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NANOSCALE
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 1181-1194Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/d0nr05608a
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [NSFC 51972138, 51672268, 52072082, 51720105015]
- Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS [YZDY-SSW-JSC018]
- Projects for Science and Technology Development Plan of Jilin Province [20200201439JC]
- Projects for The Education Department Plan of Jilin Province [JJKH20201116KJ]
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The synthesis of Eu3+-doped HAp ultralong nanowires allows for the creation of hydrophilic net-like scaffolds with luminescent properties, beneficial for identifying the relative position of materials and BMSCs. These HAp:Eu3+ scaffolds demonstrate excellent cell biocompatibility and have the potential to enhance bone formation markers expression. Furthermore, in vivo experiments show superior osteogenic effects in net-like pure HAp scaffold groups compared to composite scaffolds, with the added benefit of monitoring scaffold absorption through Eu3+ luminescence. This strategy presents a new method for constructing simple reticular scaffolds for potential osteogenic applications.
Bone reconstruction is an urgent problem during clinical treatment. In the past few decades, the construction of composite scaffolds has been a hot spot in the research field of bone tissue engineering (BTE). However, the disadvantages of composite materials raise our awareness to explore the potential application of hydroxyapatite (HAp) in bone substitutes due to the closest properties of HAp to natural bone tissue. In our study, we synthesized Eu3+-doped HAp (HAp:Eu3+) ultralong nanowires, which can be transformed to hydrophilic net-like scaffolds via a thiol-ene click reaction. The property of luminescence of HAp from Eu3+ is beneficial for identifying the relative position of materials and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). HAp:Eu3+ scaffolds with excellent cell biocompatibility could promote the expression of early bone formation markers (ALP and ARS) and enhance the expression of genes and proteins associated with osteogenesis (Runx 2, OCN, and OPN). In the end, the results of the in vivo osteogenesis experiment showed that pure HAp scaffolds presented different effects of bone tissue reconstruction compared with the composite scaffolds with HAp nanorods and polymer materials. The superior osteogenic effect could be observed in net-like pure HAp scaffold groups. Furthermore, the absorption of HAp:Eu3+ scaffolds could be monitored due to the luminescence property of Eu3+. This strategy based on ultralong HAp nanowires proved to be a new method for the construction of simple reticular scaffolds for potential osteogenic applications.
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