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Vasculature reconstruction of decellularized liver scaffolds via gelatin‐based re‐endothelialization

Meng, Fanwei, Almohanna, Falah, Altuhami, Abdullah, Assiri, Abdallah M., Broering, Dieter·2019·Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A

Abstract

Decellularized liver scaffolds based liver engineering is a promising approach toward developing functional liver surrogates. However, a major obstacle to long‐term transplantation is the hemocompatibility of the bioengineered liver surrogates. One approach to improve the hemocompatibility of engineered liver surrogates is re‐endothelialization. In the current study, immortalized endothelial cells were perfused for re‐endothelialization of decellularized rat liver scaffolds. When compared to the media‐based perfusion approach, gelatin hydrogels‐based perfusion significantly increased the number of cells that were retained in the decellularized liver scaffolds and the vascular lumen coverage ratio. Endothelial cells were lining along the vasculatures of the decellularized liver scaffolds and actively proliferating. Re‐endothelialization improved the blood retention ability of the liver scaffold vasculatures. Doppler ultrasound detected active blood flows within the re‐endothelialized liver scaffold transplants 8 days post‐transplantation. Our results strengthened the feasibility of developing bioengineered liver surrogates utilizing decellularized liver scaffolds. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 107A: 392–402, 2019.

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  • The endothelial layer reduces the risk of blood coagulation and protects the hepatocytes from shear stress resulting from blood flow outside the vascular spaces.

    “This endothelial layer reduces the risk of blood coagulation and protects the hepatocytes from shear stress resulting from blood flow outside the vascular spaces [9,10,108,168].”
  • Perfusing endothelial cells in gelatin hydrogel significantly increases retention of injected endothelial cells within decellularized liver scaffolds, resulting in a higher vascular lumen perimeter coverage ratio compared to perfusing ECs in RPMI medium.

    “They reported a significant increase in the retention of injected endothelial cells within the decellularized liver scaffolds, resulting in a higher vascular lumen perimeter coverage ratio compared to perfusing ECs in Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) medium.”

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Authors
Meng, F., Almohanna, F., Altuhami, A., Assiri, A. M., & Broering, D.
Affiliations
  • King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (SA)
  • Department of Comparative Medicine King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre Riyadh, 11211 Saudi Arabia
Corresponding author
Meng, Fanwei
Venue
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-12-03
Volume
107
Issue
2
Pages
392-402
ISSN
  • 1549-3296 (ISSN-L)
  • 1552-4965
OpenAlex
W2903311567
Cited by
31
References
41
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2
FWCI
2.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Medicine › Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
Keywords
decellularized liver scaffold, re-endothelialization, gelatin hydrogel, hemocompatibility, blood retention, Doppler ultrasound, rat liver
MeSH terms
Animals, Biocompatible Materials, Gelatin, Liver, Liver Transplantation, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Neovascularization, Physiologic, Tissue Engineering, Endothelial Cells, Cell Proliferation, Rats, Tissue Scaffolds

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