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- Title
The Dual-Responsive Interaction of Particulated Hyaline Cartilage and Plasma Rich in Growth Factors (PRGF) in the Repair of Cartilage Defects: An In Vitro Study.
- Authors
Anitua, Eduardo; Prado, Roberto; Guadilla, Jorge; Alkhraisat, Mohammad H.; Laiz, Patricia; Padilla, Sabino; García-Balletbó, Montserrat; Cugat, Ramón
- Abstract
The treatment of chondral and osteochondral defects is challenging. These types of lesions are painful and progress to osteoarthritis over time. Tissue engineering offers tools to address this unmet medical need. The use of an autologous cartilage construct consisting of hyaline cartilage chips embedded in plasma rich in growth factors (PRGF) has been proposed as a therapeutic alternative. The purpose of this study was to dig into the potential mechanisms behind the in vitro remodelling process that might explain the clinical success of this technique and facilitate its optimisation. Chondrocyte viability and cellular behaviour over eight weeks of in vitro culture, type II collagen synthesis, the dual delivery of growth factors by hyaline cartilage and PRGF matrix, and the ultrastructure of the construct and its remodelling were characterised. The main finding of this research is that the cartilage fragments embedded in the three-dimensional PRGF scaffold contain viable chondrocytes that are able to migrate into the fibrin network, proliferate and synthesise extracellular matrix after the second week of in vitro culture. The characterization of this three-dimensional matrix is key to unravelling the molecular kinetics responsible for its efficacy.
- Subjects
GROWTH factors; CARTILAGE; MOLECULAR kinetics; TISSUE engineering; EXTRACELLULAR matrix; PLATELET-rich plasma
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 14, p11581
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms241411581