Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOMATERIALS SCIENCE-POLYMER EDITION
Volume 28, Issue 13, Pages 1256-1270Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2017.1312059
Keywords
3-dimensional printing; hydroxyapatite; epsilon-polycaprolactone; mechanical strength; bone tissue engineering
Funding
- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Education [NRF-2015R1D1A1A01056748]
- Ministry of Science, ICT and future Planning [NRF-2015R1A2A2A01004888]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2015R1A2A2A01004888] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Powder-based three-dimensional (3D) printing is an excellent method to fabricate complex-shaped scaffolds for tissue engineering. However, their lower mechanical strength restricts their application in bone tissue engineering. Here, we created a 3D-printed scaffold coated with a epsilon-polycaprolactone (PCL) polymer solution (5 and 10 w/v %) to improve the mechanical strength of the scaffold. The 3D scaffold was fabricated from calcium sulfate hemihydrate powder (CaSO4-1/2 H2O), transformed into hydroxyapatite (HAp) by treatment with a hydrothermal reaction in an NH4H2PO4 solution. The surface properties and composition of the scaffold were evaluated using scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction analysis. We demonstrated that the 3D scaffold coated with PCL had an improved mechanical modulus. Coating with 5 and 10% PCL increased the compressive strength significantly, by about 2-fold and 4-fold, respectively, compared with that of uncoated scaffolds. However, the porosity was reduced significantly by coating with 10% PCL. In vitro biological evaluation demonstrated that MG-63 cells adhered well and proliferated on the 3D scaffold coated with PCL, and the scaffold was not cytotoxic. In addition, alkaline phosphatase activity and real time polymerase chain reaction demonstrated that osteoblast differentiation also improved in the PCL-coated 3D scaffolds. These results indicated that PCL polymer coating could improve the compressive strength and biocompatibility of 3D HAp scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications.
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