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Tissue-Engineered Esophagus via Bioreactor Cultivation for Circumferential Esophageal Reconstruction.

The use of biomaterials for circumferential esophageal repair is technically challenging in a rat model, and an optimal scaffold implantation technique with nutritional support is essential. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of three-dimensional printed esophageal grafts and bioreactor cultivation on muscle regeneration and reepithelialization from circumferential esophageal defects in a rat model. Here, we designed an artificial esophagus that can enhance the regeneration of esophageal mucosa and muscle through the optimal combination of a two-layered tubular scaffold and mesenchymal stem cell-based bioreactor system. The graft was verified by the performance comparison with an omentum-cultured esophageal scaffold. We also applied a new surgical anastomosis technique and a thyroid gland flap over the implanted scaffold to improve graft survival. Although no regenerated mucosal layer was observed around the implants of the control group, histological examination of the regenerative esophagi along the scaffold revealed that the bioreactor system and omentum-cultured groups showed more than 80% of the mucosal regeneration without a fistula. The regenerated tissues showed that the integration of the esophageal scaffold and its native esophageal tissue was intact and were covered with layers of stratified squamous epithelium with several newly developed blood vessels. Therefore, this study describes a novel approach for circumferential esophageal reconstruction. Impact Statement In vivo functional esophageal reconstruction remains challenging due to anastomosis site leakage and necrosis of the implanted scaffold in a circumferential esophageal defect. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a tissue-engineered esophagus that enables regeneration of esophageal mucosa and muscle without leakage of the esophageal anastomosis. In this study, we proposed an intriguing strategy that combines a mesenchymal stem cell-seeded tubular scaffold with a bioreactor system for esophageal reconstruction and introduced a new surgical anastomosis technique with the thyroid gland flap over the implanted scaffold to improve graft survival. We believe that this system should be a powerful platform for circumferential replacement of the esophagus in a rat model.

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