The Application of microRNAs in Biomaterial Scaffold-Based Therapies for Bone Tissue Engineering

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In recent years, the application of microRNAs (miRNAs) or anti-microRNAs (anti-miRNAs) that can induce expression of the runt-related transcription factor 2 (RUNX2), a master regulator of osteogenesis, has been investigated as a promising alternative bone tissue engineering strategy. In this review, biomaterial scaffold-based applications that have been used to deliver cells expressing miRNAs or anti-miRNAs that induce expression of RUNX2 for bone tissue engineering are discussed. An overview of the components of the scaffold-based therapies including the miRNAs/anti-miRNAs, cell types, gene delivery vectors, and scaffolds that have been applied are provided. To date, there have been nine miRNAs/anti-miRNAs (i.e., miRNA-26a, anti-miRNA-31, anti-miRNA-34a, miRNA-135, anti-miRNA-138, anti-miRNA-146a, miRNA-148b, anti-miRNA-221, and anti-miRNA-335) that have been incorporated into scaffold-based bone tissue engineering applications and investigated in an in vivo bone critical-sized defect model. For all of the biomaterial scaffold-based miRNA therapies that have been developed thus far, cells that are transfected or transduced with the miRNA/anti-miRNA are loaded into the scaffolds and implanted at the site of interest instead of locally delivering the miRNA/anti-miRNAs directly from the scaffolds. Thus, future work may focus on developing biomaterial scaffolds to deliver miRNAs or anti-miRNAs into cells in vivo.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

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Biotechnology journal - 14(2019), 10 vom: 09. Okt., Seite e1900084

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Arriaga, Marco A [VerfasserIn]
Ding, May-Hui [VerfasserIn]
Gutierrez, Astrid S [VerfasserIn]
Chew, Sue Anne [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Biomaterials
Bone tissue engineering
Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit
Gene therapy
Journal Article
MicroRNAs
RUNX2 protein, human
Review
Scaffolds

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Date Completed 10.02.2020

Date Revised 10.02.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/biot.201900084

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM297834363