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ArticleBiotechnology and bioengineering2025

Dynamic Compression Improves Chondrogenesis in the Tissue Engineered Model of Cartilage.

Marc V Farcasanu, Thais de Las Heras Ruiz, Francesca M Johnson de Sousa Brito, Jamie Soul, Jonathan Coxhead, Matthew J German, David A Young, Ana M Ferreira-Duarte, Katarzyna A Piróg

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Article in Biotechnology and bioengineering, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Marc V FarcasanuBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Thais de Las Heras RuizBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Francesca M Johnson de Sousa BritoBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Jamie SoulComputational Biology Facility, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Jonathan CoxheadBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Matthew J GermanSchool of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
David A YoungBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ana M Ferreira-DuarteSchool of Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Katarzyna A PirógBiosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0736-3296

Funding

This study was funded by a grant from the JGW Patterson Foundation (under grant agreement no.602300) and the NC3Rs (under grant agreement no. NC/V001973/1).
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyaline cartilage is a dense avascular tissue with low regenerative potential, present at the ends of the diarthrodial joints and in the cartilage growth plate. Skeletal diseases often result from extracellular changes in this tissue; however, studies of these are hindered by the tissue complexity, the difficulty in obtaining human material, and the cost of generating animal models. Recent developments in tissue engineering are opening possibilities to develop mechanoresponsive zonally stratified models of cartilage in vitro. In this study, we optimized a 3D model of cartilage using chondroprogenitor cells cultured for 21 days in 2% agarose hydrogel constructs with daily dynamic compression. Our hydrogel constructs developed pericellular matrices with nanostiffness comparable with native murine tissue and showed increased production of extracellular matrix components and expression of chondrogenic and differentiation markers. Daily dynamic compression resulted in progressive increase in mechanoresponsive gene expression and promoted a juvenile cartilage phenotype, decreasing expression of dedifferentiation and cartilage degradation markers. Our study highlights the potential of hydrogel-enhanced chondrogenesis and proposes an adaptable and scalable in vitro model to study mechanoresponses, intracellular signals, and pericellular matrix involvement in cartilage development and disease.

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CartilageChondrogenesisTissue EngineeringAnimalsCells, CulturedHumansHydrogelsMiceTissue ScaffoldsHydrogelscartilage developmentdynamic compressionhydrogeltissue engineering

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PMID40415244
PMCPMC12322637

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