Wang Weizhong, Hu Jinwei, He Chuanglong, Nie Wei, Feng Wei, Qiu Kexin, Zhou Xiaojun, Gao Yu, Wang Guoqing
College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai, 201620, China.
J Biomed Mater Res A. 2015 May;103(5):1784-97. doi: 10.1002/jbm.a.35315. Epub 2014 Sep 16.
The success of tissue engineered vascular grafts depends greatly on the synthetic tubular scaffold, which can mimic the architecture, mechanical, and anticoagulation properties of native blood vessels. In this study, small-diameter tubular scaffolds were fabricated with different weight ratios of poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) and poly(l-lactide-co-ɛ-caprolactone) (PLCL) by means of thermally induced phase separation technique. To improve the anticoagulation property of materials, heparin was covalently linked to the tubular scaffolds by N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N'-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride and N-hydroxysuccinimide coupling chemistry. The as-prepared PLLA/PLCL scaffolds retained microporous nanofibrous structure as observed in the neat PLLA scaffolds, and their structural and mechanical properties can be fine-tuned by changing the ratio of two components. The scaffold containing 60% PLCL content was found to be the most promising scaffold for engineering small-diameter blood vessel in terms of elastic properties and structural integrity. The heparinized scaffolds showed higher hydrophilicity, lower protein adsorption ability, and better in vitro anticoagulation property than their untreated counterparts. Pig iliac endothelial cells seeded on the heparinized scaffold showed good cellular attachment, spreading, proliferation, and phenotypic maintenance. Furthermore, the heparinized scaffolds exhibited neovascularization after subcutaneous implantation into the New Zealand white rabbits for 1 and 2 months. Taken together, the heparinized PLLA/PLCL nanofibrous scaffolds have the great potential for vascular tissue engineering application.
组织工程血管移植物的成功很大程度上取决于合成管状支架,该支架能够模拟天然血管的结构、力学和抗凝特性。在本研究中,通过热致相分离技术制备了具有不同重量比的聚(L-乳酸)(PLLA)和聚(L-丙交酯-共-ε-己内酯)(PLCL)的小直径管状支架。为了提高材料的抗凝性能,通过N-(3-二甲基氨基丙基)-N'-乙基碳二亚胺盐酸盐和N-羟基琥珀酰亚胺偶联化学方法将肝素共价连接到管状支架上。所制备的PLLA/PLCL支架保留了在纯PLLA支架中观察到的微孔纳米纤维结构,并且可以通过改变两种组分的比例来微调其结构和力学性能。就弹性性能和结构完整性而言,发现含有60%PLCL含量的支架是用于构建小直径血管最有前景的支架。肝素化支架比未处理的对应物表现出更高的亲水性、更低的蛋白质吸附能力和更好的体外抗凝性能。接种在肝素化支架上的猪髂内皮细胞表现出良好的细胞附着、铺展、增殖和表型维持。此外,肝素化支架在皮下植入新西兰白兔1个月和2个月后表现出血管生成。综上所述,肝素化的PLLA/PLCL纳米纤维支架在血管组织工程应用中具有巨大潜力。