使用 3D 打印技术的胶原/丝素纤维支架植入物的皮质脊髓束结构可促进大鼠完全脊髓横断后的功能恢复。
The corticospinal tract structure of collagen/silk fibroin scaffold implants using 3D printing promotes functional recovery after complete spinal cord transection in rats.
机构信息
Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China.
Tianjin Key Laboratory of Neurotrauma Repair, Pingjin Hospital Brain Center, Characteristic Medical Center of PAPF, Tianjin, 300162, China.
出版信息
J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2021 Mar 22;32(4):31. doi: 10.1007/s10856-021-06500-2.
No effective treatment has been established for nerve dysfunction caused by spinal cord injury (SCI). Orderly axonal growth at the site of spinal cord transection and creation of an appropriate biological microenvironment are important for functional recovery. To axially guiding axonal growth, designing a collagen/silk fibroin scaffold fabricated with 3D printing technology (3D-C/SF) emulated the corticospinal tract. The normal collagen/silk fibroin scaffold with freeze-drying technology (C/SF) or 3D-C/SF scaffold were implanted into rats with completely transected SCI to evaluate its effect on nerve repair during an 8-week observation period. Electrophysiological analysis and locomotor performance showed that the 3D-C/SF implants contributed to significant improvements in the neurogolical function of rats compared to C/SF group. By magnetic resonance imaging, 3D-C/SF implants promoted a striking degree of axonal regeneration and connection between the proximal and distal SCI sites. Compared with C/SF group, rats with 3D-C/SF scaffold exhibited fewer lesions and disordered structures in histological analysis and more GAP43-positive profiles at the lesion site. The above results indicated that the corticospinal tract structure of 3D printing collagen/silk fibroin scaffold improved axonal regeneration and promoted orderly connections within the neural network, which could provided a promising and innovative approach for tissue repair after SCI.
目前,脊髓损伤(SCI)导致的神经功能障碍还没有有效的治疗方法。有序的轴突在脊髓横断部位的生长和适当的生物微环境的创建对于功能恢复是非常重要的。为了轴向引导轴突生长,设计了一种具有 3D 打印技术的胶原/丝素纤维支架(3D-C/SF),模仿皮质脊髓束。采用冷冻干燥技术(C/SF)或 3D-C/SF 支架将正常的胶原/丝素纤维支架植入完全横断 SCI 的大鼠体内,在 8 周的观察期内评估其对神经修复的影响。电生理分析和运动性能表明,与 C/SF 组相比,3D-C/SF 植入物有助于显著改善大鼠的神经功能。通过磁共振成像,3D-C/SF 植入物促进了轴突再生和 SCI 近端和远端之间的连接。与 C/SF 组相比,在组织学分析中,3D-C/SF 支架组的大鼠损伤较小,结构紊乱,损伤部位的 GAP43 阳性谱更多。上述结果表明,3D 打印胶原/丝素纤维支架的皮质脊髓束结构促进了轴突再生,并促进了神经网络内的有序连接,为 SCI 后的组织修复提供了一种有前途的创新方法。