Naturally prefabricated marine biomaterials: Isolation and applications of flat chitinous 3D scaffolds from Ianthella labyrinthus (demospongiae: Verongiida)

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Contributors

  • Mario Schubert - , Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Björn Binnewerg - , Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Alona Voronkina - , National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya (Author)
  • Lyubov Muzychka - , NASU - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry (Author)
  • Marcin Wysokowski - , Poznań University of Technology, Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Author)
  • Iaroslav Petrenko - , Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Author)
  • Valentine Kovalchuk - , National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya (Author)
  • Mikhail Tsurkan - , Chair of Cell Replacement in the Mammalian Retina, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (Author)
  • Rajko Martinovic - , University of Montenegro (Author)
  • Nicole Bechmann - , Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko - , Lomonosov Moscow State University (Author)
  • Andriy Fursov - , Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Author)
  • Oleg B. Smolii - , NASU - Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry and Petrochemistry (Author)
  • Jane Fromont - , Western Australian Museum (Author)
  • Yvonne Joseph - , Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Author)
  • Stefan R. Bornstein - , Department of Internal Medicine III, TUD Dresden University of Technology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, King's College London (KCL) (Author)
  • Marco Giovine - , University of Genoa (Author)
  • Dirk Erpenbeck - , Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Author)
  • Kaomei Guan - , Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, TUD Dresden University of Technology (Author)
  • Hermann Ehrlich - , Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (Author)

Abstract

Marine sponges remain representative of a unique source of renewable biological materials. The demosponges of the family Ianthellidae possess chitin-based skeletons with high biomimetic potential. These three-dimensional (3D) constructs can potentially be used in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. In this study, we focus our attention, for the first time, on the marine sponge Ianthella labyrinthus Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1995 (Demospongiae: Verongida: Ianthellidae) as a novel potential source of naturally prestructured bandage-like 3D scaffolds which can be isolated simultaneously with biologically active bromotyrosines. Specifically, translucent and elastic flat chitinous scaffolds have been obtained after bromotyrosine extraction and chemical treatments of the sponge skeleton with alternate alkaline and acidic solutions. For the first time, cardiomyocytes differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC-CMs) have been used to test the suitability of I. labyrinthus chitinous skeleton as ready-to-use scaffold for their cell culture. Results reveal a comparable attachment and growth on isolated chitin-skeleton, compared to scaffolds coated with extracellular matrix mimetic Geltrex®. Thus, the natural, unmodified I. labyrinthus cleaned sponge skeleton can be used to culture iPSC-CMs and 3D tissue engineering. In addition, I. labyrinthus chitin-based scaffolds demonstrate strong and efficient capability to absorb blood deep into the microtubes due to their excellent capillary effect. These findings are suggestive of the future development of new sponge chitin-based absorbable hemostats as alternatives to already well recognized cellulose-based fabrics.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number5105
JournalInternational journal of molecular sciences
Volume20
Issue number20
Publication statusPublished - 2 Oct 2019
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 31618840
ORCID /0000-0002-8375-8233/work/142236383
ORCID /0000-0002-6932-333X/work/142239657

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cardiomyocytes, Chitin, Hemostats, Marine sponges, Scaffold, Tissue engineering, Wound dressing