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In the present study, the effect of these polymers on the differential differentiation of human multipotent stromal cells (hMSC), mesenchymal stem cells, that had been encapsulated into beads of the biocompatible plant polymer alginate, was studied. The differentiation of the hMSCs in the alginate beads was directed either to the osteogenic cell lineage by exposure to an osteogenic medium (mineralization activation cocktail; differentiation into osteoblasts) or to the chondrogenic cell lineage by incubating in chondrocyte differentiation medium (triggering chondrocyte maturation). Both biosilica and polyP, applied as Ca2+ salts, were found to induce an increased mineralization in osteogenic cells; these inorganic polymers display also morphogenetic potential. The effects were substantiated by gene expression studies, which revealed that biosilica and polyP strongly and significantly increase the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) in osteogenic cells, which was significantly more pronounced in osteogenic versus chondrogenic cells. A differential effect of the two polymers was seen on the expression of the two collagen types, I and II. While collagen Type I is highly expressed in osteogenic cells, but not in chondrogenic cells after exposure to biosilica or polyP, the upregulation of the steady-state level of collagen Type II transcripts in chondrogenic cells is comparably stronger than in osteogenic cells. It is concluded that the two polymers, biosilica and polyP, are morphogenetically active additives for the otherwise biologically inert alginate polymer. It is proposed that alginate, supplemented with polyP and\/or biosilica, is a suitable biomaterial that promotes the growth and differentiation of hMSCs and might be beneficial for application in 3D tissue printing of hMSCs and for the delivery of hMSCs in fractures, surgically created during distraction osteogenesis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/md12021131","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,21]],"date-time":"2014-02-21T11:55:11Z","timestamp":1392983711000},"page":"1131-1147","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":60,"title":["The Marine Sponge-Derived Inorganic Polymers, Biosilica and Polyphosphate, as Morphogenetically Active Matrices\/Scaffolds for the Differentiation of Human Multipotent Stromal Cells: Potential Application in 3D Printing and Distraction Osteogenesis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1796-6314","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xiaohong","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Heinz","family":"Schr\u00f6der","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Vladislav","family":"Grebenjuk","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"B\u00e4rbel","family":"Diehl-Seifert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"NanotecMARIN GmbH, 55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Volker","family":"Mail\u00e4nder","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Ackermannweg 10, 55129 Mainz, Germany"},{"name":"Medical Clinic, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Langenbeckstr. 1,  D-55131 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Renate","family":"Steffen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ute","family":"Schlo\u00dfmacher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Werner","family":"M\u00fcller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"ERC Advanced Investigator Grant Research Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2014,2,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Parra-Torres, A.Y., Vald\u00e9s-Flores, M., Orozco, L., and Vel\u00e1zquez-Cruz, R. 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