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The behavior of ligament cells cultured on elastin and collagen scaffolds

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The ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) does not heal spontaneously. Therefore, the development of new healing techniques employing tissue engineering is vital. One of the aspects related to tissue-engineered artificial ligaments is the type of cell to be used for the artificial ligament. In this study, ligament cells from the ACL and periodontal ligament (PDL) were evaluated. In addition, we prepared highly oriented extracellular matrix (ECM) fiber scaffolds that mimicked the structure of the ligament and examined the cellular responses to these scaffolds. Elastin-A and collagen were used as the ECM proteins. Although the cells from the PDL (PDL fibroblasts [PDLFs]) showed approximately 2.1-fold higher expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP; marker of osteogenic differentiation) than the ACL cells, the expression of ligament-related genes (for type I collagen, type III collagen, and tenomodulin) did not differ between PDLFs and ACL cells. Furthermore, the cellular responses (expression pattern of ligament-related genes and ALP activity) to the ECM were similar between ACL cells and PDLFs. In particular, elastin-A upregulated ALP and downregulated tenomodulin (TeM; a ligament marker) in ligament cells. In contrast, collagen maintained TeM expression in ligament cells. These results suggest that elastin-A promotes the osteogenic differentiation of ligament cells and that collagen maintains the phenotype of ligament cells.

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This study was supported by a research grant (Yoshimi Memorial TMP Grant, 2010) from the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs (JSAO).

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  1. Division of Chemistry for Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Graduate School of Mie University, 1577 Kurima-Machiyacho, Tsu, Mie, 514-8507, Japan

    Naoki Mizutani, Satoshi Kageyama, Masayoshi Yamada, Masahiro Hasegawa, Keiichi Miyamoto & Takashi Horiuchi

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan

    Masahiro Hasegawa

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Mizutani, N., Kageyama, S., Yamada, M. et al. The behavior of ligament cells cultured on elastin and collagen scaffolds. J Artif Organs 17, 50–59 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10047-013-0736-y

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