Journal
SMALL
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202104971
Keywords
cell carriers; electrospun fibers; injectable biomaterials; laser-assisted microfabrication; microscaffolds
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Funding
- National Centre for Research and Development [LIDER/14/0053/L-9/17/NCBR/2018]
- Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education
- Foundation for Polish Science (FNP)
- EC [02.02.00-17-024/08-00]
- National Science Centre [2015/19/D/ST8/03192]
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The fabrication of injectable electrospun nanofibers, particularly through laser-assisted micro-scaffold fabrication, allows for the creation of thousands of microscaffolds that can efficiently attach and proliferate cells. Biocompatibility assays have shown the potential of these microscaffolds as cell carriers.
The use of injectable biomaterials for cell delivery is a rapidly expanding field which may revolutionize the medical treatments by making them less invasive. However, creating desirable cell carriers poses significant challenges to the clinical implementation of cell-based therapeutics. At the same time, no method has been developed to produce injectable microscaffolds (MSs) from electrospun materials. Here the fabrication of injectable electrospun nanofibers is reported on, which retain their fibrous structure to mimic the extracellular matrix. The laser-assisted micro-scaffold fabrication has produced tens of thousands of MSs in a short time. An efficient attachment of cells to the surface and their proliferation is observed, creating cell-populated MSs. The cytocompatibility assays proved their biocompatibility, safety, and potential as cell carriers. Ex vivo results with the use of bone and cartilage tissues proved that NaOH hydrolyzed and chitosan functionalized MSs are compatible with living tissues and readily populated with cells. Injectability studies of MSs showed a high injectability rate, while at the same time, the force needed to eject the load is no higher than 25 N. In the future, the produced MSs may be studied more in-depth as cell carriers in minimally invasive cell therapies and 3D bioprinting applications.
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