Journal
BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
Volume 18, Issue -, Pages 267-283Publisher
KEAI PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.bioactmat.2022.02.011
Keywords
Injectable hydrogel; Self-healing; KP peptide; QK peptide; Bone tissue engineering
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [32071341, 82001005, 81600824, 52003302]
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province [2018A030310278, 2019A1515011935, 2017A030308004]
- Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou [201804010459, 201804020011]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2021M691464]
- National Key R&D Program of China [2016YFC0905203]
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Injectable hydrogels have attracted attention for bone repair due to their adaptability and minimally invasive nature. A novel injectable self-healing hydrogel system has been developed for enhancing vascularized bone regeneration.
Irregular defects generated by trauma or surgery in orthopaedics practice were usually difficult to be fitted by the preformed traditional bone graft substitute. Therefore, the injectable hydrogels have attracted an increasing interest for bone repair because of their fittability and mini-invasivity. However, the uncontrollable spreading or mechanical failures during its manipulation remain a problem to be solved. Moreover, in order to achieve vascularized bone regeneration, alternatives of osteogenic and angiogenic growth factors should be adopted to avoid the problem of immunogenicity and high cost. In this study, a novel injectable self-healing hydrogel system (GMO hydrogel) loaded with KP and QK peptides had been developed for enhancing vascularized regeneration of small irregular bone defect. The dynamic imine bonds between gelatin methacryloyl and oxidized dextran provided the GMO hydrogel with self-healing and shear-thinning abilities, which led to an excellent injectability and fittability. By photopolymerization of the enclosed Ge1MA, GMO hydrogel was further strengthened and thus more suitable for bone regeneration. Besides, the osteogenic peptide KP and angiogenic peptide QK were tethered to GMO hydrogel by Schiff base reaction, leading to desired releasing profiles. In vitro, this composite hydrogel could significantly improve the osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and angiogenesis ability of HUVECs. In vivo, KP and QK in the GMO hydrogel demonstrated a significant synergistic effect in promoting new bone formation in rat calvaria. Overall, the KP and QK loaded GMO hydrogel was injectable and self-healing, which can be served as an efficient approach for vascularized bone regeneration via a minimally invasive approach.
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