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  • Biomaterials Science
  • Tissue Engineering
  • Extracellular Matrix Biology

Background:

  • Decellularized extracellular matrix (dECM) biomaterials are crucial for mimicking native environments and supporting 3D cell cultures.
  • Developing tissue-specific dECM with tunable properties is essential for advanced in vitro models.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a photocrosslinkable, bone-derived dECM hydrogel (dECM-MA) with adjustable mechanical characteristics.
  • To evaluate the dECM-MA hydrogel's suitability for 3D culture of primary human osteoblasts (hOBs).

Main Methods:

  • Trabecular bone was decellularized using EDTA and osmotic shock, preserving ECM proteins.
  • dECM was solubilized, methacryloylated, and photocrosslinked into hydrogels with tunable Young's moduli (0.5-120 kPa).
  • Primary human osteoblasts were encapsulated and cultured within dECM-MA hydrogels of varying stiffness (5, 10, 20 kPa).

Main Results:

  • Decellularization reduced DNA by 94% while retaining 76 key matrisome proteins.
  • Methacryloylation achieved 87-98% functionalization, enabling tunable hydrogel properties.
  • Encapsulated hOBs remained viable, exhibited osteogenic morphology, increased metabolic activity, and showed signs of maturation and ECM remodeling in 10 kPa hydrogels.

Conclusions:

  • Bone-derived dECM can be processed into tunable, photocrosslinkable hydrogels (dECM-MA).
  • dECM-MA supports osteoblast viability, function, and maturation in a 3D environment.
  • This dECM-MA platform is a promising tool for bone tissue engineering, disease modeling, and drug screening.