Innovative technologies in the emerging field of regenerative medicine might allow an improvement in the treatment of deep complex wounds leading to faster and better wound healing. Among them, the bioprinting technology, consisting in "printing human cells and biomaterials" to create a "dermo-epidermal substitute" that mimics an alternative of the physiological skin is the most promising alternative. Besides improving skin substitutes properties, bioprinting allows to translate the manufacturing process of tissue-engineered products from manual, operator-dependent processes to a reproducible and automated solution. This paves the way to the manufacturing of therapeutic bioprinted products at the point of care, as close as possible from patients.
In this preclinical in vitro study, the investigators plan to generate GMP-compliant validation batches of "bio-printed dermo-epidermal substitutes" from 25 healthy volunteer patients' unused surgical tissue removed during plastic surgeries. Volunteer's harvested tissue will allow to extract and then amplify the epidermal keratinocytes and dermal fibroblasts. Successive cultures and bioprinting steps will generate a "bio-printed dermo-epidermal substitute" in 2 or 3 weeks. A blood test may also be performed on the volunteers to characterize the genetic stability during the different stages of the process.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
25
BLOOD SAMPLES
unused surgical tissue removed during plastic surgeries
assistance publique hôpitaux de Marseille
Marseille, France
RECRUITINGbioprinted dermo epidermal substitute sterility assessment
Culture media from dermo-epidermal bioprinted substitutes were sampled in Bactec culture bottles (Peds Plus Aerobic/F and Plus Anaerobic/F culture vials, containing each 40 mL of medium). The Bactec method (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD, USA) uses a computer-controlled incubation/detection system. The media used contained proprietary factors designed to inactivate a wide variety of antibacterial and antifungal agents. Bactec culture bottles were incubated at 37 °C for a total of 10 days, and automated readings were taken every 10 min. Detection of organisms resulted in an audible alarm and automatic recording of time to detection.
Time frame: 24 MONTHS
Population Doubling Rate of keratinocytes
Time frame: 24 MONTHS
Population Doubling Rate of fibroblasts
Time frame: 24MONTHS
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