BNLMS, State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics & Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Biomaterials. 2011 May;32(13):3404-12. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.01.037.
In order to effectively and uniformly immobilize basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) to thick PLGA scaffold, the heparin-conjugated PLGA (H-PLGA) was synthesized at the first by reaction between heparin and a low molecular weight PLGA. Then heparin-containing PLGA (H-PLGA/PLGA) scaffold was fabricated by blending the H-PLGA with a high molecular weight PLGA. Finally, bFGF was immobilized on the H-PLGA/PLGA scaffold mainly by static electricity action between them. The effect of H-PLGA content on bFGF binding efficiency of the H-PLGA/PLGA scaffolds was investigated. It was found that bFGF binding efficiency increased with increasing H-PLGA content. The bound bFGF can release in vitro slowly from the H-PLGA/PLGA scaffolds and last over two weeks. The released bFGF has still preserved its bioactivity. The attachment and growth of mouse 3T3 fibroblasts on the H-PLGA/PLGA scaffolds were better than that on the PLGA scaffold, however bFGF immobilized H-PLGA/PLGA scaffolds showed much better cell affinity. Therefore, the method to use the H-PLGA/PLGA scaffold for immobilizing bFGF is not only effective for slow delivering bFGF with bioactivity, but also can be used for fabricating thick scaffold where bFGF could be combined and uniformly distributed.
为了有效地将碱性成纤维细胞生长因子(bFGF)固定在厚的 PLGA 支架上,首先通过肝素和低分子量 PLGA 之间的反应合成肝素修饰的 PLGA(H-PLGA)。然后通过将 H-PLGA 与高分子量 PLGA 混合来制备含肝素的 PLGA(H-PLGA/PLGA)支架。最后,主要通过它们之间的静电力将 bFGF 固定在 H-PLGA/PLGA 支架上。研究了 H-PLGA 含量对 H-PLGA/PLGA 支架上 bFGF 结合效率的影响。结果发现,bFGF 结合效率随 H-PLGA 含量的增加而增加。从 H-PLGA/PLGA 支架中缓慢释放体外释放的 bFGF 并持续两周以上。释放的 bFGF 仍保持其生物活性。H-PLGA/PLGA 支架上的小鼠 3T3 成纤维细胞的附着和生长优于 PLGA 支架上的附着和生长,但是固定 bFGF 的 H-PLGA/PLGA 支架具有更好的细胞亲和力。因此,使用 H-PLGA/PLGA 支架固定 bFGF 的方法不仅有效且可生物活性地缓慢释放 bFGF,而且还可用于制造 bFGF 可以结合和均匀分布的厚支架。