Dragging 3D printing technique controls pore sizes of tissue engineered blood vessels to induce spontaneous cellular assembly

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To date, several off-the-shelf products such as artificial blood vessel grafts have been reported and clinically tested for small diameter vessel (SDV) replacement. However, conventional artificial blood vessel grafts lack endothelium and, thus, are not ideal for SDV transplantation as they can cause thrombosis. In addition, a successful artificial blood vessel graft for SDV must have sufficient mechanical properties to withstand various external stresses. Here, we developed a spontaneous cellular assembly SDV (S-SDV) that develops without additional intervention. By improving the dragging 3D printing technique, SDV constructs with free-form, multilayers and controllable pore size can be fabricated at once. Then, The S-SDV filled in the natural polymer bioink containing human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) and human aorta smooth muscle cells (HAoSMCs). The endothelium can be induced by migration and self-assembly of endothelial cells through pores of the SDV construct. The antiplatelet adhesion of the formed endothelium on the luminal surface was also confirmed. In addition, this S-SDV had sufficient mechanical properties (burst pressure, suture retention, leakage test) for transplantation. We believe that the S-SDV could address the challenges of conventional SDVs: notably, endothelial formation and mechanical properties. In particular, the S-SDV can be designed simply as a free-form structure with a desired pore size. Since endothelial formation through the pore is easy even in free-form constructs, it is expected to be useful for endothelial formation in vascular structures with branch or curve shapes, and in other tubular tissues such as the esophagus.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Bioactive materials - 31(2023) vom: 17. Jan., Seite 590-602

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Jeong, Hun-Jin [VerfasserIn]
Nam, Hyoryung [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jae-Seok [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Sungkeon [VerfasserIn]
Park, Hyun-Ha [VerfasserIn]
Cho, Young-Sam [VerfasserIn]
Jeon, Hyungkook [VerfasserIn]
Jang, Jinah [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Seung-Jae [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Dragging 3D printing
Journal Article
Pore control
Small diameter vessel
Spontaneous cellular assembly

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Date Revised 26.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bioactmat.2023.07.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363691006