@inproceedings {18616, title = {Adipogenic Cell Sheets to Recreate In Vitro Adipose Tissue Microenvironments}, journal = {Tissue Engineering Part A}, volume = {21}, year = {2015}, month = {2015-08-28 00:00:00}, publisher = {Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers}, address = {Boston, Massachusetts}, abstract = {

Cell sheet (CS) engineering, taking advantage of cellular self-matrix organized as in native tissue, has been largely explored, including by us, for different purposes [1{\textendash}3]. Herein we propose for the first time, the use of human adipose stem cells (hASCs)-derived CS to create adipose tissue analogues with different levels of maturation. hASCs were cultured on UpCellTM thermo-responsive dishes for 1, 3 and 5 days under basal conditions previously established by us [3]. The influence of pre-differentiation time and respective cell number, over CS stability and differentiation was assessed. Mechanically robust CS were only obtained with 5 days pre-differentiation period. Adipogenesis was followed along the culture assessing the variation of expression of mesenchymal (CD73, CD105 but not CD90) and adipogenic (PPARg, FABP4 and LPL) markers by flow cytometry, immunocytochemistry and RT-PCR. Increased ratio of differentiated cells was achieved for longer pre-differentiation periods, while maturation degree was modulated by the maintenance medium. Independently of the overall CS differentiation/maturation level, 3D constructs were fabricated by stacking and further culturing 3 CS. Thus, by varying the culture conditions, different 3D adipose tissue-like microenvironments were recreated, enabling future development of new tissue engineering strategies, as well as further study of adipose tissue role in the regeneration of different tissues.

Acknowledgments: RL3-TECT-NORTE-01-0124-FEDER-000020 and FCT SFRH/BPD/96611/2013
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}, keywords = {Biomedical Engineering; Tissue Engineering, in vitro}, doi = {10.1089/ten.tea.2015.5000.abstracts}, url = {http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/ten.tea.2015.5000.abstracts}, author = {Lago, M. E. L. and Cerqueira, M. T. and Pirraco, R. P. and Costa, M. and Reis, R. L. and Marques, A. P.} }