Enhancement of mesenchymal stem cell attachment to decellularized porcine aortic valve scaffold by in vitro coating with antibody against CD90: a preliminary study on antibody-modified tissue-engineered heart valve

Tissue Eng Part A. 2009 Jan;15(1):1-11. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0001.

Abstract

The importance of cell adhesion to the scaffold in the tissue-engineered heart valve remains to be determined. The current study examined the feasibility of conjugating antibody against CD90 to a decellularized porcine aortic valve scaffold and binding mesenchymal stem cells to that scaffold through interaction with a cell surface antigen. After decellularization, the porcine aortic valve was reacted with biotin, avidin, and biotinylated anti-rat CD90 antibody sequentially and inserted into a laminar flow system used to test the effect of laminar shear stress. Rat bone mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) were injected and circulated in a flow system to study the ability of anti-CD90 antibody to trap and immobilize cells on the valve surface. The results demonstrated that anti-CD90 antibody on the valve surface remains bound, even under high shear conditions. Compared with the control valve (no antibody), the modified (antibody-coated) valve immobilized significantly more rat BMSC (p < 0.05). Thus, the avidin-biotin system can be used to attach anti-CD90 antibody to these valves, and the bound antibody can immobilize rat BMSC in a flow chamber, suggesting that antibody-modified scaffolds might be used to fabricate shear stress-resistant, tissue-engineered heart valves.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / metabolism
  • Aortic Valve / cytology*
  • Avidin / metabolism
  • Bioprosthesis*
  • Biotin / metabolism
  • Cell Adhesion / physiology
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Equipment Design
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Formazans / metabolism
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / ultrastructure
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Rats
  • Shear Strength
  • Sus scrofa / surgery
  • Tetrazolium Salts / metabolism
  • Tissue Engineering / instrumentation*
  • Tissue Engineering / methods
  • Tissue Scaffolds / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
  • Coated Materials, Biocompatible
  • Formazans
  • Tetrazolium Salts
  • Avidin
  • MTT formazan
  • Biotin