Zhang Lifang, Li Xinping, Shi Congying, Ran Gaoying, Peng Yuting, Zeng Shuguang, He Yan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stomatological Hospital, Southern Medical University, 510000 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Clinical Application Center, Guangdong Cord Bank, 510000 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Stem Cells Int. 2021 May 18;2021:5594370. doi: 10.1155/2021/5594370. eCollection 2021.
Angiogenesis in the field of tissue engineering has attracted significant attention. Graphene oxide has become a promising nanomaterial in tissue engineering for its unique biochemical properties. Therefore, herein, a series of chitosan (CS)/graphene oxide (GO) hydrogel scaffolds were synthesized by crosslinking CS and GO at different concentrations (0.1, 0.5, and 1.0 wt.%) using genipin. Compared with the CS hydrogel scaffolds, the CS/GO hydrogel scaffolds have a better network structure and mechanical strength. Then, we used endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) extracted from human umbilical cord blood and cocultured these EPCs with the as-prepared scaffolds. The scaffolds with 0.1 and 0.5 wt.%GO showed no considerable cytotoxicity, could promote the proliferation of EPCs and tube formation, and upregulated the expressions of CD34, VEGF, MMP9, and SDF-1 in EPCs compared to the case of the scaffold with 1.0 wt.%GO. This study shows that the addition of graphene oxide improves the structure of chitosan hydrogel and enhances the proliferation activity and angiogenic capacity of EPCs.
组织工程领域中的血管生成已引起了广泛关注。氧化石墨烯因其独特的生化特性,已成为组织工程领域中一种很有前景的纳米材料。因此,在本文中,使用京尼平通过交联不同浓度(0.1、0.5和1.0 wt.%)的壳聚糖(CS)和氧化石墨烯(GO),合成了一系列壳聚糖(CS)/氧化石墨烯(GO)水凝胶支架。与CS水凝胶支架相比,CS/GO水凝胶支架具有更好的网络结构和机械强度。然后,我们使用从人脐带血中提取的内皮祖细胞(EPCs),并将这些EPCs与制备好的支架共培养。与含有1.0 wt.%GO的支架相比,含有0.1和0.5 wt.%GO的支架没有明显的细胞毒性,能够促进EPCs的增殖和管腔形成,并上调EPCs中CD34、VEGF、MMP9和SDF-1的表达。本研究表明,氧化石墨烯的添加改善了壳聚糖水凝胶的结构,并增强了EPCs的增殖活性和血管生成能力。