Tuning multi/pluri-potent stem cell fate by electrospun poly(L-lactic acid)-calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite nanocomposite mats

Biomacromolecules. 2012 May 14;13(5):1350-60. doi: 10.1021/bm3000716. Epub 2012 Apr 12.

Abstract

In this study, we investigated whether multipotent (human-bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells [hBM-MSCs]) and pluripotent stem cells (murine-induced pluripotent stem cells [iPSCs] and murine embryonic stem cells [ESCs]) respond to nanocomposite fibrous mats of poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) loaded with 1 or 8 wt % of calcium-deficient nanohydroxyapatite (d-HAp). Remarkably, the dispersion of different amounts of d-HAp to PLLA produced a set of materials (PLLA/d-HAp) with similar architectures and tunable mechanical properties. After 3 weeks of culture in the absence of soluble osteogenic factors, we observed the expression of osteogenic markers, including the deposition of bone matrix proteins, in multi/pluripotent cells only grown on PLLA/d-HAp nanocomposites, whereas the osteogenic differentiation was absent on stem-cell-neat PLLA cultures. Interestingly, this phenomenon was confined only in hBM-MSCs, murine iPSCs, and ESCs grown on direct contact with the PLLA/d-HAp mats. Altogether, these results indicate that the osteogenic differentiation effect of these electrospun PLLA/d-HAp nanocomposites was independent of the stem cell type and highlight the direct interaction of stem cell-polymeric nanocomposite and the mechanical properties acquired by the PLLA/d-HAp nanocomposites as key steps for the differentiation process.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Calcium / chemistry*
  • Cell Survival
  • Durapatite / chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / chemistry*
  • Embryonic Stem Cells / cytology
  • Humans
  • Lactic Acid / chemistry*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / chemistry*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology
  • Mice
  • Nanocomposites / chemistry*
  • Particle Size
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells / chemistry*
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells / cytology
  • Polyesters
  • Polymers / chemistry*

Substances

  • Polyesters
  • Polymers
  • Lactic Acid
  • poly(lactide)
  • Durapatite
  • Calcium