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Tissue-engineered vascular grafts demonstrate evidence of growth and development when implanted in a juvenile animal model.


ABSTRACT: The development of a living, autologous vascular graft with the ability to grow holds great promise for advancing the field of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.To evaluate the growth potential of a tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG) in a juvenile animal model.Polyglycolic acid nonwoven mesh tubes (3-cm length, 1.3-cm id; Concordia Fibers) coated with a 10% copolymer solution of 50:50 L-lactide and epsilon-caprolactone were statically seeded with 1 x 10 cells/cm autologous bone marrow derived mononuclear cells. Eight TEVGs (7 seeded, 1 unseeded control) were implanted as inferior vena cava (IVC) interposition grafts in juvenile lambs. Subjects underwent bimonthly magnetic resonance angiography (Siemens 1.5 T) with vascular image analysis (www.BioimageSuite.org). One of 7-seeded grafts was explanted after 1 month and all others were explanted 6 months after implantation. Neotissue was characterized using qualitative histologic and immunohistochemical staining and quantitative biochemical analysis.All grafts explanted at 6 months were patent and increased in volume as measured by difference in pixel summation in magnetic resonance angiography at 1 month and 6 months. The volume of seeded TEVGs at explant averaged 126.9% +/- 9.9% of their volume at 1 month. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated no evidence of aneurysmal dilation. TEVG resembled the native IVC histologically and had comparable collagen (157.9 +/- 26.4 microg/mg), elastin (186.9 +/- 16.7 microg/mg), and glycosaminoglycan (9.7 +/- 0.8 microg/mg) contents. Immunohistochemical staining and Western blot analysis showed that Ephrin-B4, a determinant of normal venous development, was acquired in the seeded grafts 6 months after implantation.TEVGs demonstrate evidence of growth and venous development when implanted in the IVC of a juvenile lamb model.

SUBMITTER: Brennan MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2726802 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tissue-engineered vascular grafts demonstrate evidence of growth and development when implanted in a juvenile animal model.

Brennan Matthew P MP   Dardik Alan A   Hibino Narutoshi N   Roh Jason D JD   Nelson Gregory N GN   Papademitris Xenophon X   Shinoka Toshiharu T   Breuer Christopher K CK  

Annals of surgery 20080901 3


<h4>Introduction</h4>The development of a living, autologous vascular graft with the ability to grow holds great promise for advancing the field of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery.<h4>Objective</h4>To evaluate the growth potential of a tissue-engineered vascular graft (TEVG) in a juvenile animal model.<h4>Methods</h4>Polyglycolic acid nonwoven mesh tubes (3-cm length, 1.3-cm id; Concordia Fibers) coated with a 10% copolymer solution of 50:50 L-lactide and epsilon-caprolactone were statically se  ...[more]

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