Endothelial cell lining of bioprosthetic heart valve materials.

To investigate the conditions for endothelial cell lining of glutaraldehyde-treated bioprosthetic heart valves, we examined in vitro the growth properties of endothelial cells on clinically used pericardial valve material and on glutaraldehyde-fixed pericardium treated with L-glutamic acid. To improve endothelial cell attachment to the valvular surface, we precoated both materials either with fibronectin or with fibrillar collagen (95% type I, 5% type III). Toxicity of glutaraldehyde, released from clinically used valve material, caused endothelial cell death, independent of the type of precoating. Treatment of the valve material with L-glutamic acid resulted in regular endothelial cell proliferation. We found that collagenous precoating, compared with fibronectin precoating, markedly enhanced endothelial cell proliferation and attachment (p less than 0.05). Maintenance of antithrombogenic potency of the seeded cells on L-glutamic acid-treated valve material was proved by regular release of prostacyclin. We conclude that bioprosthetic heart valve materials can be lined with endothelial cells if toxic glutaraldehyde released from the bioprostheses is eliminated.

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