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MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING C-MATERIALS FOR BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Volume 126, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2021.112181
Keywords
Electrospinning; Wavy structure; Tenogenic differentiation; Mechanical stimulation; Tendon regeneration
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Funding
- Shandong Science Foundation for Young Scholar [ZR2020QE090]
- Startup Grant of Qingdao University
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFB03098052]
- Shandong Provincial Key Research and Development Program of China [2018GGX108003]
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This study demonstrated the potential of PPDO/SF wavy nanofibrous scaffolds for tendon repair improvements. The scaffolds had biomimetic structure and mechanical properties, with tunable fiber crimp degree and mechanics. In biological tests, the scaffolds promoted cell adhesion, proliferation, maintenance, and decreased inflammation.
The development of tendon-biomimetic nanofibrous scaffolds with mesenchymal stem cells may represent a promising strategy to improve the unsatisfactory outcomes of traditional treatments in tendon repair. In the present study, the nanofibrous scaffolds comprised of poly(p-dioxanone) (PPDO) and silk fibroin (SF) composites were fabricated by using electrospinning technique and subsequent thermal ethanol treatment. The PPDO/SF composite scaffolds presented parallel fiber arrangement with crimped features and nonlinear mechanical properties, which mimic the structure-function relationship of native tendon tissue mechanics. We demonstrated that the fiber crimp degree and mechanical properties of as-prepared PPDO/SF wavy nanofibrous scaffolds (WNSs) could be tunable by adjusting the mass ratio of PPDO/SF. The biological tests revealed that the addition of SF obviously promoted the cell adhesion, proliferation, and phenotypic maintenance of human tenocytes on the WNSs. A preliminary study on the subcutaneous implantation showed that the PPDO/SF WNSs notably decreased the inflammatory response compared with pure PPDO WNSs. More importantly, a combination of growth factor induction and mechanical stimulation was found to notably enhance the tenogenic differentiation of human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells on the PPDO/SF WNSs by upregulating the expressions of tendon-associated protein and gene markers. Overall, this study demonstrated that our PPDO/SF WNSs could provide a beneficial microenvironment for various cell activities, making them an attractive candidate for tendon tissue engineering research.
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