Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOACTIVE AND COMPATIBLE POLYMERS
Volume 24, Issue 6, Pages 507-524Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/0883911509349311
Keywords
polycaprolactone; bone tissue engineering; simulated body fluid (SBF); nanotopography; hydroxyapatite
Funding
- Turkish Scientific and Research Council (TUBITAK) [108M 346]
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In this study, polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds, consisting of agglomerated microspheres with nanotopographic surface structures, were fabricated by the freeze-drying method. These scaffolds were coated with bone-like apatite by using a calcium phosphate solution similar to saturated simulated body fluid (10 x SBF-like) in two different immersion periods (6 and 24 h). Scanning electron microscopic views of the 6-h treatment in 10 x SBF-like solution showed formation of calcium phosphate nucleation sites on the PCL scaffolds, while the apatite particles formed characteristic cauliflower-like morphology after 24 h. The X-ray diffraction (XRD) data showed that the mineral phase was made of hydroxyapatite (HA). The osteogenic activity of untreated and SBF-treated PCL scaffolds was examined by pre-osteoblastic MC3T3 cell culture studies. Cells had attached and spread on both the PCL scaffolds and the 6-h SBF immersion-treated scaffolds.
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