaoyue Hu, Wei Li, Jianfeng Wu, Haiwei Xu, Steven J Fliesler, Yi Liao, Zuguo Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00310-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00310-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mammalian Müller glia (MG) possess limited regenerative capacities. However, the intrinsic capacity of mammalian MG to transdifferentiate to generate mature neurons without transgenic manipulations remains speculative. Here we show that MAP4K4, MAP4K6 and MAP4K7, which are conserved Misshapen subfamily of ste20 kinases homologs, repress YAP activity in mammalian MG and therefore restrict their ability to be reprogrammed. However, by treating with a small molecule inhibitor of MAP4K4/6/7, mouse MG regain their ability to proliferate and enter into a retinal progenitor cell (RPC)-like state after NMDA-induced retinal damage; such plasticity was lost in YAP knockout MG. Moreover, spontaneous trans-differentiation of MG into retinal neurons expressing both amacrine and retinal ganglion cell (RGC) markers occurs after inhibitor withdrawal. Taken together, these findings suggest that MAP4Ks block the reprogramming capacity of MG in a YAP-dependent manner in adult mammals, which provides a novel avenue for the pharmaceutical induction of retinal regeneration in vivo.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"36"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10344969/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9872459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zheng Hong Tan, Sayali Dharmadhikari, Lumei Liu, Jane Yu, Kimberly M Shontz, Jacob T Stack, Christopher K Breuer, Susan D Reynolds, Tendy Chiang
{"title":"Regeneration of tracheal neotissue in partially decellularized scaffolds.","authors":"Zheng Hong Tan, Sayali Dharmadhikari, Lumei Liu, Jane Yu, Kimberly M Shontz, Jacob T Stack, Christopher K Breuer, Susan D Reynolds, Tendy Chiang","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00312-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-023-00312-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Extensive tracheal injury or disease can be life-threatening but there is currently no standard of care. Regenerative medicine offers a potential solution to long-segment tracheal defects through the creation of scaffolds that support the generation of healthy neotissue. We developed decellularized tracheal grafts (PDTG) by removing the cells of the epithelium and lamina propria while preserving donor cartilage. We previously demonstrated that PDTG support regeneration of host-derived neotissue. Here, we use a combination of microsurgical, immunofluorescent, and transcriptomic approaches to compare PDTG neotissue with the native airway and surgical controls. We report that PDTG neotissue is composed of native tracheal cell types and that the neoepithelium and microvasculature persisted for at least 6 months. Vascular perfusion of PDTG was established within 2 weeks and the graft recruited multipotential airway stem cells that exhibit normal proliferation and differentiation. Hence, PDTG neotissue recapitulates the structure and function of the host trachea and has the potential to regenerate.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"35"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10338482/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9816860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tohid Siddiqui, Mehmet Ilyas Cosacak, Stanislava Popova, Prabesh Bhattarai, Elanur Yilmaz, Annie J Lee, Yuhao Min, Xue Wang, Mariet Allen, Özkan İş, Zeynep Tansu Atasavum, Natalia Rodriguez-Muela, Badri N Vardarajan, Delaney Flaherty, Andrew F Teich, Ismael Santa-Maria, Uwe Freudenberg, Carsten Werner, Giuseppe Tosto, Richard Mayeux, Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Caghan Kizil
{"title":"Nerve growth factor receptor (Ngfr) induces neurogenic plasticity by suppressing reactive astroglial Lcn2/Slc22a17 signaling in Alzheimer's disease.","authors":"Tohid Siddiqui, Mehmet Ilyas Cosacak, Stanislava Popova, Prabesh Bhattarai, Elanur Yilmaz, Annie J Lee, Yuhao Min, Xue Wang, Mariet Allen, Özkan İş, Zeynep Tansu Atasavum, Natalia Rodriguez-Muela, Badri N Vardarajan, Delaney Flaherty, Andrew F Teich, Ismael Santa-Maria, Uwe Freudenberg, Carsten Werner, Giuseppe Tosto, Richard Mayeux, Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, Caghan Kizil","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00311-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-023-00311-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurogenesis, crucial for brain resilience, is reduced in Alzheimer's disease (AD) that induces astroglial reactivity at the expense of the pro-neurogenic potential, and restoring neurogenesis could counteract neurodegenerative pathology. However, the molecular mechanisms promoting pro-neurogenic astroglial fate despite AD pathology are unknown. In this study, we used APP/PS1dE9 mouse model and induced Nerve growth factor receptor (Ngfr) expression in the hippocampus. Ngfr, which promotes neurogenic fate of astroglia during the amyloid pathology-induced neuroregeneration in zebrafish brain, stimulated proliferative and neurogenic outcomes. Histological analyses of the changes in proliferation and neurogenesis, single-cell transcriptomics, spatial proteomics, and functional knockdown studies showed that the induced expression of Ngfr reduced the reactive astrocyte marker Lipocalin-2 (Lcn2), which we found was sufficient to reduce neurogenesis in astroglia. Anti-neurogenic effects of Lcn2 was mediated by Slc22a17, blockage of which recapitulated the pro-neurogenicity by Ngfr. Long-term Ngfr expression reduced amyloid plaques and Tau phosphorylation. Postmortem human AD hippocampi and 3D human astroglial cultures showed elevated LCN2 levels correlate with reactive gliosis and reduced neurogenesis. Comparing transcriptional changes in mouse, zebrafish, and human AD brains for cell intrinsic differential gene expression and weighted gene co-expression networks revealed common altered downstream effectors of NGFR signaling, such as PFKP, which can enhance proliferation and neurogenesis in vitro when blocked. Our study suggests that the reactive non-neurogenic astroglia in AD can be coaxed to a pro-neurogenic fate and AD pathology can be alleviated with Ngfr. We suggest that enhancing pro-neurogenic astroglial fate may have therapeutic ramifications in AD.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"33"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10333226/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9813123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, Susana G Santos, Inês A Amaral, Joana Caldeira, Paulo Pereira, Mário A Barbosa, Carla Cunha
{"title":"Macrophage-based therapy for intervertebral disc herniation: preclinical proof-of-concept.","authors":"Cláudia Ribeiro-Machado, Susana G Santos, Inês A Amaral, Joana Caldeira, Paulo Pereira, Mário A Barbosa, Carla Cunha","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00309-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00309-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration and herniation is a leading cause of disability globally and a large unmet clinical need. No efficient non-surgical therapy is available, and there is an urgency for minimally invasive therapies capable of restoring tissue function. IVD spontaneous hernia regression following conservative treatment is a clinically relevant phenomenon that has been linked to an inflammatory response. This study establishes the central role of macrophages in IVD spontaneous hernia regression and provides the first preclinical demonstration of a macrophage-based therapy for IVD herniation. A rat model of IVD herniation was used to test complementary experimental setups: (1) macrophage systemic depletion via intravenous administration of clodronate liposomes (Group CLP2w: depletion between 0 and 2 weeks post-lesion; Group CLP6w: depletion between 2 and 6 weeks post-lesion), and (2) administration of bone marrow-derived macrophages into the herniated IVD, 2 weeks post-lesion (Group Mac6w). Herniated animals without treatment were used as controls. The herniated area was quantified by histology in consecutive proteoglycan/collagen IVD sections at 2 and 6 weeks post-lesion. Clodronate-mediated macrophage systemic depletion was confirmed by flow cytometry and resulted in increased hernia sizes. Bone marrow-derived macrophages were successfully administered into rat IVD hernias resulting in a 44% decrease in hernia size. No relevant systemic immune reaction was identified by flow cytometry, cytokine, or proteomic analysis. Furthermore, a possible mechanism for macrophage-induced hernia regression and tissue repair was unveiled through IL4, IL17a, IL18, LIX, and RANTES increase. This study represents the first preclinical proof-of-concept of macrophage-based immunotherapy for IVD herniation.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"34"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10333363/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10189048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hong Niu, Ya Guan, Ting Zhong, Liang Ma, Mohamed Zayed, Jianjun Guan
{"title":"Thermosensitive and antioxidant wound dressings capable of adaptively regulating TGFβ pathways promote diabetic wound healing.","authors":"Hong Niu, Ya Guan, Ting Zhong, Liang Ma, Mohamed Zayed, Jianjun Guan","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00313-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-023-00313-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various therapies have been utilized for treating diabetic wounds, yet current regiments do not simultaneously address the key intrinsic causes of slow wound healing, i.e., abnormal skin cell functions (particularly migration), delayed angiogenesis, and chronic inflammation. To address this clinical gap, we develop a wound dressing that contains a peptide-based TGFβ receptor II inhibitor (PTβR2I), and a thermosensitive and reactive oxygen species (ROS)-scavenging hydrogel. The wound dressing can quickly solidify on the diabetic wounds following administration. The released PTβR2I inhibits the TGFβ1/p38 pathway, leading to improved cell migration and angiogenesis, and decreased inflammation. Meanwhile, the PTβR2I does not interfere with the TGFβ1/Smad2/3 pathway that is required to regulate myofibroblasts, a critical cell type for wound healing. The hydrogel's ability to scavenge ROS in diabetic wounds further decreases inflammation. Single-dose application of the wound dressing significantly accelerates wound healing with complete wound closure after 14 days. Overall, using wound dressings capable of adaptively modulating TGFβ pathways provides a new strategy for diabetic wound treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"32"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10329719/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9799063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jolien Van Houcke, Valerie Mariën, Caroline Zandecki, Rajagopal Ayana, Elise Pepermans, Kurt Boonen, Eve Seuntjens, Geert Baggerman, Lutgarde Arckens
{"title":"A short dasatinib and quercetin treatment is sufficient to reinstate potent adult neuroregenesis in the aged killifish.","authors":"Jolien Van Houcke, Valerie Mariën, Caroline Zandecki, Rajagopal Ayana, Elise Pepermans, Kurt Boonen, Eve Seuntjens, Geert Baggerman, Lutgarde Arckens","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00304-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00304-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The young African turquoise killifish has a high regenerative capacity, but loses it with advancing age, adopting several aspects of the limited form of mammalian regeneration. We deployed a proteomic strategy to identify pathways that underpin the loss of regenerative power caused by aging. Cellular senescence stood out as a potential brake on successful neurorepair. We applied the senolytic cocktail Dasatinib and Quercetin (D + Q) to test clearance of chronic senescent cells from the aged killifish central nervous system (CNS) as well as rebooting the neurogenic output. Our results show that the entire aged killifish telencephalon holds a very high senescent cell burden, including the parenchyma and the neurogenic niches, which could be diminished by a short-term, late-onset D + Q treatment. Reactive proliferation of non-glial progenitors increased substantially and lead to restorative neurogenesis after traumatic brain injury. Our results provide a cellular mechanism for age-related regeneration resilience and a proof-of-concept of a potential therapy to revive the neurogenic potential in an already aged or diseased CNS.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"31"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10275874/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9657078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SeoYul Jo, JiUn Lee, Hyeongjin Lee, Dongryeol Ryu, GeunHyung Kim
{"title":"The one-step fabrication of porous hASC-laden GelMa constructs using a handheld printing system.","authors":"SeoYul Jo, JiUn Lee, Hyeongjin Lee, Dongryeol Ryu, GeunHyung Kim","doi":"10.1038/s41536-023-00307-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-023-00307-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The fabrication of highly porous cell-loaded structures in tissue engineering applications has been a challenging issue because non-porous cell-laden struts can cause severe cell necrosis in the middle region owing to poor transport of nutrients and oxygen. In this study, we propose a versatile handheld 3D printer for the effective fabrication of porous cell-laden methacrylated gelatin (GelMa) with high porosity (≈97%) by air injection and a bubble-making system using mesh filters through which a mixture of air/GelMa bioink is passed. In particular, the pore size and foamability of the cell constructs could be manipulated using various processing parameters (rheological properties of GelMa, filter size and number, and air-bioink volume ratio). To demonstrate the feasibility of the cell construct as a tissue engineering substitute for muscle regeneration, in vitro cellular activities and in vivo regeneration ability of human adipose stem cells were assessed. The in vitro results demonstrated that the human adipose stem cells (hASCs) fabricated using the handheld 3D printer were alive and well-proliferated. Furthermore, the in vivo results showed that the hASCs-constructs directly printed from the handheld 3D printer showed significant restoration of functionality and efficient muscle regeneration in the volumetric muscle loss model of mice. Based on these results, the fabrication method of the porous cell-laden construct could be a promising tool for regenerating muscle tissues.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"8 1","pages":"30"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10257650/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9619805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}