Fabrication Of Adipose-Derived Stem Cell-Based Self-Assembled Scaffold Under Hypoxia And Mechanical Stimulation For Urethral Tissue Engineering

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES(2021)

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Long urethral strictures are often treated with autologous genital skin and buccal mucosa grafts; however, risk of hair ingrowth and donor site morbidity, restrict their application. To overcome this, we introduced a tissue-engineered human urethra comprising adipose-derived stem cell (ASC)-based self-assembled scaffold, human urothelial cells (UCs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs). ASCs were cultured with ascorbic acid to stimulate extracellular matrix (ECM) production. The scaffold (ECM) was stained with collagen type-I antibody and the thickness was measured under a confocal microscope. Results showed that the thickest scaffold (28.06 +/- 0.59 mu m) was achieved with 3 x 10(4) cells/cm(2) seeding density, 100 mu g/mL ascorbic acid concentration under hypoxic and dynamic culture condition. The biocompatibility assessment showed that UCs and SMCs seeded on the scaffold could proliferate and maintain the expression of their markers (CK7, CK20, UPIa, and UPII) and (alpha-SMA, MHC and Smootheline), respectively, after 14 days of in vitro culture. ECM gene expression analysis showed that the ASC and dermal fibroblast-based scaffolds (control) were comparable. The ASC-based scaffold can be handled and removed from the plate. This suggests that multiple layers of scaffold can be stacked to form the urothelium (seeded with UCs), submucosal layer (ASCs only), and smooth muscle layer (seeded with SMCs) and has the potential to be developed into a fully functional human urethra for urethral reconstructive surgeries.
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adipose-derived stem cell, self-assembled scaffold, extracellular matrix, hypoxic condition, tissue engineering, autologous urethral graft, allogeneic urethral graft, urethral reconstruction
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