본 실험은 bioceramic을 첨가하여 만든 다공성 poly D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid(PLGA)-scaffold가 인간 지방조직에서 유래된 중간엽 줄기세포(human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells, ATMSCs)의 골 형성과정에 효과적인지를 알아보고자 수행하였다. ATMSCs를 well plate에 접종하여 골형성 유도(osteogenic induction, OI) 배양액으로 28일 동안 배양하였다. OI배양액군의 증식률은 세포접종 후 14일까지는 세포증식이 활발하게 진행됐지만, 21일 이후 세포의증식이 둔화되는 양상을 보였다. 반면, 기본배양액군은 꾸준한 세포 증식을 보이며 21일 이후에는 OI배양액군보다 더 높은 증식을 나타냈다. OI배양액군의 alkaline phosphatase(ALP) 활성은 세포배양 21일까지는 증가했지만, 28일에는 감소한 반면에 기본배양액군은 계속 감소하는 양상을 띠었다. OI배양액군의 세포는 배양 21일에는 뚜렷한nodule의 형성을 관찰할 수 있었고, nodule에 칼슘의 축적이 일어남을 확인하였다. ATMSCs를 scaffold에 접종하여 OI배양액으로 배양하였다. Scaffold 내 골아세포 분화에 따른 ALP 활성은 PLGA scaffold와 Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold 모두에서 세포 배양 21일에 급격히 증가하였고, Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold의 ALP 활성이 PLGA scaffold보다 크게 증가하였다. 칼슘과 인의 함량 역시 Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold에서 높게 나타났으며, Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold의 Ca/P ratio가 PLGA scaffold보다 높게 나타났다. 생체내에 이식된 scaffold의 생분해성과 광물화는 bioceramic-PLGA scaffold에서 더욱 뚜렷하게 관찰되었다. 본 실험의 결과들을 종합해 볼 때 ATMSCs의 골형성능은 well plate보다 scaffold가 더 효과적이며, bioceramic이 scaffold의 세포 부착률과 ALP 활성을 증가시켜 골형성능에 효과적으로 작용하는 것으로 생각된다. 또한 bioceramic이 ATMSCs의 골형성 분화에 따른 광물화단계의 scaffold 내 칼슘과 인의 함량을 증가시키는 것으로 사료된다.생체 내 scaffold의 생분해성은 PLGA scaffold보다 Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold가 빠른 분해를 나타내며, 광물화에 따른 칼슘 침착이 더 활발한 것은 scaffold에 포함된 bioceramic이 생체 내 세포의 부착, 증식, 분화를 증가시켜 골형성을 촉진시키는 물질로 작용한 것으로 사료된다.
The present experiment was performed to evaluate the osteogenic differentiation of human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells (ATMSCs) seeded in bioceramic-poly D,L-latic-co-glycolic acid (PLGA) scaffold. Osteogenic differentiation of ATMSCs were induced using the osteogenic induction (OI) medium. ATMSCs were cultured with OI medium during 28 days in well plate. The proliferation of ATMSCs in OI medium group was significantly increased for 14 days of plate culture but slowed after 21 days. On the other hand, proliferation in the control group showed constant increase for 28 days of culturing. The alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of ATMSCs in OI medium group increased during the 21 days of culture but decreased on 28 days. However, in control group ALP activity of ATMSCs was continuously decreased as time goes. Nodule was observed at 21 days of culture in OI medium group and confirmed accumulation of calcium in cell by alizarin red staining. ATMSCs were seeded in PLGA scaffold or in Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold, and cultured with OI medium. ALP activity of ATMSCs by osteoblast differentiation in each scaffold increased on 21 days of culture and decreased rapidly on 28 days. ALP activity of ATMSCs was increased highly in Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold compared to PLGA scaffold on 21 days of culturing. SEM-EDS analysis demonstrated that calcium and phosphate content and Ca/P ratio in Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold increased higher than in PLGA scaffold. Biodegradability of scaffold at 56 days after implantation showed that Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold was more biodegradable than PLGA scaffold. The results demonstrated that the differentiation of ATMSCs to osteoblast were more effective in scaffold culture than well plate culture. Bioceramic increased cell adhesion rate on scaffold and ALP activity by osteoblast differentiation. Also, bioceramic was considered to increase the calcium and phosphate in scaffold when ATMSCs was mineralized by osteogenic differentiation. Bioceramic-PLGA scaffold enhanced the osteogenesis of seeded ATMSCs compared to PLGA scaffold.
