Donor variability alters differentiation and mechanical cohesion of tissue-engineered constructs with human endothelial/MSC co-culture

Timothée Baudequin (1) , Marie Naudot (1) , Sébastien Dupont (2, 3) , Sylvie Testelin (4, 5) , Bernard Devauchelle (4, 5) , Fahmi Bedoui (6) , Jean-Pierre Marolleau (2, 7) , Cécile Legallais (1)

1 BMBI - Biomécanique et Bioingénierie
2 CHU Amiens-Picardie
3 LVTS (UMR_S_1148 / U1148) - Laboratoire de Recherche Vasculaire Translationnelle
4 CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP]
5 CHIMERE - CHirurgie, IMagerie et REgénération tissulaire de l’extrémité céphalique - Caractérisation morphologique et fonctionnelle - UR UPJV 7516
6 Roberval - Roberval
7 HEMATIM - HEMATIM - Hématopoïèse et immunologie - UR UPJV 4666

To move towards clinical applications, tissue engineering (TE) should be validated with human primary cells and offer easy connection to the native vascularisation. Based on a sheet-like bone substitute developed previously, we investigated a mesenchymal stem cells/endothelial cells (MSCs/ECs) coculture to enhance pre-vascularisation. Using MSCs from six independent donors whose differentiation potential was assessed towards two lineages, we focused on donor variability and cell crosstalk regarding bone differentiation. Coculture was performed on calcium phosphate granules in a specific chamber during 1 month. MSCs were seeded first then ECs were added after 2 weeks, with respective monocultures as control groups. Cell viability and organisation (fluorescence, electronic microscopy), differentiation (ALP staining/activity, RT-qPCR) and mechanical cohesion were analysed. Adaptation of the protocol to coculture was validated (high cell viability and proliferation). Activity and differentiation showed strong trends towards synergistic effects between cell types. MSCs reached early mineralisation stage of maturation. The delayed addition of ECs allowed for their attachment on developed MSCs’ matrix. The main impact of donor variability could be here the lack of cell proliferation potential with some donors, leading to low differentiation and mechanical cohesion and therefore absence of sheet-like shape successfully obtained with others. We suggest therefore adapting protocols to cell proliferation potentials from one batch of cells to the other in a patient-specific approach.

Mots clés: Bone; coculture; donor variability; endothelial cells; mesenchymal stem cells

Domaines: Ingénierie biomédicale; Biomatériaux

Timothée Baudequin, Marie Naudot, Sébastien Dupont, Sylvie Testelin, Bernard Devauchelle, et al.. Donor variability alters differentiation and mechanical cohesion of tissue-engineered constructs with human endothelial/MSC co-culture. The International Journal of Artificial Organs, 2021, 44 (11), pp.868-879. ⟨10.1177/03913988211051758⟩. ⟨hal-03433092v2⟩