Journal: Bioactive Materials
Article Title: An engineered M2 macrophage-derived exosomes-loaded electrospun biomimetic periosteum promotes cell recruitment, immunoregulation, and angiogenesis in bone regeneration
doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2025.03.027
Figure Lengend Snippet: Preparation of PEC-Apt-NP-Exo and Its Effect on Osteogenic Differentiation of BMSCs. (A) Schematic diagram illustrating the preparation of PEC. (B) Comparative study of femoral periosteum and periosteal ECM through HE, Masson, and DAPI staining analysis. (C) Agarose gel electrophoresis and (D) quantification of DNA content in femoral periosteum and periosteal ECM. (E) Confocal microscopy images and (F) quantification were utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of EDC/NHS in coating engineered Exos onto PECs via catalyzed amide condensation reactions. (G) Confocal microscopy images of core-shell structures. (H) Fluorescence microplate reader assay to evaluate the sustained release of engineered Exos. (I) CCK-8 assay and (J) live-dead staining were conducted to evaluate the effect of various membranes on BMSC growth. Green: calcein-AM, living cells; red: PI, dead cells (K) ALP staining of BMSCs on day 7 and ARS staining on day 14. (L) ALP activity of BMSCs on day 7. (M) Quantification of ARS staining. (N) WB assay and (O, P) quantitative analysis of Runx2 and OPN expression in BMSCs. Data were shown as mean ± SDs. ns, no significance, ∗∗∗ P < 0.001, ∗∗ P < 0.01, ∗ P < 0.05.
Article Snippet: To verify the specificity of the Apt for BMSCs, mouse BMSCs (Procell, China) were seeded in 15 mm confocal culture dishes and cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (DMEM, Gibco, USA) supplemented with 10 % fetal bovine serum (FBS, ExCell, China) and 1 % penicillin-streptomycin (PS, Gibco, USA) at 37 °C under 5 % CO 2 .
Techniques: Staining, Agarose Gel Electrophoresis, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence, CCK-8 Assay, Activity Assay, Expressing