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Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit.

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Quint, C; Kondo, Y; Manson, RJ; Lawson, JH; Dardik, A; Niklason, LE
Published in: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
May 31, 2011

Arterial tissue-engineering techniques that have been reported previously typically involve long waiting times of several months while cells from the recipient are cultured to create the engineered vessel. In this study, we developed a different approach to arterial tissue engineering that can substantially reduce the waiting time for a graft. Tissue-engineered vessels (TEVs) were grown from banked porcine smooth muscle cells that were allogeneic to the intended recipient, using a biomimetic perfusion system. The engineered vessels were then decellularized, leaving behind the mechanically robust extracellular matrix of the graft wall. The acellular grafts were then seeded with cells that were derived from the intended recipient--either endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) or endothelial cell (EC)--on the graft lumen. TEV were then implanted as end-to-side grafts in the porcine carotid artery, which is a rigorous testbed due to its tendency for graft occlusion. The EPC- and EC-seeded TEV all remained patent for 30 d in this study, whereas the contralateral control vein grafts were patent in only 3/8 implants. Going along with the improved patency, the cell-seeded TEV demonstrated less neointimal hyperplasia and fewer proliferating cells than did the vein grafts. Proteins in the mammalian target of rapamycin signaling pathway tended to be decreased in TEV compared with vein grafts, implicating this pathway in the TEV's resistance to occlusion from intimal hyperplasia. These results indicate that a readily available, decellularized tissue-engineered vessel can be seeded with autologous endothelial progenitor cells to provide a biological vascular graft that resists both clotting and intimal hyperplasia. In addition, these results show that engineered connective tissues can be grown from banked cells, rendered acellular, and then used for tissue regeneration in vivo.

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Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

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EISSN

1091-6490

Publication Date

May 31, 2011

Volume

108

Issue

22

Start / End Page

9214 / 9219

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Engineering
  • Swine
  • Stem Cells
  • Sirolimus
  • Signal Transduction
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Perfusion
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Cell Proliferation
 

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Quint, C., Kondo, Y., Manson, R. J., Lawson, J. H., Dardik, A., & Niklason, L. E. (2011). Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 108(22), 9214–9219. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1019506108
Quint, Clay, Yuka Kondo, Roberto J. Manson, Jeffrey H. Lawson, Alan Dardik, and Laura E. Niklason. “Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 108, no. 22 (May 31, 2011): 9214–19. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1019506108.
Quint C, Kondo Y, Manson RJ, Lawson JH, Dardik A, Niklason LE. Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 May 31;108(22):9214–9.
Quint, Clay, et al. “Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 108, no. 22, May 2011, pp. 9214–19. Pubmed, doi:10.1073/pnas.1019506108.
Quint C, Kondo Y, Manson RJ, Lawson JH, Dardik A, Niklason LE. Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 May 31;108(22):9214–9219.
Journal cover image

Published In

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

DOI

EISSN

1091-6490

Publication Date

May 31, 2011

Volume

108

Issue

22

Start / End Page

9214 / 9219

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Engineering
  • Swine
  • Stem Cells
  • Sirolimus
  • Signal Transduction
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Perfusion
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Endothelial Cells
  • Cell Proliferation