TY - JOUR A1 - Eigenberger, Andreas A1 - Felthaus, Oliver A1 - Schratzenstaller, Thomas A1 - Haerteis, Silke A1 - Utpatel, Kirsten A1 - Prantl, Lukas T1 - The Effects of Shear Force-Based Processing of Lipoaspirates on White Adipose Tissue and the Differentiation Potential of Adipose Derived Stem Cells T2 - cells N2 - Autologous lipotransfer is a promising method for tissue regeneration, because white adipose tissue contains a heterogeneous cell population, including mesenchymal stem cells, endothelial cells, immune cells, and adipocytes. In order to improve the outcome, adipose tissue can be processed before application. In this study, we investigated changes caused by mechanical processing. Lipoaspirates were processed using sedimentation, first-time centrifugation, shear-force homogenization, and second-time centrifugation. The average adipocyte size, stromal vascular cell count, and adipocyte depot size were examined histologically at every processing step. In addition, the adipose derived stem cells (ADSCs) were isolated and differentiated osteogenically and adipogenically. While homogenization causes a disruption of adipocyte depots, the shape of the remaining adipocytes is not changed. On average, these adipocytes are smaller than the depot adipocytes, they are surrounded by the ECM, and therefore mechanically more stable. The volume loss of adipocyte depots leads to a significant enrichment of stromal vascular cells such as ADSCs. However, the mechanical processing does not change the potential of the ADSCs to differentiate adipogenically or steogenically. It thus appears that mechanically processed lipoaspirates are promising for the reparation of even mechanically stressed tissue as that found in nasolabial folds. The changes resulting from the processing correspond more to a filtration of mechanically less stable components than to a manipulation of the tissue. KW - white adipose tissue KW - lipograft KW - stem cells KW - fat grafting KW - surgery KW - cell-enriched lipotransfer KW - CELT KW - lipoaspirate Y1 - 2022 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-oth-regensburg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/5010 VL - 11 IS - 16 PB - MDPI CY - Basel ER -