A cell carrier made from synthetic material supporting selective growth of keratinocytes is a promising approach to avoid the phenomenon of fibroblast overgrowth during in vitro culture of skin substitutes. Therefore, we investigated polymer membranes made of polyacrylonitrile and copolymers of acrylonitrile and N-vinylpyrrolidone (NVP) for their ability to support selectively the growth of keratinocytes. It was found that a copolymer with an NVP-content of 30% (NVP30) supports growth of human keratinocyte cell line (HaCaT) cells and inhibits fibroblast growth under serum-containing conditions. Cell proliferation of HaCaT cells was measured over 14 days. If both cell types were cultured under serum-free conditions for initial adhesion over 6 h on these NVP30 polymers, they adhered to the same extent. Long-term experiments over 7 days were performed as a coculture of both cell types showing that HaCaT cells had a growth advantage that seems to be related to the paracrine activity of contaminating fibroblasts. As a result, confluent layers of HaCaT cells were obtained with small numbers of remaining fibroblasts. The new poly [acrylonitrile-co(NVP) membranes seem to be a promising culture system for the production of epidermal transplants.
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