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Endothelial progenitor/stem cells in engineered vessels for vascular transplantation

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Background: Dysfunction of blood vessel leads to aneurysms, myocardial infarction and other thrombosis conditions. Current treatment strategies are transplantation of blood vessels from one part of the body to other dysfunction area, or allogenic, synthetic. Due to shortage of the donor, painful dissection, and lack of efficacy in synthetic, there is a need for alternative to native blood vessels for transplantation. Methods: Human umbilical-cord tissue obtained from the hospital with the informed consent. Umbilical-cord blood vessels were isolated for decellularization and to establish endothelial cell culture. Cultured cells were characterized by immunophenotype, gene expression and in vitro angiogenesis assay. Decellularized blood vessels were recellularized with the endothelial progenitors and Wharton jelly, CL MSCs (1:1), which was characterized by MTT, biomechanical testing, DNA content, SEM and histologically. Bioengineered vessels were transplanted into the animal models to evaluate their effect. Results: Cultured cells express CD31 and CD14 determining endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). EPCs expresses various factors such as angiopoitin1, VWF, RANTES, VEGF, BDNF, FGF1, FGF2, HGF, IGF, GDNF, NGF, PLGF, NT3, but fail to express NT4, EGF, and CNTF. Pro and anti-inflammatory cytokine expressions were noticed. Functionally, these EPCs elicit in vitro tube formation. Negligible DNA content and intact ECM confirms the efficient decellularization of tissue. The increased MTT activity in recellularized tissue determines proliferating cells and biocompatibility of the scaffolds. Moreover, significant (P < 0.05) increase in maximum force and tensile of recellularized biomaterial as compared to the decellularized scaffolds. Integration of graft with host tissue, suggesting biocompatible therapeutic biomaterial with cells. Conclusion: EPCs with stem cells in engineered blood vessels could be therapeutically applicable in vascular surgery.

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This study financially supported by SERB, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, (PDF/2016/003643).

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  1. Centre for Biomaterials, Cellular & Molecular Theranostics (CBCMT), VIT, Vellore, India

    Durai Murugan Muniswami, L. Vinod Kumar Reddy, Arunai Nambi Raj, Dwaipayan Sen & Geetha Manivasagam

  2. Department of Microbiology, Karpagam Academy of Higher Education (Deemed to be University), Coimbatore, 641021, India

    Durai Murugan Muniswami

  3. Department of Physiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, 632002, India

    Soosai Manickam Amirtham

  4. Sandhya Hospital, Vellore, 632009, India

    Sandhya Babu

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Muniswami, D.M., Reddy, L.V.K., Amirtham, S.M. et al. Endothelial progenitor/stem cells in engineered vessels for vascular transplantation. J Mater Sci: Mater Med 31, 119 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10856-020-06458-7

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