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ArticleTissue engineering. Part A2025

Amino Acid Uptake Limitations during Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Chondrogenesis.

Yi Zhong, Bo Zhang, Rodrigo Somoza, Arnold I Caplan, Jean F Welter, Harihara Baskaran

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part A, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yi ZhongDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Bo ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Rodrigo SomozaDepartment of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Arnold I CaplanDepartment of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Jean F WelterDepartment of Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Harihara BaskaranDepartment of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Case Western Reserve University · US

Funding

TR&D-4: Growing Tissue in the Scalable, Modular, Automated, and Closed (SMAC) FoundryP41EB021911 · NIBIB · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI JEAN F WELTER · 2016 to 2026
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NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB021911
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A mino acids are the essential building blocks for collagen and proteoglycan, which are the main constituents for cartilage extracellular matrix (ECM). Synthesis of ECM proteins requires the uptake of various essential/nonessential amino acids. Analyzing amino acid metabolism during chondrogenesis can help to relate tissue quality to amino acid metabolism under different conditions. In our study, we studied amino acid uptake/secretion using human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC)-based aggregate chondrogenesis in a serum-free induction medium with a defined chemical formulation. The initial glucose level and medium-change frequency were varied. Our results showed that essential amino acid uptake increased with time during hMSCs chondrogenesis for all initial glucose levels and medium-change frequencies. Essential amino acid uptake rates were initial glucose-level independent. The DNA-normalized glycosaminoglycans and hydroxyproline content of chondrogenic aggregates correlated with cumulative uptake of leucine, valine, and tryptophan regardless of initial glucose levels and medium-change frequencies. Collectively, our results show that amino acid uptake rates during

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Amino AcidsChondrogenesisMesenchymal Stem CellsCells, CulturedExtracellular MatrixGlucoseGlycosaminoglycansHumansHydroxyprolineAmino AcidsGlucoseGlycosaminoglycansHydroxyprolineaggregate cultureamino acid metabolismcartilageextracellular matrix protein synthesismass spectrometrytissue engineering

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PMID38517098
PMCPMC11807877
OpenAlexW4393071462

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