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Bioprinting of a mechanically enhanced three-dimensional dual cell-laden construct for osteochondral tissue engineering using a multi-head tissue/organ building system SCIE SCOPUS

Title
Bioprinting of a mechanically enhanced three-dimensional dual cell-laden construct for osteochondral tissue engineering using a multi-head tissue/organ building system
Authors
Shim, JHLee, JSKim, JYCho, DW
Date Issued
2012-08
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Abstract
The aim of this study was to build a mechanically enhanced three-dimensional (3D) bioprinted construct containing two different cell types for osteochondral tissue regeneration. Recently, the production of 3D cell-laden structures using various scaffold-free cell printing technologies has opened up new possibilities. However, ideal 3D complex tissues or organs have not yet been printed because gel-state hydrogels have been used as the principal material and are unable to maintain the desired 3D structure due to their poor mechanical strength. In this study, thermoplastic biomaterial polycaprolactone (PCL), which shows relatively high mechanical properties as compared with hydrogel, was used as a framework for enhancing the mechanical stability of the bioprinted construct. Two different alginate solutions were then infused into the previously prepared framework consisting of PCL to create the 3D construct for osteochondral printing. For this work, a multi-head tissue/organ building system (MtoBS), which was particularly designed to dispense thermoplastic biomaterial and hydrogel having completely different rheology properties, was newly developed and used to bioprint osteochondral tissue. It was confirmed that the line width, position and volume control of PCL and alginate solutions were adjustable in the MtoBS. Most importantly, dual cell-laden 3D constructs consisting of osteoblasts and chondrocytes were successfully fabricated. Further, the separately dispensed osteoblasts and chondrocytes not only retained their initial position and viability, but also proliferated up to 7 days after being dispensed.
Keywords
FREE-FORM FABRICATION; ALGINATE; REGENERATION; SCAFFOLDS; HYDROGEL; MICROSTEREOLITHOGRAPHY; BIOFABRICATION; DEPOSITION; CARTILAGE; COMPLEX
URI
https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/16347
DOI
10.1088/0960-1317/22/8/085014
ISSN
0960-1317
Article Type
Article
Citation
JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING, vol. 22, no. 8, page. 85014, 2012-08
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