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Quantitative Characterization of Aortic Valve Endothelial Cell Viability and Morphology In Situ Under Cyclic Stretch.
Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology 2018 August 24
Current protocols for mechanical preconditioning of tissue engineered heart valves have focused on application of pressure, flexure and fluid flow to stimulate collagen production, ECM remodeling and improving mechanical performance. The aim of this study was to determine if mechanical preconditioning with cyclic stretch could promote an intact endothelium that resembled the viability and morphology of a native valve. Confocal laser scanning microscopy was used to image endothelial cells on aortic valve strips subjected to static incubation or physiological strain regimens. An automated image analysis program was designed and implemented to detect and analyze live and dead cells in images captured of a live aortic valve endothelium. The images were preprocessed, segmented, and quantitatively analyzed for live/dead cell ratio, minimum neighbor distance and circularity. Significant differences in live/dead cellular ratio and the minimum distance between cells were observed between static and strained endothelia, indicating that cyclic strain is an important stimulus for maintaining a healthy endothelium. In conclusion, in vitro application of physiological levels of cyclic strain to tissue engineered heart valves seeded with autologous endothelial cells would be advantageous.
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