Study on the Preparation of Decellularized Scaffold of Bovine Pericardium

摘要

Objective: To search for the best procedure on preparation of acellular bovine pericardium,so to provide scaffolds for constructing tissue-engineering. Methods: The bovine pericardiums were treated with 5 methods, which were divided into 6 groups.Group A: Fresh bovine pericardium; Group B: Trypsin-detergent group;Group C: Freeze-thaw-detergent 24 h group; Group D: Freeze-thaw-detergent 48 h group; Group E: Freeze-thaw-nuclease group; Group F: Detergent-nuclease group. Then, by HE staining and scanning electron microscope to observe the effects of decellularization and fibrous changes among the 6 groups; by water content testing,mechanical testing to observe the changes in physical properties of the matrix; by detecting the DNA content of each group to determine the effect of decellularization qualitatively; by cytotoxicity test to detect the biocompatibility of bovine pericardium in each group. Results: The 5 methods can all remove the cellular components effectively, compared with the fresh bovine pericardium,the water content of each decellularized group were increased(P0.05). Cytotoxicity results showed that the cell toxicity of group B, group C, group D, group E and group F were respectively 0.9, 0.6, 1.0, 1.0 and 0.5, each group were qualified toxicity test, in which group C and group F were with the lowest cytotoxicity. Conclusion: Group C and group F can remove the cell components of bovine pericardium successfully,while maintaining the major structural components and the histological and biological properties of bovine pericardium,and with low cytotoxicity.However, group C is more economical than group F,and easier to operate. So the method on freeze-thaw-detergent 24 h can be the best choice to produce a decellularized bovine pericardium.