Zenobi Eleonora, Merco Miriam, Mochi Federico, Ruspi Jacopo, Pecci Raffaella, Marchese Rodolfo, Convertino Annalisa, Lisi Antonella, Del Gaudio Costantino, Ledda Mario
Hypatia Research Consortium, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy.
E. Amaldi Foundation, Via del Politecnico snc, 00133 Rome, Italy.
Bioengineering (Basel). 2023 May 9;10(5):567. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering10050567.
Material extrusion (MEX), commonly referred to as fused deposition modeling (FDM) or fused filament fabrication (FFF), is a versatile and cost-effective technique to fabricate suitable scaffolds for tissue engineering. Driven by a computer-aided design input, specific patterns can be easily collected in an extremely reproducible and repeatable process. Referring to possible skeletal affections, 3D-printed scaffolds can support tissue regeneration of large bone defects with complex geometries, an open major clinical challenge. In this study, polylactic acid scaffolds were printed resembling trabecular bone microarchitecture in order to deal with morphologically biomimetic features to potentially enhance the biological outcome. Three models with different pore sizes (i.e., 500, 600, and 700 µm) were prepared and evaluated by means of micro-computed tomography. The biological assessment was carried out seeding SAOS-2 cells, a bone-like cell model, on the scaffolds, which showed excellent biocompatibility, bioactivity, and osteoinductivity. The model with larger pores, characterized by improved osteoconductive properties and protein adsorption rate, was further investigated as a potential platform for bone-tissue engineering, evaluating the paracrine activity of human mesenchymal stem cells. The reported findings demonstrate that the designed microarchitecture, better mimicking the natural bone extracellular matrix, favors a greater bioactivity and can be thus regarded as an interesting option for bone-tissue engineering.
材料挤出(MEX),通常称为熔融沉积建模(FDM)或熔融长丝制造(FFF),是一种用于制造适合组织工程支架的通用且经济高效的技术。在计算机辅助设计输入的驱动下,特定图案可以在极其可重复和可再现的过程中轻松生成。针对可能的骨骼疾病,3D打印支架可以支持具有复杂几何形状的大骨缺损的组织再生,这是一个重大的临床挑战。在本研究中,打印了类似小梁骨微结构的聚乳酸支架,以处理形态学上的仿生特征,从而潜在地提高生物学效果。制备了三种具有不同孔径(即500、600和700 µm)的模型,并通过微计算机断层扫描进行评估。通过将类骨细胞模型SAOS-2细胞接种在支架上进行生物学评估,结果显示该支架具有优异的生物相容性、生物活性和骨诱导性。具有较大孔隙的模型具有改善的骨传导性能和蛋白质吸附率,作为骨组织工程的潜在平台进一步研究,评估人间充质干细胞的旁分泌活性。报告的研究结果表明,设计的微结构更好地模拟了天然骨细胞外基质,有利于提高生物活性,因此可被视为骨组织工程的一个有趣选择。