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JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Volume 12, Issue 6, Pages 1519-1529Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/term.2681
Keywords
bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP2); bone tissue engineering; drug delivery; graphene foam; heparin; osteogenic differentiation
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- Chinese National Nature Science Foundation [31600773]
- Zhejiang National Nature Science Foundations [LQ16H180003]
- NIH/NIDCRR03 [DE027491]
- National Science Foundation/EPSCoR [IIA-1335423]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL & CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH [R03DE027491] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The recently developed three-dimensional (3D) graphene foam (GrF) is intriguing for potential bone tissue engineering applications because it provides stem cells with a 3D porous substrate for osteogenic differentiation. However, the nature of graphene's structure lacks functional groups, thus making it difficult for further modification such as immobilization or conjugation of growth factors, which are normally required to promote tissue regeneration. To explore the potential of GrF functionalization and sustained release of therapeutic proteins, we fabricated a modified 3D GrF scaffold with bio-inspired heparin-dopamine (Hepa-Dopa) molecules using a highly scalable chemical vapour deposition method. Our data indicated that Hepa-Dopa modification resulted in significantly higher bone morphogenetic protein-2 (BMP2) binding ability and longer release capacity compared with the untreated scaffolds. Importantly, the heparin-functionalized 3D GrF significantly improved the exogenous BMP2-induced osteogenic differentiation. Therefore, our study, for the first time, indicated that the 3D GrF can be biomimetically functionalized with Hepa-Dopa and be used for sustained release of BMP2, thereby inducing osteogenic differentiation and suggesting promising potential as a new multifunctional carrier for therapeutic proteins and stem cells in bone tissue engineering.
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