通过具有梯度孔径的3D打印双相磷酸钙支架增强骨再生。
Enhancing bone regeneration through 3D printed biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds featuring graded pore sizes.
作者信息
Wang Yue, Liu Yang, Chen Shangsi, Francis Siu Ming-Fung, Liu Chao, Bai Jiaming, Wang Min
机构信息
Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China.
出版信息
Bioact Mater. 2024 Dec 9;46:21-36. doi: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2024.11.024. eCollection 2025 Apr.
Human long bones exhibit pore size gradients with small pores in the exterior cortical bone and large pores in the interior cancellous bone. However, most current bone tissue engineering (BTE) scaffolds only have homogeneous porous structures that do not resemble the graded architectures of natural bones. Pore-size graded (PSG) scaffolds are attractive for BTE since they can provide biomimicking porous structures that may lead to enhanced bone tissue regeneration. In this study, uniform pore size scaffolds and PSG scaffolds were designed using the gyroid unit of triply periodic minimal surface (TPMS), with small pores (400 μm) in the periphery and large pores (400, 600, 800 or 1000 μm) in the center of BTE scaffolds (designated as 400-400, 400-600, 400-800, and 400-1000 scaffold, respectively). All scaffolds maintained the same porosity of 70 vol%. BTE scaffolds were subsequently fabricated through digital light processing (DLP) 3D printing with the use of biphasic calcium phosphate (BCP). The results showed that DLP 3D printing could produce PSG BCP scaffolds with high fidelity. The PSG BCP scaffolds possessed improved biocompatibility and mass transport properties as compared to uniform pore size BCP scaffolds. In particular, the 400-800 PSG scaffolds promoted osteogenesis and enhanced new bone formation and vascularization while they displayed favorable compressive properties and permeability. This study has revealed the importance of structural design and optimization of BTE scaffolds for achieving balanced mechanical, mass transport and biological performance for bone regeneration.
人类长骨呈现出孔隙大小梯度,外层皮质骨中的孔隙较小,而内部松质骨中的孔隙较大。然而,目前大多数骨组织工程(BTE)支架仅具有均匀的多孔结构,与天然骨的分级结构不同。孔隙大小分级(PSG)支架对骨组织工程具有吸引力,因为它们可以提供仿生多孔结构,这可能会促进骨组织再生。在本研究中,使用三重周期极小曲面(TPMS)的类螺旋体单元设计了均匀孔径支架和PSG支架,在BTE支架的周边具有小孔径(400μm),在中心具有大孔径(400、600、800或1000μm)(分别指定为400-400、400-600、400-800和400-1000支架)。所有支架均保持70体积%的相同孔隙率。随后,通过使用双相磷酸钙(BCP)的数字光处理(DLP)3D打印制造了BTE支架。结果表明,DLP 3D打印能够高保真地制造PSG BCP支架。与均匀孔径的BCP支架相比,PSG BCP支架具有更好的生物相容性和传质性能。特别是,400-800 PSG支架促进了成骨作用,增强了新骨形成和血管化,同时还表现出良好的压缩性能和渗透性。这项研究揭示了BTE支架的结构设计和优化对于实现骨再生的平衡力学、传质和生物学性能的重要性。