Perfusion cultures and modelling of oxygen uptake with three-dimensional chondrocyte pellets

Chondrocyte pellets were cultivated in a perfused flow chamber and supplied with medium by a constant flow rate from a conditioning vessel. In this conditioning vessel the medium was aerated and used medium was exchanged semi-continuously. The higher amount of DNA and glycosaminoglycane (GAG) in these pellets compared to control cultures under stationary conditions showed a positive effect of the reactor system, compared to standard culture conditions. A diffusion reaction model was applied to calculate the oxygen uptake of the cell pellet and to describe the oxygen profile within the pellet. The model included diffusion within the cell pellet and oxygen uptake of the cells. Calculated data were compared to experimental data obtained by tissue engineered chondrocyte cell pellets. Model calculations agreed rather well with experimental data.

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