Chandika Pathum, Oh Gun-Woo, Heo Seong-Yeong, Kim Se-Chang, Kim Tae-Hee, Kim Min-Sung, Jung Won-Kyo
Department of Biomedical Engineering, and New-senior Healthcare Innovation Center (BK21 Plus), Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea.
Research Center for Marine Integrated Bionics Technology, Pukyong National University, Busan 48513, Republic of Korea.
Mater Sci Eng C Mater Biol Appl. 2021 Feb;121:111871. doi: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.111871. Epub 2021 Jan 8.
The development of tissue-engineered biodegradable artificial tissue substitutes with extracellular matrix-mimicking properties that govern the interaction between the material and biological environment is of great interest in wound-healing applications. In the present study, novel bilayer nanofibrous scaffolds composed of fish collagen (FC) and poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) were fabricated using electrospinning, with the covalent attachment of chitooligosaccharides (COS) via carbodiimide chemistry. The architecture and fiber diameter of the non-cross-linked nanofibrous scaffolds remained consistent irrespective of the polymer ratio under different electrospinning conditions, but the fiber diameter changed after cross-linking in association with the FC content. Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy analysis indicated that the blend of biomaterials was homogenous, with an increase in COS levels with increasing FC content in the nanofibrous scaffolds. Based on cytocompatibility analysis (i.e., the cellular response to the nanofibrous scaffolds and their interaction), the nanofibrous scaffolds with high FC content were functionally active in response to normal human dermal fibroblast‑neonatal (NHDF-neo) and HaCaT keratinocyte cells, leading to the generation of a very effective tissue-engineered implant for full-thickness wound-healing applications. In addition to these empirical results, an assessment of the hydrophilicity, swelling, and mechanical integrity of the proposed COS-containing FC-rich FC/PCL (FCP) nanofibrous scaffolds confirmed that they have significant potential for use as tissue-engineered skin implants for rapid skin regeneration.
开发具有模仿细胞外基质特性的组织工程可生物降解人工组织替代物,以控制材料与生物环境之间的相互作用,这在伤口愈合应用中具有重大意义。在本研究中,采用静电纺丝法制备了由鱼胶原蛋白(FC)和聚(ε-己内酯)(PCL)组成的新型双层纳米纤维支架,并通过碳二亚胺化学法将壳寡糖(COS)共价连接到支架上。在不同的静电纺丝条件下,无论聚合物比例如何,未交联的纳米纤维支架的结构和纤维直径保持一致,但交联后纤维直径随FC含量的变化而改变。傅里叶变换红外光谱分析表明,生物材料的混合物是均匀的,纳米纤维支架中COS水平随FC含量的增加而增加。基于细胞相容性分析(即细胞对纳米纤维支架的反应及其相互作用),高FC含量的纳米纤维支架对正常人皮肤成纤维细胞-新生儿(NHDF-neo)和HaCaT角质形成细胞具有功能活性,从而产生了一种非常有效的用于全层伤口愈合应用的组织工程植入物。除了这些实验结果外,对所提出的含COS的富含FC的FC/PCL(FCP)纳米纤维支架的亲水性、膨胀性和机械完整性的评估证实,它们具有作为组织工程皮肤植入物用于快速皮肤再生的巨大潜力。