Liu Huanhuan, Liu Taiqing, Yin Zhicheng, Liu Xiaoyin, Tan Ying, Zhao Yuwei, Yu Haiyang
Department of Prosthodontics, State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, PR China.
Department of Pharmacy, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610065, PR China.
Regen Biomater. 2024 Mar 14;11:rbae023. doi: 10.1093/rb/rbae023. eCollection 2024.
Polyetherketoneketone (PEKK), a high-performance thermoplastic special engineering material, maintains bone-like mechanical properties and has received considerable attention in the biomedical field. The 3D printing technique enables the production of porous scaffolds with a honeycomb structure featuring precisely controlled pore size, porosity and interconnectivity, which holds significant potential for applications in tissue engineering. The ideal pore architecture of porous PEKK scaffolds has yet to be elucidated. Porous PEKK scaffolds with five pore sizes P200 (225 ± 9.8 μm), P400 (411 ± 22.1 μm), P600 (596 ± 23.4 μm), P800 (786 ± 24.2 μm) and P1000 (993 ± 26.0 μm) were produced by a 3D printer. Subsequently, the optimum pore size, the P600, for mechanical properties and osteogenesis was selected based on experiments. To improve the interfacial bioactivity of porous PEKK scaffolds, hydroxyapatite (HAp) crystals were generated via biomimetic mineralization induced by the phase-transited lysozyme coating. Herein, a micro/nanostructured surface showing HAp crystals on PEKK scaffold was developed. and experiments confirmed that the porous PEKK-HAp scaffolds exhibited highly interconnected pores and functional surface structures that were favorable for biocompatibility and osteoinductivity, which boosted bone regeneration. Therefore, this work not only demonstrates that the pore structure of the P600 scaffold is suitable for PEKK orthopedic implants but also sheds light on a synergistic approach involving 3D printing and biomimetic mineralization, which has the potential to yield customized 3D PEKK-HAp scaffolds with enhanced osteoinductivity and osteogenesis, offering a promising strategy for bone tissue engineering.
聚醚酮酮(PEKK)是一种高性能热塑性特种工程材料,具有类骨机械性能,在生物医学领域受到了广泛关注。3D打印技术能够生产具有蜂窝结构的多孔支架,其孔径、孔隙率和连通性均可精确控制,在组织工程应用中具有巨大潜力。多孔PEKK支架的理想孔隙结构尚未明确。通过3D打印机制备了五种孔径分别为P200(225±9.8μm)、P400(411±22.1μm)、P600(596±23.4μm)、P800(786±24.2μm)和P1000(993±26.0μm)的多孔PEKK支架。随后,基于实验选择了具有最佳力学性能和成骨性能的孔径P600。为了提高多孔PEKK支架的界面生物活性,通过相转变溶菌酶涂层诱导的仿生矿化生成了羟基磷灰石(HAp)晶体。在此,开发了一种在PEKK支架上显示HAp晶体的微/纳米结构表面。实验证实,多孔PEKK-HAp支架具有高度互连的孔隙和有利于生物相容性和骨诱导性的功能性表面结构,从而促进了骨再生。因此,这项工作不仅证明了P600支架的孔隙结构适用于PEKK骨科植入物,还揭示了一种涉及3D打印和仿生矿化的协同方法,该方法有可能生产出具有增强骨诱导性和成骨能力的定制3D PEKK-HAp支架,为骨组织工程提供了一种有前景的策略。