Yuanxiong Cao, Jiayi Tan, Haoran Zhao, Ting Deng, Yunxia Hu, Junhong Zeng, Jiawei Li, Yifan Cheng, Jiyuan Tang, Zhiwei Hu, Keer Hu, Bing Xu, Zitian Wang, Yaojiong Wu, Peter E Lobie, Shaohua Ma
Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) holds promise to repair severe traumatic injuries. However, current transplantation practices limit the potential of this technique, either by losing the viable MSCs or reducing the performance of resident MSCs. Herein, we design a "bead-jet" printer, specialized for high-throughput intra-operative formulation and printing of MSCs-laden Matrigel beads. We show that high-density encapsulation of MSCs in Matrigel beads is able to augment MSC function, increasing MSC proliferation, migration, and extracellular vesicle production, compared with low-density bead or high-density bulk encapsulation of the equivalent number of MSCs...
December 3, 2022: Nature Communications