Department of Sports Medicine, Huashan Hospital & State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China.
Department of Orthopedics, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China.
ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2022 Apr 13;14(14):15982-15995. doi: 10.1021/acsami.2c00761. Epub 2022 Apr 1.
The treatment of cartilage injury and osteoarthritis has been a classic problem for many years. The idea of tissue regeneration paves a way for osteochondral repair . Herein, a hydrogel scaffold linked with bioactive peptides that can selectively adsorb transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) was hypothesized to not only afford cell ingrowth space but also induce the endogenous TGF-β1 recruitment for chondrogenesis promotion. In this study, bilayered porous scaffolds with gelatin methacryloyl (GelMA) hydrogels as a matrix were constructed three-dimensional (3D) printing, of which the upper layer was covalently bound with bioactive peptides that can adsorb TGF-β1 for cartilage repair and the lower layer was blended with hydroxyapatite for subchondral regeneration. The scaffolds showed promising therapeutic efficacy proved by cartilage and osteogenic induction and osteochondral repair of rats . In particular, the animal gait behavior was recovered after the tissue regeneration, and the corresponding gait analysis demonstrated the promotion of tissue regeneration induced by the porous hydrogels with the binding peptides.
软骨损伤和骨关节炎的治疗多年来一直是一个经典问题。组织再生的理念为骨软骨修复铺平了道路。在这里,假设一种与生物活性肽相连的水凝胶支架可以选择性地吸附转化生长因子 β1(TGF-β1),不仅可以提供细胞生长空间,还可以诱导内源性 TGF-β1 募集以促进软骨生成。在这项研究中,构建了具有明胶甲基丙烯酰(GelMA)水凝胶作为基质的双层多孔支架,通过 3D 打印技术,上层共价结合可以吸附 TGF-β1 用于软骨修复的生物活性肽,下层混合有羟基磷灰石用于软骨下再生。支架通过软骨和成骨诱导以及大鼠的骨软骨修复证明了有前景的治疗效果。特别是,组织再生后动物的步态行为得到了恢复,相应的步态分析表明,结合肽的多孔水凝胶促进了组织再生。