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21 Bone andCartilage Tissue Engineering andRegenerative Medicine inCraniofacial Surgery
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Oral Mucosa Tissue Engineering
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Introduction
In the craniofacial region, tissue decits or defects can result from facial deformities, trauma, chronical infections (e.g., loss of teeth and alveo­lar bone due to periodontitis), or ablative tumor surgery. Depending on the size and the type of tissue lacking, different strategies are pursued, in order to replace the structures adequately. Bony structures may be replaced suitably by different types of bone grafts, e.g., local grafts from the mandible or maxilla, free grafts from the hip, or even microvascular free aps from the bula or the lower forearm, but also by bone replacement materials or even tissue-engineered bone [15].
However, if soft tissue is missing particularly in the oral cavity, there is always the need to have an adequate oral mucosa lining. Especially around teeth or dental implants, the oral mucosa coverage should be rmly attached to the bone and ideally be keratinized. As the source for oral mucosa is limited, free split skin transplants or, in case of extended defects, microvascular free aps like the radial forearm ap, the lateral upper arm ap, the rectus abdominis ap, or the latissimus dorsi ap may be used instead [68]. These approaches take a certain mist as disadvantage by replacing mucosa with skin, which may lead
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to hyperkeratosis and/or hyperproliferations. Only if split skin grafts are harvested very thinly may the results be as good as when transplanting split mucosa grafts [9]. Thus, in oral and cranio­facial reconstruction, there is a denite need for mucosa grafts.
Since the advent of cell culture and tissue engineering, there has been efforts to create mucosa grafts and to apply them in the clinical setting. In the following, the way from cell cul­ture to tissue engineering of oral mucosa is described and examples for the clinical applica­tion of this oral epithelial tissue are given.
Moving fromCulturing Oral Keratinocytes toTissue Engineering ofOral Mucosa
Culture ofEpithelial Cells, 3T3 Fibroblasts
The cultivation of adult mammalian skin cells had been described more than 70years ago [10]. The co-culture with mouse broblasts and the use of epidermal growth factor allowed for suf­cient keratinocyte proliferation [11, 12] and the culturing of epithelial sheets in bulk enabling their clinical application. In the early 1980s, the rst reports using keratinocyte sheets as trans­plant in the treatment of large burns were pub­lished [13, 14]. Ten years later, the rst clinical
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application of cultured oral mucosa cells—still cultured with 3T3 mouse feeder cells and fetal calf serum—was pioneered in tumor-related sur­gery and periodontal surgery [1517]. However, these conditions for culturing primary epithelial cell grafts were not suitable to grow transplants for use in elective surgery. To adapt the culture conditions for grafts used in elective surgery, the explant culture technique and the use of autogenous serum instead of fetal calf serum were introduced.
Explant Culture ofGingival Keratinocytes
To omit transfection of the human cells by murine DNA components from the 3T3 mouse feeder cells, primary gingiva epithelial cultures can be established using the explant culture technique [1820]. Therefore, after removing the connec­tive tissue from the biopsies, the remaining epi­thelial tissue was divided in 1 mm explants, seeded on plastic petri dishes, and covered with little culture medium. From these explants, the keratinocytes migrate onto the culture dish and proliferate further (Fig.22.1a–c). The efcacy of this explant technique for establishing cultures has been conrmed in several studies comparing it to establishing cultures from single-cell sus­pensions [19, 21, 22].
Autogenous Serum
Serological investigations on patients with burns and after transplantation of cultured skin kerati­nocytes revealed that they developed antibodies against bovine serum proteins [23]. This is a fur­ther imponderability, which patients undergoing elective surgery, e.g., pre-prosthetic, peri­implant, and periodontal surgery, should not be exposed to. Therefore, in an intraindividual com­parison, autogenous and fetal calf serum as growth supplements was tested on gingival kera­tinocyte cultures. Within gingival keratinocyte cultures of each patient, autogenous and fetal calf serum had the same efcacy to promote cell growth as assessed planimetrically by cell­covered surfaces after 24days [24].
Patient Age, Senescence ofCultured Cells
Reconstructive procedures requiring mucosa grafts, e.g., pre-prosthetic and peri-implant sur­gery, are performed usually in older patients. In this respect, it is interesting to compare the growth and proliferation potential in gingival keratinocyte explant cultures from patients younger and older than 40 years of age. DNA synthesis rate and DNA content, as parameters for epithelial growth, were determined. The DNA
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Fig. 22.1 (a) Explant on the oor of the culture dish with outgrowth of epithelial cells. On the layer of adherent keratinocytes, there are epithelial cells migrating. Light microscopic picture, magnication ×400. (b) Culture ask covered with a dense layer of oral keratinocytes.
Epithelial cell growth has started from the small tissue explants in the center of the ask. (c) Culture asks after 6, 9, 12, and 24 days of culture (left to right). There, islands of oral keratinocytes which nally form a conu­ent dense layer
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synthesis rate (proliferation) in cultures of younger patients is signicantly higher between days 8 and 12, whereas in cultures of older patients, the proliferation peaks between days 24 and 28. Total cell growth was also higher in cul­tures of younger patients as the DNA content measured over the whole culture period was 2/3 higher. Although there is a clear age dependency, it is possible to culture gingival keratinocytes from old patients in sufcient amounts [22].
After a period of 40–60days, the primary epi­thelial cultures started to disintegrate. Keratinocytes detached from the culture dish and the remaining cells lost their cobblestone shape. Oral keratinocytes could only be subcultured once, ideally between days 14 and 21 of culture when there was a high proliferation rate.
Tissue Engineering ofOral Mucosa Grafts
To tissue engineer mucosa grafts, small gingival biopsies (max. 6 mm diameter) were dissected into the epithelial layer (keratinocytes) and con­nective tissue (broblasts). At the beginning, only the epithelial layer was cultured and there­fore cut into small explants. The connective tis­sue was discarded. Autogenous serum, which had been extracted from venous blood by centrifuga­tion, was added to the culture medium. After
3–5 days, the gingival keratinocytes migrated from the explants onto the oor of culture dish developing epithelial islets which expanded radi­ally forming conuent gingival epithelial layers (Fig. 22.1a, b). In the original approach, after approx. 21 days, the epithelial cell layer of the primary culture was detached by the enzyme dis­pase and then attached to Vaseline gauze as a car­rier (Fig. 22.5a, b). Keratinocytes plus carrier were transplanted onto the dissected wound site of the patient as originally used for skin keratino­cyte grafts [14].
To simplify the intraoperative handling of these cultured gingival keratinocyte sheets, car­rier materials like collagen membranes, polylac­tide foils (Fig. 22.2a, b), and Vicryl nets were tested to act as a carrier material instead of the Vaseline gauze. In these tests, primary gingival keratinocyte cultures were dissolved into single­cell suspension after 14–21days, seeded onto the carrier materials in a density of 20,000– 50,000 cells/cm2, and cultured in DMEM and KCSFM 1:1 with the specic additives (Gibco Inc., Eggenstein, Germany). This period of time was considered as optimum to obtain a maximum amount of epithelial cells in relation to their pro­liferation activity [22, 25]. The cells adhered well to the different materials forming an epithelial layer [26, 27]. After another 2–3days, and a total culture time period of approx. 4weeks, epithelial constructs, consisting of two to three cell layers
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on carrier materials (Fig.22.2a, b) and with a size of up to 15cm2, were ready for transplantation. For epithelial cells of other origin, similar results on different biomaterials [28] could be observed.
The Tissue-Engineered Oral Keratinocyte-Fibroblast Graft
Split mucosa grafts consist of a layer of epithe­lial cells on a brous connective tissue compo­nent containing broblasts. In order to imitate this structural composition, there are reports to add an acellular allogenic dermal matrix (AlloDerm®) as the connective tissue part, thus creating an exvivo-produced oral mucosa equiv­alent (EVPOME) [29, 30]. However, there are in vivo in transplantation studies as well as in vitro investigations that emphasize on the
importance of living broblasts within the sub­mucosa connective tissue matrix [3134]. Therefore, instead of discarding the connective tissue, it was digested and broblasts were iso­lated and cultured in DMEM culture medium in a concentration of 10,000 cells per ml. After 14–21days, the broblasts were trypsinized and seeded as single-cell suspension into the colla­gen sponges. After incubating the collagen sponges with broblasts overnight, they were coated with a suspension of the oral keratino­cytes. The schematic drawing gives a general overview of this procedure to tissue engineer the gingival keratinocyte graft (Fig. 22.3). After a culture period of another 2 days, the tissue­engineered oral keratinocyte-broblast graft was ready for transplantation. The graft now con­sisted of layers of keratinocytes on a sponge inhabited by broblasts (Fig.22.4).
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Fig. 22.4 Light microscopic picture of a tissue­engineered oral keratinocyte-broblast graft. The colla­gen sponge is covered with a layer of oral keratinocytes. The cytoplasms of the keratinocytes have a very at shape. Within the pores of the sponge, there are bro­blasts. Light microscopic picture, Masson Goldner tri­chrome stain, magnication ×400
Surgical Applications ofTissue­Engineered Oral Keratinocyte Grafts
The clinical studies using the tissue-engineered mucosa grafts were approved by the Ethic Committees of Dresden University and Freiburg University (15022002, 94/99). Since 1991, cul­tured autologous oral mucosa and tissue­engineered oral mucosa were used primarily in pre-prosthetic surgical procedures like vestibu­loplasty and lowering the oor of the mouth, freeing of the tongue, as well as periodontal sur­gery. Further, tissue-engineered mucosa grafts were also used in oral and maxillofacial plastic reconstructive procedures after tumor resection in the head and neck region to prelaminate the radial free forearm ap and also in urologic sur­gery [35, 36].
Vestibuloplasty andLowering theFloor oftheMouth
Vestibuloplasty and lowering the oor of the mouth are performed to create loco stabile, ide­ally keratinized mucosa around dental implants and to extend the denture-bearing area. Hereby,
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peri-implant soft tissue inammation with hyper­proliferation, e.g., after grafting of skin [37], should be avoided and the long-term survival of implants improved [38]. The surgical approach and technique used in these pre-prosthetic surgi­cal procedures did not differ from that used in conventional open vestibuloplasty or lowering the oor of the mouth [39, 40]. However, after dissection, the wound surface was covered by the tissue-engineered transplant (Fig. 22.5a, b), which was xed in place with a wound dressing plate.
In a clinical follow-up study, the healing of the tissue-engineered oral keratinocyte graft was investigated on 42 patients with anterior localized vestibuloplasty (Fig.22.5c, d) and on 25 patients with vestibuloplasty combined with the lowering of the oor of the mouth. After 7days, when removing the protective plate, the wound surface tended to bleed easily when touched. Ten days after grafting, there was a pale pink still vulnerable surface. The wound generally stabilized within the next few days and healed after 20 days. Up to 50 days after grafting, the complete grafted surfaces were stable, showing keratinization. After 6 months to 1year, the texture of the grafted tissue area had changed. There was a rim of keratinized tis­sue close to the alveolar crest, whereas there was a non-keratinized mucosa towards the scar line in the vestibule (Fig.22.5d). The scar line determined the former caudal border of the tis­sue dissection.
The depth of the vestibule—the distance between this white scar line and the alveolar crest—was used as wound shrinkage parameter of the grafted area in the long-term clinical fol­low- up [41]. It was monitored in the region of the former teeth 45, 43, 41, 31, 33, and 35 after 1 and 4weeks, 6 and 12months, and after more than 60months for up to 10years. As the sign of the initial wound shrinkage, the depth of the vesti­bule decreased considerably within the rst 6 months post-operation. Then the decrease ceased at this level, and further reduction of the vestibule depth was little as seen within the observation period of up to 12years (Fig.22.6).
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Freeing oftheTongue
The freeing of the tongue operation with grafting of tissue-engineered mucosa helps to improve movement of the tongue and subsequently food intake and swallowing in patients suffering from the changed anatomy after ablative tumor sur­gery. After a disease-free interval of 6–12months, freeing of the tongue was performed and the wound healing and graft take as well as the func­tional improvement was assessed in ten patients. In these cases, the grafts were secured by an intraoral gauze dressing xed to the wound by single-suture loops for 8–10days.
When removing the wound dressing, an epi­thelialized wound surface covered with some brin was observed in all patients except for one. In the other nine patients, a complete mucosal layer had formed by 15–18days postoperatively, and there was only some shrinkage of the wound surface and attening of glossoalveolar sulcus observed, but the primary improvement in tongue
mobility was maintained during the entire post­operative follow-up. There was a good improve­ment of speech in seven patients, and prosthodontic restorations mainly implant borne were possible in eight patients [42].
Prelaminating theRadial ForearmFlap
The fascio-cutaneous radial forearm ap (RFF) introduced by Yang etal. (1981) [43] has become the packhorse in reconstructive oral and maxillofa­cial surgery using microvascular anastomosed transplants [8]. Besides the donor-site morbidity, a disadvantage in intraoral reconstruction is the trans­plantation of skin into the oral cavity. To overcome this, the prelamination with mucosa has been sug­gested although the source of mucosa is very lim­ited [36, 44]. To further improve this approach, in ve patients, autogenous tissue- engineered mucosa was used for the prelamination of the RFF. Oral
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mucosa cell transplants were cultured for 3weeks as described above and implanted subcutaneously at the lower forearm via a longitudinal incision, where the RFF is going to be harvested. After 1 week, the RFF prelaminated with tissue-engi­neered mucosa was raised with the vascular pedi­cle and transplanted intraorally in the recipient
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site followed by the microvascular anastomosis (Fig.22.7a). The donor site was closed primarily using the local skin. Intraorally, a maximum sur­face area of 6×8cm could be covered using the prelaminated RFF [36]. During the further follow­up, a certain shrinkage of the prelaminated aps was observed (Fig.22.7b).
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Surgical Applications ofTissue­Engineered Oral Keratinocyte­Fibroblast Grafts
play an important role in the differentiation of epithelial cells [3234]. Therefore, the clinical impact of the tissue-engineered oral keratinocyte­broblast graft on the development of keratinized
The clinical follow-up using tissue-engineered oral mucosa grafts in vestibuloplasties has shown that there is wound shrinkage and loss of kerati­nization in the transplanted area over months and years (Figs.22.5d and 22.6). It was demonstrated that submucosal connective tissue and broblasts
mucosa was studied. In these patients, a vestibu­loplasty was performed to condition the soft tis­sue on the alveolar ridge during implant insertion or to extend the gingiva around teeth (Figs.22.8a and 22.9a, c). The epiperiosteal wound surface was covered with tissue-engineered oral
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sponge. (c) Clinical situation 1 year after grafting of tissue- engineered oral mucosa (keratinocytes and bro­blasts). The rim of attached mucosa is increased
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mucosa. The clinical feature was conrmed in biopsies. Histological controls showed a corni­ed epithelium with rete ridges (Fig. 22.10) as well as the expression of cytokeratins 1, 2, 10, and 11 immunohistologically.
Conclusion
Studies on tissue engineering of oral mucosa and its application as graft in craniofacial surgery have been shown to be a reliable technique to replace conventional mucosa grafts in certain types of surgery, particularly vestibuloplasty around implants and periodontal surgery. Advantage is that the limitation in the availability of mucosa grafts may be overcome. However, an issue that hinders the use of tissue-engineered oral mucosa in a wider eld is the hurdles that have been imposed by the legislation in 2007 making tissue engineering to a pharmaceutical process.
Fig. 22.10 Histology on biopsy taken 2years after graft­ing of tissue-engineered graft consisting of oral keratino­cytes and broblasts. There is the formation of deep rete ridges as a typical histological sign of gingiva. Light microscopic picture, magnication ×400
keratinocyte- broblast grafts (collagen sponges seeded with oral keratinocytes and oral bro­blasts) (Figs. 22.8b and 22.9b) and xed with Voco Pac and an acrylic splint for 14days. When removing the splint, a vulnerable but mostly epi­thelialized wound surface was visible, but the collagen sponge had completely disappeared. Twenty-eight days postoperatively, a complete epithelization was seen. Six months after vestibu­loplasty in the grafted area, a keratinized mucosa was found. In the clinical follow-up of more than 4years, this area of keratinization was stable in size (Figs.22.8c and 22.9d). There was only little shrinkage and an extension of keratinized
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