Although human tenocytes and dermal fibroblasts have shown promise in tendon engineering, no tissue engineered medicine has been developed due to the prolonged time required to develop an implantable device. Considering that macromolecular crowding has the potential to substantially accelerate the development of functional tissue facsimiles, herein we compared human tenocyte and dermal fibroblast behaviour under standard and macromolecular crowding conditions to inform future studies in tendon engineering. Basic cell function analysis made apparent the innocuousness of macromolecular crowding for both cell types. Gene expression analysis of the without macromolecular crowding groups revealed expression of tendon related molecules in human dermal fibroblasts and tenocytes. Protein electrophoresis and immunocytochemistry analyses showed significantly increased and similar deposition of collagen fibres by macromolecular crowding in the two cell types. Proteomics analysis demonstrated great similarities between human tenocyte and dermal fibroblast cultures, as well as the induction of haemostatic, anti-microbial and tissue-protective proteins by macromolecular crowding in both cell populations. Collectively, these data rationalise the use of either human dermal fibroblasts or tenocytes in combination with macromolecular crowding in tendon engineering.
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