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Adipose tissue engineering based on mesenchymal stem cells and basic fibroblast growth factor in vitro.

Neubauer M., Hacker M., Bauer-Kreisel P., Weiser B., Fischbach C., Schulz MB.

Animal Study, published in Tissue Eng (2005) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Tissue Eng (2005)
Country
United States
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
16411830
DOI
10.1089/ten.2005.11.1840

Abstract (original English)

Despite the clinical need for reconstructive and plastic surgery, the supply of engineered adipose tissue equivalents still remains a challenge. As yet, only preadipocytes have been applied as a cell material for the in vitro tissue engineering of fat. Herein, we report the establishment of a three-dimensional (3-D) long-term cell culture, using bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as an alternative cell source and custom-made poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) scaffolds as a cell carrier. Cell-polymer constructs were cultivated for 4 weeks in both the absence and presence of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), which was previously shown to strongly enhance the adipogenesis of MSCs in conventional 2-D short-term culture. A striking enhancement of the adipogenic differentiation of MSCs and tissue development caused by bFGF in the 3-D culture was observed by osmium tetroxide histology and scanning electron microscopy. At the molecular level, reflecting the increased accumulation of lipids, bFGF increased the enzymatic activity of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, a late marker of adipogenesis, and the expression of adipocyte-specific genes peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-gamma2 (PPARgamma2) and glucose transporter-4 (GLUT4), as assessed by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. This study demonstrates that the use of bone marrow-derived MS

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

Evidence level

Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

How we grade evidence
AdipogenesisAdipose TissueAnimalsBone Marrow CellsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedFibroblast Growth Factor 2MaleMesenchymal Stem CellsRats

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