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Passaged human chondrocytes accumulate extracellular matrix when induced by bovine chondrocytes
Author(s) -
Ahmed Nazish,
Taylor Drew W.,
Wunder Jay,
Nagy Andras,
Gross Allan E.,
Kandel Rita A.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.835
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-7005
pISSN - 1932-6254
DOI - 10.1002/term.235
Subject(s) - extracellular matrix , cartilage , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , hyaline cartilage , type ii collagen , in vitro , tissue engineering , matrix (chemical analysis) , chondrocyte , cell culture , biology , anatomy , osteoarthritis , pathology , articular cartilage , medicine , biochemistry , genetics , alternative medicine , chromatography
Abstract A source of sufficient number of cells is a major limiting factor for cartilage tissue engineering. To circumvent this problem, we developed a co‐culture method to induce redifferentiation in bovine articular chondrocytes, which had undergone dedifferentiation following serial passage in monolayer culture. In this study we determine whether human osteoarthritic (OA) and non‐diseased passaged dedifferentiated chondrocytes will respond similarly. Human passaged chondrocytes were co‐cultured for 4 weeks with primary bovine chondrocytes and their redifferentiation status was determined. Afterwards the cells were cultured either independently or in co‐culture with cryopreserved passaged cells for functional analysis. The co‐culture of passaged cells with primary chondrocytes resulted in reversion of their phenotype towards articular chondrocytes, as shown by increased gene expression of type II collagen and COMP, decreased type I collagen expression and extracellular matrix formation in vitro . Furthermore, this redifferentiation was stable, as those cells not only formed hyaline‐like cartilage tissue when grown on their own but also they could induce redifferentiation of passaged chondrocytes in co‐culture. These data suggest that it may be possible to use autologous chondrocytes obtained from osteoarthritic cartilage to form tissue suitable to use for cartilage repair. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.