TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and validation of a biomechanical bioreactor for cartilage tissue culture
AU - Correia, V.
AU - Panadero, J. A.
AU - Ribeiro, C.
AU - Sencadas, V.
AU - Rocha, J. G.
AU - Gomez Ribelles, J. L.
AU - Lanceros-Méndez, S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Specific tissues, such as cartilage, undergo mechanical solicitation under their normal performance in human body. In this sense, it seems necessary that proper tissue engineering strategies of these tissues should incorporate mechanical solicitations during cell culture, in order to properly evaluate the influence of the mechanical stimulus. This work reports on a user-friendly bioreactor suitable for applying controlled mechanical stimulation—amplitude and frequency—to three-dimensional scaffolds. Its design and main components are described, as well as its operation characteristics. The modular design allows easy cleaning and operating under laminar hood. Different protocols for the sterilization of the hermetic enclosure are tested and ensure lack of observable contaminations, complying with the requirements to be used for cell culture. The cell viability study was performed with KUM5 cells.
AB - Specific tissues, such as cartilage, undergo mechanical solicitation under their normal performance in human body. In this sense, it seems necessary that proper tissue engineering strategies of these tissues should incorporate mechanical solicitations during cell culture, in order to properly evaluate the influence of the mechanical stimulus. This work reports on a user-friendly bioreactor suitable for applying controlled mechanical stimulation—amplitude and frequency—to three-dimensional scaffolds. Its design and main components are described, as well as its operation characteristics. The modular design allows easy cleaning and operating under laminar hood. Different protocols for the sterilization of the hermetic enclosure are tested and ensure lack of observable contaminations, complying with the requirements to be used for cell culture. The cell viability study was performed with KUM5 cells.
KW - Bioreactor
KW - Cell culture
KW - Mechanical stimulation
KW - Scaffold
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84961148003&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10237-015-0698-5
DO - 10.1007/s10237-015-0698-5
M3 - Article
SN - 1617-7959
VL - 15
SP - 471
EP - 478
JO - Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
JF - Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology
IS - 2
ER -