期刊
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS RESEARCH PART A
卷 98A, 期 4, 页码 614-620出版社
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.33153
关键词
chitosan; alginate; polyelectrolyte complex; scaffold; tissue engineering
资金
- University of Washington
- Basic Research in Science and Engineering Program [2110-0024260]
Fabrication of porous polymeric scaffolds with controlled structure can be challenging. In this study, we investigated the influence of key experimental parameters on the structures and mechanical properties of resultant porous chitosan-alginate (CA) polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) scaffolds, and on proliferation of MG-63 osteoblast-like cells, targeted at bone tissue engineering. We demonstrated that the porous structure is largely affected by the solution viscosity, which can be regulated by the acetic acid and alginate concentrations. We found that the CA PEC solutions with viscosity below 300 Pa.s yielded scaffolds of uniform pore structure and that more neutral pH promoted more complete complexation of chitosan and alginate, yielding stiffer scaffolds. CA PEC scaffolds produced from solutions with viscosities below 300 Pa.s also showed enhanced cell proliferation compared with other samples. By controlling the key experimental parameters identified in this study, CA PEC scaffolds of different structures can be made to suit various tissue engineering applications. (C) 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 98A: 614-620, 2011.
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