Journal
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 123, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.111963
Keywords
Collagen; Chitosan; 3D printing; Bioink; Tissue engineering scaffold
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Funding
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFC1103400]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61675059, 51605426]
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By controlling the temperature, a series of tunable hybrid collagen/chitosan bioinks with significantly improved printability were prepared and successfully printed into scaffolds with regulated properties. Chitosan could decrease the swelling ratio of the printed scaffolds, while the degradation rate increased with collagen proportion, and the values of Young's modulus and tensile strength increased with chitosan proportion. Scaffolds containing 2% (m/v) collagen and 2% (m/v) chitosan showed a homogeneous and compact honeycomb-like structure, demonstrating the strengthening effect of chitosan.
Three-dimensional (3D) printing is a promising method to prepare scaffolds for tissue regeneration. Collagen and chitosan composites are superior materials for tissue engineering scaffold but rarely printed due to their poor printability. Here, we prepared a series of tunable hybrid collagen/chitosan bioinks with significantly improved printability through hydrogen bond interaction and printed them into scaffolds by carefully controlling the temperature. Rheological tests proved the printable bioinks had sound shear thinning behavior, dramatical viscosity variation with temperature, and the gelation temperature from 7 to 10 degrees C. Chitosan could decrease the swelling ratio of the printed scaffolds, while their degradation rate increased with collagen proportion and the values of Young's modulus and tensile strength increased with chitosan proportion. Moreover, the scaffolds containing 2% (m/v) collagen and 2% (m/v) chitosan had a homogeneous and compact honeycomb-like structure, demonstrating the strengthening effect of chitosan. Cell viability assay presented vigorous cell growth on the surface of scaffolds, meanwhile, live cells were also found inside and at the bottom of the scaffolds, indicating the migration of cells. Therefore, chitosan can improve the printability of collagen and the hybrid collagen/chitosan bioinks can be printed into scaffolds with regulated properties, thus can fit different applications in tissue engineering.
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