Zhang Sai, Prabhakaran Molamma P, Qin Xiaohong, Ramakrishna Seeram
Key Laboratory of Textile Science & Technology, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China; Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117576, Singapore.
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater. 2015 Nov;51:88-98. doi: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.06.032. Epub 2015 Jul 15.
Bio-engineered scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration is an exploding area of research mainly because they can satisfy the essential demands and current challenges in bone replacement therapies, by imitating the extracellular matrix (ECM) of the native bone. We fabricated bio-composite nanofibrous scaffolds with a blend of poly-3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate (PHBV), chitosan (CTS) and hydroxyapatite (HA) during this study. Morphological evaluation confirmed the fiber diameters of PHBV, PHBV/CTS (90:10), PHBV/CTS/HA4 (85.5:9.5:5) and PHBV/CTS/HA8 (81:9:10) as 405 ± 74 nm, 334 ± 82 nm, 316 ± 103 nm and 256 ± 110 nm, respectively. The PHBV/CTS/HA4 and PHBV/CTS/HA8 scaffolds were capable of enduring the long term culture of human fetal osteoblasts (hFOB) with ultimate tensile strength of 3.55 ± 0.22 MPa and 4.19 ± 0.19 MPa, respectively. The proliferation of osteoblasts on PHBV/CTS/HA8 scaffold was found 34.10% higher than that on PHBV scaffold on day 20. Cell maturation identified by alkaline phosphatase activity on day 20 was significantly higher on PHBV/CTS/HA8 scaffold than that on PHBV scaffold. The cells on PHBV/CTS/HA8 scaffold also acquired higher mineral deposition (25.79%) than the mineral deposition on PHBV scaffold by day 20, confirmed by EDX analysis. Based on the results, we concluded that the electrospun PHBV/CTS/HA8 scaffolds hold great potential to promote the regeneration of bone tissue due to the synergistic effect of chitosan and HA, whereby chitosan provided cell recognition sites while HA acted as a chelating agent for organizing the apatite-like mineralization.
用于骨组织再生的生物工程支架是一个正在蓬勃发展的研究领域,主要是因为它们能够通过模仿天然骨的细胞外基质(ECM)来满足骨替代疗法的基本需求并应对当前挑战。在本研究中,我们制备了由聚-3-羟基丁酸酯-共-3-羟基戊酸酯(PHBV)、壳聚糖(CTS)和羟基磷灰石(HA)混合而成的生物复合纳米纤维支架。形态学评估证实,PHBV、PHBV/CTS(90:10)、PHBV/CTS/HA4(85.5:9.5:5)和PHBV/CTS/HA8(81:9:10)的纤维直径分别为405±74nm、334±82nm、316±103nm和256±110nm。PHBV/CTS/HA4和PHBV/CTS/HA8支架能够承受人胎儿成骨细胞(hFOB)的长期培养,其极限拉伸强度分别为3.55±0.22MPa和4.19±0.19MPa。在第20天时,发现成骨细胞在PHBV/CTS/HA8支架上的增殖比在PHBV支架上高34.10%。通过第20天碱性磷酸酶活性鉴定的细胞成熟度在PHBV/CTS/HA8支架上显著高于PHBV支架。到第20天时,通过能谱分析(EDX)证实,PHBV/CTS/HA8支架上的细胞也比PHBV支架上的细胞具有更高的矿物质沉积(25.79%)。基于这些结果,我们得出结论,由于壳聚糖和HA的协同作用,静电纺丝的PHBV/CTS/HA8支架在促进骨组织再生方面具有巨大潜力,其中壳聚糖提供细胞识别位点,而HA作为螯合剂促进类磷灰石矿化。