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Cytocentrifugation: a convenient and efficient method for seeding tendon-derived cells into monolayer cultures or 3-D tissue engineering scaffolds

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Tendon and ligament injuries are very common, requiring some 200,000 reconstructions per year in the USA. Autografting can be used to repair these but donor tissue is limited and harvesting leads to morbidity at the graft sites. Tissue engineering has been used to grow simple tissues such as skin, cartilage and bone and due to their low vascularity and simple structure, tendons should be ideal candidates for such an approach. Scaffolds are essential for tissue engineering as they provide structure and signals that regulate growth. However, they present a physical barrier to cell seeding with the majority of the cells congregating at the scaffold surface. To address this we used centrifugation to enhance penetration of tendon-derived cells to the centres of 3-D scaffolds. The process had no apparent deleterious effects on the cells and both plating efficiency and cell distribution improved. After attachment the cells continued to proliferate and deposit a collagenous matrix. Scaffold penetration was investigated using layers of Azowipes allowing the separation and examination of individual leaves. At relatively low g-forces, cells penetrated a stack of 6 Azowipes leaving cells attached to each leaf. These data suggest that cytocentrifugation improves the penetration and homogeneity of tendon derived cells in 3-D and monolayer cultures.

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Way, L., Scutt, N. & Scutt, A. Cytocentrifugation: a convenient and efficient method for seeding tendon-derived cells into monolayer cultures or 3-D tissue engineering scaffolds. Cytotechnology 63, 567–579 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-011-9391-4

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