Journal
BIOMATERIALS
Volume 83, Issue -, Pages 283-293Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.01.005
Keywords
Tissue engineering; Biocompatible materials; Porosity; Nanocomposites; Re-epithelialization; Trachea
Funding
- Rosetrees Trust
- UCLH Charitable foundation
- Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
- Wellcome Clinical Training Fellowship
- Department of Health's NIHR Biomedical Research Centre's funding scheme
- UCL ECMC
- GOSH Charity [V1202]
- MRC Regenvox grant [G1001539]
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [1179376] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G1001539, MR/K026453/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0513-10089] Funding Source: researchfish
- Rosetrees Trust [M35-F1-CD1] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G1001539, MR/K026453/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane poly(carbonate-urea) urethane (POSS-PCU) is a versatile nano composite biomaterial with growing applications as a bioscaffold for tissue engineering. Integration of synthetic implants with host tissue can be problematic but could be improved by topographical modifications. We describe optimization of POSS-PCU by dispersion of porogens (sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), sodium chloride (NaCI) and sucrose) onto the material surface, with the principle aim of increasing surface porosity, thus providing additional opportunities for improved cellular and vascular ingrowth. We assess the effect of the porogens on the material's mechanical strength, surface chemistry, wettability and cytocompatibilty. Surface porosity was characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). There was no alteration in surface chemistry and wettability and only modest changes in mechanical properties were detected. The size of porogens correlated well with the porosity of the construct produced and larger porogens improved interconnectivity of spaces within constructs. Using primary human bronchial epithelial cells (HBECs) we demonstrate moderate in vitro cytocompatibility for all surface modifications; however, larger pores resulted in cellular aggregation. These cells were able to differentiate on POSS-PCU scaffolds. Implantation of the scaffold in vivo demonstrated that'larger pore sizes favor cellular integration and vascular ingrowth. These experiments demonstrate that surface modification with large porogens can improve POSS-PCU nanocomposite scaffold integration and suggest the need to strike a balance between the non -porous surfaces required for epithelial coverage and the porous structure required for integration and vascularization of synthetic scaffolds in future construct design. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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