Year: 2016
Type: report
Abstract: This study seeks to validate the reproducibility of previous bioprinting work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) on a new Aerotech motion controller system and to modify an existing bioink, fibrin, by adding varying percent volumes of hyaluronic acid (HA). Endothelial and fibroblast cells bioprinted in fibrin gels using the Aerotech system were confirmed to be more than 77 percent viable after one day, and all bioprinted samples retained sterility after one week of culture. To characterize cell behavior in fibrin with HA addition, static co-culture gels with varying percent volumes of HA were cultured in vitro for one week. Resulting confocal microscope images showed increased cell network formation in all concentrations of HA compared to the control (no HA), and rheological tests mimicking static gel compositions displayed positive correlations between gelation time, gel stiffness (G’), and hyaluronic acid concentration. Although the current data is insufficient to quantitatively associate HA concentration with the level of cell vascularization, future work will aim to develop a targeted HA concentration in fibrin for maximum cell network formation, to optimize the printing process parameters for this new bioink composition, and to analyze cell viability in bioprinted fibrin-HA structures.
DOI: 10.2172/1325866
Institution: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Language: English
Subfield: Biomedical Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2563703343