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  • Tissue Engineering
  • Orthopedic Regenerative Medicine

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  • Osteochondral defects present a significant challenge in orthopedic surgery, with limited effective repair strategies.
  • Current tissue engineering approaches for osteochondral regeneration require novel scaffold designs to improve outcomes.
  • The integration of bone and cartilage tissues, along with their interface, remains a key hurdle in regenerative medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To engineer osteochondral tissue in vivo using a single-unit trilayer scaffold with a depth-varying pore architecture and mineral environment.
  • To investigate the scaffold's ability to support both cartilage formation via transplanted cells and bone formation via endogenous cell recruitment.
  • To evaluate the potential of combining ex vivo cell-based strategies with in situ scaffold-driven regeneration for osteochondral repair.

Main Methods:

  • Fabrication of a single-unit trilayer scaffold with distinct layers: a biomineralized bottom layer (calcium phosphate-rich), a cryogel middle layer (anisotropic pores), and a hydrogel top layer.
  • The bottom layer was acellular, while the middle and top layers were loaded with cells prior to implantation.
  • In vivo implantation of the cell-loaded trilayer scaffolds to assess osteochondral tissue formation.

Main Results:

  • Implanted trilayer scaffolds successfully promoted the formation of organized osteochondral tissue in vivo.
  • The engineered tissue exhibited a lubricin-rich cartilage surface, indicating functional cartilage regeneration.
  • Evidence of both transplanted cell differentiation into cartilage and recruitment of endogenous cells for bone formation was observed.

Conclusions:

  • A single-unit trilayer scaffold with tailored pore architecture and mineral composition can effectively engineer osteochondral tissue.
  • Integrating exogenous cell-based cartilage engineering with scaffold-driven endogenous bone regeneration is a promising strategy for osteochondral repair.
  • This approach offers potential therapeutic benefits and advances the understanding of osteochondral regeneration mechanisms.