Journal
JOURNAL OF FUNCTIONAL BIOMATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jfb11030058
Keywords
electrospinning; antimicrobial; nano-hydroxyapatite; silver; toxicity; bone regeneration
Funding
- MeDe Innovation (the UK EPSRC Centre for Innovative Manufacturing in Medical Devices) [EP/K029592/1]
- Newton Trust
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51673029, 61875015]
- Beijing Talent Fund [2016000012113ZK34]
- Beijing Municipal Health Commission [PXM2018026275000001, BMC2018-4]
- EPSRC [EP/K029592/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Preventing the development of osteomyelitis while enhancing bone regeneration is challenging, with relatively little progress to date in translating promising technologies to the clinic. Nanoscale hydroxyapatite (nHA) has been employed as a bone graft substitute, and recent work has shown that it may be modified with silver to introduce antimicrobial activity against known pathogens. The aim of this study was to incorporate silver-doped nHA into electrospun scaffolds for applications in bone repair. Silver-doped nHA was produced using a modified, rapid mixing, wet precipitation method at 2, 5, 10 mol.% silver. The silver-doped nHA was added at 20 wt.% to a polycaprolactone solution for electrospinning. Bacteria studies demonstrated reduced bacterial presence, withEscherichia coliandStaphylococcus aureusundetectable after 96 h of exposure. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were used to study both toxicity and osteogenicity of the scaffolds using PrestoBlue(R)and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) assays. Innovative silver nHA scaffolds significantly reducedE.coliandS. aureusbacterial populations while maintaining cytocompatibility with mammalian cells and enhancing the differentiation of MSCs into osteoblasts. It was concluded that silver-doped nHA containing scaffolds have the potential to act as an antimicrobial device while supporting bone tissue healing for applications in orthopedic and dental bone surgery.
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