Jiang Pei, Ran Jiabing, Yan Pan, Zheng Lingyue, Shen Xinyu, Tong Hua
a Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education , College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University , Wuhan , China.
J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 2018 Feb;29(2):107-124. doi: 10.1080/09205063.2017.1403149. Epub 2017 Nov 20.
Bacterial cellulose/hydroxyapatite (BC/HAp) composite had favourable bioaffinity but its poor mechanical strength limited its widespread applications in bone tissue engineering (BTE). Silk fibroin, which possesses special crystalline structure, has been widely used as organic reinforcing material, and different SFs have different amino acid sequences, which exhibit different bioaffinity and mechanical properties. In this regard, bacterial cellulose-Antheraea yamamai silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite (BC-AYSF/HAp), bacterial cellulose-Bombyx mori silk fibroin/hydroxyapatite (BC-BMSF/HAp), and BC/HAp nano-composites were synthesized via a novel in situ hybridization method. Compared with BC/HAp and BC-BMSF/HAp, the BC-AYSF/HAp exhibited better interpenetration, which may benefit for the transportation of nutrients and wastes, the adhesion of cells as well. Additionally, the BC-AYSF/HAp also presented superior thermal stability than the other two composites revealed by differential thermal analysis (DTA) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Compression testing indicated that the mechanical strength of BC-BMSF/HAp was greatly reinforced compared with BC/HAp and was even a little higher than that of BC-AYSF/HAp. Tensile testing showed that BC-AYSF/HAp possesses extraordinary mechanical properties with a higher elastic modulus at low strain and higher fracture strength simultaneously than the other two composites. In vitro cell culture exhibited that MC3T3-E1 cells on the BC-AYSF/HAp membrane took on higher proliferative potential than those on the BC-BMSF/HAp membrane. These results suggested that compared with BC-BMSF/HAp, the BC-AYSF/HAp composite was more appropriate as an ideal bone scaffold platform or biomedical membrane to be used in BTE.
细菌纤维素/羟基磷灰石(BC/HAp)复合材料具有良好的生物亲和性,但其较差的机械强度限制了其在骨组织工程(BTE)中的广泛应用。具有特殊晶体结构的丝素蛋白已被广泛用作有机增强材料,不同的丝素蛋白具有不同的氨基酸序列,表现出不同的生物亲和性和机械性能。在这方面,通过一种新型的原位杂交方法合成了细菌纤维素-天蚕丝丝素蛋白/羟基磷灰石(BC-AYSF/HAp)、细菌纤维素-家蚕丝丝素蛋白/羟基磷灰石(BC-BMSF/HAp)和BC/HAp纳米复合材料。与BC/HAp和BC-BMSF/HAp相比,BC-AYSF/HAp表现出更好的互穿性,这可能有利于营养物质和废物的运输,也有利于细胞的黏附。此外,差示热分析(DTA)和热重分析(TGA)表明,BC-AYSF/HAp还具有比其他两种复合材料更高的热稳定性。压缩测试表明,与BC/HAp相比,BC-BMSF/HAp的机械强度得到了极大增强,甚至略高于BC-AYSF/HAp。拉伸测试表明,BC-AYSF/HAp具有非凡的机械性能,在低应变下具有比其他两种复合材料更高的弹性模量和更高的断裂强度。体外细胞培养显示,BC-AYSF/HAp膜上的MC3T3-E1细胞比BC-BMSF/HAp膜上的细胞具有更高的增殖潜力。这些结果表明,与BC-BMSF/HAp相比,BC-AYSF/HAp复合材料更适合作为用于BTE的理想骨支架平台或生物医学膜。