Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 768-790Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2022.2145867
Keywords
Bioink; gelatin methacrylamide; hydroxypropyl methacrylate; redox initiators; 3D bioprinting
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Three-dimensional bioprinting has emerged as a revolutionary technology for constructing functional tissue equivalents/scaffolds. Bioink design is crucial in this process, and this study reports the formulation and characterization of a bioink system with suitable physicochemical, mechanical, rheological, and biological features. Preliminary results show that the cytocompatible bioink is suitable for 3D bioprinting and biofabrication applications.
Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting has emerged as a revolutionary technology for constructing functional tissue equivalents/scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Bioink design is a crucial element in 3D bioprinting, which typically comprises a mixture of biomaterials, biological molecules or cells followed by its printing and tissue maturation. An ideal bioink should possess suitable physicochemical, mechanical, rheological, and biological features of the target tissue. However, mimicking multifaceted compositions similar to native extracellular matrix (ECM) with bioactive milieu of soluble and non-soluble factors is challenging. Herein, we report the formulation and characterization of a bioink system, comprising methacrylamide modified gelatin (GelMA) and 2-hydroxylpropyl methacrylate (HPMA) with a cost-effective redox initiators based cross-linking. GelMA was synthesized by reacting gelatin with methacrylic anhydride (MA) and subsequently, copolymerized with HPMA at room temperature by redox mechanism. Various hydrogel formulations by varying GelMA: HPMA w/v% ratios (G:HP) were studied as 10:0 (G100HP0), 9.5:0.5 (G95HP05), 9:1 (G90HP10), 8:2 (G80HP20), and 6:4 (G60HP40), to identify the best bioink composition. The formulations were characterized for its opacity, chemical, rheological, mechanical, porosity and swelling properties and cytocompatibility as per ISO-10993 standards. Cell encapsulation studies using live/dead assay analyzed cell viability inside the handprinted and 3D printed constructs. The preliminary results indicate successful formulation of cytocompatible bioink for potential 3D bioprinting and biofabrication applications.
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